Nebraska FB Feature for radio network-\"Good Times\" vs Oklahoma, 1971
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51 years later and it's still the greatest game in college football history. Hi, I'm Nate Rohr and this is good times presented by go currency dot com. Few college football rivalries have dominated the national spotlight like Nebraska against Oklahoma. And for good reason, 31 times in the final, 36 years of the Big Eight conference, the winner captured the conference title matchup. Usually thanksgiving weekend always seemed to have national championship implications. But in this series of fiercely contested match ups and elite teams, one game stands alone as the best and might still the greatest game in college football history, november the 25th 1971 norman Oklahoma defending national champion and undefeated. Nebraska faced undefeated and number two Oklahoma, the largest tv audience to watch a college football game. To that time, 55 million viewers was just settling in as the game's signature moment happened. The huskers went three and out on their first drive and put it. After the sooners first draw they punted the ball back to Nebraska's johnny Rodgers, joe Wiley and Wiley stands at his own 24 waits for the snap. Rodgers deep for Nebraska. Here's Wylie's kick gets high, it holds up there. Rodgers takes the ball at the 30 and got away back up 35 40 45 45 to the 40 to the 35 to the 20 to the 10. He's all the way home. Holy moly man, woman and child did that. Put them in the aisles johnny. The jet Rodgers just tore them loose from their shoes that gave the huskers a seven nothing lead with Nebraska's rich glover owning the trenches with 22 tackles against o use wishbone. The sooners took to the air quarterback Jack Mildred found john Harrison late in the second quarter for a 24 yard touchdown, giving Oklahoma 17 14 halftime lead. Then in the third quarter, after two touchdown runs by Jeff, Kinney mildred ran for a touchdown to pull the sooners within four. Midway through the fourth quarter, mildred found Harrison again to put Oklahoma on top. The sooners held a 31 28 lead as the huskers took over at their own 26 Nebraska pounded away with Kenny who was shredding both the Oklahoma defense and his own jersey, jerry Tagi hit Rogers on third and eight to push it down to the o U 35 from their four Kenny carries and Rogers run took the ball to the, to where the huskers called on kidding one more time. Oklahoma had one more chance but the Nebraska pass rush secured the victory. The huskers ran out the clock to capture the 35 31 victory, Kenny turned out 171 yards on 31 carries with four touchdowns to leave Nebraska to the win. The huskers hammered Hawaii 45 to 3. Then blasted bear Bryant and Alabama in the Orange Bowl 38 6 to wrap up their second national championship, but it was the win over Oklahoma in the game of the century that lives to this day as the greatest game in college football history and the pinnacle of one of college football's best rivalries, currency makes financing quick, easy and secure for heavy machinery. Ag equipment, trucks, trailers and more visit go currency dot com. For details. I'm Nate roar, and this has been good times from go currency dot com.