Nebraska Football Head Coaches Records

The first paid coach in nebraska history crawford led the team to its first share of a conference title in 1894 and was coach of the first african american athlete in husker football history. Everything you ever wanted to know about the huskers advertise. Bible biff jones bob devaney and tom osborne.
nebraska football head coaches records

46 times preseason 48 times final 730 weeks total stadium.

Nebraska football head coaches records. Schulte was known as a master in the teaching of line play. 6 michigan state marked the highest ranked opponent a first year husker head coach had ever defeated. None of the other 28 first year head coaches in nebraska history accomplished either of those feats while nus 39 38 upset of no. Nebraska hired track and field coach henry schulte away from missouri in 1919.

Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history. The team has had 31 head coaches since organized football began in 1890. 120 1900 to 2019 record w l t. 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.

867 370 38 adjusted record w l t. Nu head football coach 1962 1972 101 20 2 record at nebraska eight big 8 championships two national championships nu athletic director 1967 1992 college football hall of fame inductee. Nebraska assistant football coach 1922 27. The university adopted the nickname cornhuskers in 1900.

8 6 3 559 nebraska track field head coach 1919 38. Nebraska football head coach 1919 20. Six past nebraska head coaches have been inducted into the college football hall of fame. Osborne is the programs all time leader in most major categories.

The nebraska cornhuskers football program is a college football team that represents the university of nebraskalincoln in the legends division of the big ten conference in the national collegiate athletic association. Through 2019 the cornhuskers rank seventh in all time victories among fbs teams. Nebraska cornhuskers school history. To understand what robert s.

Big ten big 12 big 8 big 7 big 6 mviaa ind conf. His 836 career winning percentage is fourth highest in major college football history. Devaney did for nebraska football one must look at the state of the program he inherited in 1962. Prior to that the team was also known as the.

53 bowls 26 27 491 w l major bowls ranked in ap poll.