Tommie Frazier played so well, again, against Colorado in 1995, the subject of whether he could win the Heisman Trophy was part of Tom Osborne’s post-game interview. “If statistics are the criteria, obviously, Tommie probably isn’t going to win it. If they look at...
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Hail Varsity Digest | Nebraska Football Tops K-State with Deceptive Score | 6/10/25
Second-ranked Nebraska used 66 players, eighth-ranked Kansas State 46, when the teams met at Memorial Stadium Oct. 21, 1995. “We probably backed off a little too early,” Tom Osborne said. “It’s nice to be able to play a football team and take your first team out. But...
Hail Varsity Digest | Blackshirts Post Shutout, ’95 Nebraska Football Tallies Another Win | 6/3/25
Nebraska football had a week off to prepare for Missouri’s visit to Memorial Stadium for the second-ranked Huskers’ sixth game of the season, Oct. 14, 1995. One problem was Nebraska’s defense didn’t know what to expect from the 2-3 Tigers, who had lost to Kansas State...
Lopsided Loss to Oklahoma Ends Nebraska Baseball’s Season
And so it comes to an end, the Nebraska baseball season. The Huskers didn’t show their late-inning-comeback grit. They couldn’t, really, because they didn’t score until the sixth — one run, on a Dylan Carey RBI single. Oklahoma had plated five runs in the top of the...
Nebraska Baseball Stays Alive in Chapel Hill Regional
Once again Ty Horn was up to the challenge for Nebraska baseball. The sophomore right-hander pitched 7 1/3 innings against Holy Cross Saturday in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional, giving up five hits and one run, on a fifth-inning home run, in the Huskers’ 4-1 victory....
Nebraska Baseball Drops Regional Opener to Oklahoma
By the time you read this, if you’re so inclined, Nebraska baseball might be trying to stay alive in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional in a losers’ bracket game against fourth-seed Holy Cross Saturday. That game was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. CDT, “was” because the...
Nebraska Baseball’s Veteran Roster Begins Regional Play
Nebraska goes to the North Carolina Regional, in Chapel Hill, with 22 players from last season’s team, which went to the Oklahoma State Regional. A 23rd, pitcher Mason McConnaughey, has been lost for the season. “It speaks to the veteran presence in the clubhouse, and...
Hail Varsity Digest | Predictions Proved Wrong Against Nebraska Football | 5/27/25
Just over 6 minutes into Nebraska football’s fifth game of the 1995 season, Sept. 30, Washington State’s Frank Madu broke free and ran 87 yards for a touchdown. With 8:44 remaining in the first quarter, the Cougars led 7-0, much to the surprise of a majority of the...
Husker Baseball Wins Big Ten Tourney, Advances to Regional
Do you believe in magic? Or more likely it was grit, not magic. But either way, the Nebraska baseball team won its third game in two days, its second against a nationally-ranked opponent, defeating second-seed and 13th-ranked UCLA 5-0 in the championship game of the...