Most interesting tie in school history?

[Cy4Lifer]

The highlight of the day for me was watching the Cyclone cheer/mascot squad run Pistol Pete crotch first into the goal posts. My first Cyclone game, it's amazing I ever went back.

Actually Helping Farmers!

LOVE your logo!

 

[Drew0311]

Most painful.

I wasn't around but it had to be as painful as the Kansas State game at Aarowhead when we had the best comeback ever against them, only to miss the last second extra point to lose 28-27. Talk about the nutshot game. My brother looked at me right before and said "We are going to miss this extra point". We all laughed and just stood there with smiles on our faces after we missed it. Not even mad, just laughing.

 

[brother bob]

I was at that game. Went from a super high when Willie Jones caught a pass in the endzone to tie the game, to a huge letdown when we missed the extra point.

I too was at that game. My Uncle and my dad were drinking quite heavily when nebby was up and when ISU started the comeback, they said that they'd stop drinking if ISU tied it...and then sadly, started drinking again after the missed extra point. The nebby fans were something else before and up to the come back but afterwards were not a happy group o'people!

 

[NetflixAndClone]

And Oregon were called the "Webfoots" until 1947

before 1899, nebraska was the bug eaters.

1892 Nebraska Bugeaters football team - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Cyhig]

before 1899, nebraska was the bug eaters.

1892 Nebraska Bugeaters football team - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I think that name still fits them today

 

[TruClone]

Actually Helping Farmers!

LOVE your logo!

Yes, we need these on stickers for our vehicles!

 

[NetflixAndClone]

Yes, we need these on stickers for our vehicles!

IIRC Iowa got mad over them and sent a cease and desist to WRNL over them.

 

[VeloClone]

In my days of interviewing Iowa State athletes and coaches, two people from the sideline that day shared their take on the missed PAT:

"...we missed the extra point, it would’ve been one of the greatest victories of Iowa State," head coach Johnny Majors said.

“I think it was 23 seconds left on the clock and we scored, tied it up, fans emptied out of the stadium and they were all on the field, they took a few minutes to clear the field. I’m sitting there and I was praying,” linebacker Ted Jornov said with a laugh. “Goedjen was walking back and forth and he shanked the freakin’ kick off to the side. The fans still tore the stadium down. We were in the locker room showering and fans were out there pounding, it was a glorious day but we should’ve beat them. You can’t fault him (Goedjen) too much because he did win some games for us, you gotta look at from both sides.”

If I recall correctly it was the only missed PAT of his Iowa State career.

 

[Cy4Lifer]

Yes, we need these on stickers for our vehicles!

And on t-shirts!

 

[Cy4Lifer]

I wasn't around but it had to be as painful as the Kansas State game at Aarowhead when we had the best comeback ever against them, only to miss the last second extra point to lose 28-27. Talk about the nutshot game. My brother looked at me right before and said "We are going to miss this extra point". We all laughed and just stood there with smiles on our faces after we missed it. Not even mad, just laughing.

At that same game, same interaction with a good friend! Ugh!

 

[Kinch]

Honorable mention for the Oklahoma game in 1981.
Season started out well (3-0-1) including this game.
But then in typical nut-cup fashion we lose to San Diego State 52-31
Won the next 2 Big 8 games so it seemed like a fluke... hopes re-kindled.
Then lost the last 4 games to again require nut cup.

You youngsters need to understand the dozens of times ISU seemed on the verge back in the day. Only to get hopes dashed. The scars are deep.

Big time. And still had a chance to go to a bowl game if we beat OSU. Of course we lost and like so many times we launch a coaching career with a loss. This one was Jimmy Johnson.

 

[brother bob]

If I recall correctly it was the only missed PAT of his Iowa State career.

You are correct

 

[theshadow]

If I recall correctly it was the only missed PAT of his Iowa State career.

It wasn't his only miss, but it was his last miss.

Missed one in each of the first two games in 1972, then the one against Nebraska. Made them all from then on through 1974.

 

[Jar_Lar]

Another interesting tie in program history happened in 1927 at Illinois with a 12-12 final score.

Garland Grange, younger brother of Red, and his Illinois teammates outscored opponents 152-24, and finished the season as national champions.