Missouri at Nebraska

Saturday, October 28, 1944

Nebraska beat Missouri 24–⁠20. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 19–⁠8–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayMissouri3–⁠5–⁠2 in 1944
20
HomeNebraska2–⁠6 in 1944
24

FinalHigh 81°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Nebraska Scores Upset Over Missouri, 24-20

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 29, 1944, page 9

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    Nebraska Scores Upset Over Missouri, 24–⁠20 e. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 2S.-Ri ae upset of the year in the Big football conference was exs.u Today as Nebraska. a team aa had not scored a point IN bo Iee previous games. won “a to N.Y.. U’ef Missouri team that had . favored to beat the Nebras- ‘”‘ Ny i’ve or more touchdowns. M -V- .ne burma road was tentatively N, t’syeo more than 100 years ago, Twas not opened until 1899.

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)

Missouri 64% to win. Nebraska won as Elo’s underdog.

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 66 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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