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Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers (20) weaves his way through Oklahoma defenders for a 72-yard punt return in the first quarter of NU's 35-31 victory against the Sooners in the "Game of the Century."

No. 1: Man, woman and child …

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September 26, 2014
Nebraska's Matt Davison (3) cradles the ball after catching a pass that deflected off teammate Shevin Wiggins' foot with no time left in the fourth quarter of the 1997 game at Missouri.

No. 2: The Flea-kicker

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September 25, 2014
Tommie Frazier's iconic 75-yard touchdown run in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl clinched Nebraska's second straight national title. Frazier broke as many as seven tackles on the play, the culmination of a 62-24 win.

No. 3: ‘How many tackles can one man break?’

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September 24, 2014
NU quarterback Eric Crouch catches a 63-yard touchdown pass from Mike Stuntz in front of Oklahoma's Kory Klein, sending the Memorial Stadium crowd into a frenzy and helping the Huskers win 20-10 in 2008. 

No. 4: Black 41 Flash Reverse

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September 23, 2014
Nebraska's Jeff Hansen strips the ball from Oklahoma's Billy Sims during the 1978 game at Memorial Stadium. The fumble preserved NU's 17-14 victory against the top-ranked Sooners.

No. 6: Billy Sims fumble

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September 21, 2014
Nebraska's Jeff Smith has a two-point conversion pass from Turner Gill batted away in the fourth quarter against Miami in the 1984 Orange Bowl.

No. 7: Going for two

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September 20, 2014
Alex Henery's 57-yard field goal against Colorado in 2008 remains one of the greatest moments in recent Memorial Stadium history.

No. 8: ‘It was a good kick, I guess’

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September 19, 2014
Nebraska wide receiver Jordan Westerkamp (1) and the rest of the Huskers celebrate their 27-24 victory on a Hail Mary against Northwestern at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 2, 2013.

No. 9: A prayer answered by Kellogg, Westerkamp

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September 18, 2014
Hunter Lawrence's field goal is just out of the reach of Nebraska's Pierre Allen (95) in the 2009 Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, Texas. Texas was given an extra second and Lawrence's 46-yard kick gave the Longhorns a 13-12 victory.

No. 10: Tick, tock. One second on the clock

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September 17, 2014
Fullback Cory Schlesinger breaks a tackle on his way to scoring the winning touchdown against Miami in the 1995 Orange Bowl. The Huskers' 24-17 victory gave Tom Osborne his first national title.

Trapping the Hurricanes

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September 16, 2014
George Flippin attended Nebraska from 1891 to 1894. He was the first black football player for the university. 

George Flippin first black player at NU

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September 15, 2014
Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller (5) is injured on a third-quarter tackle by Nebraska linebacker Sean Fisher at Memorial Stadium. Once Miller left the game, the Buckeyes' offense was never the same and NU rallied for a 34-27 victory.

A funny thing happened after halftime

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September 14, 2014
Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers (20) gets away from two Alabama defenders on his 77-yard punt return for a touchdown in NU's 38-6 victory against the Crimson Tide in the 1972 Orange Bowl.

Rodgers against the Tide

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September 13, 2014
Rich Glover (79) brings down Oklahoma quarterback Jack Mildren in the Game of the Century. Glover, from Jersey City, is one of several standout ex-Huskers to come out of New Jersey. Now, with Rutgers, the state has a Big Ten school.

Glover is everywhere

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September 12, 2014
Nebraska running back Roy Helu Jr. (10) beats the last man, Missouri linebacker Andrew Gachkar, to score on a 66-yard run in the first quarter. Helu added TD runs of 73 and 53 yards en route to setting the school single-game game rushing record with 307 yards.

Hello, Helu

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September 11, 2014
John Ruud's (46) hit on Oklahoma's Kelly Phelps (on ground) during the 1978 game at Memorial Stadium is still shown in Husker highlights. The officials ruled that Phelps was down before the fumble.

The fumble that wasn’t a fumble

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September 10, 2014
I-back Rick Berns broke the school single-game rushing record with 255 yards, including an 82-yard touchdown run on the game’s opening play, against Missouri in 1978. But the Huskers lost 35-31.

Mizzou bursts NU’s bubble

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September 9, 2014
The 1940 team was the first Nebraska squad to play in a bowl game. The Huskers lost the 1941 Rose Bowl to Stanford.

First bowl game

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September 8, 2014
Penn State's Joe Paterno and NU's Tom Osborne clown around during a news conference before the 1983 Kickoff Classic. The controversial finish to the teams' game the year before led to them playing in the inaugural Kickoff Classic.

He’s out of bounds!

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September 7, 2014
Byron Bennett missed this frantic, last-second field goal that would have given Nebraska a victory against Florida State in the 1994 Orange Bowl and the national championship.

Bennett’s miss leads to ‘Unfinished Business’

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September 6, 2014
Lee Zentic returned a blocked punt for a touchdown in Nebraska's 25-21 upset of Oklahoma in 1959. The Husker victory snapped the Sooners' 74-game conference win streak.

Stopping Sooners’ streak

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September 5, 2014
Jason Peter hands Tom Osborne the game ball after the Huskers gave the coach his 250th victory at Nebraska with a 69-7 trouncing of archrival Oklahoma on Nov. 1, 1997.

Osborne gets 250th win in big way

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September 4, 2014
Bob Devaney was named NU football coach on Jan. 6, 1962, replacing Bill Jennings.

It was some kind of hire

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September 3, 2014
Nebraska coach Bob Devaney is carried off the field after NU's 40-6 victory against Notre Dame in the 1973 Orange Bowl. It was Devaney's last game as Husker coach.

