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re: Many schools have been gypped out of national titles, but 1983 Auburn was one of the worst
Posted on 6/28/23 at 9:10 pm to JetDawg
Posted on 6/28/23 at 9:10 pm to JetDawg
It was controversial at the time but the reason it hasn't lingered was that the media set up a decider game in the Kickoff Classic at Giants stadium to open the 1984 season. Any old school baws remember the ol' Kickoff Classic?
Anyway #2 Miami won that game 20-18 over #1 Auburn for Jimmie Johnson's first win and people shut up about who deserved it in 83.
Another thing that hurt Auburn was they played Nebraska at home in 1982 and got throttled by like 35 points. That 82 Nebraska team was probably even better. They had one of the greatest O-lines ever and had Mike Rozier, Tom Rathman and Roger Craig running the option. They had something like 500 yards rushing against Auburn that day and averaged over 10 yards a carry. Their Oline mauled us. People remembered that a year later when everyone was trying to sort out who beat who that beat who.
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Posted on 6/29/23 at 3:08 pm to AUFANATL
I attended the 1982 Nebraska beat down of AU in Auburn. As a 71 year old man, I could have run through the holes that the Nebraska OL created to get 10 yards per carry. That was the era of 5th-year senior lineman at Nebraska with Dean Steinkuler anchoring the line. Turner Gill was the QB for Nebraska and Irving Friar was the All-American WR. That Nebraska team was the finest team I ever saw take the field at Auburn.
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