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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.
The 1962 Gotham Bowl was the second and final edition of the college football bowl game, played at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Saturday, December 15. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Part of the 1962–63 bowl game season, it matched the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference and the independent Miami Hurricanes .
The 1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the Big Eight Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.Led by first-year head coach Bob Devaney, the Huskers were 8–2 (5–2 in Big 8, third) in the regular season, [1] and played their home games on campus at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
(2) Nebraska vs (14) Colorado In the most tumultuous season of the BCS era, CU throttled the Cornhuskers 62-36. Even with the loss and not winning the Big 12, Nebraska made the title game losing ...
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. [2] During Devaney's tenure, Nebraska began a stretch of thirty-five consecutive seasons with a bowl appearance, a streak that ended in 2004.
Miami finished the season 7–4. The team's offense scored 189 points while the defense allowed 217 points. The Hurricanes competed in the final Gotham Bowl, held at Yankee Stadium. Just 6,166 people came to the game, in which the Nebraska defeated Miami, 36–34. It was the only college bowl game ever played at the stadium.
Miami jumped out to a 17-0 lead, but Nebraska fought back. With time ebbing away, Nebraska scored and could have won the game with a two-point conversion pass with Miami leading 31-30.
Nebraska vs. Notre Dame at Nebraska Field on Nov. 30, 1922, the final game at the stadium. Nebraska played the 1919 and 1920 seasons independent of the MVIAA under Henry Schulte. Schulte, described by Rockne as "the greatest line coach in the game," was head coach for only two seasons but remained on staff as an assistant until 1927. [36]