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124 Years

124 Years Table
			Overall				Conference				SRS		Polls
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
1	2023	Big Ten	5	7	0	.417	3	6	0	.333	2.22	2.64						Matt Rhule (5-7)
2	2022	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333	3	6	0	.333	-2.14	2.11						Scott Frost (1-2), Mickey Joseph (3-6)
3	2021	Big Ten	3	9	0	.250	1	8	0	.111	7.10	6.60						Scott Frost (3-9)
4	2020	Big Ten	3	5	0	.375	3	5	0	.375	0.14	5.14						Scott Frost (3-5)
5	2019	Big Ten	5	7	0	.417	3	6	0	.333	2.67	4.00	24	24				Scott Frost (5-7)
6	2018	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333	3	6	0	.333	3.48	4.82						Scott Frost (4-8)
7	2017	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333	3	6	0	.333	1.52	8.18						Mike Riley (4-8)
8	2016	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	6	3	0	.667	7.55	2.94		7		10		Mike Riley (9-4)	Music City Bowl (L)
9	2015	Big Ten	6	7	0	.462	3	5	0	.375	6.56	3.94						Mike Riley (6-7)	Foster Farms Bowl (W)
10	2014	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	5	3	0	.625	10.26	1.72	22	11		13		Bo Pelini (9-3), Barney Cotton (0-1)	Holiday Bowl (L)
11	2013	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	5	3	0	.625	5.22	0.45	18	18				Bo Pelini (9-4)	Gator Bowl (W)
12	2012	Big Ten	10	4	0	.714	7	1	0	.875	9.79	4.22	17	14	25			Bo Pelini (10-4)	Capital One Bowl (L)
13	2011	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	5	3	0	.625	8.76	3.07	10	8	24			Bo Pelini (9-4)	Capital One Bowl (L)
14	2010	Big 12	10	4	0	.714	6	2	0	.750	12.85	2.42	8	5	20			Bo Pelini (10-4)	Holiday Bowl (L)
15	2009	Big 12	10	4	0	.714	6	2	0	.750	11.41	2.69	24	14	14			Bo Pelini (10-4)	Holiday Bowl (W)
16	2008	Big 12	9	4	0	.692	5	3	0	.625	10.92	3.69						Bo Pelini (9-4)	Gator Bowl (W)
17	2007	Big 12	5	7	0	.417	2	6	0	.250	1.48	5.89	20	14				Bill Callahan (5-7)
18	2006	Big 12	9	5	0	.643	6	2	0	.750	8.92	1.99	20	17				Bill Callahan (9-5)	Cotton Bowl (L)
19	2005	Big 12	8	4	0	.667	4	4	0	.500	7.57	3.57		24	24			Bill Callahan (8-4)	Alamo Bowl (W)
20	2004	Big 12	5	6	0	.455	3	5	0	.375	1.32	2.23						Bill Callahan (5-6)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
21	2003	Big 12	10	3	0	.769	5	3	0	.625	11.18	2.18		10	19			Frank Solich (9-3), Bo Pelini (1-0)	Alamo Bowl (W)
22	2002	Big 12	7	7	0	.500	3	5	0	.375	4.09	2.45	10	8				Frank Solich (7-7)	Independence Bowl (L)
23	2001	Big 12	11	2	0	.846	7	1	0	.875	16.48	4.33	4	2	8			Frank Solich (11-2)	Rose Bowl (L)
24	2000	Big 12	10	2	0	.833	6	2	0	.750	19.01	4.51	1	1	8			Frank Solich (10-2)	Alamo Bowl (W)
25	1999	Big 12	12	1	0	.923	7	1	0	.875	21.15	5.15	6	3	3			Frank Solich (12-1)	Fiesta Bowl (W)
26	1998	Big 12	9	4	0	.692	5	3	0	.625	16.60	6.52	4	2	19			Frank Solich (9-4)	Holiday Bowl (L)
27	1997	Big 12	13	0	0	1.000	8	0	0	1.000	22.30	2.53	6	1	2			Tom Osborne (13-0)	Orange Bowl (W)	National Championships: USA-ESPN
