Listing the events of the last time Iowa State defeated Nebraska may not be as drastic as comparing the years between victories against Iowa during the Hawkeyes’15-year win streak.

But put it this way – if it weren’t for Nov. 14, 1992, Saturday’s game would be for a full quarter-century of Husker dominance and this article would reference the football season between “Star Wars” and “Saturday Night Fever.”

Here’s a quick rundown of what was going on the week before Iowa State’s 19-10 win over then-No. 7 Nebraska:

* George Bush was on his way out as president; Bill Clinton had been elected 11 days before the game. Clinton held his first press conference on Friday.

* Television was in transition between the late-’80s and ’90s shows. Wednesday night’s ABC lineup included “The Wonder Years,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “Home Improvement.”

The only two upcoming shows “to look for” that would last through the season and more were “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” and “Homicide.” On Thursday both “The Simpsons” and “Cheers” had original episodes, with “PrimeTime Live” opposite “Knots Landing” later that night.

* Saturday night’s TV included “Empty Nest” on NBC, high school volleyball on IPT, and Michael Chiklis’ pre-“Shield” series, “The Commish,” on ABC.

* The only major movie opening was “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” probably about as appealing to today’s ISU students then as ABC’s Nov. 8 movie, “Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story.” The more family-friendly “Home Alone 2” and “Aladdin” were due to open in the next two weeks following the game.

* The #1 song of the week was “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men, and the new #1 that Saturday was “How Do You Talk to an Angel?” by The Heights.

* Most students currently at Iowa State were somewhere in the third through sixth grades.

* Jess Settles signed a letter of intent to play with the Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team; Derrick Hayes and Jason Kimbrough did the same for the Cyclones.

* Bobby Douglas was preparing for his first year as head coach of the Iowa State wrestling team.

* Nebraska athletic director Bob Devaney said he was opposed to a merger of the Big Eight and Southwest conferences. (Four schools from the Southwest eventually joined the Big Eight to form the Big 12.) During the week, Devaney also said the 1992 squad was the best Husker team in history.

* Nebraska was picked as a 29-point favorite. The day of the game, Marc Hansen wrote, “The chances of Iowa State upsetting Nebraska on the football field today seem so slim you could slide them under the locker-room door in a plain brown envelope. Given the Huskers’ brilliant play lately, a Cyclone victory is almost inconceivable.”

The inconceivable would happen that day on artificial turf at Cyclone Stadium, Jack Trice Field.

What happened after the goalposts came down:

* Iowa State was the only team that finished the season with a losing record to beat a Nebraska team coached by Tom Osborne.

* Iowa State was also – and will always be -the last Big Eight team to beat Nebraska.

* Head coach Jim Walden would finish his Iowa State career with more wins over Nebraska (1) than Iowa (0).