by Mike Babcock | May 8, 2018 | Football
Turner Gill’s starting debut initiated a Big Eight title run that made the 1-2 start in 1981 something of an afterthought. But the run wasn’t without challenges, most notably at Missouri. After two weeks out of the rankings following the Penn State loss,...
by Mike Babcock | Apr 17, 2018 | Football
A letter in the Omaha World-Herald’s “The Voice From The Grandstand” published on the day before the Nebraska-Colorado game in 1981 said, in part: “It is time Nebraska fans wake up and realize that the days of beating opponents 50-0 every...
by Mike Babcock | Apr 11, 2018 | Football
There was a smattering of boos when Nebraska left the field at halftime of the 1981 Auburn game. The unpleasant, rainy weather magnified the unhappiness of some in the Memorial Stadium crowd of 76,423, the largest for a non-conference game at that time. For one thing,...
by Mike Babcock | Apr 3, 2018 | Football
Bobby Bowden had predicted it the season before. “They’ll kill us,” he said following Florida State’s 18-14 upset of Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in 1980. The Seminole coach was referring to his team’s return visit in 1981. He...
by Mike Babcock | Mar 27, 2018 | Football
Lance Van Zandt, who was born in Amarillo, Texas, wore cowboy boots to practice at least once, which is why a Lincoln newspaper reporter writing a profile on Nebraska’s defensive coordinator’s background asked an intern for a photograph of Van Zandt in...
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