Greatest individual performances in losing efforts

JTrain

JTrain

All-Conference
Nominate a performance or two (or more). Definitely go back as far as your memory serves you. List stats as well. Here a few that come to mind for me:

Tommie Frazier, 1994 Orange Bowl vs. #1 FSU

13 of 24, 206 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, 14 carries for 77 yards, MVP

Jammal Lord, 2002 vs. #7 Texas

7 of 14, 98 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT, 23 carries for 234 yards

Ndamukong Suh, 2009 Big 12 CCG vs. #2 Texas

12 tackles (10 solo), 6 TFL, 4.5 sacks

 
crouch against cu in 2001? i just remembered how we would keep coming back and scoring, but we could not stop them. crouch was a beast, our defense was not so much.

 
sd said:
crouch against cu in 2001? i just remembered how we would keep coming back and scoring, but we could not stop them. crouch was a beast, our defense was not so much.
Click to expand...
Came in here to post this. Ran for 162, threw for 198.

 
Maurice Purify against CU in 2007. 11 catches. 136 yds. 3 TDs. We hung a half a hunderd on CU and still lost by two scores. Thanks Kevin Cosgrove.

 
nuance said:
Maurice Purify against CU in 2007. 11 catches. 136 yds. 3 TDs. We hung a half a hunderd on CU and still lost by two scores. Thanks Kevin Cosgrove.
Click to expand...
we knew the terms of cosgrove, if callahan could score 70, cosgrove could guarantee a win. more the 50, then a 50/50 chance of a win. anything less, it would be a loss. callahan knew what his offense had to produce, they had a compact together.

 
Suh against Texas last year. I don't think it's even close. More than one veteran sportscaster said it was the greatest individual defensive performances they'd ever seen.

 
See, the problem is that Nebraska hasn't lost that much over the years. I've gotta go with what I know.

Barry Sanders - 1988 NU vs OSU

189 yards, 4 TDs

But...in the spirit of this thread, my nod goes to Suh. I kept thinking, how can one guy be so disruptive the entire game. Just amazing. Was it the '94 Orange bowl listed above where Frazier had that crazy 80ish yard TD run?

 
Suh last year against Texas was just insane.

^That run was against Florida when we won the title

 
Oh, man. Jamaal "Bounce Pass" Lord. He couldn't have thrown a ball at an ocean and hit water.

But, staying on topic, I would have to go with Suh as well. Absolutely amazing game.

 
If we’re gonna list efforts *against* Nebraska, then I gotta go with the passing stats of LA Tech vs. NU 1998:

Passing: Tim Rattay, 46-68 passing, 4 TDs, 590 yds

Receiving: Troy Edwards, 21 catches, 3 TDs, 405 yds

 
sd said:
if callahan could score 70
Click to expand...
Every time I see his name I'm relieved it's over. I hate that type of football. Give me a 10-7 win any day over 60-50.

I'd add Abdul Mohammad for great performances (against Florida State).

 
JTrain said:
Nominate a performance or two (or more). Definitely go back as far as your memory serves you. List stats as well. Here a few that come to mind for me:

Tommie Frazier, 1994 Orange Bowl vs. #1 FSU

13 of 24, 206 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, 14 carries for 77 yards, MVP

Jammal Lord, 2002 vs. #7 Texas

7 of 14, 98 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT, 23 carries for 234 yards

Ndamukong Suh, 2009 Big 12 CCG vs. #2 Texas

12 tackles (10 solo), 6 TFL, 4.5 sacks
Click to expand...
nice except we won that game

 
The 3 examples in the OP are about as good as it gets... Lord's effort wasn't quite on the level of the other two, in my opinion, because of that decisive interception at the end.

Frazier and Suh truly had super-human performances in games where Nebraska was expected to get blown out, and did everything they possibly could have done, and then some, to put their team in a position to win.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Gdowski, who threw three touchdown passes and racked up 280 total-offense yards, had driven the Huskers from the NU 12 to the CU 42 in the last 1:40 before the last-ditch pass fell incomplete.

Gerry Gdowski's pass intended for Jon Bostick in the end zone on the last play of the game was deflected by Colorado's Dave McCloughan, preserving the second-ranked Buffaloes' 27-21 win over third-ranked Nebraska and leaving CU all alone at the top of the Big Eight standings.

 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top