My son and I were there rooting for Nebraska. We were seated on the south side of the field, 100 yards from the action. Our guess was that the ball had been caught, then fumbled into the end zone and recovered by Nebraska for the touchdown. Only when we returned to the motel did we see what had really transpired. After the game we ran onto the field and mixed with the Husker players. My son who was 16 at the time happened across Matt Davidson and shook his hand. At that time, we didn't know Matt had caught the ball.
@AlphaKenyThing
10 жыл бұрын
I was 13 at the time and had to go run around in the yard for an hour after this game. The 90's were a good time.
@nuduce123
3 жыл бұрын
We were there for a football tournament. Im from Iowa and a huge husker fan. Our coach got the whole team tickets to the game. It was crazy down there. I had a classy Missouri fan who was in his 40s threaten to punch me because I was jumping and screaming with joy.
@DukeBRAND4444
13 жыл бұрын
The look on Larry Smith's face - may he rest in peace - was classic
@ChaddyChadLetsGetIt
3 жыл бұрын
A blast from the past!💪🏼💥 I remember this game as it was yesterday. I was living in Omaha, Nebraska during this time. Now Scott Frost is the Cornhuskers head coach...let’s get back to greatness!🏈🔥 Boom!
@sdsmt99
6 ай бұрын
I'm sure it will be GREAT!!!!
@jyntristuart
19 күн бұрын
Husker football in the 90s was great to experience as a kid. I remember being able to hear the whole neighborhood cheering on Saturdays.
@snowboardutah3
12 жыл бұрын
I was 10 years old when I watched this game live! I will always be a true husker fan for life because of best fans and legacy that college football will ever have. GBR!
@mjh912
15 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for posting this... I've been looking for a video of this play for years!
@matt61387
15 жыл бұрын
A miracle ending that still shouldn't have counted since he cradled the ball using the ground. This play would've been an incomplete pass if it were today.
@BigDawg31675
Жыл бұрын
They’ve reviewed it since then and it’s a catch. Cry some more
@brycekrispies1038
6 ай бұрын
@@BigDawg31675fax. You can clearly see his hands under the ball.
@danielanderson6013
6 ай бұрын
Ball has to touch the ground to be incomplete, not the receiver's hands
@boblyons8170
28 күн бұрын
You couldn't be more wrong if your crack went sideways.
@ryant6548
4 жыл бұрын
Poor Missouri. They also had the fifth down play go against them.
@animenopaawaa
11 жыл бұрын
Great classic. And Musburger at his best in commetary!
@b-man1232
3 жыл бұрын
Still get goosebumps to this day!!!!
@ihtnep
13 жыл бұрын
Sorry to see Nebraska leave the Big 12. It was getting to be a lot of fun the past 5 years.
@xxxxNateDaGreat
11 жыл бұрын
This is why we always should've had a 1 vs 2 championship game (Or even better, a playoff!). I would've killed to see NEB vs UofM for a title.
@danielchester7974
Жыл бұрын
Michigan would have kicked their teeth in.
@dashx1103
11 ай бұрын
@@danielchester7974 Unlikely.
@DeshCanter
11 ай бұрын
@@dashx1103 Very likely. Nebraska had a completely one-dimensional offense, a run offense. Michigan had the best run stop defense in college football. On the other side of the ball, many teams ran up points on Nebraska, particularly their shared opponents: Colorado and Baylor. Michigan held both to 3 points in blow outs. Nebraska gave up a combined 45 points to them. They also went to OT with unranked Missouri, and were losing at halftime to non-power 5, unranked UCF! Their D was highly overhyped, especially when you take into account some of the horrible offenses they faced: Kansas and Iowa State come to mind. In game, Michigan contains Nebraska’s run game, gets a lead and forces Nebraska to throw, and Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson takes over with a lot of stops and probably a pick or two. Michigan wins by 13.
@dashx1103
11 ай бұрын
@@DeshCanter NU by 21.
