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120 Years

120 Players

120 Years Table
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
1	2019	Big Ten	4	5	0	.444	0.83	2.71	24	24		Scott Frost (4-5)
2	2018	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333	3.48	4.82				Scott Frost (4-8)
3	2017	Big Ten	4	8	0	.333						Mike Riley (4-8)
4	2016	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	7.55	2.94		7		Mike Riley (9-4)	Music City Bowl-L
5	2015	Big Ten	6	7	0	.462	6.56	3.94				Mike Riley (6-7)	Foster Farms Bowl-W
6	2014	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	10.26	1.72	22	11		Bo Pelini (9-3), Barney Cotton (0-1)	Holiday Bowl-L
7	2013	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	5.22	0.45	18	18		Bo Pelini (9-4)	Gator Bowl-W
8	2012	Big Ten	10	4	0	.714	9.79	4.22	17	14	25	Bo Pelini (10-4)	Capital One Bowl-L
9	2011	Big Ten	9	4	0	.692	8.76	3.07	10	8	24	Bo Pelini (9-4)	Capital One Bowl-L
10	2010	Big 12	10	4	0	.714	12.85	2.42	8	5	20	Bo Pelini (10-4)	Holiday Bowl-L
11	2009	Big 12	10	4	0	.714	11.41	2.69	24	14	14	Bo Pelini (10-4)	Holiday Bowl-W
12	2008	Big 12	9	4	0	.692	10.92	3.69				Bo Pelini (9-4)	Gator Bowl-W
13	2007	Big 12	5	7	0	.417	1.48	5.89	20	14		Bill Callahan (5-7)
14	2006	Big 12	9	5	0	.643	8.92	1.99	20	17		Bill Callahan (9-5)	Cotton Bowl-L
15	2005	Big 12	8	4	0	.667	7.57	3.57		24	24	Bill Callahan (8-4)	Alamo Bowl-W
16	2004	Big 12	5	6	0	.455	1.32	2.23				Bill Callahan (5-6)
17	2003	Big 12	10	3	0	.769	11.18	2.18		10	19	Frank Solich (9-3), Bo Pelini (1-0)	Alamo Bowl-W
18	2002	Big 12	7	7	0	.500	4.09	2.45	10	8		Frank Solich (7-7)	Independence Bowl-L
19	2001	Big 12	11	2	0	.846	16.48	4.33	4	2	8	Frank Solich (11-2)	Rose Bowl-L
20	2000	Big 12	10	2	0	.833	19.01	4.51	1	1	8	Frank Solich (10-2)	Alamo Bowl-W
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
21	1999	Big 12	12	1	0	.923	21.15	5.15	6	3	3	Frank Solich (12-1)	Fiesta Bowl-W
22	1998	Big 12	9	4	0	.692	16.60	6.52	4	2	19	Frank Solich (9-4)	Holiday Bowl-L
23	1997	Big 12	13	0	0	1.000	22.30	2.53	6	1	2	Tom Osborne (13-0)	Orange Bowl-W
24	1996	Big 12	11	2	0	.846	22.22	6.53	1	1	6	Tom Osborne (11-2)	Orange Bowl-W
25	1995	Big 8	12	0	0	1.000	26.86	3.78	2	1	1	Tom Osborne (12-0)	Fiesta Bowl-W
26	1994	Big 8	13	0	0	1.000	20.65	2.26	4	1	1	Tom Osborne (13-0)	Orange Bowl-W
27	1993	Big 8	11	1	0	.917	20.31	5.48	8	2	3	Tom Osborne (11-1)	Orange Bowl-L
28	1992	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	16.98	4.31	11	7	14	Tom Osborne (9-3)	Orange Bowl-L
29	1991	Big 8	9	2	1	.792	15.81	4.98	15	9	15	Tom Osborne (9-2-1)	Orange Bowl-L
30	1990	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	15.48	3.64	7	3	24	Tom Osborne (9-3)	Citrus Bowl-L
31	1989	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	16.03	0.20	3	3	11	Tom Osborne (10-2)	Fiesta Bowl-L
32	1988	Big 8	11	2	0	.846	13.55	1.01	2	2	10	Tom Osborne (11-2)	Orange Bowl-L
33	1987	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	19.18	5.09	2	1	6	Tom Osborne (10-2)	Fiesta Bowl-L
34	1986	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	18.05	2.80	8	3	5	Tom Osborne (10-2)	Sugar Bowl-W
35	1985	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	15.23	3.73	9	2	11	Tom Osborne (9-3)	Fiesta Bowl-L
36	1984	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	17.57	2.15	2	1	4	Tom Osborne (10-2)	Sugar Bowl-W
37	1983	Big 8	12	1	0	.923	22.61	3.84	1	1	2	Tom Osborne (12-1)	Orange Bowl-L
38	1982	Big 8	12	1	0	.923	21.94	4.48	4	2	3	Tom Osborne (12-1)	Orange Bowl-W
