I was the same age - that game broke my 12 ye old heart. I can’t remember what had happened to Rozier that Smith was called on on the fourth quarter.
Rozier went out with an ankle early 1st half
Smith played well. Our defense was shit
& I missed 2 days of school after
I should have known Nebraska football would be continuous Charlie Brown moments
I became a fan immediately after seeing Jarvis Redwines 90 yard TD run against OU in 1980 only to see us piss down our legs & lose at the end
Then in 81 start the year with a loss to Cockeye & then be back in the title hunt at the end of the year only to let Clemson (a school nobody heard of) end up beating us for the Naty
82- robbed at Penn St (otherwise Naty)
Then the 83 heartbreak
84 #1 & upset at Syracuse & OU goes on a run for the rest of the decade
I should of known the glory of selling our souls to the devil for mid 90s glory would end in the Hell we are now
So “fuk u Jarvis Redwine” this hell is ur fault