Greatest Moment in Husker Football History - Sweet 16 #1

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Huskers.com is running a series of Twitter votes to determine the greatest moment in Husker football history.

 

You can vote on Twitter if you like.  But what does HuskerBoard say?

 

TOP NON-BOWL GAMES: DEVANEY/OSBORNE ERA
 
No. 1: Winning the Game of the Century
If you can recite Lyell Bremser’s call of Johnny Rodgers’ punt return on Thanksgiving Day in 1971, you might be a Husker fan. Even if you can’t, you’ve surely seen it, which qualifies you all the same. The day’s first touchdown sparked Nebraska’s 35-31 victory over No. 2 Oklahoma in a game for the ages.

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No. 4: Huskers Hushing the Buffaloes
Colorado entered the 1994 game ranked No. 2 and confident it would leave Lincoln with a victory over Tommie Frazier-less Nebraska. But the unbeaten Huskers, ranked No. 3, silenced Colorado with a resounding 24-7 victory in Memorial Stadium’s 200^th consecutive sellout.

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No. 6: Making a Miracle at Missouri
Forever known as “The Fleakicker,” freshman receiver Matt Davison somehow slid his hands between the football and turf to catch a pass deflected off teammate Shevin Wiggins’s foot. The touchdown reception on the final play of regulation and Kris Brown’s point-after kick forced overtime, and quarterback Scott Frost scored on an option keeper to allow No. 1 Nebraska to escape with a 45-38 victory at Missouri in 1997.
 
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2: Osborne Breaking Through Against Sooners
Tom Osborne had lost all five games he’d coached against Barry Switzer and Oklahoma, and the top-ranked Sooners were favored to make it six straight in 1978. But on a cold, bitter day in Lincoln, No. 4 Nebraska forced nine fumbles, recovering six of them, in a 17-14 upset in front of one of the loudest crowds in Memorial Stadium history.

 

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THE TOP MOMENTS REGION
 
No. 1: Post 9/11 Tunnel Walk vs. Rice
The uncertainty and fear we’re feeling with today’s pandemic could be compared to feelings upon the 2001 terrorist attacks. Nebraska postponed its game against Rice until the following Thursday, and an emotional pregame Tunnel Walk featured First Responders carrying the American flag.

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No. 4: Henry + Suh = Euphoria
Nebraska wasn’t supposed to need such heroics to defeat Colorado in 2008, but kicker Alex Henery and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh provided, anyway. Henery booted a school-record 57-yard field goal with 1:43 remaining to put NU ahead, and Suh rumbled 30 yards for a touchdown after intercepting, and then later swatting away, quarterback Cody Hawkins.

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No. 3: Westerkamp’s Hail Mary
Sometimes forgotten in Nebraska’s 27-24 home victory against Northwestern in 2013 is Ameer Abdullah’s efforts to convert a fourth-and-15 pass earlier in the game-winning drive. But yes, Jordan Westerkamp catching backup quarterback Ron Kellogg’s 49-yard heave on the final play won’t soon be forgotten.

 

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No. 2: No-Punter Formation for Foltz
Few dry eyes could be found in Memorial Stadium for Nebraska’s 2016 season opener against Fresno State, when the Huskers, on their first punt of the game, lined up without a punter. That came in honor and memory of punter Sam Foltz, who died less than two months earlier in a car accident.