// This is the single game page 1965 Nebraska vs. Missouri football - HuskerMax game page

Nebraska 16
Missouri 14

Oct. 30, 1965 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Faurot Field • Columbia, MO
1st 2nd 3rd 4th  F 
Nebraska 0 13 0 3 16
Missouri 14 0 0 0 14
tatman_mizzouri (66K)

Pete Tatman bulls over for a touchdown as Kelly Petersen (54) helps clear the way.

First quarter
UM: Gary Lane 22 run (Bill Bates kick) 9:29
UM: Carl Reese 1 run (Bates kick) 4:45
Second quarter
NU: Pete Tatman 1 run (Larry Wachholtz kick) 9:32
NU: Tatman 1 run (kick failed) 1:35
Fourth quarter
NU: Wachholtz 26 field goal, 5:56

                        NU       MU
First downs ..........  17       11
Rushing net ....... 51-266   45-152
Passing net ..........  52       91
  Comp-Att-Int .... 5-20-2   6-14-2
Total offense ..... 71-318   59-243
Punts-Average ..... 6-38.3   6-40.0
Fumbles lost ........... 0        0
Yards penalized ....... 41       58

RUSHING
NU: Duda 9-76; Wilson 12-74; Solich 10-61; Kirkland 6-21; Winters 8-20; Tatman 6-14.

UM: Lane 8-64; Reese 20-60; Brown 11-25; Phelps 5-4; Denny 1-minus-1.

PASSING
NU: Duda 5-18-2 52; Churchich 0-2-0 0.

UM: Lane 6-12-1 91; Carr 0-2-1 0.

RECEIVING
NU: White 2-25; Jeter 2-20; Wilson 1-7.

UM: Waller 3-37; Phelps 2-41; Brown 1-13.

ADDITIONAL STATS

Attendance: 57,206

Coverage

Recap

Huskers rally from 14 down, edge Tigers

Missouri was supposed to be Nebraska’s biggest test and probable Big 8 stumbling block, and the Tigers proved the experts right on one count and almost right on the other, before the Huskers pulled out a 16-14 win.

With Gary Lane running wild, the Tigers had 57,206 Homecoming fans screaming in delight by tearing to a 14-0 first quarter lead before the Huskers knew what hit them.

But when they awoke, the Cornhuskers proved their championship caliber by staging one of the great NU comebacks — recalling memories of North Carolina State in 1962, Oklahoma in 1960, Minnesota in 1964 and Iowa State in 1940.

It took a 37-yard run by Lighthorse Harry Wilson to shock the Huskers into action. Pete Tatman bulled over from the one and NU was back in the game, 14-7, with 5:28 gone in the second quarter.

Next Fred Duda took the Huskers on an 89-yard scoring drive, and fooled the Tigers to a man on a fourth-down play at the Missouri 39. Duda sent Solich into the middle where Tigers assembled en masse. But Duda had kept the ball, circled his left end and raced to the one, from where Tatman again plowed over. That made it 14-13, but kicking ace Larry Wachholtz missed the point, and Nebraska still had to pull it out.

While Nebraska’s ground attack generated huge chunks of yardage in the second half, the Huskers couldn’t score. But the Big Red defense was superb, holding the Tigers to 45 yards rushing and 16 yards passing and enabling NU to stay within range.

Midway in the final quarter, Duda started the Huskers on a drive that carried to the Tiger 17, aided by a penalty, and with a fourth down at the 9, Wachholtz kicked a field goal with 5:56 left.

The Huskers fought off a desperate rally and sacked up win No. 7.

Neb. sources
Omaha World-Herald
Lincoln Journal Star
Daily Nebraskan
Missouri sources
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kansas City Star
Rock M Nation
More Sources
Sports Illustrated
Associated Press
United Press International
Pregame & team info
  • Game program cover
1965 schedule
05/08 Reds 33, Whites 27
09/18 TCU W 34-14
09/25 @ Air Force W 27-17
10/02 Iowa St. W 44-0
10/09 Wisconsin W 37-0
10/16 @ Kansas St. W 41-0
10/23 Colorado W 38-13
10/30 @ Missouri W 16-14
11/06 Kansas W 42-6
11/13 @ Oklahoma St. W 21-17
11/25 Oklahoma W 21-9
01/01 Alabama L 28-39
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