Missouri at Nebraska
Saturday, October 28, 1944 Share
Nebraska beat Missouri 24–20. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 19–8–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 46°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Missouri–Nebraska gameOfficially, 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.
| 2010 | Nebraska 31, Missouri 17 | |
| 2009 | Nebraska 27, Missouri 12 | |
| 2008 | Missouri 52, Nebraska 17 | |
| 2007 | Missouri 41, Nebraska 6 | |
| 2006 | Nebraska 34, Missouri 20 | |
| 2005 | Missouri 41, Nebraska 24 |
Around this game
Missouri
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateNov. 4, 1944
- SeasonMissouri in 1944
- ProgramMissouri history and records
Nebraska
- Next gameat IowaNov. 4, 1944
- SeasonNebraska in 1944
- ProgramNebraska history and records

