It was a strange night all around Thursday night at Faurot Field in Columbia. The lights in the stadium went out about 90 minutes before kickoff. The lights came back on, but the main scoreboard did not work. For three quarters, nothing was working for the Nebraska Cornhuskers either. Then, much like the lights flicked back on 30 minutes before kickoff, the light clicked on for the Huskers as they rallied in the fourth quarter with 27 unanswered points to beat Missouri 27-12.

The Husker offense just couldn’t generate anything in the third quarter. NU picked up just two first downs and gained just 10 yards in the third. After three quarters, they had 109 yards of total offense. In the fourth, Lee hit Niles Paul for a 56 yard touchdown pass on a 3rd and 8 and just like that, Nebraska was within 12-7 with 13:56 to play.

Then, on Missouri’s first pass on the next possession, Ndamukong Suh picked off a pass thrown right into his chest giving the Huskers 1st and 10 at the MU 20. Two plays later, Lee found Paul for a 13 yard touchdown as Paul ripped the ball away from cornerback Kevin Rutland. The Huskers, prior to that interception, had four or five passes that were in their hands that could have been picked off, but they were all dropped.

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