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Offensive linemen from Nebraska's national championship team gather around coach Milt Tenopir at Memorial Stadium during the Miami game. Tenopir lost his battle with leukemia Monday. Milt Tenopir center holds the national championship trophy as the '94 Huskers have their own tunnel walk before the kickoff of the Miami game at Memorial Stadium.

Nebraska offensive line coaches Dan Young and Milt Tenopir laugh with reporters at a news conference announcing their retirement at Memorial Stadium on Jan. Milt Tenopir, who built the "Pipeline" and coached the best offensive lines in Nebraska football history, died Monday at age 76 after a long battle with leukemia. The year Husker offensive line coach guided lines that churned out 13 national rushing titles and three national championships.

He was laying in the hospital and I walked in and he yells, 'Buddah, you weren't the biggest or the most talented, but you had the most pancakes in the line. He had 27 players who were taken in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft. Former Nebraska defensive coordinator Charlie McBride, who visited with Tenopir recently, said, "I think the thing I'll remember most about Milt is the passion for his job, what he did and how much the players meant to him.

He was one of those guys that players really loved. There wasn't anybody who didn't like Milt. He posted a high school coaching record.