knapplc Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Eric Crouch holds the record for the longest touchdown run in school history - a 95-yard run against Missouri in 2001 on a pass play in which Crouch took the snap, took his drop into the end zone, found no open receivers and broke free of the oncoming Tigger pass rush, then jumbled, juked and jived to the open field where he outran everyone. The total yardage on the play was far greater than 95 yards. Crouch also made one of the most famous touchdowns in Husker history on a play known as the Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass, in which he scored a 63-yard touchdown against bitter rival Oklahoma, en route to a 20-10 Nebraska victory. Crouch won the 2001 Heisman Trophy in the closest balloting since 1985, edging out Florida's Rex Grossman and Miami's Ken Dorsey. Red Grange scored three touchdowns in his first college game, a 24-7 victory over visiting Nebraska. Grange scored a touchdown in every single college game he played except one - a 1925 loss to Nebraska, in which Illinois was shut out, 14-0. Grange played in an era without a bevy of awards, but in 1978 Chris Berman was interviewing George Halas, the famed owner of the Chicago Bears, and asked Halas who was the greatest running back he had ever seen. Halas replied: 'That would be Red Grange.' And I asked him if Grange was playing today, how many yards do you think he'd gain. And he said, 'About 750, maybe 800 yards.' And I said, 'Well, 800 yards is just okay.' He sat up in his chair and he said, 'Son, you must remember one thing. Red Grange is 75 years old.' Link to comment
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