1987 Sugar Bowl

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

Tyreese Knox, Danny Noonan, The Sandman, Neil Smith. Big hip pads. Keith Jackson on the call. GBR!! The 80's rocked!!

53rd Annual
Sugar Bowl
January 1, 1987​

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#6 Nebraska 30 (Final: 10-2, #5)
#5 LSU 15 (Final: 9-3, #10)​

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

Back when a 10-2 season, a #6 ranking and a New Years Day bowl game beatdown of a top 5 team was considered a bad year. Fire Osborne!!

 

[HUSKERFAN66]

Tyreese Knox, Danny Noonan, The Sandman, Neil Smith. Big hip pads. Keith Jackson on the call. GBR!! The 80's rocked!!

53rd Annual​

Sugar Bowl​

January 1, 1987​

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#6 Nebraska 30 (Final: 10-2, #5)​

#5 LSU 15 (Final: 9-3, #10)​

That was football

 

[Redscarlet]

LSU has never beaten us in football 5-0-1.
Four of the five in Major New Years6 bowls.

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

You know you're getting old when Neil and Danny's boys are on the current NU roster.

 

[Redscarlet]

You know you're getting old when Neil and Danny's boys are on the current NU roster.

Isn’t that the honest to God’s truth..

 

[cardinals38_rivals134667]

Tyreese Knox, Danny Noonan, The Sandman, Neil Smith. Big hip pads. Keith Jackson on the call. GBR!! The 80's rocked!!

53rd Annual​

Sugar Bowl​

January 1, 1987​

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#6 Nebraska 30 (Final: 10-2, #5)​

#5 LSU 15 (Final: 9-3, #10)​

Oh the memories

 

[wondrboy]

perimeter blocking

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

perimeter blocking

 

[Muley58]

My wife and I went to that game.

 

[HuskerAlum92]

We went on a bowl losing streak after winning that one.

 

[redwine65]

I remember them basicly handing off to dubious in one of them sugar bowls

 

[Mrs.Jeans15]

My first Nebraska fan gear was from that game. T-shirt.

 

[Mrs.Jeans15]

We went on a bowl losing streak after winning that one.

We played the top 5 teams every year in the bowl game..sometimes on their home turf.

 

[9and4_rivals188421]

I covered that game for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.

And a sidebar.

With notes.

 

[Redblood23]

Still pissed that Tyrese Knox for fumbling in the fiesta bowl against Florida State.

 

[Cedric_rivals191091]

Isn’t that the honest to God’s truth..

And worse -- number 9 for Notre Dame tonight is Scott Raridon's GRANDson

 

[oldjar07]

We played the top 5 teams every year in the bowl game..sometimes on their home turf.

We played several teams that finished #1 or #2. About every team would go on a bowl losing streak under those conditions.

 

[Redscarlet]

We played several teams that finished #1 or #2. About every team would go on a bowl losing streak under those conditions.

1987 Florida St ranked #2
1988 Miami ranked #2
1989 Florida St ranked #3
1990 Georgia Tech national champs
1991 Miami national champs
1992 Florida St ranked #2
1993 Florida St national champs

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

1987 Florida St ranked #2
1988 Miami ranked #2
1989 Florida St ranked #3
1990 Georgia Tech national champs
1991 Miami national champs
1992 Florida St ranked #2
1993 Florida St national champs

Would love to have seen those Florida teams come up to Lincoln in late Dec and play in the cold and snow like the current playoffs.

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

Would love to have seen those Florida teams come up to Lincoln in late Dec and play in the cold and snow like the current playoffs.

 

[TFrazier_rivals269992]

Memorial Stadium would be rocking in the cold. Even the blue hairs would stand up even it was to just stay warm.

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

Memorial Stadium would be rocking in the cold. Even the blue hairs would stand up even it was to just stay warm.

They would stay home. But plenty of whiskey in the hot chocolate to keep warm.

 

[Redscarlet]

Memorial Stadium would be rocking in the cold. Even the blue hairs would stand up even it was to just stay warm.

I wasn’t a blue hair back then.Laughing

 

[9and4_rivals188421]

I wasn’t a blue hair back then.Laughing

Hair. (Sigh) Memories.

 

[Baxter48_rivals204143]

Would love to have seen those Florida teams come up to Lincoln in late Dec and play in the cold and snow like the current playoffs.

Why do you think they fought it so long? Does anyone know the coldest game played during TOs tenure?

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

Why do you think they fought it so long? Does anyone know the coldest game played during TOs tenure?

Out at Colorado in 1991? 12 degrees with 8 to 10 below wind chills. John Parrella was wearing short sleeves and a half jersey. Dude was nuts.

 

[Redscarlet]

My guess is the 1993 Oklahoma game in Lincoln 21-7 had a wind chill below zero.

 

[Pennsyhusker_rivals246774]

We used to be a really good football team. Used to be. Sad

 

[Baxter48_rivals204143]

We used to be a really good football team. Used to be. Sad

Still beats being a Iowa fan