Camp Randall 100: Jeff Nault

Mike Lucas

Camp Randall 100: Jeff Nault

How an unlikely play call became an unforgettable moment for a generation of Badgers fans

Mike Lucas

Camp Randall 100: Jeff Nault

How an unlikely play call became an unforgettable moment for a generation of Badgers fans

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The Camp Randall 100 is an exclusive list celebrating 100 people who have shaped Camp Randall Stadium's history across the realms of sports, music, culture and beyond. A new honoree will be revealed each day over the final 100 days leading up to kickoff of the Wisconsin football team's season opener with Utah State on Friday, Sept. 1. The Camp Randall 100 reveal is part of a year-long celebration of the history of the iconic stadium, which opened in 1917.
 

MADISON, Wis. — There was no way they'd actually call it in a game… right? That was Jeff Nault's line of thinking heading into a highly-anticipated showdown between his Badgers and Illinois in 1982.

After hearing the call for "62 Skip Pass Left" and hauling in the most memorable catch of his career, however, the Wisconsin tight end's question became "Did we score too quickly?"

Read more about the "Bounce Pass" and the moments that followed in Nault's Camp Randall 100 profile.


Camp Randall 100 profiles through June 28, 2017:
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