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70 at 50: Guy Ingles left Huskers with more than just storied career: ‘It’s how I met my wife’ | Football


“I moved here the same year as Bob Devaney,” Ingles, who still lives in Omaha, said. “So we are both lucky.”

Ingles didn’t play organized football until his freshman year of high school at Omaha Westside. His frame didn’t exactly lend itself to the sport — he says he was about 5-foot-5 and 116 pounds entering high school.

But he could catch. And “Guy The Fly” could run. Better yet, he could make people miss. He led Westside to a state title in 1966, and not long after, he had Cletus Fisher and Osborne at his family home, scholarship offer in tow. 

“I’d had a really good game against (Omaha) Tech and I think there were two Nebraska coaches at that game looking at people from Tech,” Ingles said. “We beat them 46-6, and I think that is where the offer came from.”






Guy Ingles scores one of his two touchdowns against Colorado on Oct. 31, 1970, in Boulder, Colo.




Ingles burst onto the college football scene as a sophomore in 1968 when he returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown in a statement 22-6 win against Colorado in Boulder. He always did play well against the Buffaloes. In fact, three of his 12 career touchdowns came against the Huskers’ longtime conference foe. 

The 1970 installment of Nebraska-Colorado offered one of Ingles’ most impressive performances in a Nebraska uniform. He caught two long touchdown passes in the first quarter as the Huskers cruised to a 29-13 Halloween victory. Better yet, his personal cheering section was full of welcome faces.



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