The Huskers came oh-so-close to pulling off a monumental upset Saturday night, but fell 13-12 to Texas in the Big 12 Championship Game.
Alex Henery hit four field goals, the last coming with less than two minutes left, to give the Huskers a 12-10 lead. A bad kickoff and a horsecollar penalty helped put the Longhorns in position, but they nearly blew it when quarterback Colt McCoy threw the ball out of bounds to stop the clock.
Initially, the clock said :00, but replay showed that :01 was on the clock when the ball went out of bounds, giving Texas an extra second to try, and make, a game winning 46-yard field goal.
While the Huskers won't be going as a BCS team, they were invited to play in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30 in San Diego, Calif. The Huskers will take on Arizona, a team they lost to the last time they went to the Holiday Bowl, losing 23-20 in the 1998 matchup.
Nebraska has played three Pac 10 teams in bowl games in their history and have yet to win. Prior to the loss to Arizona, the Huskers lost to Arizona State in the 1975 Fiesta Bowl and fell to Stanford in its first bowl appearance, the 1941 Rose Bowl.
You can get tickets to see the Huskers take on Arizona in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30 in San Diego. Get your tickets now at Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.
Alex Henery hit four field goals, the last coming with less than two minutes left, to give the Huskers a 12-10 lead. A bad kickoff and a horsecollar penalty helped put the Longhorns in position, but they nearly blew it when quarterback Colt McCoy threw the ball out of bounds to stop the clock.
Initially, the clock said :00, but replay showed that :01 was on the clock when the ball went out of bounds, giving Texas an extra second to try, and make, a game winning 46-yard field goal.
While the Huskers won't be going as a BCS team, they were invited to play in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30 in San Diego, Calif. The Huskers will take on Arizona, a team they lost to the last time they went to the Holiday Bowl, losing 23-20 in the 1998 matchup.
Nebraska has played three Pac 10 teams in bowl games in their history and have yet to win. Prior to the loss to Arizona, the Huskers lost to Arizona State in the 1975 Fiesta Bowl and fell to Stanford in its first bowl appearance, the 1941 Rose Bowl.
You can get tickets to see the Huskers take on Arizona in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30 in San Diego. Get your tickets now at Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.
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