The score was tied, 0-to-0. There were 68 seconds left to play. The biggest crowd that had ever watched an opening home game at Minnesota (54,000) was praying for a miracle that might still enable their team to better the best football record in the country. The miracle, at this unlikely point in Minneapolis last week, occurred.
Nebraska kicked. Minnesota quarterback Bud Wilkinson caught the ball on his 25-yd. line, ran forward. Then, with the whole Nebraska team massed on the left side of the field to tackle him, he flipped the ball...
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