@DeshCanter
11 ай бұрын
@@dashx1103 Based on what, your wet dream? They shared two opponents that year. Look at how those games went…. Nebraska struggled against unranked teams, and required an illegal kick to even be in the conversation. Had Osborne not retired and had Peyton Manning won the Heisman, Nebraska wouldn’t even have been in the discussion.
@spartanblueteam1286
6 жыл бұрын
I remember this game, sports announcers said Penn state and michigan was the game of the day, they were wrong.
@andrejkemencic
10 жыл бұрын
I went to one college football game in my life and this was it...:D
@johncate9541
8 жыл бұрын
17 Missouri fans must have stumbled across this.
@MayfieldArchival
8 жыл бұрын
19 now
@alexv281
5 жыл бұрын
and michigan fans :p
@sorney98
5 жыл бұрын
John Cate 48 today
@Nate-im3sg
4 жыл бұрын
@@sorney98 50
@NTF423
3 жыл бұрын
Im one of those mizzou fans :(
@bmg0079
13 жыл бұрын
I was watching this with my brothers and we did a celebration around the house for about 3 straight minutes.
@blackshirts13
10 жыл бұрын
I was at that game!
@ya-man2916
7 жыл бұрын
I ran the camera that was shooting Larry Smith that day! I felt so bad for him! They were 1 play away form their biggest win to that point! I'm going to miss working with Brent Musburger!
@joeb1591
10 жыл бұрын
From Wikipedia: "In college football, the Flea Kicker was a legendary play executed by the Nebraska Cornhuskers against the Missouri Tigers on November 8, 1997 that sent the game into overtime and resulted in a win for the Cornhuskers who went on to share the NCAA Division I-A National Championship with the Michigan Wolverines."
@joeb1591
10 жыл бұрын
Flea Flicker is the name of a play designed to fool the defensive team into thinking that a play is a run instead of a pass. It can be considered an extreme variant of the play action pass and an extension of the halfback option play. This specific play was called "The Flea Kicker". It's a play on words. So what if you remember watching the game. I was at the game.
@fliedlice6985
9 ай бұрын
I was really young but I remember be so upset that Nebraska was about to lose this game that my dad sent me to my room....then this! ☝️
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
As long as there's a receiver in the area it's not grounding. The passer can legally “ground” the ball if he throws it into an area where there is an eligible teammate. The eligible receiver does not need to have a "reasonable opportunity" of catching the ball. That means it can be 20 feet over his head.
@BenGillespie
6 жыл бұрын
Welcome back, Scott
@aaronlopresti5252
2 жыл бұрын
I was at that game. I was at the other end of the field so it wasn't clear what happened. We thought Wiggins caught it initially. We just saw the touchdown signal and starting celebrating.
@jwell96
15 жыл бұрын
that was the greatest play of all time
@GabrielRodriguez-mc4me
8 жыл бұрын
Mizzou lost on big plays twice. They never catch a break!
@bigstar66
7 жыл бұрын
Good riddance. Safe space babies.
@spitdog351
6 ай бұрын
Michigan should have been outright championions in 97
@astrobear5353
10 ай бұрын
I was 14 in 1997 with a white Nebraska jersey on I was like yes.
@nwana1977
15 жыл бұрын
I don't know if ESPN still does this every year, but it was from some end of the year college football wrap up where they would hand out all the individual awards of that season.
@TehMooseKnuckle
10 жыл бұрын
Everybody is a little upset, this specific play IN THIS GAME is called the Flea KICKER because one of our receiver kicked the ball up and then it was caught by another receiver. The plays actual name in any other game is called a Flea FLICKER. Much like other plays have special names like "The Immaculate Reception". Everybody is right.
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
Where did it "clearly" hit the turf? What does laying on his back have to do with anything? Would you please cite the rule? Thanks.
8 жыл бұрын
People can complain about the ball being illegally kicked into the air on that last play, but no one wants to admit that the receiver was interfered with, and there should have been an interference penalty called on that play.
