List of Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program since the team's inception in 1890. The list documents Nebraska's season records, conference finishes, bowl results, and final rankings.

Seasons

National Champions	Conference Champions	Division Champions	Bowl game berth

Season	Coach	Conference	Division	Season results				Postseason result	Final ranking
Season	Coach	Conference	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Postseason result	AP Poll¹	Coaches Poll²
Nebraska Old Gold Knights
1890	No Coach	Independent	—	—	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A
1891	No Coach	Independent	—	—	2	2	0	—	N/A	N/A
Nebraska Bugeaters
1892	No Coach	WIUFA	—	2nd	2	2	1	—	N/A	N/A
1893	Frank Crawford	WIUFA	—	3rd	3	2	1	—
1894	Frank Crawford	WIUFA	—	T–1st	6	2	0	—
1895	Charles Thomas	WIUFA	—	T–1st	6	3	0	—
1896	E.N. Robinson	WIUFA	—	3rd	6	3	1	—
1897	E.N. Robinson	WIUFA	—	1st	5	1	0	—
1898	Fielding Yost	Independent	—	—	8	3	0	—
1899	A.E. Branch	Independent	—	—	1	7	1	—
Nebraska Cornhuskers
1900	Walter C. Booth	Independent	—	—	6	1	1	—	N/A	N/A
1901		Independent	—	—	6	2	0	—
1902		Independent	—	—	9	0	0	—
1903		Independent	—	—	10	0	0	—
1904		Independent	—	—	7	3	0	—
1905		Independent	—	—	8	2	0	—
1906	Amos Foster	Independent	—	—	6	4	0	—
1907	W.C. Cole	MVIAA	—	T–1st	8	2	0	—
1908		MVIAA	—	T–2nd	7	2	1	—
1909		MVIAA	—	T–5th	3	3	2	—
1910		MVIAA	—	1st	7	1	0	—
1911	Ewald O. Stiehm	MVIAA	—	T–1st	5	1	2	—
1912		MVIAA	—	T–1st	7	1	0	—
1913		MVIAA	—	T–1st	8	0	0	—
1914		MVIAA	—	1st	7	0	1	—
1915		MVIAA	—	1st	8	0	0	—
1916	E.J. Stewart	MVIAA	—	1st	6	2	0	—
1917	E.J. Stewart	MVIAA	—	1st	5	2	0	—
1918	William G. Kline	MVIAA	—	—³	2	3	1	—
1919	Henry F. Schulte	Independent	—	—	3	3	2	—
1920	Henry F. Schulte	Independent	—	—	5	3	1	—
1921	Fred Dawson	MVIAA	—	1st	7	1	0	—
1922		MVIAA	—	T–1st	7	1	0	—
1923		MVIAA	—	1st	4	2	2	—
1924		MVIAA	—	2nd	5	3	0	—
1925	Earnest E. Bearg	MVIAA	—	5th	4	2	2	—
1926		MVIAA	—	2nd	6	2	0	—
1927		MVIAA	—	2nd	6	2	0	—
1928		Big 6⁴	—	1st	7	1	1	—
1929	Dana X. Bible	Big 6	—	1st	4	1	3	—
1930		Big 6	—	4th	4	3	2	—
1931		Big 6	—	1st	8	2	0	—
1932		Big 6	—	1st	7	1	1	—
1933		Big 6	—	1st	8	1	0	—
1934		Big 6	—	2nd	6	3	0	—
1935		Big 6	—	1st	6	2	1	—
1936		Big 6	—	1st	7	2	0	—	9
1937	L. McC. "Biff" Jones	Big 6	—	1st	6	1	2	—	11
1938		Big 6	—	T–3rd	3	5	1	—	—
1939		Big 6	—	2nd	7	1	1	—	18
1940		Big 6	—	1st	8	2	0	Lost Rose Bowl (Stanford) 13–21	7
1941		Big 6	—	T–2nd	4	5	0	—	—
1942	Glenn Presnell	Big 6	—	3rd	3	7	0	—	—
1943	Adolph Lewandowski	Big 6	—	T–4th	2	6	0	—	—
1944	Adolph Lewandowski	Big 6	—	4th	2	6	0	—	—
1945	George Clark	Big 6	—	4th	4	5	0	—	—
1946	Bernie Masterson	Big 6	—	T–3rd	3	6	0	—	—
1947	Bernie Masterson	Big 6	—	4th	2	7	0	—	—
1948	George Clark	Big 7	—	T–5th	2	8	0	—	N/A
1949	Bill Glassford	Big 7	—	T–3rd	4	5	0	—	N/A
1950		Big 7	—	2nd	6	2	1	—	17	20
1951		Big 7	—	T–4th	2	8	0	—	—	—
1952		Big 7	—	3rd	5	4	1	—	—	—
1953		Big 7	—	T–4th	3	6	1	—	—	—
1954		Big 7	—	2nd	6	5	0	Lost Orange Bowl (Duke) 7–34	—	—
1955		Big 7	—	2nd	5	5	0	—	—	—
1956	Pete Elliott	Big 7	—	4th	4	6	0	—	—	—
1957	Bill Jennings	Big 7	—	7th	1	9	0	—	—	—
1958		Big 7	—	6th	3	7	0	—	—	—
1959		Big 7	—	6th	4	6	0	—	—	—
1960		Big 8	—	T–6th	4	6	0	—	—	—
1961		Big 8	—	T–6th	3	6	1	—	—	—
1962	Bob Devaney	Big 8	—	3rd	9	2	0	Won Gotham Bowl (Miami) 36–34	—	—
1963		Big 8	—	1st	10	1	0	Won Orange Bowl (Auburn) 13–7	6	5
1964		Big 8	—	1st	9	2	0	Lost Cotton Bowl Classic (Arkansas) 7–10	6	6
1965		Big 8	—	1st	10	1	0	Lost Orange Bowl (Alabama) 28–39	5	3
