Flea Kicker
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| Date | November 8, 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Faurot Field | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Columbia, Missouri | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Nebraska by 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Laurie | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 66,846 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brent Musburger (play-by-play) Dan Fouts (analyst) Jack Arute (sideline) | |||||||||||||||||||||
The 1997 Nebraska vs. Missouri football game was the ninety-first edition of the Missouri–Nebraska rivalry, held on November 8, 1997 at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. It is most remembered for NU's game-tying touchdown as time expired that became known as the "Flea Kicker." Top-ranked Nebraska won in overtime to keep its national championship hopes alive.