@joshuag1140
8 жыл бұрын
There wasn't any pass interference there. He hit him exactly when the ball got there, if not a fraction of a second early. It would have been like the national championship of Ohio State and Miami, whether or not it was pass interference is debatable, but in the situation it was far too close to call, so pass interference wasn't really there
@scottdaniels8129
6 жыл бұрын
Anybody complaining about the ball getting booted in the air needs to watch the rest of the game. Refs left their flags in their pockets and Mizzou got away with a ton, would have been hypocritical and just plain unfair to flag us there.
@alec1115
5 жыл бұрын
Actually, on the previous play, there was a blatant DPI in the end zone. Nebraska should have had the ball on the 1-yard on that play.
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
No, it's not illegal to throw the ball way out of bounds. It's only illegal if you're avoiding a sack.
@travis2x
13 жыл бұрын
@klank99 the REASON NU didn't play UM for the national championship wasn't on NU. being in the big10 at the time, UM HAD to play in the rosebowl against the pac10 champion no matter what. don't blame that on NU and take away our undefeated championship season because of that. we wanted to play UM, we wanted to play anybody. unfortunately UM and the Big10 couldn't make that happen. same exact thing goes for Penn St in 1994. both seasons we played the #3 team cause u couldnt play us!
@macymoran8955
4 жыл бұрын
The mussirri coach though 😂😂🖐️🖐️
@RCJH2022
4 жыл бұрын
Memories. =D
@rooh5825
3 жыл бұрын
There are some interesting facts about this game. If the ball had hit the ground, the game wasn't actually over. This was 3rd down. There were 1, possible even 2 seconds left on the clock as the ball hit the ground. Now, home cooking may have gotten the game over with (clock operator lets it run) so it's hard to say there. Also, this was the season where Michigan was #1 going into the bowl games in both the AP and Coaches polls, and after a resounding victory over Tennessee and Peyton Manning 42-17, and Michigan's lackluster win over Washington by a single score, the coaches voted for Nebraska at number one. Many Michigan fans and a few in the media lamented "A number one team should never be passed over by a team underneath them, even if the win is close". Most don't seem to know, or tend to ignore the fact, that Nebraska going into the Missouri game was number one in the coaches poll. After beating Missouri, Michigan leapfrogged Nebraska into the number one position. Pretty much ruins the argument for Michigan fans when Nebraska jumped back up to number one at the end of the season, now doesn't it?
@robjohnson8861
2 жыл бұрын
Clown. What was Mi's closest win IN REGULATION over whom and what were both teams ranked? LOL What was Neb's closest win IN OVERTIME over whom and what were they ranked. I guess Neb "off campus cheating" fans would believe 5 opportunities at MO is = Michigans 4 against WSU. And LOL, Wiki sees the end differently than your frail attempt to give Nebraska another opportunity because according to you there was more time. From wiki, "The ball immediately shot down and hit a Missouri safety in the foot and popped back in the air. Then Missouri safety Julian Jones tackled Wiggins as time expired." and Never, Ever forget MI was 10 times closer to outright NC than Neb in 97. MI 3 votes away Neb 31 votes away.
@joerich1629
3 жыл бұрын
No one ever mentions that it should have been a dead play due to Frost moving before the ball was snapped
@davejensen8882
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know if this is true but I heard after the game they got on the bus and Tom Osborne remarked to Matt Davison, "Nice catch, Matt." It sounds like what Tom would say.
@jimmyeatworldandselenagome8156
Жыл бұрын
In light of that game Missouri tiger fans are mad as hell at the end of the game
@YaDigMe357
15 жыл бұрын
damn does your vcr have tracking?
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
Regardless, they had trouble with WSU and Leaf and Nebraska was head and shoulders above WSU. National Champs, if you recall.
@fzs12
14 жыл бұрын
actually BBrinkNU, the guy who actually kicked the ball admitted that he did it on purpose so it should have been a penalty. Also later he was arrested for sexually assaulting a 14 year old, so im glad Nebraska has such great sport icons.
@Deraine
15 жыл бұрын
I don't even watch college football; but that was amazing.
