Nebraska Cornhusker Football Tickets

Nebraska Cornhuskers Football History

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have netted five national championships, 46 conference titles and 26 bowl wins since the program’s inception in 1890. The Huskers played five undefeated seasons between 1900 and 1916, including a stretch of 34 straight victories, and won back-to-back national championships in 1970 and 1971, followed by three more between 1994 and 1997. The 1971 and 1995 Cornhuskers teams are often posited as two of the greatest college football teams ever.

Tom Osborne, who was head coach of the program from 1973 to 1997, firmly established Nebraska as a national powerhouse. Famous for his I-formation offenses and state-of-the-art conditioning programs, Osborne coached Nebraska to 13 conference championships. His Cornhuskers finished in the Top 15 of the final AP poll in 24 of his 25 seasons. Nebraska football has a great legacy of runners, from running backs like Mike Rozier, Calvin Jones and Ahman Green to dual-threat quarterbacks like Turner Gill and Tommie Frazier. Mike Rozier is among Nebraska’s three Heisman Trophy recipients after winning in 1983, joined by Johnny Rodgers in 1972 and Eric Crouch in 2001.

Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team Info

Conference: Big Ten

Team Colors: Scarlet, Cream

Team Rivals: Colorado Buffaloes, Iowa Hawkeyes, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Oklahoma Sooners, Wisconsin Badgers

University of Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium

They call it the Sea of Red, and one glimpse of the Memorial Stadium crowd in Lincoln on an autumn Saturday will tell you why. Although the venue’s current capacity is more than 85,000, attendance often exceeds 90,000. Built in 1923 and named in honor of Nebraskans who served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World War I, the original stadium was modeled after Ohio Stadium, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Renovations during and after the tenure of coach Tom Osborne dramatically expanded and modernized the stadium. In 2023, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved a $450 million renovation that would add more seating and a new south stadium.