Nebraska was coming off of yet another very successful season, coach Bible having won his third league championship in four years, and the program had taken four of the last five conference titles.
Not once during the previous 7-1-1 season was coach Bible able to play everyone on the roster, but against Texas on this day the backups began to cycle onto the field in the third quarter.
[8][11] The Cornhuskers got back to their defensive stonewalling ways after allowing the first touchdown of the season against Oklahoma the week before in a 16-7 win, delivering their fourth shutout in the last five games as the Missouri Tigers were humiliated at home in a driving rain.
Missouri's efforts were for naught as Nebraska rolled up 403 yards and twenty-three first downs in Columbia, yet again denying the Tigers possession of the Missouri-Nebraska Bell for the sixth year in a row and sending them farther back in the series to 6-18-3.
[8][9] The Cornhuskers overcame a soft start after the Jayhawks managed to dominate the line in the scoreless first period, and it was a spectacular 82-yard pass reception for a touchdown that marked the turning point in front of the overflow homecoming crowd.
Nebraska finished their conference schedule undefeated and secured another league title, while sending Kansas farther back in the series to 9-29-2.
The two seemingly unstoppable squads met in a showdown that the Cornhuskers had awaited since last year, hoping to secure their first win against the Panthers in the bitter series since 1921.
Finally, Pittsburgh found a crack in the defensive front and scored the day's lone touchdown on a 3-yard pass in the fourth quarter to decide the game.
A surprising trick play ensued when a Nebraska runner scooped the ball from the field goal kicker's hands and scooted into the end zone to score.
[8][14] Oregon State arrived in Nebraska to face the Cornhuskers for the third time, hoping to get a win after suffering defeats in both previous meetings.
The Beavers managed to hold the Cornhuskers to just 6 points in the first half, and were poised to score again in the third quarter when they secured a 1st and goal position on the Nebraska 5-yard line.