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Nebraska Cornhuskers football
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the West Division of the Big Ten. Nebraska plays its home games at Memorial Stadium, where it has sold out every game since 1962.[1] The team is coached by Matt Rhule.

Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history. Through 2019, the Cornhuskers rank seventh in all-time victories among FBS teams.[2] 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.[3][4] NU's 1971 and 1995 title-winning teams are considered to be among the best in college football history.[5] Famous Cornhuskers include Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, and Eric Crouch, who join 22 other Cornhuskers in the College Football Hall of Fame. Notable among these are players Bob Brown, Guy Chamberlin, Tommie Frazier, Rich Glover, Dave Rimington, and Will Shields, and coaches Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne.[6]

The program's first extended period of success came just after the turn of the century. Between 1900 and 1916, Nebraska had five undefeated seasons and completed a stretch of 34 consecutive games without a loss, still a program record.[7] Despite a span of 21 conference championships in 33 seasons, the Cornhuskers didn't experience major national success until Bob Devaney was hired in 1962. In eleven seasons as head coach, Devaney won two national championships, eight conference titles, and coached 22 All-Americans, but perhaps his most lasting achievement was the hiring of Tom Osborne as offensive coordinator in 1969.[8] Osborne was named Devaney's successor in 1973, and over the next 25 years established himself as one of the best coaches in college football history with his trademark I-form offense and revolutionary strength, conditioning, and nutrition programs.[9][10][11] Following Osborne's retirement in 1997, Nebraska cycled through four head coaches before hiring state native and 1997 National Championship quarterback Scott Frost in 2017.[12]

Nebraska has produced 110 First-Team, 56 consensus, and 20 unanimous All-Americans.[13]

List of All-Americans

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Guy Chamberlin
Consensus Unanimous
Year Player Pos.
1914 Vic Halligan T
1915 Guy Chamberlin E
1924 Ed Weir T
1925 Ed Weir (2) T
1926 Lonnie Stiner T
1928 Danny McMullen G
1929 Ray Richards T
1930 Hugh Rhea T
1932 Lawrence Ely C
1933 George Sauer FB
1936 Sam Francis FB
1937 Fred Shirey T
Charley Brock C
1940 Warren Alfson G
Forrest Behm T
1949 Tom Novak C
1950 Bobby Reynolds HB
1952 Jerry Minnick T
1963 Bob Brown OT
1964 Larry Kramer T
1965 Freeman White E
Walter Barnes T
Tony Jeter E
1966 LaVerne Allers G
Larry Wachholtz DB
Wayne Meylan MG
1967 Wayne Meylan (2) MG
1968 Joe Armstrong G
1970 Jerry Murtaugh LB
Bob Newton T
1971 Jeff Kinney HB
Larry Jacobson DT
Jerry Tagge QB
Rich Glover MG
Willie Harper DE
Johnny Rodgers WB
1972 Rich Glover (2) MG
Willie Harper (2) DE
Johnny Rodgers (2) WB
Daryl White OT
1973 John Dutton DT
Daryl White (2) OT
1974 Rik Bonness C
Marvin Crenshaw OT
David Humm QB
1975 Rik Bonness (2) C
Bob Martin DE
Wonder Monds DB
1976 Dave Butterfield DB
Vince Ferragamo QB
Mike Fultz DT
1977 Tom Davis C
1978 Kelvin Clark OT
George Andrews DE
1979 Junior Miller TE
1980 Derrie Nelson DE
Jarvis Redwine IB
Randy Schleusener OG
1981 Dave Rimington C
Jimmy Williams DE
1982 Dave Rimington (2) C
Mike Rozier IB
1983 Irving Fryar WB
Mike Rozier (2) IB
Dean Steinkuhler OG
1984 Bret Clark DB
Harry Grimminger OG
Mark Traynowicz C
1985 Bill Lewis C
Jim Skow T
1986 Danny Noonan MG
1987 John McCormick OG
Neil Smith DT
Steve Taylor QB
Broderick Thomas LB
1988 Broderick Thomas (2) LB
Jake Young C
1989 Doug Glaser OT
Jake Young (2) C
1990 Kenny Walker DT
1992 Travis Hill LB
Will Shields OG
1993 Trev Alberts LB
1994 Brenden Stai OG
Ed Stewart LB
Zach Wiegert OT
1995 Tommie Frazier QB
Aaron Graham C
Jared Tomich DE
1996 Aaron Taylor C
Jared Tomich (2) DE
Grant Wistrom DE
1997 Jason Peter DT
Aaron Taylor (2) OG
Grant Wistrom DE
1999 Mike Brown DB
Ralph Brown DB
2000 Russ Hochstein OG
Carlos Polk LB
Dominic Raiola C
2001 Keyuo Craver DB
Eric Crouch QB
Toniu Fonoti OG
2002 DeJuan Groce PR
2003 Josh Bullocks DB
Kyle Larson P
2009 Ndamukong Suh DT
2010 Prince Amukamara DB
Alex Henery K
2011 Lavonte David LB

References

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  1. ^ "Nebraska vs. Missouri 1962". HuskerMax.
  2. ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2019/FBS.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Nebraska Conference Championships". Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  4. ^ "Title teams – HuskerMax™". Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  5. ^ "Best college football teams of all-time". Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "Major Football Award Winners". Huskers.com. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  7. ^ "Nebraska Football Schedules 1910–1919". HuskerMax. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  8. ^ "Tom's Time: Devaney Selects His Successor". HuskerMax. October 3, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  9. ^ "The 150 greatest coaches in college football's 150-year history". December 10, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "The Greatest Coaches in College Football History". August 12, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "Epley leaving Huskers". June 19, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  12. ^ "Nebraska officially announces hiring of Scott Frost, introductory press conference scheduled for Sunday". December 2, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  13. ^ "Nebraska Football First-Team All-Americans". Huskers.com. April 12, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
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