The Husker move up to 14th in the standings after a 27-12 comeback win over their first Big 12 opponent Missouri.

 

The down pouring rain made it difficult to judge the play under offensive coordinator Watson's West Coast Offense which accomplished nothing during the first three quarters.

 

But lo and behold it almost looked like Dr. Tom took over the job in the last quarter  as the Huskers used the Power I with the double wing. The result was great as the renforced line opened up holes for the running game and got Missouri so shook up that they forgot to play pass defense. Let's see more of that....

 

Next up this Saturday, October 17th at 2:30 PM ...Texas Tech in Lincoln.  The game will be telecast as an ABC regional show.

 

Team Statistics

                            Team Statistics (Final)
                                     NU       MU

FIRST DOWNS...................       14       15
  Rushing.....................        6        4
  Passing.....................        6        7
  Penalty.....................        2        4
NET YARDS RUSHING.............      105       91
  Rushing Attempts............       33       35
  Average Per Rush............      3.2      2.6
  Rushing Touchdowns..........        1        1
  Yards Gained Rushing........      144      118
  Yards Lost Rushing..........       39       27
NET YARDS PASSING.............      158      134
  Completions-Attempts-Int....  14-33-0  17-43-2
  Average Per Attempt.........      4.8      3.1
  Average Per Completion......     11.3      7.9
  Passing Touchdowns..........        3        0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS...........      263      225
  Total offense plays.........       66       78
  Average Gain Per Play.......      4.0      2.9
Fumbles: Number-Lost..........      5-2      2-1
Penalties: Number-Yards.......   12-108    8-100
PUNTS-YARDS...................    8-315    8-357
  Average Yards Per Punt......     39.4     44.6
  Net Yards Per Punt..........     29.0     45.2
  Inside 20...................        2        4
  50+ Yards...................        2        1
  Touchbacks..................        1        0
  Fair catch..................        0        2
KICKOFFS-YARDS................    6-380     2-92
  Average Yards Per Kickoff...     63.3     46.0
  Net Yards Per Kickoff.......     46.3     45.0
  Touchbacks..................        1        0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD.   4--5-0   4-63-0
  Average Per Return..........     -1.2     15.8
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD    1-2-0   5-82-0
  Average Per Return..........      2.0     16.4
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD..   2-40-0    0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.    0-0-0    0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards...........        0        0
Possession Time...............    29:32    30:28
  1st Quarter.................     6:49     8:11
  2nd Quarter.................     7:54     7:06
  3rd Quarter.................     7:34     7:26
  4th Quarter.................     7:15     7:45
Third-Down Conversions........  8 of 17  5 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 1   1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      3-3      2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-15      1-7
PAT Kicks.....................      3-3      1-1
Field Goals...................      0-0      1-2

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Individual Statistics

                                 Individual Statistics (Final)

Nebraska

Rushing              No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg
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Helu Jr., Roy        18   96    8   88  1 41  4.9
Burkhead, Rex         5   34    0   34  0 14  6.8
Lee, Zac              8   14    7    7  0  5  0.9
TEAM                  2    0   24  -24  0  0 -12.0
Totals...            33  144   39  105  1 41  3.2

Passing              Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Lee, Zac               14-33-0   158  3   56    1
Totals...              14-33-0   158  3   56    1

Receiving             No.  Yds   TD Long
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Paul, Niles             6  102    2   56
Gilleylen, C.           3   14    0   13
Holt, Menelik           2   26    0   18
McNeill, Mike           1    8    1    8
Reed, Kyler             1    4    0    4
Burkhead, Rex           1    4    0    4
Totals...              14  158    3   56

Punting               No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB
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Henery, Alex            8  315  39.4   55    2    1
Totals...               8  315  39.4   55    2    1

                       Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept
All Returns          No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Paul, Niles           2  -1  0  0   0  0  0   0  0
Burkhead, Rex         1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0
Gomes, Dejon          0   0  0  0   0  0  1  40 40
May, Mathew           1  -4  0  0   0  0  0   0  0
Glassman, Dan         0   0  0  1   2  2  0   0  0
Suh, Ndamukong        0   0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0
Totals...             4  -5  0  1   2  2  2  40 40

Field goal attempts
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Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg
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Kunalic, Adi       6  380   1   0  63.3