Oct. 11, 2003
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The victory for Missouri is the first over Nebraska since Nov. 18, 1978, snapping a 24-game losing streak in the series.
No. 10 Nebraska is the highest ranked team Missouri has defeated since it last defeated the No. 2 Huskers (Nov. 18, 1978)
The last top-10 team MU defeated at home was No. 7 Arizona (28-21) on Sept. 28, 1974.
The win snaps a 20-game losing streak to teams ranked in the Associated Press Top-25. The last win came in a 51-50 double-overtime win over No. 12 Oklahoma State on Oct. 25, 1997 in Stillwater, Okla. It also snaps a 45-game losing streak against top-10 teams, with the last victory coming over No. 9 Mississippi State on Oct. 3, 1981.
Mizzou's last win at home against a top-10 team was a 9-0 shutout win over No. 9 Arizona State in 1974.
Zack Abron's six-yard touchdown run with 6:25 to go in the first quarter was his seventh this season and the 34th of his career. He is second in career touchdowns at Mizzou and needs just four more to break Corby Jones' record of 38 TD's (1995-98). Abron is fourth on the MU career scoring charts with 210 points and needs just 13 more points to surpass Bob Steuber's 222 career points (1940-42).
Brad Smith had two passes intercepted on Saturday, the first two passes that Smith has had picked off this season. He had gone 140 pass attempts dating back to last year without an interception before Josh Bullocks intercepted Smith in the first quarter.
James Kinney's fumble recovery in the first quarter was the first of the season for Kinney and the fifth of his career. He also forced a fumble in the fourth quarter which was recovered by Dedrick Harrington.
Nino Williams recorded his first career fumble recovery on a fumbled kickoff return in the first quarter. He added a second fumble recovery in the second quarter.
J.D. McCoy's 23-yard reception in the first quarter was a career long. His previous long was a 12-yard reception against Kansas in 2000.
With his 84 yards on Saturday, Zack Abron moved into fourth on the Missouri career rushing yards lists with 2,607 career yards. He passed Corby Jones who rushed for 2,533 yards from 1995-98. Next on the list is Darrell Wallace, who racked up 2,607 yards (1984-87). Abron needs 419 more yards to break Brock Olivo's record of 3,026.
Brad Smith scored four touchdowns (three rushing and one receiving) to tie a school record for most touchdowns scored in a game. Four others is MU history have scored four touchdowns (Earl Grant vs. Kansas 11/11/78; James Wilder vs. Nebraska 11/18/78; Marlon Adler vs. Iowa State, 10/29/83; Joe Freeman vs. Marshall 10/3/92).
Darius Outlaw's 47-yard pass to Brad Smith with 10:57 to go in the second quarter was the 12th touchdown pass of Outlaw's career and first since 2001. It was the first career touchdown reception for Smith.
Missouri's 14-10 halftime lead was the first time it held a lead at half over the Cornhuskers since the 1998 match-up in Lincoln. The Tigers led at halftime of that game 13-6, but lost 20-13.
The 41 points scored by Mizzou is the most points Nebraska has allowed this season. Previously, Southern Mississippi's 14 points were the most the Cornhuskers had given up.
A sellout crowd of 68,349 was in attendance on Saturday. It was the first sellout of Memorial Stadium since Sept. 25, 1999, against Nebraska.
The 40-yard punt by Todd Gohsler in the third quarter was the first punt for Gohsler in 2003. His last punt came against Kansas State on Nov. 23, 2002.
Brad Smith rushed for 123 yards, reaching the 100-yard rushing mark for the third time in 2003 and eighth time in his career. Smith is the first player to rush for over 100 yards against Nebraska this season.
Dedrick Harrington picked up his first career fumble recovery in the fourth quarter. The recovery led the MU's go-ahead touchdown.
Sonny Riccio's 15-yard touchdown pass to Victor Sesay on a fake field goal in the fourth quarter was Riccio's second TD pass of his career and was the second career touchdown reception for Sesay.
Zach Ville intercepted his first career pass in the fourth quarter.