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This week in
Husker history

The week of May 5-11, looking back in five-year intervals
 
1933: Former Husker assistant Paul Schissler is named head coach of the Chicago Cardinals.
 
1948: Former Husker guard Charles Edgar “Tow” Cotton dies at age 64 in California.
 
1958: The Varsity is outyarded but registers a 14-6 win over the Alumni in the spring game.
 
1963: With Memorial Stadium receiving new sod, the spring game is played at Seacrest Field, where the Reds win a nighttime contest by six points despite two touchdowns by the Whites' Frank Solich.
 
1968: The White squad scores in the final minute to win the spring game.
 
1973: Tom Osborne's first spring game as head coach draws a record crowd of 20,000.
 

 
1998: Former Penn State tight end Mike McCloskey admits he was out of bounds on his crucial catch in the waning seconds of the 1982 Penn State-Nebraska game. | Game page
 
2003: Once-promising quarterback Curt Dukes gets set to transfer.
 
2008: Bo Pelini says Frank Solich “got the short end of the stick” when he was fired after the 2003 season.
 
2013: Former Husker quarterback Tommie Frazier is elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.