Fitting end to Devaney’s career

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September 2, 2014
Nebraska fans gather outside Notre Dame Stadium with Touchdown Jesus in the background before the Sept. 9, 2000, game in South Bend, Ind. Some 30,000 Husker fans took over the stadium.

Red sea overruns Notre Dame

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September 1, 2014
Missouri's Gary Anthony (29) misses the tackle as Nebraska's Eric Crouch (7) scores on a 95-yard touchdown run Sept. 29, 2001, in Columbia, Mo. 

How to win a Heisman

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August 31, 2014
The "Four Horsemen" of Notre Dame — Elmer Layden (from left), James Crowley, Don Miller and Harry Stuhldreher — were considered the great backfield ever assembled. But in their three years, Notre Dame lost only two games — both to Nebraska in Lincoln.

Beating the Four Horsemen

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August 30, 2014
Nebraska's Travis Hill (93) picks up a fumble after stripping the ball from Colorado quarterback Koy Detmer (right) during the 1992 game at Memorial Stadium. Hill's fumble recovery set up Calvin Jones' 1-yard touchdown run with one second left in the first half of NU's 52-7 win.

Buffs put up no fight in 1992

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August 29, 2014
Alabama coach Bear Bryant is escorted by Alabama State Troopers off the field at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 17, 1977, after his fourth-ranked Crimson Tide lost to Nebraska 31-24.

Beating the Bear

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August 28, 2014
Quarterback Eric Crouch (left), shown with coach Frank Solich, became Nebraska's third Heisman Trophy winner when he won the 2001 award.

Eric Crouch wins the Heisman

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August 27, 2014
Walk-on quarterback Matt Turman got the start against No. 16 Kansas State on Oct. 15, 1994, and helped the Huskers to a 17-6 victory.

Turman to the rescue

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August 26, 2014
Dale Klein (1) still shares the NCAA FBS record of seven field goals in a game, a feat he accomplished in Nebraska's 28-20 victory against Missouri in 1985. 

Klein kicks record seven field goals

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August 25, 2014
Nebraska's Taylor Martinez (3) and Scott Criss (67) guide Jack Hoffman down the field on his touchdown run during the second half of the 2013 Red-White Spring Game.

Jack’s run, 2013

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August 24, 2014
Ewald "Jumbo" Stiehm's teams went 35-3-3 in his five years at Nebraska.

NU’s Stiehm rollers, 1911-15

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August 23, 2014
It wasn't the first time Tom Osborne called for the "fumblerooski," but once again it worked. Dean Steinkuhler scampered 19 yards to score on the trick play in the 1984 Orange Bowl against Miami.

It’s a fumble! Now, wait a minute …

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August 22, 2014
A two-way player for Nebraska in the late 1940s, Tom Novak is NU's only four-time all-conference football selection.

Tom “Train Wreck” Novak, 1947

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August 21, 2014
Three-time All-American Harold "Red" Grange scored a touchdown in 19 of the 20 games he played for Illinois. The team that held him scoreless? Nebraska, in a 14-0 upset in 1925.

Beating Red Grange, 1925

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August 20, 2014
Frost lobbies for No. 1

Frost lobbies after Orange Bowl win

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August 19, 2014
Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson, left, introduces Bill Callahan, right, as Nebraska's new head football coach during a news conference, Friday, Jan. 9, 2003, in Lincoln, Neb. Callahan succeeds Frank Solich, who was fired after ending the regular season 9-3. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) 1/11/2004 pg 2D Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson defers to new football coach Bill Callahan during Friday's news conference announcing Callahan's hiring.

Steve Pederson fired, 2007

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August 18, 2014
NU-OU in1982

Strasburger saves the day, 1982

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August 17, 2014
Bobby Reynolds

Bobby Reynolds’ dazzling run, 1950

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August 16, 2014
WR: Irving Fryar (1981-83)

48 points in third quarter vs. CU, 1983

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August 15, 2014
Nebraska celebrated its 300th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium at the Sept. 26, 2009, game against Louisiana-Lafayette. The streak began Nov. 3, 1962.

The day the streak began, 1962

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August 14, 2014
Nebraska's Trev Alberts (right) and fellow linebacker Ernie Beler celebrate a play against Florida State in the 1994 Orange Bowl.

Alberts doesn’t let bad elbow stop him vs. FSU, 1994

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August 13, 2014
STATE COLLEGE, PA. - 11/12/2011 - Penn State tackle Cody Castor (96) and linebacker Ben Kline (38) kneel in prayer with Huskers Brion Carnes (15) and Daimion Stafford (3) during a pre-game prayer delivered by Nebraska running backs coach Ron Brown at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, November 12, 2011. (FRANCIS GARDLER / Lincoln Journal Star)

The Prayer, 2011

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August 12, 2014
Mike Rozier UCLA 1983

Rozier covers field on 2-yard run, 1983

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August 11, 2014
Kenny Walker received a round of "deaf applaus" at his last home game as a Husker in November 1990.

Kenny Walker’s goodbye to NU fans

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August 10, 2014
NU/Rice. Husker Football. USA displayed by fans is the east stands of Memorial Stadium as the Scalet and Cream singers sing 'God Bless America' during the pre-game show at the Nebraska/Rice Game. NU vs Rice in Husker Football ljshusk ljshfb ljshfbhg 2/24/2002 Directions Photo appeared, no caption

Nebraska vs. Rice, Sept. 15, 2001

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August 9, 2014
Nebraska Quarterback Brook Berringer (center) is brought down by Colorado defenders Chris Hudson (left), Jon Knutson (back), Matt Russell (16) and Ted johnson (right) on an 11 yard run in the first quarter. October 1994 UNL/COlorado Ted Kirk Photo

Brook Berringer vs. Colorado

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August 8, 2014
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