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Jeshurun said:
I’m surprised we’ve played 60 times. Maybe that’s just because I’m only 30.
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Well, I'm 63 — and I was surprised (shocked, even) that Minnesota leads the series 32-25-2. It seemed (to someone my age, at least) that Nebraska was great for decades and decades, while we were mediocre.
 

RememberMurray said:
Well, I'm 63 — and I was surprised (shocked, even) that Minnesota leads the series 32-25-2. It seemed (to someone my age, at least) that Nebraska was great for decades and decades, while we were mediocre.
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Except for a few years in the stone age, Nebraska was pretty average until the Devaney/Osborne/Solich era (1962-2003) where they compiled an overall national 82% winning record. Up until 1960, Minnesota lead the series 29-6-2. Minnesota won every game played every year throughout the 1940's. Nebraska won all 16 games played from 1963-2012 by an average score of 39-8.
 

Tully55 said:
Except for a few years in the stone age, Nebraska was pretty average until the Devaney/Osborne/Solich era (1962-2003) where they compiled an overall national 82% winning record. Up until 1960, Minnesota lead the series 29-6-2. Minnesota won every game played every year throughout the 1940's. Nebraska won all 16 games played from 1963-2012 by an average score of 39-8.
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That's an 82% winning percentage maintained over 41 years. Included in that run: 5 National Championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997).

Amazing!

I hope that's where Minnesota is headed now.
 


RememberMurray said:
Well, I'm 63 — and I was surprised (shocked, even) that Minnesota leads the series 32-25-2. It seemed (to someone my age, at least) that Nebraska was great for decades and decades, while we were mediocre.
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Bierman had a great record against them, 12-3. His big win, 61-7, in 1945 at Lincoln, when Dr. Tom was a teenager, may have contributed to the saintly Dr. piling on 84 points against the Gophers in 1983. Two years before Bierman's big win, in 1943, a wartime interim coach led the Gophers to a 54-0 win over Nebraska. That must have stung Osborne, too.
 

I like this chart from the OP's link. The two offenses are pretty close but I underestimated the Gophs defense in comparison.

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RememberMurray said:
Well, I'm 63 — and I was surprised (shocked, even) that Minnesota leads the series 32-25-2. It seemed (to someone my age, at least) that Nebraska was great for decades and decades, while we were mediocre.
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That QB from Robbinsdale started it all, Dennis Claridge.
 

Jeshurun said:
I’m surprised we’ve played 60 times. Maybe that’s just because I’m only 30.
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Not only that, but a note says "Nebraska has played Minnesota more than any other opponents.." on page 3. Can that be right? Or maybe they just missed a qualifier word.

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Panthadad2 said:
I like this chart from the OP's link. The two offenses are pretty close but I underestimated the Gophs defense in comparison.
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How are we 15th in conference in passing offense?
 

A bit disappointed the OP's link doesn't mention the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy.
 


Jeshurun said:
How are we 15th in conference in passing offense?
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Doesn’t make sense to me at all. There are 14 teams, and there’s no way in hell we’re behind Rutgers. I mean those are the two most obvious disqualifications right there.


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Panthadad2 said:
Not only that, but a note says "Nebraska has played Minnesota more than any other opponents.." on page 3. Can that be right? Or maybe they just missed a qualifier word.

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I did a cursory search on winsipedia yesterday and I believe it was meant to say played Minnesota more than any B1G opponent.
 

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