« Reply #350 on: August 24, 2026, 08:50:13 AM »
Turner Gill
28-2 as a starter, including three straight Big Eight championships. Gill never lost a Big Eight game as starting quarterback.
He was the fuse for the Scoring Explosion offense that averaged 52 points and 546.7 yards per game.
The only Husker quarterback to earn first team all-conference honors three straight seasons.
Fourth in the 1983 Heisman Trophy voting, won by his teammate Mike Rozier.
Gill was a superb runner - the first Husker QB to rush for over 1,000 yards in a career - and excellent passer. After throwing a pick in the 1981 Auburn game, he threw just 10 more over his next 30 games. When he graduated, Gill was right behind Humm and Jerry Tagge at the top of Nebraska's passing charts.
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