1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 8 co-champion
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 45–6 vs. Georgia
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 11
Record9–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTom Osborne (1st season)
Offensive schemeI formation
Defensive coordinatorMonte Kiffin (1st season)
Base defense5–2
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Missouri + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Nebraska + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 16 Colorado 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Kansas State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Iowa State 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Kansas 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Bob Devaney and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. In his first year as offensive coordinator, Tom Osborne instituted the I formation.

The Huskers lost the opener at home to fifth-ranked USC,[1] and were 2–2 after a loss in the conference opener at #7 Missouri.[2] They won their final six regular season games to tie for the Big Eight championship, were invited to the Sun Bowl in El Paso,[3] and decisively beat the Georgia Bulldogs to finish the season at 9–2.[4][5]

The Huskers' strong finish in 1969 was followed by consecutive national championships in 1970 and 1971; after the rout of second-ranked Alabama in the 1972 Orange Bowl, Nebraska's unbeaten streak reached 32 games.

  1. ^ "Trojan soph sparkles". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 21, 1969. p. 2B.
  2. ^ "Tigers hold Nebraska". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 12, 1969. p. 4B.
  3. ^ "'Huskers stall Owens". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1969. p. 5B.
  4. ^ "Nebraska whips Georgia, 45-6". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. December 21, 1969. p. 2, section 4.
  5. ^ "Nebraska's field goals, defense stops Georgia". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 21, 1969. p. 17.