Nebraska then performed their biggest gut check of the season on Saturday against Colorado and came out victorious.

After a daring two-point conversion put Colorado up 31-32 with less than a minutes left in the game, the Huskers put together a stunning 47-yard drive to snatch victory away from Colorado. Husker quarterback Eric Crouch completed four of five pass attempts to move them down to the CU 22 with four seconds left. Sophomore kicker Josh Brown, who had already kicked a 20-yard field goal and missed a 32-yard attempt earlier, lined up on the right hash mark and booted the winning kick through as time ran out.

"It seems like a split second. I kicked the ball, looked up and everybody just went crazy." Brown said. "I don't know who got me first, but they all tackled me to the ground."

The game had more than it's share of momentum swings from the very beginning to the very end.

Nebraska's defense seemed to be well prepared for the game on Colorado's first drive. Senior linebacker Carlos Polk intercepted Ochs' first pass at the 39 and ran it in for a quick Husker touchdown.

The Huskers offense staggered out of the gate. Their first drive ended on a Crouch pass and saw their second attempt end with a blocked punt that gave Colorado the ball on the Nebraska 23. The Husker defense stepped up again following the punt block.

Colorado was held to three and out and a 37-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Randy Stella allowing Chris Kelsay to pick up the loose ball and return it down to the Colorado 27. Crouch took it on the next play 27 yards for the touchdown and a 14-0 Husker lead with 4:48 left in the first.

Controversy did flare up early in the second period. Colorado had the ball at the NU 25 yard line in their first drive of the stanza. Ochs threw and ill-advised pass that Husker cornerback Erwin Swiney intercepted at the goal line and fell into the end zone. The game officials spotted the ball at the Nebraska one-yard line, despite the screaming protests from the sideline that Swiney's momentum took him into the end zone and therefore the ball should have been spotted out at the 20. Nebraska head coach Frank Solich had to be restrained on the sideline and even took to throwing an assistant coach away from him.

Colorado was able to get their passing attack back on track in the second. The Buffaloes put a 32-yard field goal on the board in the opening moments of the period and added a touchdown later when Cortlen Johnson dove in from one yard out. At halftime the Husker lead had been trimmed to 14-10.

Colorado took their first lead of the game midway through the third period. Colorado found success on the ground and pounded out a 12 play, 73 yard drive that ended with a 2-yard TD run by Johnson. That started the see-saw rocking in the game.

Nebraska regained the advantage on their next drive. I-Back Dan Alexander provided 27 yards of rushing in the 75 yard drive. Crouch did the honors with a 3-yard TD run. With 5:39 left in the third the Huskers held a 21-17 margin.

Colorado responded with a big drive of their own. Ochs completed two key third down passes to set up the score. Johnson scored his third rushing touchdown of the game in the first minute of the final period. Colorado was now up 24-21.

The lead changed hands four times in the fourth period.

Brown connected on a 20 yard field goal on the subsequent drive to tie the score up 24-24 midway through the fourth. The Huskers defense created the breaks again with a blocked field goal on the next series. Keyou Craver made the block and Kelsay recovered his second block. Crouch capped a five play drive with a 26 yard keeper for a touchdown. With 5:20 left in the game Nebraska had a 31-24 lead.

Colorado wouldn't give up. Starting at their 32 yard line the Buffaloes headed up field. The Buff hopes almost died when defensive back Joe Walker had his hands on an Ochs pass but he was unable to hold on for the interception, giving Colorado more life. They took advantage of the break to drive down to the Husker 15 with less than a minute left. Minardi out-leaped the defense and pulled down the TD pass just inside the end zone. With one point separating the teams Colorado called for the two-point conversion attempt. The pass was good and Colorado appeared to have the win in hand with a 32-31 lead with 47 seconds left. The Husker offense was able to pull off the miracle.

Starting at their own 42 the Huskers went to a "hurry-up" offense. Crouch's first pass was incomplete, but a pair of six-yard completions to John Gibson moved them into Buffaloe territory. A short Crouch run was sandwiched between a pair of completions to Bobby Newcombe to set up the game winning kick.

"We didn't necessarily have to always go down the field (on the drive)" said Husker head coach Frank Solich. "We wanted to move the ball down and position ourselves to kick a field goal."

The Huskers rushed for a total of 296 yards in the game. Crouch completed 11 of 17 pass attempts for 139 yards and rushed for 125 yards. Colorado, however, had more offensive yards (451 to the Huskers 435) behind a 155 yard rushing performance by Johnson.