28	1996	Big 12	11	2	0	.846	8	0	0	1.000	22.22	6.53	1	1	6			Tom Osborne (11-2)	Orange Bowl (W)
29	1995	Big 8	12	0	0	1.000	7	0	0	1.000	26.86	3.78	2	1	1			Tom Osborne (12-0)	Fiesta Bowl (W)	National Championships: AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI, USA-CNN
30	1994	Big 8	13	0	0	1.000	7	0	0	1.000	20.65	2.26	4	1	1			Tom Osborne (13-0)	Orange Bowl (W)	National Championships: AP, FWAA, UPI, USA-CNN, USA-NFF
31	1993	Big 8	11	1	0	.917	7	0	0	1.000	20.31	5.48	8	2	3			Tom Osborne (11-1)	Orange Bowl (L)
32	1992	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	6	1	0	.857	16.98	4.31	11	7	14			Tom Osborne (9-3)	Orange Bowl (L)
33	1991	Big 8	9	2	1	.792	6	0	1	.929	15.81	4.98	15	9	15			Tom Osborne (9-2-1)	Orange Bowl (L)
34	1990	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	5	2	0	.714	15.48	3.64	7	3	24			Tom Osborne (9-3)	Citrus Bowl (L)
35	1989	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	16.03	0.20	3	3	11			Tom Osborne (10-2)	Fiesta Bowl (L)
36	1988	Big 8	11	2	0	.846	7	0	0	1.000	13.55	1.01	2	2	10			Tom Osborne (11-2)	Orange Bowl (L)
37	1987	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	19.18	5.09	2	1	6			Tom Osborne (10-2)	Fiesta Bowl (L)
38	1986	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	5	2	0	.714	18.05	2.80	8	3	5			Tom Osborne (10-2)	Sugar Bowl (W)
39	1985	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	6	1	0	.857	15.23	3.73	9	2	11			Tom Osborne (9-3)	Fiesta Bowl (L)
40	1984	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	17.57	2.15	2	1	4			Tom Osborne (10-2)	Sugar Bowl (W)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
41	1983	Big 8	12	1	0	.923	7	0	0	1.000	22.61	3.84	1	1	2			Tom Osborne (12-1)	Orange Bowl (L)
42	1982	Big 8	12	1	0	.923	7	0	0	1.000	21.94	4.48	4	2	3			Tom Osborne (12-1)	Orange Bowl (W)
43	1981	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	7	0	0	1.000	21.79	8.88	6	4	11			Tom Osborne (9-3)	Orange Bowl (L)
44	1980	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	25.74	8.74	7	3	7			Tom Osborne (10-2)	Sun Bowl (W)
45	1979	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	19.67	5.17	8	2	9			Tom Osborne (10-2)	Cotton Bowl (L)
46	1978	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	6	1	0	.857	21.07	9.65	10	2	8			Tom Osborne (9-3)	Orange Bowl (L)
47	1977	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	5	2	0	.714	17.75	9.42	15	9	12			Tom Osborne (9-3)	Liberty Bowl (W)
48	1976	Big 8	9	3	1	.731	4	3	0	.571	17.63	7.79	1	1	9			Tom Osborne (9-3-1)	Bluebonnet Bowl (W)
49	1975	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	20.67	8.50	7	2	9			Tom Osborne (10-2)	Fiesta Bowl (L)
50	1974	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	5	2	0	.714	17.50	6.84	7	4	9			Tom Osborne (9-3)	Sugar Bowl (W)
51	1973	Big 8	9	2	1	.792	4	2	1	.643	25.89	15.56	4	2	7			Tom Osborne (9-2-1)	Cotton Bowl (W)
52	1972	Big 8	9	2	1	.792	5	1	1	.786	25.57	8.82	1	1	4			Bob Devaney (9-2-1)	Orange Bowl (W)
