Nebraska honors punter Sam Foltz by taking penalty during game (VIDEO)

The Nebraska football team honored their deceased punter Sam Foltz — who died in a car crash this summer — with an amazing tribute during play in the first quarter of Saturday's game against Fresno State.

With the Cornhuskers facing their first punt of the season at their own 31-yard line, head coach Mike Riley lined up only ten players on the field, leaving the punter position empty.

The Huskers were well aware that they would receive a delay in game penalty, but wanted to honor the late Foltz in what would have been the first game of his final season with the team.

And as a token of good sportsmanship, Fresno State declined the penalty as the appreciative Nebraska home crowd of more than 90,000 cheered for both teams.

"He will forever be in the hearts and minds of Husker fans"#RIP27

(via @BigTenNetwork)https://t.co/90d9Si59yH

— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) September 4, 2016

After the cheers subsided, freshman Caleb Lightbourn took the field and delivered a 29-yard punt.

Foltz, a 22-year-old senior and three year starter for the team, died on July 23 in a car crash in rural Wisconsin after attending a kicking clinic. He was riding in a vehicle driven by Michigan State punter Mike Sadler, who also died in the crash, and Louisiana State kicker Colby Delahoussaye, who was left with minor injuries.

As tributes, Foltz's No. 27 jersey was hung on the team's bench and also in the student section while a sign in the stadium read, "A Season for Sam." 

The team's coaches wore patches with the logo "SF27" — another tribute that will also be featured on the Huskers' helmets all season.

The Cornhuskers went on to defeat the gracious Bulldogs, 43-10.

Nebraska football player's selfie with wild raccoon goes wrong (PHOTO)

A Nebraska football player had the bright idea of taking a selfie with a wild raccoon he spotted on the roadside — and says he unintentionally killed the animal with a wrench after it bit him on the calf.

The Cornhuskers defensive lineman got out of his pickup truck and tried to take a photo with the animal using his cellphone, but the raccoon attacked, biting Gangwish during the encounter.

“It was a raccoon selfie gone completely wrong,” Gangwish said about the photo he posted and later removed from Twitter.

Gangwish, told The Lincoln Journal Star he knew the raccoon would have to be tested for rabies, so he attempted to subdue it with a crescent wrench from his truck. 

The animal died, however.

“It was death by crescent wrench,” the 6-foot-2, 260-pound player joked.

Luckily for Gangwish, the tests were negative.

I'm sure y'all be excited to hear that the results came back and i do not have Rabies!
— Jack Gangwish (@jackgangwish) December 5, 2014

Nebraska basketball player proposes to his girlfriend during Senior Night speech (VIDEO)

Nebraska senior Mike Peltz gave a great speech before the Cornhuskers’ Senior Night game against Wisconsin, but it wasn't his pep talk that got the packed Pinnacle Bank Arena crowd cheering.

The reserve guard told the fans in attendance that there would be no sitting or kneeling for the duration of the game, but he was going to make one exception — to kneel down and propose to his girlfriend.

The best part is when the crowd, and then his girlfriend, figure out what’s happening and the place erupts.

Happily, she said yes.

Nebraska head coach Tim Miles must have figured that the seldom-used Peltz already had enough court action because he kept him on the bench all game during the Cornhuskers' 77-68 upset of #9 Wisconsin.

VIDEO: Even without the proposal, @Huskers' Mike Peltz's Senior Night speech was fantastic. WATCH - http://t.co/NlklQUz5hI
— BTN_Nebraska (@BTN_Nebraska) March 9, 2014

Cornhuskers' seven-year-old running back meets Obama at White House

Seven-year-old Jack Hoffman became an Internet sensation and inspiration to millions after he took the field at a Nebraska Cornhuskers spring game and ran for a touchdown.  Hoffman, who is battling brain cancer, became the stuff of legends when he scooted 69 yards with the ball followed by the jubilant players.

One other person who followed him from a distance that day was the President of the United States.

On Monday, young Jack, his family and his friend, former Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead, visited President Obama in the Oval Office and talked for fifteen minutes. He received a signed football from the POTUS who told the littlest Cornhusker he was proud of him.

"I though it was awesome, " Hoffman said about his visit to the White House.

Jack became a favorite fan of the team when the Nebraska native befriended Burkhead after he was diagnosed with cancer in 2011. Suited up in a miniature No. 22 Burkhead uniform, Hoffman had the stadium crowd on its feet when he ran into the end zone on April 6.

The heartwarming run down the field has been viewed more than 7.7 million times on YouTube.

A photo released by the White House shows the pair chatting as Hoffman holds his souvenir. He was joined at the White House by his parents Andy and Bri and little sisters Ava and Reese.

"It was just such a great opportunity for us to visit him and raise national awareness for pediatric brain cancer," Hoffman’s father Andy said. "He talked about his commitment to research and science."

Hoffman was also joined at the White House by Burkhead, captain of the support network known as "Team Jack." The running back was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday.