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Football:
Head Coach: Bill Callahan 3rd season (19-9)
Home field: Memorial Stadium (1923)
Surface: Field Turf
Capacity: 73,918
Year program began: 1890
2006 record: 10-5 (6-2 Big 12)
Last Bowl Appearance: 2007 Cotton (Auburn 17, Nebraska 14)
Athletic Director:Tom Osborn (interim)
Bowl History:
| 1941
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Rose Bowl
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Stanford
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21
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Nebraska
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13
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L
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| 1955
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Orange Bowl
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Duke
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34
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Nebraska
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7
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L
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| 1962
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Gotham Bowl
|
Nebraska
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36
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Miami
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34
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W
|
| 1964
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Orange Bowl
|
Nebraska
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13
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Auburn
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7
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W
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| 1965
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Cotton Bowl
|
Arkansas
|
10
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Nebraska
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7
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L
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| 1966
|
Orange Bowl
|
Alabama
|
39
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Nebraska
|
28
|
L
|
| 1967
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Sugar Bowl
|
Alabama
|
34
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Nebraska
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7
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L
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| 1969
|
Orange Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
45
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Georgia
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6
|
W
|
| 1971
|
Orange Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
17
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LSU
|
12
|
W
|
| 1972
|
Orange Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
38
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Alabama
|
6
|
W
|
| 1973
|
Orange Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
40
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Notre Dame
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6
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W
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| 1974
|
Cotton Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
19
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Texas
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3
|
W
|
| 1974
|
Sugar Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
13
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Florida
|
10
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W
|
| 1975
|
Fiesta Bowl
|
Arizona St.
|
17
|
Nebraska
|
14
|
L
|
| 1976
|
Bluebonnet Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
27
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Texas Tech
|
24
|
W
|
| 1977
|
Liberty Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
21
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N. Carolina
|
17
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W
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| 1979
|
Orange Bowl
|
Oklahoma
|
31
|
Nebraska
|
24
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L
|
| 1980
|
Cotton Bowl
|
Houston
|
17
|
Nebraska
|
14
|
L
|
| 1980
|
Sun Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
31
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Mississippi St.
|
17
|
W
|
| 1982
|
Orange Bowl
|
Clemson
|
22
|
Nebraska
|
15
|
L
|
| 1983
|
Orange Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
21
|
LSU
|
20
|
W
|
| 1984
|
Orange Bowl
|
Miami
|
31
|
Nebraska
|
30
|
L
|
| 1985
|
Sugar Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
28
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LSU
|
10
|
W
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| 1986
|
Fiesta Bowl
|
Michigan
|
27
|
Nebraska
|
23
|
L
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| 1987
|
Sugar Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
30
|
LSU
|
15
|
W
|
| 1988
|
Fiesta Bowl
|
Florida St.
|
31
|
Nebraska
|
28
|
L
|
| 1989
|
Orange Bowl
|
Miami
|
23
|
Nebraska
|
3
|
L
|
| 1990
|
Fiesta Bowl
|
Florida St.
|
41
|
Nebraska
|
17
|
L
|
| 1991
|
Citrus Bowl
|
Georgia Tech
|
45
|
Nebraska
|
21
|
L
|
| 1992
|
Orange Bowl
|
Miami
|
22
|
Nebraska
|
0
|
L
|
| 1993
|
Orange Bowl
|
Florida St.
|
27
|
Nebraska
|
14
|
L
|
| 1994
|
Orange Bowl
|
Florida St.
|
18
|
Nebraska
|
16
|
L
|
| 1995
|
Orange Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
24
|
Miami
|
17
|
W
|
| 1996
|
Fiesta Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
62
|
Florida
|
24
|
W
|
| 1996
|
Orange Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
41
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Virgina Tech
|
21
|
W
|
| 1998
|
Orange Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
42
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Tennessee
|
17
|
W
|
| 1998
|
Holiday Bowl
|
Arizona
|
23
|
Nebraska
|
20
|
L
|
| 2000
|
Fiesta Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
31
|
Tennessee
|
21
|
W
|
| 2000
|
Alamo Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
66
|
Northwestern
|
17
|
W
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| 2002
|
Rose Bowl
|
Miami
|
37
|
Nebraska
|
14
|
L
|
| 2002
|
Independence Bowl
|
Miami
|
27
|
Nebraska
|
23
|
L
|
| 2005
|
Alamo Bowl
|
Nebraska
|
32
|
Michigan
|
28
|
W
|
| 2007
|
Cotton Bowl
|
Auburn
|
17
|
Nebraska
|
14
|
L
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