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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