Missouri at Nebraska
Saturday, November 2, 1946 Share
Missouri beat Nebraska 21–20. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 19–10–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 42°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1946, page 13 (results column)
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 19b. |Weekend’s College Grid Stors in Buckeyes 1927 triumph over North Charlie Trippi, Georgia--Threw one scoring pass and tailed six-pointer in Bulldogs 14–0 win over Alabama. Ken Holland, Arkansas–Recovered . tumble, passed and ran 35 yards to set up Razorbacks’ lone touchdown IN their 70 truWgh Wasss ever Tssss aeS twice as sooners defeated Texas Chris tians 14–12. Bobby Layne, Texas–Completed nine passes for 160 yards and picked up ~ on the ground to sn issd LonshSFnnss ass’nos,.t 70 Bob De Moss, Purdue-With shoulder in harness. hit IL Of 20 passes for 262 yards and two touchdowns and set up another tally as Boilermakers bowed to Wisconsin 24–20. touchdown passes to aid the Hoosiers In defeating Pittsburgh 2o-6. Arnold Tucker, Army–Tossed two touchdowns as Army chalked up ts 25th consecutive win. tripping West Ken Keifiei, Princeton-Booted 20 yard field goal in last minute Of play to enable Tigers to clip highly favored Joe watt. syracuss-scorsd twice In Orange 28–7 win over Temple. Don Phelps, Kentucky-Romped 70 four touchdowns, including S5-yard runback of kickoff to pace Wildcats to 1914 victory over Michigan State. Al Fassmacht, Colgate-Snared three touchdown passes to lead Red Raiders to $50 triumph over Lafayette. Jim Kekeris, Missouri–Booted three conversions to provide Tigers with their margin Of victory over Nebraska, 21–20. Burr Baldwin, q. c. L. A.-Scampered into pay dirt three times as the Bruins smothered st. Mary’s 1920. Art Battle, Southern Caltfornia--- Scored Trojans’ frst two touchdowns In their 43–0 rout of OREGON.
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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
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 64 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. ColoradoNov. 9, 1946
- SeasonMissouri in 1946
- ProgramMissouri history and records
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateNov. 16, 1946
- SeasonNebraska in 1946
- ProgramNebraska history and records

