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On September 12, 2017, it was announced, via Twitter, that Nebraska and Minnesota would again play for the $5 Bits of Broken Chair trophy, likely as an unofficial trophy game. [12] Following an initial Reddit post where Huskers fans brainstormed ideas to keep the trophy alive, a new trophy was built. [ 13 ]
The Badgers took possession of the trophy for the first time in 2006, defeating Iowa 24–21 in a back-and-forth affair. Wisconsin evened the Heartland Trophy series in 2007, winning another closely contested game 17–13, under the lights at Camp Randall. In 2008, Iowa took the lead in the trophy series with a lopsided 38–16 victory.
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In the 1981 meeting, unranked Iowa upset #7 Nebraska at Kinnick Stadium in what legendary Iowa coach Hayden Fry called "the biggest win since I’ve been here." [ 8 ] When Nebraska moved to the Big Ten Conference in 2011 , the teams resumed the rivalry on an annual basis and played on the Friday following Thanksgiving .
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The Football Writers Association of America gave their national championship trophy, the Grantland Rice Trophy, to Iowa. (LSU was awarded the national championship by the AP and UPI, whose final polls were released before the bowl games.) Iowa went 5–4 in 1959, a season marred by a very public feud between Evy and Brechler.