Nebraska at Missouri

Saturday, October 27, 1923

Nebraska and Missouri tied 7–⁠7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 8–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayNebraska4–⁠2–⁠2 in 1923
7
HomeMissouri2–⁠3–⁠3 in 1923
7

FinalHigh 48°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The San Antonio light's story: NEBRASKA-MISSOURI GAME BEFORE 5000 ENDS IN 7-fo-7 TIE Kansas Aggies and UNI Uersity Also Tie, Meth err Scoring.

    San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., October 28, 1923, page 48

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    NEBRASKA-MISSOURI GAME BEFORE 5000 ENDS IN 7-fo-7 TIE Kansas Aggies and UNI Uersity Also Tie, Meth err Scoring. Columbia. Mo-. Get. 27.-Nebraska and Missouri battled through n sensatiOnal football game to 7-to-7 tie before homecoming crowd of $1,000 on Rollins Field here Saturday after noon. The Tigers scored a touchdown in the first few minutes of play. and the COrnhuskers scored one before the whistle ended the first period. Then the two teams played a futile passing. kicking game. endeavoring to break through the defense of the opposition and sec-sawing over the field. MissOuri’s marker came just after the kickoff. when n Nebraska punt was blocked, fhc Tigers taking the ball on the Nebraska 2G-yard line. Fullback Whiteman tossed n pass to Faurot, who took it to the Nebraska three-yard line. Halfback Bond car ried it across for Missouri’s touch down and Whitcman kicked goal. Captain Lcwellyn, held out of the game as cripple, went into the Nebraska lineup as halfback and shortly after. intercepted n pass by Whitcman and ran 60 yards for a touchdown.

  • The 's story: NEBRASKA AND MISSOURI BATTLE TO II TIE IN COLUMBIA HOMECOMING

    , October 28, 1923

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    NEBRASKA AND MISSOURI BATTLE TO II TIE IN COLUMBIA HOMECOMING COLUMBIA. Mo-, Oct. 27-United Press.6Nebraska and Missouri bat: tied to n Z TO Z tie before a home coming crowd OF 1900 on Rollins field here this afternoon. Tho Tigers scored n touchdown in the first four minutes OF play and the Cornhuskers scored another before the whistle ended the first period. For the rest of the game. the two teams played a futile passing, kick ing. at no time really ondangerlng either goal line

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Nebraska 58% to win.

Officially, Nebraska leads 65–⁠36–⁠3; as played, 60–⁠33–⁠3 in the 96 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 87 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 31, Missouri 17
2009Nebraska 27, Missouri 12
2008Missouri 52, Nebraska 17
2007Missouri 41, Nebraska 6
2006Nebraska 34, Missouri 20
2005Missouri 41, Nebraska 24

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