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Nebraska Football Team History


Nebraska Cornhuskers
University of Nebraska
 Lincoln, NE
Founded: 1869
Stadium: Memorial/Osborne Field
Capacity: 81,067
Colors: Scarlet & Cream
Coach:
Conference: Big 10-Legends

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

Nebraska News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1890  
 
Championships
National Championships
1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997
Conference Championships
  1894, 1895, 1897, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912
1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923
1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937
1940, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971
1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1991
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 851-352-43
 Winning Pct. 70.7%
 National Championships 5
 Big 10 Conference Titles 0
 Other Conference Titles 45
 Conference Record 17-7-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 527-150-25
 Away Record 302-176-18
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 123
 Winning Seasons (#1) 98
 Losing Seasons (#1)22
 Most Wins in A Season 13 (1997)
 Most Loses in A Season 10 (1899)
 10 Win Seasons 27
 Most Points Scored in a Game 85 (11/23/1907)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 654 (1983)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 76 (11/3/2007)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 455 (2007)
 Largest Margin of Victory 85 (11/23/1907)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 60 (10/9/2004)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 116 (11/23/2007)
 Last Shutout 12/30/2009
 Last Time Shutout 9/21/1996
 Shutouts All-Time 283
 Been Shutout All-Time 103
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 27 (11/9/1901-10/1/1904)
 Longest Losing  7 (10/12/1957-11/23/1957)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 22-24-0
 Rose 0-2-0
 Cotton 1-3-0
 Orange 7-9-0
 Fiesta 2-4-0
 Sugar 3-1-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  103-52
 1990-99 108-16-1
 1980-89 103-20
 1970-79 98-20-4
 1960-69 75-30-1
 1950-59 38-58-4
 1940-49 34-57
 1930-39 62-21-8
 1920-29 55-18-9
Next Game
 9/1/2012 (Sat)  
 Southern Miss in a Non-Conference Game
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Last Meeting: Nebraska and Southern Miss have never met in a game.
 
     
 
2012 Season
 Sat., Sep. 1  vs. Southern Miss
 Sat., Sep. 8  @ UCLA
 Sat., Sep. 15  vs. Arkansas State
 Sat., Sep. 22  vs. Idaho State
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Wisconsin
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Ohio State
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Northwestern
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Michigan
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ Michigan State
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Penn State
 Sat., Nov. 17  vs. Minnesota
 Fri., Nov. 23  @ Iowa
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Big 10 Legends Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Nebraska & Kansas have played 117 games.
Nebraska has won 91 games.
Kansas has won 23 games.
with 3 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 1-9
 10 or more 102-43
 20 or more  94-23
 30 or more 70-7
 40 or more 41-1
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 36-2
 10 or more 67-50
 20 or more 30-46
 30 or more 11-32
 40 or more 2-18
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.