by Mike Babcock | Dec 8, 2022 | Football
After Nebraska’s 37-0 victory against Oklahoma, everyone knew the Huskers would be playing for a national championship in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2, 1996. Fans had shown that by tossing tortillas onto the Memorial Stadium field in celebration. National...
by Mike Babcock | Nov 3, 2022 | Football
Even saying there was “considerable” interest in No. 2 Nebraska’s 1995 game at No. 7 Colorado might have been understating. The game drew a Folsom Field record crowd of 54,063. And 566 press credentials were issued, the second-most in Folsom Field history—first was...
by Mike Babcock | Oct 13, 2022 | Football
Washington State defensive end Dwayne Sanders and running back Frank Madu predicted a Cougars’ victory when they came to Lincoln Sept. 30, 1995. The game “was going to shock a lot of people because we’re going to win,” said Sanders. “We’re going to pick Nebraska...
by Mike Babcock | Oct 6, 2022 | Football
Early in the second quarter of Nebraska’s 49-7 victory against Pacific at Memorial Stadium, on third-and-6 at the Tigers’ 36-yard line, Brook Berringer passed 15 yards to tight end Tim Carpenter. The reception was the second of Carpenter’s career. The first had come...
by Mike Babcock | Sep 29, 2022 | Football
No Lawrence Phillips? No problem, at least on this Saturday in 1995. Because of a serious incident after Nebraska returned from Michigan State, Phillips was dismissed from the team. The dismissal would become a suspension. He would be allowed to return late in the...
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