Official recap Nebraska scored on the game's first four possessions — its first two and Missouri's first two — and cruised to its biggest win ever at Columbia. After Gerry Gdowski threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Morgan Gregory, Mike Croel blocked Mizzou's first punt for a Husker safety. Gdowski then ran 34 yards for another Nebraska score, and Travis Hill then blocked the Tigers' second punt and Reggie Cooper, who was later named the Big Eight's defensive player-of-the-week, recovered in the end zone for a 23-0 lead in the game's first seven minutes. SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 50
Missouri 7

Nebraska     26   10    7    7   —   50 
Missouri      0    0    7    0   —    7

First Quarter
NEB — Morgan Gregory 19 pass from Gerry Gdowski
 (Gregg Barrios kick), 11:16 left.
NEB — Safety, Mike Croel blocked punt 
 out of end zone, 10:35.
NEB — Gdowski 34 run (Barrios kick), 9:53.
NEB — Reggie Cooper recovered blocked punt in
 end zone (Barrios kick), 8:39.
NEB — FG Chris Drennan 48, 2:08. 
Second Quarter
NEB — FG Drennan 42, 5:52.
NEB — Gdowski 2 run (Barrios kick), 3:25. 
Third Quarter
NEB — Ken Clark 5 run (Barrios kick), 10:20.
MIZ — Michael Jones 1 run (Dan Baker kick), 5:01. 
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Mickey Joseph 1 run (Barrios kick), 7:40.
A—55,620.
                       Neb.      Mo.
First downs            26        17
Rushes-yards           73-417    36-117
Passing yards          56        148
Returns-yards          8-183     1-13
Passes                 4-11-0    15-31-1
Sacks by               1-7       0-0
Punts-avg.             1-51      7-32
Fumbles-lost           4-2       3-2
Penalties-yards        13-106    7-71
Time of possession     34:15     25:45