53	1971	Big 8	13	0	0	1.000	7	0	0	1.000	31.49	8.79	2	1	1			Bob Devaney (13-0)	Orange Bowl (W)	National Championships: AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
54	1970	Big 8	11	0	1	.958	7	0	0	1.000	27.63	10.21	9	1	1			Bob Devaney (11-0-1)	Orange Bowl (W)	National Championships: AP, FWAA
55	1969	Big 8	9	2	0	.818	6	1	0	.857	21.96	11.32		11	11			Bob Devaney (9-2)	Sun Bowl (W)
56	1968	Big 8	6	4	0	.600	3	4	0	.429	9.83	7.93	14	7				Bob Devaney (6-4)
57	1967	Big 8	6	4	0	.600	3	4	0	.429	7.63	3.83		7				Bob Devaney (6-4)
58	1966	Big 8	9	2	0	.818	6	1	0	.857	9.95	1.22	3	3	6			Bob Devaney (9-2)	Sugar Bowl (L)
59	1965	Big 8	10	1	0	.909	7	0	0	1.000	17.55	2.55	1	1	5			Bob Devaney (10-1)	Orange Bowl (L)
60	1964	Big 8	9	2	0	.818	6	1	0	.857	13.70	3.34		4	6			Bob Devaney (9-2)	Cotton Bowl (L)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
61	1963	Big 8	10	1	0	.909	7	0	0	1.000	15.06	3.43		6	6			Bob Devaney (10-1)	Orange Bowl (W)
62	1962	Big 8	9	2	0	.818	5	2	0	.714	11.12	0.85						Bob Devaney (9-2)	Gotham Bowl (W)
63	1961	Big 8	3	6	1	.350	2	5	0	.286	2.18	4.28						William Jennings (3-6-1)
64	1960	Big 8	4	6	0	.400	2	5	0	.286	4.90	10.50		12				William Jennings (4-6)
65	1959	Big 7	4	6	0	.400	2	4	0	.333	3.11	6.91						William Jennings (4-6)
66	1958	Big 7	3	7	0	.300	1	5	0	.167	-4.86	7.54						William Jennings (3-7)
67	1957	Big 7	1	9	0	.100	1	5	0	.167	-10.25	5.25						William Jennings (1-9)
68	1956	Big 7	4	6	0	.400	3	3	0	.500	-1.79	3.41						Pete Elliott (4-6)
69	1955	Big 7	5	5	0	.500	5	1	0	.833	1.26	3.56						William Glassford (5-5)
70	1954	Big 7	6	5	0	.545	4	2	0	.667	4.93	2.29		20				William Glassford (6-5)	Orange Bowl (L)
71	1953	Big 7	3	6	1	.350	2	4	0	.333	0.68	6.88						William Glassford (3-6-1)
72	1952	Big 7	5	4	1	.550	3	2	1	.583	7.11	4.11						William Glassford (5-4-1)
73	1951	Big 7	1	8	1	.150	1	4	1	.250	-9.87	3.63	12	12				William Glassford (1-8-1)		record adjusted to 2-8-0 by NCAA
74	1950	Big 7	6	2	1	.722	4	2	0	.667	8.77	3.43		16	17			William Glassford (6-2-1)
75	1949	Big 7	4	5	0	.444	3	3	0	.500	1.73	5.40						William Glassford (4-5)
76	1948	Big 7	2	8	0	.200	2	4	0	.333	-6.59	6.01						Potsy Clark (2-8)
77	1947	Big 6	2	7	0	.222	2	3	0	.400	-3.92	7.31						Bernie Masterson (2-7)
78	1946	Big 6	3	6	0	.333	3	2	0	.600	-2.70	2.74						Bernie Masterson (3-6)
79	1945	Big 6	4	5	0	.444	2	3	0	.400	-5.60	-1.38						Potsy Clark (4-5)
80	1944	Big 6	2	6	0	.250	2	3	0	.400	-6.23	5.02						Adolph Lewandowski (2-6)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
81	1943	Big 6	2	6	0	.250	2	3	0	.400	-15.48	-0.73						Adolph Lewandowski (2-6)
82	1942	Big 6	3	7	0	.300	3	2	0	.600	-7.42	0.68						Glenn Presnell (3-7)
83	1941	Big 6	4	5	0	.444	3	2	0	.600	7.28	5.73		15				Biff Jones (4-5)
84	1940	Big 6	8	2	0	.800	5	0	0	1.000	15.90	7.30		7	7			Biff Jones (8-2)	Rose Bowl (L)
85	1939	Big 6	7	1	1	.833	4	1	0	.800	12.31	5.97		10	18			Biff Jones (7-1-1)
86	1938	Big 6	3	5	1	.389	2	3	0	.400	3.94	6.83						Biff Jones (3-5-1)
