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Nebraska Football Began
Nebraska Football Started in 1890 and were known as the Old Gold Knights. Nebraska's first year of play was in the independent league. -
A New Name
Two years after the "Old Gold Knights" was created Nebraska quickly changed to the "Bugeaters". The Bugeaters also played in the Western Interstate University Football Association. -
Turn of the Century
Nebraska changed their name for the last time to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. -
School Record Win Streak
through 1911-1915 The Cornhuskers went on a 34-game win streak which has still not been beaten by the university since. -
World War 1 Slump
Due to World War 1 college teams across the nation began to struggle at the loss of young men to play for their teams causing Nebraska to have one of it's only losing seasons. -
31 Seasons and 15 coaches
Nebraska since its start in 1890 had been through 15 head coaches in it's 31 years of football. -
First Bowl Game
In 1941 Nebraska had made it to their first bowl game which happened to be the Rose Bowl against Stanford. Nebraska ended up losing the game 21-13. -
World War 2
Unlike the first World War Nebraska didn't bounce back for a long time leading to one of the biggest slumps in school history -
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The Biggest slump in School History
Nebraska suffered The biggest slump in School history due to the start of World War 2 and continued all the way to 1961 where the Huskers had a .368 winning average -
Bob Devaney saves the day
Bob Devaney was hired in 1962 and in his first season brought immediate success to the huskers bringing them to a 9-2-1 record. -
The Sellout Streak Begins
On the seventh game of the 1962 season the huskers had their first sellout which has now led to the #1 sellout streak in College Football -
First National Championship
In 1970 Bob Devaney led the Huskers to their first National Championship over LSU winning 17-12 -
Back to Back Champs
Nebraska and Devaney had turned into a powerhouse beating the number 2,3, and 4 teams in the nation in 1971 to secure the Championship season -
Game of the Century
Nebraska had to play Oklahoma in 1971 which was called the game of the century and Nebraska outscored Oklahoma 35-31 -
Devaney Steps Down
Devaney left the position of Head Coach at Nebraska to be the athletic director after the 1972 season -
Osborne gets the Job
Bob Devaney hired Tom Osborne as the next coach of Nebraska Football -
The Orange Bowl Once Again
In the 1983 season Nebraska had gone undefeated and steamrolled right to the national championship against Miami. Nebraska ended up losing 17-16 due to the NCAA not having overtime implemented yet. Tom Osborne could have kicked a PAT and tied the National Championship and could have been National champions but went for two to be outright National Champions. -
National Champions three times in four years
Tom Osborne led Nebraska to a National Championship in 1994, 1995, and 1997 -
Adidas Sponsors the Huskers
Nebraska signed a major contract with Adidas in 1995 after winning the national championship to wear their uniforms and have not changed companies since -
Osborne retires
Tom Osborne retired after his 1997 National Championship season. -
Post-Osborne Slump
The Huskers hired Frank Solich as there replacement for Osborne. he was fired four years later for giving the huskers their first non-winning season in 40 years -
Solich Gone, Callahan in
Bill Callahan was brought in as Solich's replacement yet game Nebraska their first losing season since 1961 and was later fired -
Bo Pelini
Bo Pelini was hired after Callahan yet failed to get Nebraska any better than a 9 win regular season -
Mike Riley
Mike Riley served as Nebraska's head coach for 3 seasons until fired after giving Nebraska their worst season in 56 years -
New Stadium bag policy
All Nebraska Ticketed Events will require clear bags in order to be brought into the stadium as a new security procaution -
Scott Frost
Scott Frost was hired following Mike Riley's loss to Iowa at the end of the 2017 season after leading UCF to an undefeated Season
