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?
Vote in Other Top Moments Region above. Vote for the other regions in associated threads.
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. 8: Mother Nature intervenes
Whether a 40-minute halftime of plowing snow off the field (1986, Kansas State), or a lightning delay (1991, Utah State) or thunderstorms canceling the Scott Frost’s debut as head coach (2018, Akron), we’re reminded of the line, “we all stick together in all kinds of weather.”
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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. 5: Notre Dame Takeover
Nebraska fans have long been famous for their loyalty and ability to overtake opposing teams’ stadiums, namely those 2-3 hours away in Lawrence or Manhattan. But in South Bend, Indiana? Notre Dame’s home was more than half red in the Huskers’ 2000 overtime victory.
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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. 6: Osborne Victory No. 250
That Tom Osborne’s 250th career victory came against Oklahoma provided some irony, given his biggest nemesis was enduring perhaps its worst stretch in program history. Regardless, the 69-7 victory in 1997 prompted postgame fireworks at Memorial Stadium.
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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.
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No. 7: First Tunnel Walk
Two new Husker Vision screens had a test run during a pep rally the night before Nebraska’s home opener against UCLA in 1994, then a packed Memorial Stadium crowd the next day saw not only first replay boards to grace a college-only stadium, but the birth of the famed “Tunnel Walk” entrance.
You can vote on Twitter if you like. But what does HuskerBoard say?
Vote in Other Top Moments Region above. Vote for the other regions in associated threads.
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.
VS
No. 8: Mother Nature intervenes
Whether a 40-minute halftime of plowing snow off the field (1986, Kansas State), or a lightning delay (1991, Utah State) or thunderstorms canceling the Scott Frost’s debut as head coach (2018, Akron), we’re reminded of the line, “we all stick together in all kinds of weather.”
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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.
VS
No. 5: Notre Dame Takeover
Nebraska fans have long been famous for their loyalty and ability to overtake opposing teams’ stadiums, namely those 2-3 hours away in Lawrence or Manhattan. But in South Bend, Indiana? Notre Dame’s home was more than half red in the Huskers’ 2000 overtime victory.
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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. 6: Osborne Victory No. 250
That Tom Osborne’s 250th career victory came against Oklahoma provided some irony, given his biggest nemesis was enduring perhaps its worst stretch in program history. Regardless, the 69-7 victory in 1997 prompted postgame fireworks at Memorial Stadium.
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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.
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No. 7: First Tunnel Walk
Two new Husker Vision screens had a test run during a pep rally the night before Nebraska’s home opener against UCLA in 1994, then a packed Memorial Stadium crowd the next day saw not only first replay boards to grace a college-only stadium, but the birth of the famed “Tunnel Walk” entrance.
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