87	1937	Big 6	6	1	2	.778	3	0	2	.800	8.02	1.57		6	11			Biff Jones (6-1-2)
88	1936	Big 6	7	2	0	.778	5	0	0	1.000	19.82	7.49		6	9			Dana Bible (7-2)
89	1935	Big 6	6	2	1	.722	4	0	1	.900	13.25	5.91						Dana Bible (6-2-1)
90	1934	Big 6	6	3	0	.667	4	1	0	.800	6.44	5.55						Dana Bible (6-3)
91	1933	Big 6	8	1	0	.889	5	0	0	1.000	19.11	5.78						Dana Bible (8-1)
92	1932	Big 6	7	1	1	.833	5	0	0	1.000	10.39	4.06						Dana Bible (7-1-1)
93	1931	Big 6	8	2	0	.800	5	0	0	1.000	7.65	1.15						Dana Bible (8-2)
94	1930	Big 6	4	3	2	.556	2	2	1	.500	5.15	1.48						Dana Bible (4-3-2)
95	1929	Big 6	4	1	3	.688	3	0	2	.800	8.29	4.17						Dana Bible (4-1-3)
96	1928	Big 6	7	1	1	.833	5	0	0	1.000	11.54	-0.13						Ernest Bearg (7-1-1)
97	1927	MVIAA	6	2	0	.750	4	1	0	.800	14.00	2.25						Ernest Bearg (6-2)
98	1926	MVIAA	6	2	0	.750	5	1	0	.833	8.64	-0.98						Ernest Bearg (6-2)
99	1925	MVIAA	4	2	2	.625	2	2	1	.500	12.42	7.92						Ernest Bearg (4-2-2)
100	1924	MVIAA	5	3	0	.625	3	1	0	.750	11.10	6.22						Fred Dawson (5-3)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
101	1923	MVIAA	4	2	2	.625	3	0	2	.800	11.54	6.42						Fred Dawson (4-2-2)
102	1922	MVIAA	7	1	0	.875	5	0	0	1.000	20.93	3.18						Fred Dawson (7-1)
103	1921	MVIAA	7	1	0	.875	3	0	0	1.000	21.57	3.19						Fred Dawson (7-1)
104	1920	Ind	5	3	1	.611					7.22	1.33						Henry Schulte (5-3-1)
105	1919	Ind	3	3	2	.500					6.99	7.74						Henry Schulte (3-3-2)
106	1918	MVIAA	2	3	1	.417	1	1	0	.500	4.57	4.90						William Kline (2-3-1)
107	1917	MVIAA	5	2	0	.714	2	0	0	1.000	12.60	3.74						Edward Stewart (5-2)
108	1916	MVIAA	6	2	0	.750	3	1	0	.750	8.33	0.08						Edward Stewart (6-2)
109	1915	MVIAA	8	0	0	1.000	4	0	0	1.000	18.57	-2.93						Jumbo Stiehm (8-0)
110	1914	MVIAA	7	0	1	.938	3	0	0	1.000	10.50	-5.13						Jumbo Stiehm (7-0-1)
111	1913	MVIAA	8	0	0	1.000	3	0	0	1.000	12.26	-0.87						Jumbo Stiehm (8-0)
112	1912	MVIAA	7	1	0	.875	2	0	0	1.000	12.52	-0.98						Jumbo Stiehm (7-1)
113	1911	MVIAA	5	1	2	.750	2	0	1	.833	12.03	-0.72						Jumbo Stiehm (5-1-2)
114	1910	MVIAA	7	1	0	.875	2	0	0	1.000	8.59	-3.04						King Cole (7-1)
115	1909	MVIAA	3	3	2	.500	0	1	1	.250	3.34	1.97						King Cole (3-3-2)
116	1908	MVIAA	7	2	1	.750	2	1	0	.667	5.18	-1.32						King Cole (7-2-1)
117	1907	MVIAA	8	2	0	.800	1	0	0	1.000	9.73	-2.27						King Cole (8-2)
118	1906	Ind	6	4	0	.600					3.42	-1.28						Amos Foster (6-4)
119	1905	Ind	9	2	0	.818					11.63	-1.19						Walter Booth (8-2)
120	1904	Ind	9	3	0	.750					14.62	1.54						Walter Booth (7-3)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	CFP High	CFP Final	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
121	1903	Ind	11	0	0	1.000					16.35	-1.47						Walter Booth (10-0)
122	1902	Ind	10	0	0	1.000					16.92	1.62						Walter Booth (9-0)
123	1901	Ind	7	2	0	.778					5.65	-4.24						Walter Booth (6-2)
124	1900	Ind	7	1	2	.800					1.75	-7.85						Walter Booth (6-1-1)

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