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Nebraska entered the contest with a 4-game winning streak after defeating Clemson in the Gator Bowl. Nebraska defeated the Howard Schnellenberger-led Owls, 49–3. Nebraska's Roy Helu Jr. rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns, while Zac Lee, in his first start as quarterback at Nebraska, threw for 213 yards and two touchdowns, along with ...
Nebraska met Michigan State for the first time since the Spartans were defeated 3–17 by Nebraska in the 2003 Alamo Bowl. Of special significance, that was the first Nebraska football victory under Head Coach Bo Pelini, as he served a one-game stint as interim Head Coach following the late-season dismissal of Frank Solich in 2003. The victory ...
Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez eclipsed the 300-yard mark through the air for the first time in his career, passing for 323 yards and five touchdowns, while adding 112 yards on the ground. Nebraska's victory improved the Cornhuskers' series lead to 37–5–1, but was only Nebraska's second win in the last five matches between the squads.
Nebraska's 1995 team, considered among the best ever, set a college football record with 53.2 points per game and is the only national champion to win every game by at least fourteen points. [ 16 ] Nebraska opened 1997 outside the national top five, but quarterback Scott Frost weathered early-season struggles to lead NU to a win at second ...
Here are the ten games that show how and why the fall of Nebraska football has taken place. Nov. 23, 2001: Colorado 62, Nebraska 36. Most important game of each season- 2001
Tom Osborne coached Nebraska from 1973 to 1997 and is the program's all-time leader in most major categories. This list of Nebraska Cornhuskers head football coaches shows the coaches who have led the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's football program in a permanent or interim capacity. Nebraska has had thirty-one head coaches in its history ...
Nebraska's offense is modest with 122 passing yards (73 on one play), but the Cornhuskers shut down Purdue at key moments to overcome 4 turnovers. The Boilermakers (2-6, 1-4 Big Ten) play at ...
This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers football players in the NFL draft. Nebraska had at least one player drafted every year from 1962 to 2018 , a streak that was snapped in 2019 . Two Huskers have been selected first overall ( Sam Francis in 1937 and Irving Fryar in 1984 ), and one was selected last (Stan Hegener in 1975 ).