Missouri 21
Nebraska 10

Oct. 12, 1974 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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Second quarter
NEB: Mike Coyle 32 field goal, 11:06
Fourth quarter
NEB: Don Westbrook 10 pass from Terry Luck (Coyle kick) 11:26
MIZ: Steve Pisarkiewicz 2 run (Gibbons kick) 6:56 
MIZ: Mark Miller 9 pass from Pisarkiewicz (Gibbons kick) 4:12
MIZ: Tony Galbreath 5 run (Gibbons kick) 2:29

                         MIZ        NEB
First Downs ............. 12         14
Rushing, Net ........ 44-154     54-101
Passing, Net ............ 65        125
  Comp-Att-Int ...... 8-17-1    11-22-2
Total Offense ....... 61-219     76-226
Punts-Avg ............ 10-38       5-38
Fumbles-Lost ........... 1-0        5-3
Penalties-Yds ........ 7-104       3-40


LEADING NU RUSHER: Dave Gillespie 43.


LEADING NU PASSERS: Dave Humm 8-14-1, Terry Luck 3-8-1.


NU TOTAL OFFENSE LEADER: Dave Humm 103.


MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS


ATTENDANCE: 76,526


NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: None.


NU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Mike Fultz.

1974 Nebraska-Missouri football, Dave Humm run photoNebraska’s Dave Humm finds the going tough during a run up the middle. Humm later suffered a concussion on an option play. · St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Newspapers.com

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Recap

Tony Galbreath run, 1974 Nebraska-Missouri football photoMissouri’s Tony Galbreath ran for 71 yards on 17 carries. · The Kansas City Star · Newspapers.com

Tigers’ late surge spells Husker doom

Nebraska, playing without star quarterback Dave Humm for half the game, had its Big 8 Championship thoughts dashed early by the upstart Missouri Tigers 21-10.

Humm, who had directed the Huskers to a 3-0 halftime lead, suffered a concussion early in the third period and was lost for the remainder of the contest.

With second-string quarterback Terry Luck at the controls, the Cornhuskers surged to a 10-0 fourth-quarter lead before the Missouri onslaught took place.

Led by quarterback Steve Pisarkiewicz and fullback Tony Galbreath, Missouri scored three times in the last stanza and held Nebraska scoreless for the final 11 minutes. It was the second time in two years that Nebraska had lost to Missouri in both teams’ Big 8 opener. Last year, Missouri upset the undefeated Huskers 13-12 in Columbia.

Before this game even started, many Husker fans feared an upset in the making because of what Missouri did during the 1972 season. Missouri traveled to Lincoln that year and lost 62-0. That following week the Tigers had to face Notre Dame in South Bend. But what seemed to be an insurmountable task proved to be a great college upset as Missouri defeated the Irish.

One week before this game, Missouri was being clobbered by Wisconsin 59-20 while Nebraska was trouncing Minnesota 54-0. Unfortunately for the Huskers, Missouri football history repeated itself and Nebraska went down to defeat.

Recap source: 1975 media guide

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Pregame & team info
1974 schedule
05/04Red 41, White 40
09/14OregonW 61-7
09/21@ WisconsinL 20-21
09/28NorthwesternW 49-7
10/05MinnesotaW 54-0
10/12MissouriL 10-21
10/19@ KansasW 56-0
10/26Oklahoma St.W 7-3
11/02@ ColoradoW 31-15
11/09@ Iowa St.W 23-13
11/16Kansas St.W 35-7
11/23OklahomaL 14-28
12/31FloridaW 13-10
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