@blairjs
12 жыл бұрын
You are correct. Nebraska is (0-1) against Ole Miss & (0-1) against Arkansas. It is kind of bizzare that Nebraska didn't play Arkansas more, but I guess they were in different conferences (Southwest vs Big 8).
@kelleystolze3298
10 жыл бұрын
You don't quit until you hear the whistle blow and you guys walking around like the game was done haha bites you in the ass haha
@steiner31284
10 жыл бұрын
I was also 13 and I cried at the dinner table that night haha
@mariokart6444
15 жыл бұрын
:O wow what a play
@chris071883
14 жыл бұрын
Probably the best way to sum up what I am saying about Nebraska losing to Power Running, Play Action Passing, Passing, football teams is this. 9 out of 10 times Nebraska will lose to Iowa, and Wisconsin and Alabama, Nebraska had no answer for UCLA back when UCLA played this style of football and they were an equal calibur team in the 1980's. In my lifetime Nebraska has lost 9 out of 10 games against Stanford and Auburn and California and Oregon, for the reason I mentioned above.
@bf3boy
12 жыл бұрын
mahuer and henry are the best klickers eva
@garrenluce1984
Жыл бұрын
I WAS THERE !!!!!....ME AND MY DAD ,IT WAS FREEZING 🥶 AND WE WERE THE ONLY WHAT SEEMED LIKE HUSKER FANS IN THE CROWD...... EVERYONE RUSHED THE FIELD AND MY DAD YELLING ITS GOOD ITS GOOD BABY !!!!!!.......
@geoffk.5072
6 ай бұрын
Remember seeing this and saying wtf did I just watch
@jrino1979
10 жыл бұрын
If Auburn can even play for a title with two miracle plays, then yes, Nebraska can deserve the title it won in 1997.
@robjohnson8861
5 жыл бұрын
Since 1936, the AP is the more prestigious poll bec coaches don't have time to follow what the writers and broadcasters can. NEB did not win the AP in 97.
@Nate-im3sg
4 жыл бұрын
@@robjohnson8861 If you think the AP poll in the pre BCS-CFP era was the only poll that mattered---then you don't know anything about CFB. Nebraska won the title in 97. Michigan also won it. It's not complicated. Vegas said Nebraska would be about a TD favorite over Michigan btw.
@sorney98
4 жыл бұрын
something clever don’t argue with Rob. He thinks he knows everything even though he doesn’t. I’ve watched College Football all my life. Nebraska was a National Champion. Osborne wanted to play Michigan that year just he wanted to Penn State in 1994. He wanted to settle it on the field. If the Big Ten wasn’t greedy about this, we could of had a couple great National Championship games
@sorney98
4 жыл бұрын
Rob Johnson AP is not as prestigious as you think it is or was.
@robjohnson8861
4 жыл бұрын
@@sorney98 ok, stupid shit for brains. Let go by total votes. AP MI 51, Neb 18, MI won 74% Coaches MI 30, Neb 32, Neb won 52% Total MI 81, Neb 50 MI won 62%. almost 2 out of every 3.
@nwana1977
16 жыл бұрын
Hells ya!!! You guys didn't know about the "intentionally kick the ball up in the air while lying on your back" play? NU had been working on that for weeks before this game. Mizzou really should have prepared a little better. Actually, NU has run this exact same play at least a dozen times since.
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
Let's overlook the PI on Wiggins, shall we? lol Half the distance to the goal and play 3rd down again.
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
Davison, not Davidson.
@killarob06
15 жыл бұрын
dont be too sure of that. we got a highly ranked recruiting class comin in and a 5 star QB. we could be in title talks a couple of years from now.
@mizzkitty20
15 жыл бұрын
ftball1999-Why is it hard to believe?? Nebraska was DOMINANT in the 90's. We've always had a good team. The only thing that's hard to believe is the disasterous era of Callahan, who single handedly destroyed our program. It's okay, I understand, you're envious. And now we have Pelini. Playing with Callahan's recruits and going 9-4, not bad. It's called restoration, and the Huskers are back. Fear the red, baby!!! Go Big Red!!!
