Nebraska 30
Missouri 7

Nov. 1, 1975 • 12 p.m. Central

Faurot Field •Columbia, MO • ABC

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
Nebraska	10	6	7	7	30
Missouri	0	7	0	0	7

First quarter
NU: Mike Coyle 30 field goal, 4:57
NU: Brad Jenkins 5 pass from Vince  Ferragamo (Coyle kick) 3:00
Second quarter
MU: Tony Galbreath 1 run (Tim Gibbons kick) 6:34
NU: John O'Leary 40 run (Coyle kick failed) 1:46
Third quarter
NU: Bobby Thomas 37 pass from Ferragamo (Coyle kick) 0:15
Fourth quarter
NU: Bobby Thomas 61 pass from Ferragamo (Coyle kick) 7:38

                           NU         MU
First Downs .............. 18         14
Rushes-Net yds ....... 55-237      47-71
Passing Net ............. 136        151
 Comp-Att-Int .......  8-17-0    12-29-1
Total Offense ........ 72-373     76-222
Return yards ............. 28          7
Punts ................ 7-35.7    10-34.9
Fumbles-lost ............ 2-2        3-1
Penalties-yds .......... 5-29       5-54

ATTENDANCE: 68,195

RUSHING
NU: John O'Leary 10-70, Monte Anthony 
 15-65 Tony Davis 15-49, Vince Ferragamo
 5-22, Curtis Craig 3-10, Dave Gillespie
 3-9, Tom Heiser 2-7, Gary Higgs 2-5.
MU: Galbreath 15-37, Brown 9-35, Blakeman
 2-15, Marx 2-10, Woods 2-10, Williams
 1-4, Stewart 1-3, Dandsill 2-1,
 Grossart 2-0, Pisarkiewicz 12-(-44).

PASSING
NU: Vince Ferragamo 8-17-0 for 136, 3 TDs
MU: Pisarkiewicz 12-27-1 for 151, 1 TD;
    Woods 0-1-0; Galbreath 0-1-0.

RECEIVING
NU: Thomas 2-98, O'Leary 2-6, Heiser 1-12,
 Davis 1-9, Malito 1-6, Jenkins 1-5.
MU: Grossart 5-72; Galbreath 3-36; 
 Marshall 2-31; Douglass 1-11, Stewart 1-1.

PUNTING
NU: Lessman 7-35.6. MU: Goble 10-34.9.

PASS INTERCEPTIONS
NU: Butterfield 1-10. MU: None.

PUNT RETURNS
NU: Stacey 1-1, Butterfield 4-1, Burrow
    1-16.
MU: Lewis 3-7.

KICKOFF RETURNS
NU: Gillespie 1-16.
MU: Garavaglia 1-20, Downing 2-46, 
 Stewart 2-43, Brown 1-22.

TACKLES (UT-AT-TT)
NU: Lee 4-0-4; Wied 4-1-5; Phillips 3-3-6;
 Martin 4-0-4; Fultz 5-1-6; Samuel 1-0-0;
 Pillen 5-4-9; Wightman 4-2-6; Jones 
 3-1-4; Monds 4-1-5; Burrow 4-1-5; Smith
 3-0-3; Stacey 3-0-3; Butterfield 1-1-2.
MU: Frisch 1-6-7; Cooper 1-3-4; Meyer 
 2-4-6; Smith 3-3-6; McRoberts 3-0-3; 
 Morrissey 0-2-2; Legg 1-0-1; Garavaglia
 2-1-3; Cole 2-2-4; Hodge 7-5-12; Kirk- 
 patrick 6-5-11; Culp 2-2-4; Downing 
 6-2-8; Banta 7-0-7; Carter 1-1-2; 
 Fitzgerald 1-1-2; Leavitt 0-1-1.

NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME:
 Vince Ferragamo.

NU DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF GAME:
 Dave Butterfield and Jerry Wied.

Coverage

Recap

Fake punt
turns tide
in Columbia

In a game that will long be remembered for Nebraska’s “Bummeroosky” play, the Huskers defeated Missouri 30-7 before a national ABC-TV audience.

Nebraska took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter, on a Mike Coyle field goal and a Vince Ferragamo to Brad Jenkins pass, before Missouri pulled to within three, at 10-7, with 6:34 left in the first half.

Then, with 1:46 left in the second quarter, Husker coach Tom Osborne called for the “Bummeroosky,” which crossed up the Tigers, the TV cameras and 68,000 fans. With Nebraska in punt formation, the ball was snapped to blocker Tony Davis, who pushed the ball from behind through John O’Leary’s legs, then turned and faked to Monte Anthony coming around right.

All the Huskers, including the punter, tore off to the right as if it were a fake kick sweep, while O’Leary remained stationary with the ball hidden. Then, when Missouri players took off with the Husker flow to the right, O’Leary went to his left and ran 40 yards to score without a Tiger being the wiser until it was too late.

Nebraska scored twice more in the second half, while the Black Shirts held Missouri to 71 yards rushing. But it was the “Bummeroosky” that turned the tide and helped give Osborne his first head coaching win over Missouri.

Recap source: 1976 media guide

Neb. sources

Omaha World-Herald

Lincoln Journal & Star

More Sources

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Joseph News-Press

Nebraska resorts to trickery to whip Missouri

Des Moines Register

Fake punt helps Huskers end Missouri jinx

Jefferson City News-Tribune

Third-ranked Huskers whip Missouri

Associated Press

Nebraska Shows Missouri, 30-7

United Press International

Nebraska Buries Missouri

Pregame & team info

1975 schedule

05/03	Reds 6, Whites 20
09/13	LSU	W 10-7
09/20	Indiana	W 45-0
09/27	TCU	W 56-14
10/04	Miami	W 31-16
10/11	Kansas	W 16-0
10/18	@ Oklahoma St.	W 28-20
10/25	Colorado	W 63-21
11/01	@ Missouri	W 30-7
11/08	@ Kansas St.	W 12-0
11/15	Iowa St.	W 52-0
11/22	Oklahoma	L 10-35
12/26	@ Arizona St.	L 14-17

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2024 Husker Football
04/27	Red 21, White 25
08/31	UTEP	W 40-7
09/07	Colorado	W 28-10
09/14	Northern Iowa	W 34-3
09/20	Illinois	7:00 PM
09/28	@ Purdue	11:00 AM
10/05	Rutgers	TBA
10/19	@ Indiana	TBA
10/26	@ Ohio State	TBA
11/02	UCLA	TBA
11/16	@ Southern Cal	TBA
11/23	Wisconsin	TBA
11/29	@ Iowa	6:30 PM

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