[Husker] Returning a Lateral

[Dick Karre]

Patrick Gaule wrote:
  > Has this ever been the case?  If it has, I can't remember it in my
> lifetime.  For as long as I can remember, a dropped lateral has never 
> been any different than a fumble.  I wouldn't really see the logic in 
> such a rule either.

There was a time when college rules prohibited the defense from 
advancing a fumble after it hit the ground. In the 1974 Cotton Bowl, NU 
scored a controversial touchdown off a fumble recovery when the ball 
bounced off a player's leg to a defender, who ran it in. No replay in 
those days, of course. I believe the rule was changed shortly thereafter.

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Dick Karre
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