NEBRASKA FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE
 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (5)
All Time Football Record: 812-326-41 (.706)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (46)
1894 Western Inter-State Univ. Assoc. Co-Champions
1895 Western Inter-State Univ. Assoc. Co-Champions
1897 Western Inter-State Univ. Assoc. Champions
1907 Missouri Valley Conference Co-Champions
1910 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
1911 Missouri Valley Conference Co-Champions
1912 Missouri Valley Conference Co-Champions
1913 Missouri Valley Conference Co-Champions
1914 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
1915 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
1916 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
1917 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
1921 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
1922 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
1923 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
1928 Big Eight Conference Champions
1929 Big Eight Conference Champions
1931 Big Eight Conference Champions
1932 Big Eight Conference Champions
1933 Big Eight Conference Champions
1935 Big Eight Conference Champions
1936 Big Eight Conference Champions
1937 Big Eight Conference Champions
1940 Big Eight Conference Champions
1963 Big Eight Conference Champions
1964 Big Eight Conference Champions
1965 Big Eight Conference Champions
1966 Big Eight Conference Champions
1969 Big Eight Conference Co-Champions
1970 Big Eight Conference Champions
1971 Big Eight Conference Champions
1972 Big Eight Conference Champions
1975 Big Eight Conference Co-Champions
1978 Big Eight Conference Co-Champions
1981 Big Eight Conference Champions
1982 Big Eight Conference Champions
1983 Big Eight Conference Champions
1984 Big Eight Conference Co-Champions
1988 Big Eight Conference Champions
1991 Big Eight Conference Co-Champions
1992 Big Eight Conference Champions
1993 Big Eight Conference Champions
1994 Big Eight Conference Champions
1995 Big Eight Conference Champions
1997 Big XII Conference Champions
1999 Big XII Conference Champions

BIG 12 NORTH DIVISION CHAMPIONS (4)
1996 Big XII North Division Champions
1997 Big XII North Division Champions
1999 Big XII North Division Champions
2006 Big XII North Division Champions

CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS
1890-1891: Independent

1892-1897: Western Inter-State University Football Association

1898-1906: Independent

1907-1927: Missouri Valley Conference

1928-1995: Big Eight Conference

1996-Current: Big XII Conference

OTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTIONS
1915 - Record: 8-0
Billingsley Report

1980 - Record: 10-2
Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments
Sagarin Ratings

1981 - Record: 9-3
National Championship Foundation

1982 - Record: 12-1
Berryman

1983 - Record: 12-1
Berryman
DeVold
Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments
Litkenhous
Matthews Grid Ratings
Poling System
Sagarin Ratings

