Nebraska Cornhusker Football History Introduction
The University of Nebraska's football team is known as the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The football program has become somewhat of a perennial powerhouse, but has seen some decline in the recent years. With the hiring of Bill Callahan, the Huskers traditional 9 win seasons became a thing of the past. Nonetheless, Nebraska ranks fourth in the all-time victories category. After the 2007 season, the Cornhuskers hold an all-time record of 805-324-40 (.713). Another milestone that the Huskers reached was on October 14, 2006. Nebraska reigned victorious over the Kansas State Wildcats to become on of only four programs in NCAA Division I-A history to win 800 games. Over the past 50 years, Nebraska is the winningest college football program in the nation by winning percentage and number of total victories.
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Over the past 25 years, the Nebraska Cornhuskers have won three national championships. This is the second most of any Division I-A school. Miami (Florida) has five championships and ranks first in this category. Nebraska has five national championships all time. These were in 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997.
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