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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | AP Poll1 | Coaches Poll2 |
BCS/CFP Poll13 | |||||
| Nebraska Old Gold Knights | |||||||||||
| 1890 | Langdon Frothingham3 | Independent | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1891 | Theron Lyman3 | Independent | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | |||
| Nebraska Bugeaters | |||||||||||
| 1892 | J.S. Williams3 | WIUFA | — | 2nd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1893 | Frank Crawford | WIUFA | — | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | |||
| 1894 | 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 | 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 | 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 | MVIAA | — | 1st | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | ||||
| 1918 | William G. Kline | MVIAA | — | —4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | |||
| 1919 | Henry F. Schulte | Independent | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | |||
| 1920 | 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 65 | — | 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 | 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 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 11 | |
| 1999 | Big 12 | North | 1st | 12 | 1 | Won Fiesta Bowl (Tennessee) 31–21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2000 | Big 12 | North | T–1st7 | 10 | 2 | Won Alamo Bowl (Northwestern) 66–17 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2001 | Big 12 | North | T–1st8 | 11 | 2 | Lost Rose Bowl (Miami) 37–14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 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) 17–39 | 19 | 18 | 20 | ||
| 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 | — | — | 23 | ||
| 2007 | Big 12 | North | T–5th | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008 | Bo Pelini9 | Big 12 | North | T–1st10 | 9 | 4 | Won Gator Bowl (Clemson) 26–21 | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | Big 12 | North | 1st | 10 | 4 | Won Holiday Bowl (Arizona) 33–0 | 14 | 14 | 22 | ||
| 2010 | Big 12 | North | T–1st11 | 10 | 4 | Lost Holiday Bowl (Washington) 7–19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | ||
| 2011 | Big Ten | Legends | 3rd | 9 | 4 | Lost Capital One Bowl (South Carolina) 13–30 | 24 | 24 | 20 | ||
| 2012 | Big Ten | Legends | 1st | 10 | 4 | Lost Capital One Bowl (Georgia) 31–45 | 25 | 23 | 16 | ||
| 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) 42–4512 | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | Mike Riley | Big Ten | West | 4th | 6 | 7 | Won Foster Farms Bowl (UCLA) 37–29 | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | Big Ten | West | T-2nd | 9 | 3 | Music City Bowl (Tennessee) | — | — | — | ||
| All Time Record | 863 | 345 | 40 | (only includes regular season games) | |||||||
| 26 | 26 | 0 | (only includes bowl games) | ||||||||
| 889 | 371 | 40 | (all games) | ||||||||
- 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.
- Nebraska's earliest coaching history is unclear. Most of these "coaches" were nominal in their roles and likely only coached single games, if any. Nebraska played with no official coach during the rest of these seasons.[2]
- 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.
- Frank Solich was fired at the end of the regular season in 2003; Bo Pelini served as interim head coach for the Alamo Bowl against Michigan State.
- 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.
- Since the BCS and CFP Polls are championship selectors and were taken before any bowl games had been played, they did not take bowl game outcomes into account.
References
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