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player defends. Shamblin caught 4 passes for 84 yards against Missouri.
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Nebraska linebacker lorn Huud (4b) and monster Mark Heydorff (22)
tackle Missouri tailback Tommy Reamon (21) after a short gain
Heamon had 69 yards in 21 carries against the Huskers.
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Mike Theiler
Huskers still aim for Big 8 crown
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Columbia, Mo.- With blood dripping from a cut on his left
eyebrow and his body drenched in sw.jat. Nebraska defensive
tackle and co-captam John Dutton stood in the silent Husker
did in7T'and said' "Wf"'" Just have ,0 come back l,ke we
,ftJhth was10th1e0s,(-'ntim',nt of all Nebraska football players
after their 13-12 loss to the University of Missouri before
b, 170 fans at Faurot Fiold in Columbia, Mo.
In 1969, the Huskers lost to Missouri in Columbia 17-7
but the following week they defeated Kansas in Lincoln'
21-17. Nebraska tied the Tigers that year for the Biq 8
championship. a
"Winning the Big 8 is still our yoal," Head Coach Tom
Osborne said. "We still have to behevu Wi; can do it."
Daryl White, offensive tackk and co-captain, said "We'll
ue back next week; we won't get down.
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Missouri's Scott Anderson (; reacts jubilantly after recovering RanrJv Rom'c
uurth quarter fumble of a Missouri punt on the Muster four J -1,1 i;7 nY . 9
Nebraska's reaction is defensive end Steve Man ted (82) D.splaymg
Our offense played lousy out there, today," he said. Our
defense was great, but the offense couldn't score when we had
counted" mVf b3"' bUt W(? cou,dn,t d0 what
Nebraska had its problems. Humm threw one pass
interception and fumble (,ne, l-back Tony Davis and
come, back Randy Bo, g f.!mbl,;d once each and kicker Rich
Sanger had a thd (ll(i,u..r fidd goal blocked and missed a
fourth quarter dtt-.-nipr.
HumnVs second. qua. t.r fun.ble set up a Tiger field goal
hat tied the sco-e at 0 6, an.l Bnry's fourth quarter fumble on
the Nebraska fou. yai.l li,. ;,, up Missouri's winning score
With 1:55 l..ft ,n lJlimt.-, ihe Huskers drove 71 yards in
four pays and cut M.ssou.i lead to one point, 13-12
Nebraska then went far ,,,, points, but was stopped, and it
was all over for the Hush.-.',. ' 1
Davis was th- int,r.,-!,;d receiver on the two-point
conversion play. Howev,,, th, ball was tipped by a Missouri
lineman and intercepted by T.qer safety Tony Gillick.
Osborne said that if he had another chance, he might have
called a different two-point play.
"If I had it to do ove, acjci.n, I'd call a time out, because
there am three oi fou. other plays we might have tried " he
said, although our completion on that pass is usually pretty
high, about GO per cut." y
On the plane i,d,; horn... Boiq talked about the game and
his fumble.
"Their kickei did a good job; he really hung the ball up
there, he said. 'The., U.koff coverage was excellent, too"
Borg intercepted two Tiger passes.
"It's tough to downgrade somebody who just beat you but
the statistics prove that Missouri couldn't move the ball on us
consistently," he said.
A look at the s:,,..i(;:, teveals Nebraska outdistanced
Missouri m almost eve.y category,
Missouri had only we,, t.rst downs compared to the
Huskers 2 . Nebraska pa-,., d for 292 yards and rushed for 152
for 163 Jm PaWd f' nly SeVCn Vards and rushed
Nebiaska's r;;,,:,t ,...,.(;, .lij.i.y was to senior split end
F.osty An,le,son. Aeoe.son was injured early in the f "st
nuar er and wil, be ot (, ih((,, fj;iines withy fl disoca
' ou d. , . Sophomo.e D.w,- l.hambl.n. Anderson's replaceme t
g"af,oL"' "aSV" " V- Humm said, "Shamblin did la
How they scored...
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"""i "fl,.,e,ive possession, the Huskers
i-i-'V; uowii to the Tiger 25 yard line
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7 ' : '(i-'!"-iua,te,, Nrhraska lead 3 0.
Nebraska A-,,,!,. , H , , , , d, ,overed 68-yards in nine
7," '"i"'1 :i- 13 vard line and
; ""'k';;;" U)"'UU: u" field goal. This time
0 Jy"'(l" !Wi!hf) the quarter, Nebraska
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M.ssour,c,,!l7 til, T(!J,rs drove 62 yards in
lays, but we,,. -. (it fsf. ... l.. 17 w,, . J u '
finer' h .H u , ,,i i ' ' ' g( 1 " a l ydi d I me. The
8-111,. m . ;' J J CiM;(' Hi" Ooal. With
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HuT;1!?, !'',,''S ;if;0,"":""" on the
kcke a 31 J '"" ' ',,,! 1& Valine where Hill
kicked a 31 yd l,.,d goal At ballh,,,,, lh, (J,ITI(. was tje(J 6.6
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d.ove 71ya, K :;, (, , , yard line, the Huskers
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