1984 - Record: 10-2
Litkenhous

1993 - Record: 11-1
National Championship Foundation
BOWL GAMES (22-22)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
2006 Cotton Auburn L 14-17
2005 Alamo Michigan W 32-28
2003 Alamo Michigan State W 17-3
2002 Independence Mississippi L 23-27
2001 Rose Miami FL L 14-37
2000 Alamo Northwestern W 66-17
1999 Fiesta Tennessee W 31-21
1998 Holiday Arizona L 20-23
1997 Orange Tennessee W 42-17
1996 Orange Virginia Tech W 41-21
1995 Fiesta Florida W 62-24
1994 Orange Miami FL W 24-17
1993 Orange Florida State L 16-18
1992 Orange Florida State L 14-27
1991 Orange Miami FL L 0-22
1990 Citrus Georgia Tech L 21-45
1989 Fiesta Florida State L 17-41
1988 Orange Miami FL L 3-23
1987 Fiesta Florida State L 28-31
1986 Sugar Louisiana State W 30-15
1985 Fiesta Michigan L 23-27
1984 Sugar Louisiana State W 28-10
1983 Orange Miami FL L 30-31
1982 Orange Louisiana State W 21-20
1981 Orange Clemson L 15-22
1980 Sun Mississippi State W 31-17
1979 Cotton Houston L 14-17
1978 Orange Oklahoma L 24-31
1977 Liberty North Carolina W 21-17
1976 Bluebonnet Texas Tech W 27-24
1975 Fiesta Arizona State L 14-17
1974 Sugar Florida W 13-10
1973 Cotton Texas W 19-3
1972 Orange Notre Dame W 40-6
1971 Orange Alabama W 38-6
1970 Orange Louisiana State W 17-12
1969 Sun Georgia W 45-6
1966 Sugar Alabama L 7-34
1965 Orange Alabama L 28-39
1964 Cotton Arkansas L 7-10
1963 Orange Auburn W 13-7
1962 Gotham Miami FL W 36-34
1954 Orange Duke L 7-34
1940 Rose Stanford L 13-21
COACHES
COACH
YEARS
#YEARS
GAMES
WON
LOST
TIED
PCT.
Dr. Langdon Frothingham
1890
1
2
2
0
0
1.000
No Coach
1891-1892
2
7
2
4
1
.357
T.U. Lyman
1891
1
1
1
0
0
1.000
J.S. Williams
1892
1
1
1
0
0
1.000
Frank Crawford
1893-1894
2
15
10
4
1
.700
Charles Thomas
1895
1
9
6
3
0
.667
Edward N. Robinson
1896-1897
2
16
11
4
1
.719
Fielding H. "Hurry Up" Yost
1898
1
11
8
3
0
.727
Alonzo Edwin Branch
1899
1
10
2
7
1
.250
Walter C. "Bummy" Booth
1900-1905
6
63
53
8
2
.857
Amos P. Foster
1906
1
10
6
4
0
.600
W.C. "King" Cole
1907-1910
4
36
25
8
3
.736
Ewald O. "Jumbo" Stiehm
1911-1915
5
40
35
2
3
.913
E.J. "Doc" Stewart
1916-1917
2
15
11
4
0
.733
William G. Kline
1918
1
6
2
3
1
.417
Henry F. Schulte
1919-1920
2
17
8
6
3
.559
Fred T. Dawson
1921-1924
4
32
23
7
2
.750
Ernest E. Bearg
1925-1928
4
33
23
7
3
.742
Dana X. Bible
1929-1936
8
72
50
15
7
.743
Lawrence M. "Biff" Jones
1937-1941
5
46
28
14
4
.652
Glenn E. Presnell
1942
1
10
3
7
0
.300
Adolph J. Lewandowski
1943-1944
2
16
4
12
0
.250
George "Potsy" Clark
1945, 1948
2
19
6
13
0
.316
Bernard E. "Bernie" Masters
1946-1947
2
18
5
13
0
.278
J. William "Bill" Glassford
1949-1955
7
69
30
35
4
.464
Peter R. Elliot
1956
1
10
4
6
0
.400
Bill Jennings
1957-1961
5
50
15
34
1
.310
Bob Devaney
1962-1972
11
123
101
20
2
.829
Tom Osborne
1973-1997
25
307
255
49
3
.836
Frank Solich
1998-2003
6
77
58
19
0
.753
Bo Pelini
2003-2003
1
1
0
0
0
1.000
Bill Callahan
2004-Current
3
37
22
15
0
.595
Total (31 coaches)
117
1179
812
326
41
.706
T.U. Lyman coached (1) game in 1891 (0-1 in 1891)
No coach for other games in 1891 (2-1 in 1891)

J.S. Williams coached game 1 in 1892 (1-0 in 1892)
No coach for games 2-5 in 1892 (1-2-1 in 1892)
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2006 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Zac Taylor
5,850 (2005-06)		 Zac Taylor
3,197 (2006)		 Zac Taylor
431 (Iowa State 2005)
RUSHING Mike Rozier
4,780 (1981-83)		 Mike Rozier
2,148 (1983)		 Calvin Jones
294 (Kansas 1991)
RECEIVING YARDS Johnny Rodgers
2,479 (1970-72)		 Johnny Rodgers
942 (1972)		 Matt Davison
167 (Texas A&M 1998)
RECEPTIONS Johnny Rodgers
143 (1970-72)		 Johnny Rodgers
55 (1972)		 Dennis Richnafsky
14 (Kansas State 1967)
SCORING Kris Brown
388 (1995-98)		 Mike Rozier
174 (1983)		 Calvin Jones
36 (Kansas 1991)
INTERCEPTIONS Dana Stephenson
14 (1967-69)		 Josh Bullocks
10 (2003)
TACKLES Barrett Ruud
432 (2001-04)		 Barrett Ruud
149 (2003)		  
SACKS Trev Alberts
29.5 (1990-93)		 Jim Skow - 15 (1985)
Trev Alberts - 15 (1993)