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20 Years Later: The Miracle at Missouri

“You gotta believe!”

Twenty years ago today, Nebraska took it’s #1 ranking down to Columbia to face off against the Missouri Tigers in a game that is now legendary in the annals of college football. SB Nation’s Bill Connelly was there, and wrote about his memories over at Rock M Nation today.

I was there too, and thought I’d share my memories as well. Bill remembers more of the first 50 or so minutes of the game than I did; like most Husker fans, we weren’t exactly expecting this one to go down to the wire like it did. In fact, after Nebraska went three-and-out with four minutes left in the game, I started to prepare myself for a quick departure. I’d been on the road for an upset or two over the years (Iowa State 1992 and Arizona State 1996), and knew that delirious fans might get a little out of control with the visiting teams.

It was a weird game, going back and forth. At one time in the fourth quarter, the sprinklers came on in the south end zone; I thought at that time, THAT was the weirdest thing of the game. But Missouri couldn’t run the clock out and was forced to punt with just over a minute left.

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