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In the 1995 Orange Bowl, #1 Nebraska beat #3 Miami 24–17 to win its first consensus national title since 1971. The last meeting in a bowl game was in the 2002 Rose Bowl, which was also the BCS National Championship Game. Miami blew out Nebraska 37–14 to win the national title.
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.
Anderson could not sustain this, however; since his departure in 2011 Nebraska has experienced modest success under head coaches Darin Erstad and Will Bolt. Nebraska has been to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship seventeen times and advanced to three College World Series. The Cornhuskers have won eight regular season conference ...
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 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1962 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its sixteenth year. Eight regional districts ...
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.
Top-ranked Nebraska scored with seconds remaining to make the game 31–30, but NU head coach Tom Osborne opted to try for a two-point conversion instead of an extra point, even though a tie would have given Nebraska the national championship. Miami won the game and its first national title. [68]
The 1962 season marked the sixteenth NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Michigan claiming their second championship with a 5–4, fifteen-inning win over Santa Clara in the final. [1]