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This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons. Nebraska competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten. The team has completed 135 seasons and played 1,394 games. Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history and has the ...
History of Nebraska Cornhuskers football; First season: 1890; 135 years ago: Stadium: Antelope Field Nebraska Field Memorial Stadium: Location: Lincoln, Nebraska: Conference: WIUFA (1892–1897) Big Eight (1907–1995) Big 12 (1996–2010) Big Ten (2011–pres.) All-time record: 924–430–40 (.677) Bowl record: 27–27 (.500) Claimed national ...
The Cornhuskers repeated as national champion the following season with Tagge as the full-time starter, a team that is often considered one of the best in college football history. [20] Nebraska was challenged just once all season, a 35–31 victory over No. 2 Oklahoma in Norman that was billed the "Game of the Century."
Pages in category "Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons" The following 137 pages are in this category, out of 137 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Cornhuskers compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten. Although Nebraska began competing in intercollegiate football in 1890, [ 1 ] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1956.
Nebraska PK Paul Rogers set a Nebraska and Big 8 record with a 55-yard 1st-quarter field goal to open the scoring. It was a fierce back-and-forth game, though Nebraska ran ahead by 14 only to have Kansas, which shared the 1968 Big Eight championship but plummeted to 1-9 in 1969, tie it up in the 3rd and pull ahead with a field goal in the 4th.
Nebraska IB Mike Rozier set a new Big 8 season touchdown record of 24, supplanting the mark set by Oklahoma's Heisman-winning RB Steve Owens, and also set a new Nebraska career touchdown record of 47, unseating Johnny Rodgers – also a Heisman winner – from his 1972 record. Unsurprisingly at this point, Rozier would go on to win his own ...
In the years since, the 1971 Nebraska team has been cited by some sports pundits as the greatest in college football history. [1] [2] The 1971 Cornhuskers were one of the most dominant teams in college football history, winning twelve of their thirteen games by 24 points (or more) and defeating the next three teams in the final AP poll.