1978 MU VS. NU Game Highlights

[@teresarudasill2525]

I attended the 1978 game with my friend, James Mottaz. It was the coldest game I've been to. I will never forget how quiet the NU fans were after the game. Go Mizzou !

[@menloe24]

Could you imagine at that time in 2015 that Nebraska would be in the Big 10, and Missouri in the SEC?

[@michaelmore2luv]

Right? I wish they still stayed in the Big 12 conference

[@fiamike]

Fabulous! Thanks for posting this...what great memories.

[@kimoandrews5802]

Coach Powers did a fantastic coaching job in '78.

[@RedElephantStampede]

Man, the Mizzou Bama game that year was a wild one.

[@robertsettle2590]

So were the BAMA fans!

[@statman29neb]

Amazing highlights, Nebraska ran two offensive plays one was an interception the other they were sacked and they still somehow managed to score 31 points.

[@tommanfrede5241]

Remember when Phil Bradley played professional baseball for the Mariners?

[@jayschool]

And thus went Mizzou's last victory against Nebraska until 2003 -- 25 years later.

[@markkhurst]

great run by phil bradley also

[@Bamruff62]

As a Alabama fan/graduate my belated thanks to the 1978 Missouri team for beating Nebraska here in 1978. If Nebraska had won, it would have been #1 Penn St. vs. #2 Nebraska down there in the Orange Bowl for all the marbles. But, fortunately for Alabama, Missouri wins this game and Nebraska National Title hopes went down the drain. .. #2 Alabama goes on to beat #1 Penn St down there in the Sugar Bowl. .. Joe Paterno still wanted go down to the Orange Bowl to play 2-loss Nebraska, but Bear Bryant was able to politely persuade Paterno that it would be a better matchup to have #1 PSU face off against #2 Alabama. ... Coach Bryant was able to subtly remind Joe Paterno about the static Paterno/ Penn St. received when he dodge Texas in 1969.

[@brianjacob8728]

USC 24 Bama 14 in Birmingham. In case you forgot.

[@Bamruff62]

@@brianjacob8728 was the Bama-USC game a Championship game? Arizona St : 20 USC: 7 to refresh your memory. Alabama 14 Penn State 7. That was your National Championship game for 1978.

[@brianjacob8728]

@@Bamruff62 AT ALABAMA. No doubt who the better team was. and yeah, usc was down to their 5th string center vs ASU. That never happens. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpqTd2acd5uElZo&ab_channel=BamaRewind And quit counting all your BS championships that you don't deserve.

[@Bamruff62]

@@brianjacob8728 .. Wow the center was now 5th string? That center position keeps getting lower and lower. I'm not sure there is such a thing as 5th string. Alabama had a number of first string players out due to team restrictions. Sorry Brian but a team goes with its lineup. USC was duly rewarded in the polls for their win and Alabama was duly penalize for the loss dropping down to #8 in the polls. But the season continues on. USC got hosed off the field by an UNRANKED team. USC fell down in the polls. That's the way the polls work. Games played later in the season are weighted more than games played earlier. Both Alabama and USC flubbed up their chances of winning a Unanimous National Title when they both lost to a Lesser team

[@brianjacob8728]

@@Bamruff62 there isn't that's the point. quit flashing those sec academics. You all got wooped on your home field on national tv. quit acting like auburn.

[@MrJohnbarkley1000]

we should of kept warren powers he was a good coach and when he left we were a pretty good football program but im glad were finally good with the two years smith produced and now what pinkel has produced in the last decade

[@markrutledge4972]

Who are those announcers? The Missouri radio network at the time was Dan Kelly and Bill Wilkerson, and these are different folks.

[@microphen]

I was 18; one of the greatest Mizzou games ever. Awesome talent on that team. Unfortunately for Nebraska, they got stuck playing OU again in the Orange Bowl, which I thought was a real raw deal for them; not cool.

[@1beinki]

MU will not have a problem with NU this week. My prediction MU 45 NU 17 and Chase will win the heisman.

[@sportshistorybuff]

That old gold looks so much better than the sickly canary yellow shade the Tigers wear these days. The official colors are still old gold and black, aren't they, so why does the football team only wear it on their helmet? Did Pinkel allow the players to choose the shade?

[@maymeclayton1402]

Back when Mizzou would knock off the blue-bloods and lose to Iowa St. and Kansas.

[@statman29neb]

I appreciate the fact that they were from a Missouri perspective and yes I figured that out, but I also have videos posted and I'm a Husker fan that shows key highlights for both teams. For example 83 NU vs OU and 98 Nu vs Tennessee. I liked your highlights but would have liked to see both teams as it was a great game that went back and forth and would have made your highlight package without question 5 stars. Your highlights did not capture the true competitiveness of this game. just saying

[@duanedohmen1806]

I went to this game as a 12 year old Husker Fan. James Wilder is a stud. How do I trade/get this entire game?

[@chrisbath3956]

QB Phil Bradley and TE Kellen Winslow! That Missouri offense was loaded with talent at the skill positions!

[@MrJohnbarkley1000]

Hey RManFlint where you french in 1998?

[@jaybrockhaus3712]

Where did you find this footage

[@RManFlint]

No, but I was potty-trained, DiaperBoy.