Nebraska 50
Missouri 7

Oct. 14, 1989 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Faurot Field •Columbia, MO
1st2nd3rd4th F 
Nebraska26107750
Missouri00707
First Quarter
NEB: Morgan Gregory 19 pass from Gerry Gdowski (Gregg Barrios kick) 11:16
NEB: Safety, Mike Croel blocked punt out of end zone, 10:35
NEB: Gdowski 34 run (Barrios kick) 9:53
NEB: Reggie Cooper recovered blocked punt in end zone (Barrios kick) 8:39
NEB: Chris Drennan 48 field goal, 2:08
Second Quarter
NEB: Drennan 42 field goal, 5:52
NEB: Gdowski 2 run (Barrios kick) 3:25
Third Quarter
NEB: Ken Clark 5 run (Barrios kick) 10:20
MIZ: Michael Jones 1 run (Dan Baker kick) 5:01
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Mickey Joseph 1 run (Barrios kick) 7:40

                        NEB       MIZ
First downs ............ 26        17
Rushes-yards ....... 73-417    36-117
Passing yards .......... 56       148
  Comp-Att-Int ..... 4-11-0   15-31-1
Total offense .......84-473    67-265
Returns-yards ....... 8-183      1-13
Sacks by .............. 1-7       0-0
Punts-avg. ......... 1-51.0    7-31.6
Fumbles-lost .......... 4-2       3-2
Penalties-yards .... 13-106      7-71
Possession time ..... 34:15     25:45
Third-down conv.  .... 5/11      1/13
Fourth-down conv. ..... 4/5       0/3

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
NEB: Clark 17-125, Gdowski 12-122, Mike Grant 9-55.
MIZ: Jones 12-50, Tommie Stowers 13-47.

Passing
NEB: Gdowski 3-7-0-41.
MIZ: John Stollenwerck 6-10-1-78, Kent Kiefer 8-18-0-59.

Receiving
NEB: Gregory 3-45.
MIZ: Skip Leach 3-40, Tim Bruton 3-30.

Missed field goals: none.

Interceptions
NEB: Cooper 1-17. MIZ: none.

Tackles (UT-AT-TT)
NEB: Cooper 6-2-8, Chris Caliendo 2-5-7, Jeff Mills 4-2-6, Pat Tyrance 3-3-6.

MIZ: Andy Titone 5-4-9, Adrian Jones 4-5-9, Darren MacDonald 3-6-9, Lee Johnson 2-7-9.

Sacks
NEB: David White 1-7. MIZ: none.

Attendance: 55,620.

Coverage

Recap

Mike Croel blocks Mizzou’s first punt for a safety. | Courtesy of Nebraska Athletics

Huskers overwhelm Tigers

Nebraska scored on the game’s first four possessions — its first two and Missouri’s first two — and cruised to its most lopsided win ever in Columbia.

After Gerry Gdowski threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Morgan Gregory, Mike Croel blocked Mizzou’s first punt for a Husker safety. Gdowski then ran 34 yards for another Nebraska score, and Travis Hill then blocked the Tigers’ second punt and Reggie Cooper recovered the ball the end zone for a 23-0 lead in the game’s first seven minutes.

Cooper was named the Big Eight’s defensive player of the week,

Recap source: 1990 media guide

 

Pregame & team info
1989 schedule
04/29White 40, Red 28
09/09N. IllinoisW 48-17
09/16UtahW 42-30
09/23@ MinnesotaW 48-0
09/30Oregon St.W 35-7
10/07Kansas St.W 58-7
10/14@ MissouriW 50-7
10/21@ Oklahoma St.W 48-23
10/28Iowa St.W 49-17
11/04@ ColoradoL 21-27
11/11KansasW 51-14
11/18OklahomaW 42-25
01/01Florida St.L 17-41
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