1966		Big 8	—	1st	9	2	0	Lost Sugar Bowl (Alabama) 7–34	6	7
1967		Big 8	—	T–5th	6	4	0	—	—	—
1968		Big 8	—	T–4th	6	4	0	—	—	—
1969		Big 8	—	T–1st	9	2	0	Won Sun Bowl (Georgia) 45–6	11	12
1970		Big 8	—	1st	11	0	1	Won Orange Bowl (LSU) 17–12	1	3
1971		Big 8	—	1st	13	0	0	Won Orange Bowl (Alabama) 38–6	1	1
'1972		Big 8	—	1st	9	2	1	Won Orange Bowl (Notre Dame) 40–6	4	9
1973	Tom Osborne	Big 8	—	T–2nd	9	2	1	Won Cotton Bowl Classic (Texas) 19–3	7	11
1974		Big 8	—	T–2nd	9	3	0	Won Sugar Bowl (Florida) 13–10	9	8
1975		Big 8	—	T–1st	10	2	0	Lost Fiesta Bowl (Arizona State) 14–17	9	9
1976		Big 8	—	T–4th	9	3	1	Won Bluebonnet Bowl (Texas Tech) 27–24	9	7
1977		Big 8	—	T–2nd	9	3	0	Won Liberty Bowl (North Carolina) 21–17	12	10
1978		Big 8	—	T–1st	9	3	0	Lost Orange Bowl (Oklahoma) 24–31	8	8
1979		Big 8	—	2nd	10	2	0	Lost Cotton Bowl Classic (Houston) 14–17	9	7
1980		Big 8	—	2nd	10	2	0	Won Sun Bowl (Mississippi State) 31–17	7	7
1981		Big 8	—	1st	9	3	0	Lost Orange Bowl (Clemson) 15–22	11	9
1982		Big 8	—	1st	12	1	0	Won Orange Bowl (LSU) 21–20	3	3
'1983		Big 8	—	1st	12	1	0	Lost Orange Bowl (Miami) 30–31	2	2
1984		Big 8	—	T–1st	10	2	0	Won Sugar Bowl (LSU) 28–10	4	3
1985		Big 8	—	2nd	9	3	0	Lost Fiesta Bowl (Michigan) 23–27	11	10
1986		Big 8	—	3rd	10	2	0	Won Sugar Bowl (LSU) 30–15	5	4
1987		Big 8	—	2nd	10	2	0	Lost Fiesta Bowl (Florida State) 28–31	6	6
1988		Big 8	—	1st	11	2	0	Lost Orange Bowl (Miami) 3–23	10	10
1989		Big 8	—	2nd	10	2	0	Lost Fiesta Bowl (Florida State) 17–41	11	12
1990		Big 8	—	T–2nd	9	3	0	Lost Florida Citrus Bowl (Georgia Tech) 21–45	24	17
1991		Big 8	—	T–1st	9	2	1	Lost Orange Bowl (Miami) 0–22	15	16
1992		Big 8	—	1st	9	3	0	Lost Orange Bowl (Florida State) 14–27	14	14
'1993		Big 8	—	1st	11	1	0	Lost Orange Bowl (Florida State) 16–18	3	3
1994		Big 8	—	1st	13	0	0	Won Orange Bowl (Miami) 24–17	1	1
1995		Big 8	—	1st	12	0	0	Won Fiesta Bowl (Florida) 62–24	1	1
1996		Big 12	North	1st	11	2	⁵	Won Orange Bowl (Virginia Tech) 41–21	6	6
1997		Big 12	North	1st	13	0		Won Orange Bowl (Tennessee) 42–17	2	1
1998	Frank Solich	Big 12	North	T–2nd	9	4		Lost Holiday Bowl (Arizona) 20–23	19	20
1999		Big 12	North	1st	12	1		Won Fiesta Bowl (Tennessee) 31–21	3	2
2000		Big 12	North	T–1st⁶	10	2		Won Alamo Bowl (Northwestern) 66–17	8	7
2001		Big 12	North	T–1st⁷	11	2		Lost Rose Bowl (Miami) 37–14	8	7
2002		Big 12	North	4th	7	7		Lost Independence Bowl (Ole Miss) 27–23	—	—
2003		Big 12	North	2nd	10	3		Won Alamo Bowl (Michigan State) 17–3⁸	19	18
2004	Bill Callahan	Big 12	North	T–3rd	5	6		—	—	—
2005		Big 12	North	T–2nd	8	4		Won Alamo Bowl (Michigan) 32–28	24	24
2006		Big 12	North	1st	9	5		Lost Cotton Bowl Classic (Auburn) 14–17	—	—
2007		Big 12	North	T–5th	5	7		—	—	—
2008	Bo Pelini	Big 12	North	T–1st⁹	9	4		Won Gator Bowl (Clemson) 26–21	—	—
2009		Big 12	North	1st	10	4		Won Holiday Bowl (Arizona) 33–0	14	14
2010		Big 12	North	T–1st¹⁰	10	4		Lost Holiday Bowl (Washington) 7–19	20	19
2011		Big Ten	Legends	3rd	9	4		Lost Capital One Bowl (South Carolina) 13–30	24	24
2012		Big Ten	Legends	1st	10	4		Lost Capital One Bowl (Georgia) 31–45	25	23
2013		Big Ten	Legends	T-2nd	9	4		Won Gator Bowl (Georgia) 24–19	—	25
2014		Big Ten	West	T-2nd	9	4		Lost Holiday Bowl (USC) 42–45¹¹	—	—
2015	Mike Riley	Big Ten	West	4th	6	7		Won Foster Farms Bowl (UCLA) 37–29	—	—
2016	Mike Riley	Big Ten	West	-	-	-		-	—	—
All Time Record					854	342	40	(only includes regular season games)
					26	26	0	(only includes bowl games)
					880	368	40	(all games)

