Telling the story of Husker football in five games. Or 18.

The Omaha World-Herald’s Tom Shatel listed five games that tell the story of Husker football, and he invited five other longtime observers of the program (Kent Pavelka, Mike Babcock, Lee Barfknecht, Eric Olson and Chuck Sinclair) to do the same. Here are the games they listed, with links to our game pages.

The Omaha World-Herald’s Tom Shatel listed five games that tell the story of Husker football, and he invited five other longtime observers of the program (Kent Pavelka, Mike Babcock, Lee Barfknecht, Eric Olson and Chuck Sinclair) to do the same. Here are the games they listed, with links to our game pages.
The 1971 Oklahoma game was the closest to being a unanimous pick, appearing on five of the six lists.
- 1940 Stanford (1)
- 1959 Oklahoma (2)
- 1962 Michigan (1)
- 1962 Missouri (1)
- 1962 Miami (1)
- 1970 LSU (1)
- 1971 Oklahoma (5)
- 1978 Oklahoma (1)
- 1981 Clemson (1)
- 1983 Miami (3)
- 1993 Fla. St. (1)
- 1994 Colorado (1)
- 1994 Miami (4)
- 1995 Florida (2)
- 2000 Notre Dame (1)
- 2001 Colorado (2)
- 2001 Miami (1)
- 2009 Texas (1)