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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.
Nebraska and Kansas share a natural border rivalry and maintained the longest non-interrupted rivalry in college football history at 105 years. The teams have met 117 times, with the series dating back to 1892 , a 12–0 Kansas win.
Nebraska's 1995 team is often listed as the greatest in college football history. [5] Behind Frazier, who finished second in Heisman Trophy voting, and I-back Lawrence Phillips, the Cornhuskers won every game by at least fourteen points and set a college football record by scoring 53.2 points per game. [135]
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 is among the most storied programs in college football history and has the eighth-most all-time victories among FBS teams. [15] NU has won forty-six conference championships and five national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997), along with seven other national titles the school does not claim. Its 1971 and 1995 title ...
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.
The team is coached by Matt Rhule, who was named Nebraska's thirty-first head coach on November 26, 2022. [1] Six past Nebraska head coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: Eddie N. Robinson, Fielding H. Yost, Dana X. Bible, Biff Jones, Bob Devaney, and Tom Osborne. Osborne is the program's all-time leader in most ...
Nebraska ended the regular season averaging 52.4 points per game, which set an all-time school record and a modern-era college football record. It was the final conference football game for the Big Eight Conference , whose members would join with four members of the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 the next season.