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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]
Pages in category "Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons" The following 137 pages are in this category, out of 137 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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
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.
Nebraska has played in fifty-four bowl games, including a then-record thirty-five straight from 1969 to 2003, with a record of 27–27. [ 2 ] 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 .