@railroader78
15 жыл бұрын
wow i didnt know that the teams were the same in 05 as they were in 97... 8 years earlier
@patlynch3464
6 жыл бұрын
It was not an "illegal" kick! The receiver can use every part of their body to try to make a catch.
@GeoJesse
5 жыл бұрын
Pat Lynch but not to someone else... you can’t kick the ball to advance it or to get it to someone else. The guy who kicked said he intentionally did it... which is illegal
@noeldimaggiojr101
5 жыл бұрын
Jesse Pugh yes, he said he intentionally kicked it. so how did you miss him say he intentionally kicked it to himself?
@ChrisHebert00
5 жыл бұрын
@@noeldimaggiojr101 he didn't kick it to himself seeing as how another person caught it. Once you kick it and someone else catches it, it's not to himself. The rule is about reality, not about what the player says his intention was seeing as how that would make it possible to break the rule as long as you say that you meant to kick it to yourself...like what happened.
@robjohnson8861
2 жыл бұрын
@@GeoJesse Any court would rule in favor of a legal catch. There were two competing rules. A player can use any part of his body and a player can't kick the ball. Find the part of the rule where it has to be to himself. Yes, he said what he said......*"after the game."*
@alfeinstein4168
6 жыл бұрын
Not illegal, tried to catch it using his feet, perfectly legal play.
@GeoJesse
5 жыл бұрын
william biodrowski he literally admitted he kicked it to get the other guy to catch it. Illegal play
@aaronsteinman4214
5 жыл бұрын
Jesse Pugh he “literally” admitted the intention was to kick it back to himself
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
We are, Okie, so suck it. Plus, it was only 3rd down, and had the play been called a penalty, it would have been dead as soon as an official threw his flag and there still would have been time on the clock. Although with home town timing officials, they probably would have let the clock run out.
@jemeeladams1197
5 жыл бұрын
Shevin wiggins beer tab is at infinity
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
Based upon what? Michigan had trouble with Ryan Leaf and WSU, while Nebraska soundly defeated Peyton Manning and a much better Tennessee team.
@robjohnson8861
5 жыл бұрын
Against Neb: Manning 134, A&M the game before 264, CO the game before that 362. Avg against Neb:189. Manning, for most of his career, inc NFL, sucked when it matted. 14-13 in playoffs (60th in win % and he is just 3 yrs retired). History will be cruel on his stat.
@DeafeningCha
4 жыл бұрын
@@robjohnson8861 Wins aren't a quarterback stat. Forget that Manning had awful defenses most of his time on the Colts, whereas Brady had mutiple top 10 defenses during that time. It makes a large difference.
@bradjustin2573
6 жыл бұрын
back when football pads were big
@jemeeladams1197
5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@doesntlikeu
15 жыл бұрын
Killarob, all you gotta do is win all of your games ;)
@killarob06
15 жыл бұрын
it happened to us last year. basically with the BCS if youre gonna lose, lose early and u still may have some title hopes. yall shouldnt have fired frank solich, and never hired callahan. solich had that one bad year, the other years yall was still pretty good even went to the nat'l championship. pelini should be good for ya'll
@SuperBrown789
13 жыл бұрын
This should be titled "the Illegal Kick"
@heckteck
11 жыл бұрын
man the game day crew looks so young lol
@fedefutguate
15 жыл бұрын
that was when Nebraska was good. i think they will get better
@cornfednebraskaneer
15 жыл бұрын
I think you mean DOCTOR Osborne. MU was a contender in the North...10 years later. Very funny.
@RG32hockey
12 жыл бұрын
@IamthatdudeBanks and how do you know that? are you some kinda psychyc with your crystal ball?
@2d181
15 жыл бұрын
Haha, back when Peyton was on Tennessee and Grant Wistrom was in college. Woah!
