OWH: 26 Husker Games Decided in the Last Minute Since 2000

Mavric

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2000: No. 1 Nebraska 27, No. 23 Notre Dame 24, OT
2000: No. 10 Nebraska 34, Colorado 32

2005: Nebraska 27, No. 23 Iowa State 20, OT

2005: No. 15 Texas Tech 35, Nebraska 31

2006: No. 21 Nebraska 39, Kansas 32, OT

2006: Nebraska 28, No. 24 Texas A&M 27

2008: No. 7 Texas Tech 37, Nebraska 31, OT

2009: No. 13 Virginia Tech 16, No. 19 Nebraska 15

2009: No. 3 Texas 13, No. 22 Nebraska 12

2010: No. 9 Nebraska 31, Iowa State 30 (OT)

2012: No. 21 Nebraska 28, Michigan State 24

2013: Nebraska 27, Northwestern 24

2013: Nebraska 23, Penn State 20, OT

2014: No. 19 Nebraska 31, McNeese State 24

2014: Nebraska 37, Iowa 34, OT

2015: BYU 33, Nebraska 28

2015: Illinois 14, Nebraska 13

2015: Miami 36, Nebraska 33, OT

2015: Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 21

2015: Nebraska 39, No. 6 Michigan State 38

2016: No. 11 Wisconsin 23, No. 7 Nebraska 17, OT

2017: Nebraska 25, Purdue 24

2017: Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24, OT

2018: Northwestern 34, Nebraska 31, OT

2019: Colorado 34, No. 25 Nebraska 31, OT
2019: Nebraska 13, Northwestern 10


If you're wondering:

Solich - 2-0

Callahan - 3-1

Pelini - 6-3 (lost first three, won last six)

Riley - 2-6

Frost - 1-2

 
Not sure how that compares nationally, but it sure does seem like A LOT!  Almost 50-50 W-L.....Cally did very well.  Riley, 8 games in 3 yers.....at 2-6...

 
12-6 by guys not named Riley isn't too shabby.
Not at all.  No easy task to win or hold off defeat in the last minute.  Looking through the scores and games, there were some nail biters and straight up heart breakers.....Replaying a lot in my head.  

 
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The win over Michigan State in '15 is ever more intriguing. Biggest upset since we beat #2 Texas in 1960. Sparty went on to beat Michigan, Ohio State, and Iowa, the latter for the B1G Championship. What in the actual crap? How do we go from losing to Illinois and a PITIFUL Purdue squad to beating the eventual conference champs? 

The only  thing that tells me is that we have the kids to win, or at least we did. We just haven't had the coaching, and I have to believe Frost is the guy to make this thing work again.

 
The win over Michigan State in '15 is ever more intriguing. Biggest upset since we beat #2 Texas in 1960. Sparty went on to beat Michigan, Ohio State, and Iowa, the latter for the B1G Championship. What in the actual crap? How do we go from losing to Illinois and a PITIFUL Purdue squad to beating the eventual conference champs? 

The only  thing that tells me is that we have the kids to win, or at least we did. We just haven't had the coaching, and I have to believe Frost is the guy to make this thing work again.
By point spread it wasn't that big of an upset.  NU was only about a 6 point underdog entering that game.  That game showed that there was a decent amount of talent, if Riley were able to use it correctly.  Unfortunately, the talent, conditioning, and winning spirit deteriorated significantly the more years that Riley was there.  

 
Northwestern is on there 4 times.  And the last 2 years were OT losses.....damn good thing that ball squeaked theough the uprights or we would be looking at 3 straight dropped to the purples.

 
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