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The $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy started in 2014 from a Twitter exchange between the Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher and the Nebraska parody account Faux Pelini. Goldy suggested a wager for the upcoming game and Faux Pelini countered with a bet involving $5 or smashing a chair. Goldy then proposed turning it into a trophy. The $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy was completed before the November 22 game in Lincoln where Minnesota won 28-24 and claimed it.
In 2015 Nebraska won 48-25 in Minneapolis and took possession of the trophy. It was displayed with players and coaches on social media. The trophy disappeared before the 2016 game in Lincoln which Nebraska won 24-17. Efforts to locate it were unsuccessful and it was believed to have been intentionally misplaced by someone in the Minnesota program who saw it as unnecessary.
In 2017 Husker fans recreated the trophy linking it to a charity fundraising competition between fans benefiting the Team Jack Foundation for pediatric brain cancer research and the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. Over the years the effort has raised more than $170000 for each school’s charitable cause.
If you wish to donate to either cause, donation links and live fundraising progress are accessible on the Broken Chair Trophy website