Sun Bowl Dec 27, 1980

Redscarlet

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Nebraska beat Mississippi St 31-17 only meeting between the two schools and finished 7th in the AP and UPI..

Nebraska is 2-0 in Sun Bowls beating another SEC team Georgia 45-6 in 1969..
 
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Nebraska beat Mississippi St 31-17 only meeting between the two schools and finished 7th in the AP and UPI..

Nebraska is 2-0 in Sun Bowls beating another SEC team Georgia 45-6 in 1969..
I thought we played Ole Miss in the Independence Bowl in 2002 (Eli Manning) as well.
 

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That bowl game came after the loss to OU when Barry Switzer showed up on the set of The Bob Devaney Prediction Show with a bag of tacos. Huge game the following day and Switzer still crashes the Bobfather’s TV show at about 11 pm. Those were the days.

Correct.
 

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I was at that game. Don’t remember much about it tbh. I was 12 and we drove down and stayed with some friends of my parents. They had kids about my age including one smoking hot daughter probably 3 or 4 years older than me. Sorry, don’t have any pics.
 
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Nebraska beat Mississippi St 31-17 only meeting between the two schools and finished 7th in the AP and UPI..

Nebraska is 2-0 in Sun Bowls beating another SEC team Georgia 45-6 in 1969..
I thought the Huskers also played Miss. State in the '88 Kickoff Classic. After looking it up NU played Tx A&M. Glad I looked it up. I do remember the '80 Sun Bowl. Jeff Quinn is one of my favorite Husker QB's from yesteryear. I think the Huskers scored a TD on a double reverse. I can't remember for sure. I'll check it out.

Thanks from posting.
 

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I was at that game. Don’t remember much about it tbh. I was 12 and we drove down and stayed with some friends of my parents. They had kids about my age including one smoking hot daughter probably 3 or 4 years older than me. Sorry, don’t have any pics.
 

saluno22

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I thought the Huskers also played Miss. State in the '88 Kickoff Classic. After looking it up NU played Tx A&M. Glad I looked it up. I do remember the '80 Sun Bowl. Jeff Quinn is one of my favorite Husker QB's from yesteryear. I think the Huskers scored a TD on a double reverse. I can't remember for sure. I'll check it out.

Thanks from posting.
Here's the full game...
 

Redscarlet

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Thanks Sal. I'll watch a little bit of this game. Amazing what one can find on YouTube.

I wish they could show older stuff then this bowl game..
Especially games that were on NBC, CBS and ABC..
 

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I thought the Huskers also played Miss. State in the '88 Kickoff Classic. After looking it up NU played Tx A&M. Glad I looked it up. I do remember the '80 Sun Bowl. Jeff Quinn is one of my favorite Husker QB's from yesteryear. I think the Huskers scored a TD on a double reverse. I can't remember for sure. I'll check it out.

Thanks from posting.
Mississippi State and Texas A&M have a couple of head coaches in common. Emory Bellard had just left A&M when MSU played Nebraska in this Sun Bowl. Jackie Sherrill also later coached at both schools.
 
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