@UsonianAC
13 жыл бұрын
That's not the first Cornhusker Kickback, nor was it the last!
@willmickel71
13 жыл бұрын
@klank99 Both the Big 8 head of officals and the NCAA head of officials stated that the play had been called correctly. NCAA rules say -player may use any part of his body to try and bring the ball under his control.
7 жыл бұрын
It looks like Davidson should have been the intended receiver because he could actually catch a football.
@flutey28
11 жыл бұрын
Well I'm not really going to watch it but being a Mizzou fan I'd bet that the hatred made 'em say that. We hate the corn huskers here.
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
Actually, it's a judgement call. If in the judgement of the official he kicked it on purpose it's a penalty.
@Jammer1031
13 жыл бұрын
@hailhopes Of course it isn't a flea flicker, it's just a play on words since the ball was kicked.
@Moonfan78
14 жыл бұрын
@gooseballz86 we just won the holiday bowl and are ranked in the preseason top ten, won every major defensive trophy last year, and had a Heisman candidate. Can't wait to stomp you tigers in Lincoln this year, Go Big Red
@southpark9987
14 жыл бұрын
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!! Thats how we do it boys! Luck ftw
@Shifty1940
2 жыл бұрын
Brock’s a stud
@kurisu_rpg
14 жыл бұрын
What rule did they break? The NCAA rulebook says that a team is penalized for an *intentional* illegal kick, and if there is any question as to whether the kick was intentional or not, it should be ruled accidental. I don't think there's any way you can watch that play and say that the kick was obviously intentional.
@gatorboymn
13 жыл бұрын
dont think i ever needed anymore reason to hate Nebraska when i was a kid
@michiganriverman
11 жыл бұрын
Co-National Champs along with Michigan, if you recall.
@carriefan1392
15 жыл бұрын
Nebraska is #1!!!!
@huskerdee1431
3 жыл бұрын
“I saw a brown thing floatin around” lol
@willmickel71
13 жыл бұрын
@coolcam28 I don't know why you removed your comment. Boise State could be Pac 10/12 team someday. The Boise State fan I was commenting back to knew nothing about the Huskers or their records vs. other teams. Good luck this year.
@Moonfan78
14 жыл бұрын
I said when they were in the big east! They weren't in the big east in the 80's! I thought you knew that already.
@Nebraskahusker23
15 жыл бұрын
he got his hands under it
@Moonfan78
14 жыл бұрын
I never said FSU was in the big east, I just said it was Miami's only competition every year. I was running low on comment space, so I am sorry I couldn't school you with my 40 years of football knowledge. Even if Miami was an eighties team, they still won a national championship during being in the big east, so blow me.
@dadestarmysteries255
2 жыл бұрын
Odd thing is, had the pass been incomplete there probably should have been one second left. Should have been one second left anyway. Imagine if Missouri returns the kickoff for a touchdown after this play.
@angie1cool
14 жыл бұрын
omg seriously he came to our school today and talked and he also told the story about like a cheerleader and 4 football players got left at a party and they took her in their car and did bad things to her
@ultimtdisc
11 жыл бұрын
Nebraska didn't "cheat", but they did benefit from a no-call. Kicking the ball, as Wiggins did, is not a legal play, but the refs didn't call it. Misery had a chance to win in overtime, but the luck they were living on in regulation ran out.
@willmickel71
13 жыл бұрын
@SuperBrown789 NCAA rules say -player may use any part of his body to try and bring the ball under his control
@ultimtdisc
10 жыл бұрын
Yes, he did. What is it about "it's a judgment call" don't you understand?
@bluewaffle2014
13 жыл бұрын
davidson was a public speaker at my school about a month ago... hes amazing as is all the other huskers
@dbecks44
12 жыл бұрын
@neilrtucker11 No, this play cost Michigan a consensus national title. Tennessee never would have had a chance.
@RockSmithStudio
13 жыл бұрын
@klank99 Please tell me what is illegal about this play. BTW if 1997 Nebraska had played Michigan, Michigan's national championship drought be 62 years.
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