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The AP Poll was introduced in 1936. Thus, there are no polls for previous seasons.
The Coaches Poll was introduced in 1950. Therefore, polls for prior seasons do not exist.
The MVIAA did not have any standings or award a champion during the 1918 football season due to World War I and the outbreak of the Spanish Flu.
The Big 6, Big 7, and Big 8 were the same conference. The name was unofficially changed when the membership changed.
Overtime rules in were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible.
Nebraska tied Kansas State for the Big 12 North in 2000. Kansas State was chosen to play in the Big 12 championship, having defeated the Cornhuskers in the regular season.
Nebraska tied Colorado for the Big 12 North in 2001. Colorado was chosen to play in the Big 12 championship, having defeated the Cornhuskers in the regular season.
Bo Pelini served as interim-head coach for the Alamo Bowl in the 2003 season.
Nebraska tied Missouri for the Big 12 North in 2008. Missouri was chosen to play in the Big 12 championship, having defeated the Cornhuskers in the regular season.
Missouri tied Nebraska for the Big 12 North in 2010. Nebraska was chosen to play in the Big 12 championship, having defeated the Tigers in the regular season.
Bo Pelini was fired at the end of the regular season in 2014. Barney Cotton served as interim coach for the Holiday Bowl against USC.

References

↑ http://www.huskers.com/pdf9/2760511.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=100

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Venues	Lincoln Park (1890–95) "M" Street Park (1894–96) Antelope Field (1897–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–22) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado Iowa Kansas Miami Minnesota Missouri Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin

Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Marching band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" 1939 Kansas State game 1971 Oklahoma game Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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