1983 Nov 12 Kansas vs Nebraska

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  @donaldschmidt2990 · 3 years ago

  Travis Krause is 100 percent accurate  in asserting  that the 1995 team was even better than the 1983 Nebraska machine.  The 95 Huskers were the greatest college team of ALL TIME.  PERIOD.  The reason being that the defense was faster and deeper.  The 1995 team was deeper in every position than any college team before or since.  Including Miami, Alabama, Georgia or anyone else.  What many ignorant fans don't realize is that it doesn't matter how many pro stars a program produces.  It's about overall power.  And depth.  No team had as many GOOD players as the Cornhuskers possessed in 1995.  Two, Three and Four deep everywhere.  For proof, just ask the Florida Gators that season.  Smashed, Humbled and Humiliated 62-24 in the Fiesta Bowls National Title GAME.  If you could call it that.  What makes the 1983 Nebraska Offense even more astonishing in retrospect were two restraining factors.  One, as Al Michaels pointed out,  Tom Osborne was not the kind of coach to rub it in an opponents face.  They substituted liberally in every game.  Even more impressive is that the Nebraska defense that season was to put it bluntly, respectable  at best.  The Nebraska attack frequently had the ball in weaker field position and for less time than other elite offenses.  All because the defense produced  very few shutdown performances.  Even a fairly strong defense that season would have secured a National Title in a walk.  Definitely the greatest offense All Time in Collegiate Football Annals.  For the best team however, look no further than 12 seasons later.  The 1995 team was the best collegiate aggregation since the days of  the Flying Wedge.

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  @mrose77 · 4 years ago

  The 2-point play late in the first quarter looks a lot like the one from the Orange Bowl, albeit a different result.

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  @traviskrause8509 · 7 years ago

  Just imagine if we had switched to the 4:3 defense in 83 wow what a run that would have been because we always had great talent at Nebraska and Osborne proved how effective option football was even with talent that wasn't the caliber of the 83 team!!! But I think the 95 team was better than the 83 team!!! GBR!!!

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  @DNSKansas · 4 years ago

  Kansas was hit with major probation after this season. The Jayhawks were banned from TV in 1984, and banned from bowl games in 1984 and '85. As if the bowl ban mattered.

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  @dannyjackson3879 · 6 years ago

  Im pretty sure the cover shot of this video, Bob Johnson, was my room mate in US ARMY AIT at Ft Sill OK. If so give me a hollar Johnson!

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  @williamdiemert9866 · 4 years ago

  ESPN on ABC

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  @jeffreyk5734 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Most yards rushing, but far from Rozier's best game as a Husker. I gotta go with the 1982 Oklahoma State game. Mike had 251 yards and could have easily broken Rick Berns modern era single-  game rushing record of 255 on his next carry needing just 4 yards and Glenn Presnell's All Time single game Rushing record of 259 yards set way back in 1927. Both marks set against Missouri. Mike scored 4 Touchdowns against OSU each on a different type of run. He easily upstaged the nations leading rusher Ernest Anderson for the Pokes who was held to just 86 yards. We seriously need video of that game on Youtube or someplace online. Where are all those old Tom Osborne shows from the early 80's. Hard to believe that there are no highlight videos of the 1981 -83 seasons in review on Youtube that I can find. It's always just the same few games.

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  @scottstauffer4094 · 5 years ago

  As a diehard Husker boy I always hated these nail biting games.

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  @Shahmar · 6 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dse4bVIO_w&amp;t=7320">2:02:00</a>

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  @100PurpleAvenue · 7 years ago

  Oh, this isn&apos;t gonna be pretty, lol.

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  @Shahmar · 6 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dse4bVIO_w&amp;t=120">2:00</a> One eyed tight ends and volleyball LMAO

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  @bryanbuhrman732 · 3 years ago

  Defense was average and was the reason for a heart breaking end of the season.