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This list of Nebraska Cornhuskers bowl games is a listing of the bowl games the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program has participated in since the inception of college football's bowl system in 1902. Nebraska competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten ...
List of Nebraska Cornhuskers bowl games; 0–9. 1941 Rose Bowl; 1955 Orange Bowl; 1962 Gotham Bowl; 1964 Orange Bowl; 1965 Cotton Bowl Classic; 1966 Orange Bowl; 1967 ...
Nebraska declined an invitation to play in the second-ever Rose Bowl Game following the 1915 season and did not make its bowl debut until 1941. Twenty-one years later, Bob Devaney 's first season ended with the first bowl victory in program history, a 36–34 victory over Miami (FL) in the 1962 Gotham Bowl . [ 28 ]
The Cornhuskers (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) prevailed in the hottest conditions ever for an October game at Memorial Stadium and moved within one win of becoming eligible for their first bowl since 2016.
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 ...
The Nebraska Cornhuskers had the opportunity to compete in a bowl game this past season, but the players voted against an extra game. On Thursday, head coach Scott Frost opened up about that decision.
The game, a 29–20 Nebraska win, was nearly canceled due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy the day prior. [78] NU defeated Auburn in the Orange Bowl to finish 10–1 and ended the season ranked sixth, the highest final rank in school history. [i] Nebraska's surge into the upper echelon of college football continued through the mid-1960s.
The next game was in 1953 in Lincoln, Nebraska with the Cornhuskers winning 20–16. In Nebraska's first ever bowl victory and first bowl game under head coach Bob Devaney, the Huskers beat Miami 36–34 in the Gotham Bowl on December 15, 1962. The Cornhuskers would also beat Miami two more times during the regular season in 1975 and 1976.