This is the 12/26/1975 Nebraska at Arizona State game. The Fiesta Bowl. The Sun Devils had dominated the WAC under Frank Kush but national respect was hard to come by. This game, more than any other put ASU on the national map before their departure to the Pac 10. Arizona State probably had a legitimate claim to a national championship after Ohio State lost the Rose Bowl to UCLA. Oklahoma already had a loss. Although a national championship didn’t happen praise was heaped on ASU after the game. Nebraska was one of a handful of schools that stayed at the top of the polls throughout the 70’s. Beating them in the 70’s was a tall task. The end of the game is game film with radio audio which I did author. i claim no rights.
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Awesome! I've wanted to see this game for years! Thanks!!
Definitely my favorite YouTube channel….I literally watch daily….thanks
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No idea this one existed and a great copy.
Great Memory of the Kush era!
Was ASU still in the WAC in 1975?
Do you have the 74 Cotton Bowl Nebraska – Texas?
I was there in the South Endzone with my mother, father, brother and best friend. A fantastic game that went down to the wire. A great memory
ASU used to have great uniforms, through the Snake, Tillman era. Maroon & Gold are good colors. Then they started messing with all-black, all-white, oversized logos, etc. Ugly stuff.
After New Year's Day I thought Alabama might have had a chance to win a title after beating Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. But the polls gave it to Oklahoma after a sloppy win over Michigan. They also jumped ASU to #2 over Bama. That Tide team was a veteran unit and would have beaten ASU and was as good as that OU team in my opinion.
For me personally, this is the holy grail of college football games and I have been waiting for EVER for someone to post this up, so THANK YOU. I was begining to think that I would never get to see a replay of this game. I was 9 years old when I attended this game with my father and mother, sitting in the middle of the Nebraska section wearing gold hard hats, jackets and having a ball. All of our family lived in Nebraska except for us, my parents got the hell out of there in 1960 and never looked back. My father actually traded tickets with some coaches from Creighton who wanted to sit with a mutual friend of my parents that also lived in Phoenix and was from Nebraska. Hence how we ended up in the middle of the Nebraska section. What a wonderful time that was and what great joy it brought me to watch this, so thank you again. Hard to beleive that 21 years later I lived half a mile from the campus and celebrated my son's 1st birthday with my parents while ASU "creamed the corn" 19-0. Still there and loving Tempe. #FEARTHEFORK
One of the college football games that made me a diehard college football fan.
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Bruce Hardy was the first high school athlete to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Solid NFL career with Miami.
Two things I was ever bummed about going to a college game. Going to my first ASU game in 77 the stands were built up so much you couldn't see people on the mountain and going to a Georgia gane in 90 the stadium had been enlarged do much you couldn't sit on the railroad tracks and watch the game
Tom Brookshier was a college teammate at Colorado with Apollo 13 pilot Jack Swigert.
As someone who has uploaded many Nebraska games to youtube, I must say this is a great upload. Never expected to see this one.
Did Brookshier say what I think he said at 1:04:39? 😮😮😮
I was there 50 years ago. Three things stand out. My first (and only) sighting of a road runner. Second the road from Phoenix to Tempe lined with junk yards and hub caps along the fences. Third, those dammed crossing patterns ASU ran over and over. Big disappointment going home and I think the loss carried over into 1976 when expectations were so high.
BIG RED MACHINE BABY OLE DR OSBORNE HAD THAT BIG RED HUSKERS ROLLING
This picture quality is absolutely gorgeous for this game to be almost 50 years old
Arizona State had to be the acting visitors at their own stadium (lol), so they wore white jerseys–and would then beat Nebraska! I remember this game!
Heard that the ASU coach was.such a pr!ck John Elway didnt want.to play for.the Colts when.that guy was their coach.
Thank u for these videos. Out west, in Phx, we didn't get to see the 3rd-most cinsequential game in AzSt fb history (blacked out). U r making such a difference.
Rik Bonness – 🔥. "Tony" (Anthony) Davis. So many cfb legends in that game. Lfg!
Tom Brookshier commented that Frank Kush tackled him in college. Looked it up. Colorado played Michigan State in 1951 when both would have been playing.
My uncles were at this game 😅
I can't believe this game is on youtube!! I'm a lifelong Sun Devil fanatic and I'm also an Alumnus. The Devils should have won the National Championship after this historic victory and season, but were robbed, because they played in the WAC. The legendary Frank Kush (whom I got to meet in the 90's), was a great coach! I actually live in Tempe, about 2 miles from Sun Devil Stadium, and am a season ticket holder. GO DEVILS!!
Both of the announcers have referred to ASU as "Arizona" multiple times. This is one of the worst things they could do to the Devils! This mistake has been repeated many times thru the years, by various announcers.
I believed then that ASU should have been voted national champion after this win and the undefeated season. The Sun Devils were a team much more talented than the nation knew. Then, with everybody back next fall, they proceeded to lose their first four games. The '75 Fiesta Bowl win was a shining moment in time, and not indicative of things to come.