“When they scored with eight seconds and then we came back to score, it kind of knocked them out of it and really gave us the edge.” 38-POINT QUARTER “It was definitely the key play of the game,” said a victorious coach Al Onfrio. Missouri's big play man had produced again. He crossed midfield at full throttle and then the countdown to a touchdown began: 40. Fielding the Auburn kickoff at his 16, Moseley-the man Gossom beat on his TD catch-saw a wedge of blockers form before him, cut to their left and in no time he saw he was sailing up the left sideline. Auburn assumed there was no way Missouri could retaliate in only eight seconds.īut they underestimated this little guy named Moseley by a mile-or 84 yards.
EIGHT-SECOND REVENGEīut the War Eagles got caught up in their own momentum as they failed to play out the clock. Gossom's catch came with just eight seconds remaining in the first half and from the looks of the Auburn bench at the time it appeared there would be no stopping them in the second half. It came on the heels of Auburn's happiest moment and completely turned the tide of the first-ever meeting between two longtime bowl travelers.Īuburn had beaten the clock and Missouri out of a touchdown seconds before when freshman quarterback Phil Gargis rifled a fourth-down 17-yard scoring pass to Thomas Gossom making it a 21-10 game in Mizzou's favor. The pulsating gallop by the 160-pound Moseley carried him across the goal line with no time left showing on the clock. Generating all kinds of electricity with an 84-yard kickoff return in the fading seconds of the first half, Moseley dealt Auburn the fatal blow with his scoring run and Missouri University went through the formality of the second half to clinch a 34-17 victory in the 39th annual Sun Bowl Football game before 30,127 locals and a national TV audience. The one time he did, however, the Auburn Tigers came right out of their stripes, never to find their way back to the game again. 29, 1973) - John Moseley, who's no more than knee-high to a powder keg but goes off just like one, rocked the Sun Bowl only once Saturday.
From the Sun Bowl Vault: Missouri Sacks Auburn 34-17 On Game-Breaking Runbackīy Tom Lindley / El Paso Times Sports EditorĮL PASO, Texas (Dec.
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