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Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history. Through 2019, the Cornhuskers rank seventh in all-time victories among FBS teams. [3] Nebraska claims 46 conference championships and five national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997), and has won nine other national championships that the school does not claim.
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."
Devaney retired after the season and became Nebraska's athletic director, a position he would fill until 1993, and Osborne became head coach. [110] Devaney ended his coaching career with eight Big Eight championships and an 136–30–7 overall record, good for the 11th-highest winning percentage in major college football history. [111]
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. Records before this are often ...
2021 was a year to forget for Nebraska as it went 3-9, firing several coaches along the way before stumbling to the finish in a loss to rival Iowa. Unfortunately, the history books won’t let the ...
Between 1900 and 1916, Nebraska had five undefeated seasons and completed a stretch of thirty-four consecutive games without a loss, still a program record. [3] Despite a span of twenty-one conference championships in thirty-three seasons, the Cornhuskers did not experience major national success until Devaney was hired in 1962.
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
0–9. 1890 Nebraska Old Gold Knights football team; 1891 Nebraska Old Gold Knights football team; 1892 Nebraska Bugeaters football team; 1893 Nebraska Bugeaters football team