83 Days Until Gameday - #11 Burt County, Nebraska

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We have 84 days until our first game of the 2026-2027 football season against the Ohio Bobcats on 9/5/2026. Yesterday we looked at Brown County, Nebraska. https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/85-days-until-gameday-9-brown-county-nebraska.8860435/ Buffalo County, Nebraska Population ~51,200...

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• Population ~6,700 (2025)
• License Plate prefix #31
• Tekamah is the county seat and largest city in the county.
• Established in 1854 and named after Francis Burt, the first Governor of the Nebraska Territory.
• Approximately 497 square miles.
• The Missouri River forms its eastern boundary line, as well as the state line with Iowa.
• There are 2 ghost towns in Burt County: Argo and Basford.
• Liquid Death was named the official iced tea of Arizona, NE. in 2025.
• In 1854, the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs purchased 300,000 acres of land from the Omaha tribe, including the area which is now Decatur, NE.
• The area of Burt County was originally inhabited by Pawnee, Otoe-Missouri, and Omaha tribes.
• Lyons is home to the Center of Rural Affairs

• Edgar Sears – E 1934, Decatur, NE.
• Rex Fischer – RB 1955, Oakland, NE.
• Dan Lindstrom – DE 1978-1980, Oakland, NE.
• Roger Lindstrom – WB 1983-1985, Oakland, NE.
• Philip Young – FB 1948, Oakland, NE.
• Mike Tranmer – MG 1982-1983, Craig, NE.
• Jack Bryant – HB 1944, Tekamah, NE.
• Dick Goll – C 1950-1951, Tekamah, NE.
• Paul Potadle – G 1979, Tekamah, NE.
• Grant Seagren – OL 2024, Oakland, NE.

• Curt Bromm – Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature from 2002-2005. UNL Law grad and US Army veteran.
• Edmund “Hoot” Gibson – Rodeo champion, actor, director, producer. Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Member of the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Served in WWI in the US Army Tank Corps.
• Robert Holland – Economist who served on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1973 to 1976 under Presidents Nixon and Ford. Served in WWII in the US Army.
• Don Stenberg – 31st Attorney General of Nebraska and 43rd Treasurer of Nebraska.

• From Oakland, NE.
• Lettered at UNL at 1955 as a running back, leading Nebraska to the 1955 Orange Bowl.
• Stood approximately 5’8” and 160lbs.
• 1st Team All-Big Seven selection
• 1955 Tom Novak Award Winner
• 1955 Outstanding Senior Player Award winner
• Academic All-Big Seven Conference honoree
• Member of Phi Gamma Delta and president of the fraternity.
• Chose Nebraska over Colorado
• Went on to become an OG/GYN MD
• Served in the US Army from 1966-1968 as part of the US Medical Corps
• Served on the Board of Directors for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas for 39 years.
• Nebraska Football Hall of Fame Member
• Rex passed away in 2018 at the age of 84.

Burt County

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Steely Dannebrog said:

These are awesome, thank you for doing this.

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nusandman said:

I would consider Bertha Nebraska another ghost town of Burt County. I believe the old dance hall is still standing.

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