No. 400: Former Husker returns for historic milestone at Memorial Stadium
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A former Husker is returning Friday night for a historic milestone at Memorial Stadium.
Noel Martin, a member of the 1962 Huskers, played a pivotal role in the game that started Nebraska’s sellout streak.
Tonight, Martin will be surrounded by his family as the Huskers celebrate the 400th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium.
“When you fill a stadium with over 90,000 people, nobody else can do that, that tells you a lot,” he said.
WATCH: Noel Martin, who scored the first touchdown of the #Huskers sellout streak, describes the differences between sellout No. 1 and No. 400.
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Martin’s journey to Nebraska started on a farm in rural Kansas.
He remembers driving ten miles every morning to football practice before heading back to the farm and working until dusk.
Martin says the hard work paid off once he made it to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
On a chilly day in November, Nebraska’s sellout streak began with a game against Missouri. Martin’s pick-six was the first point scored in that game.
“I had a big experience when I intercepted that pass and ran 88 yards,” he said.
Martin said it was a “whole other world back then,” but the Husker spirit is alive and well in Memorial Stadium over six decades later.
“You can’t believe what you’re looking at, it’s tremendous,” he said. “We were here a few weeks ago and it was tremendous, the noise, the people getting involved, it was just beautiful.”
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