FW: [Husker] "1968"

[Roger Lohr]

You are correct about the bowl games those four years.  But, don't forget we won the Gothem Bowl in '62 defeating George Mira and Miami 36-34.  The '64 OB was my first bowl game.  It was the second play from scrimmage that Claridge made his 64 yd. run.  Solich had a long punt return TD called back because they said he stepped out of bounds enroute to the end zone.

Roger Lohr-Mpls

-------------- Original message from "Roger Beverage" <roger at oba.com>: -------------- 


> Dave's right about the beginning of Nebraska's (current) football 
> "greatness". The only bowl game we won those 4 years was the first one 
> against Auburn (my freshman year). I think Claridge went 68 yards on 
> the second or third play and it ended up something like 13-7. We lost 
> to Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl in '65 ('64 season) something like 10-7. 
> Alabama beat us badly in the Orange Bowl (39-28, but it wasn't that 
> close) and again in the Sugar Bowl (34-7) when Snake Stabler was the 
> 'Bama Quarterback. 
> 
> Those were great years - winning routinely during the season, and then 
> going to a major bowl game. 
> 
> Roger Beverage 
> UNL '67. '70 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf 
> Of David Asch 
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 2:52 PM 
> To: Scott Messer; husker at tssi.com 
> Subject: Re: [Husker] "1968" 
> 
> Nebraska had been close to a national champ in 65, and had been 
> conference champs in 63,64,65,66. We had been to the Orange Bowl 
> after the 63 and 65 seasons, Cotton after the 64 season and Sugar 
> after 66. The only knock on the team was it could not beat Alabama 
> and could not win in Norman. Entering 67 people expected to win 
> every game. It was a shock to lose 4 in 67 and look even worse in 68. 
> 
> Dave 
> 
> 
> On Nov 7, 2005, at 3:39 PM, Scott Messer wrote: 
> 
> > 1968 is just a couple of years before my time. Prior to the 1970 
> > season 
> > what was the opinion of the team? Did anybody think that NU was 
> > going to 
> > win the conference title or even play at the level? When did the 
> > fans and 
> > the rest of the country really KNOW that the team was for real? 
> > 
> > Scott 
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> > 
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