39	1981	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	21.79	8.88	6	4	11	Tom Osborne (9-3)	Orange Bowl-L
40	1980	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	25.74	8.74	7	3	7	Tom Osborne (10-2)	Sun Bowl-W
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
41	1979	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	19.67	5.17	8	2	9	Tom Osborne (10-2)	Cotton Bowl-L
42	1978	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	21.07	9.65	10	2	8	Tom Osborne (9-3)	Orange Bowl-L
43	1977	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	17.75	9.42	15	9	12	Tom Osborne (9-3)	Liberty Bowl-W
44	1976	Big 8	9	3	1	.731	17.63	7.79	1	1	9	Tom Osborne (9-3-1)	Bluebonnet Bowl-W
45	1975	Big 8	10	2	0	.833	20.67	8.50	7	2	9	Tom Osborne (10-2)	Fiesta Bowl-L
46	1974	Big 8	9	3	0	.750	17.50	6.84	7	4	9	Tom Osborne (9-3)	Sugar Bowl-W
47	1973	Big 8	9	2	1	.792	25.89	15.56	4	2	7	Tom Osborne (9-2-1)	Cotton Bowl-W
48	1972	Big 8	9	2	1	.792	25.57	8.82	1	1	4	Bob Devaney (9-2-1)	Orange Bowl-W
49	1971	Big 8	13	0	0	1.000	31.49	8.79	2	1	1	Bob Devaney (13-0)	Orange Bowl-W
50	1970	Big 8	11	0	1	.958	27.63	10.21	9	1	1	Bob Devaney (11-0-1)	Orange Bowl-W
51	1969	Big 8	9	2	0	.818	21.96	11.32		11	11	Bob Devaney (9-2)	Sun Bowl-W
52	1968	Big 8	6	4	0	.600	9.83	7.93	14	7		Bob Devaney (6-4)
53	1967	Big 8	6	4	0	.600	7.63	3.83		7		Bob Devaney (6-4)
54	1966	Big 8	9	2	0	.818	9.95	1.22	3	3	6	Bob Devaney (9-2)	Sugar Bowl-L
55	1965	Big 8	10	1	0	.909	17.55	2.55	1	1	5	Bob Devaney (10-1)	Orange Bowl-L
56	1964	Big 8	9	2	0	.818	13.70	3.34		4	6	Bob Devaney (9-2)	Cotton Bowl-L
57	1963	Big 8	10	1	0	.909	15.06	3.43		6	6	Bob Devaney (10-1)	Orange Bowl-W
58	1962	Big 8	9	2	0	.818	11.12	0.85				Bob Devaney (9-2)	Gotham Bowl-W
59	1961	Big 8	3	6	1	.350	2.18	4.28				William Jennings (3-6-1)
60	1960	Big 8	4	6	0	.400	4.90	10.50		12		William Jennings (4-6)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
61	1959	Big 7	4	6	0	.400	3.11	6.91				William Jennings (4-6)
62	1958	Big 7	3	7	0	.300	-4.86	7.54				William Jennings (3-7)
63	1957	Big 7	1	9	0	.100	-10.25	5.25				William Jennings (1-9)
64	1956	Big 7	4	6	0	.400	-1.79	3.41				Pete Elliott (4-6)
65	1955	Big 7	5	5	0	.500	1.26	3.56				William Glassford (5-5)
66	1954	Big 7	6	5	0	.545	4.93	2.29		20		William Glassford (6-5)	Orange Bowl-L
67	1953	Big 7	3	6	1	.350	0.68	6.88				William Glassford (3-6-1)
68	1952	Big 7	5	4	1	.550	7.11	4.11				William Glassford (5-4-1)
69	1951	Big 7	1	8	1	.150	-9.87	3.63	12	12		William Glassford (1-8-1)		record adjusted to 2-8-0 by NCAA
70	1950	Big 7	6	2	1	.722	8.77	3.43		16	17	William Glassford (6-2-1)
71	1949	Big 7	4	5	0	.444	1.73	5.40				William Glassford (4-5)
72	1948	Big 7	2	8	0	.200	-6.59	6.01				Potsy Clark (2-8)
73	1947	Big 6	2	7	0	.222	-3.92	7.31				Bernie Masterson (2-7)
74	1946	Big 6	3	6	0	.333	-2.70	2.74				Bernie Masterson (3-6)
75	1945	Big 6	4	5	0	.444	-5.60	-1.38				Potsy Clark (4-5)
76	1944	Big 6	2	6	0	.250	-6.23	5.02				Adolph Lewandowski (2-6)
77	1943	Big 6	2	6	0	.250	-15.48	-0.73				Adolph Lewandowski (2-6)
78	1942	Big 6	3	7	0	.300	-7.42	0.68				Glenn Presnell (3-7)
79	1941	Big 6	4	5	0	.444	7.28	5.73		15		Biff Jones (4-5)
80	1940	Big 6	8	2	0	.800	15.90	7.30		7	7	Biff Jones (8-2)	Rose Bowl-L
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
81	1939	Big 6	7	1	1	.833	12.31	5.97		10	18	Biff Jones (7-1-1)
82	1938	Big 6	3	5	1	.389	3.94	6.83				Biff Jones (3-5-1)
83	1937	Big 6	6	1	2	.778	8.02	1.57		6	11	Biff Jones (6-1-2)
84	1936	Big 6	7	2	0	.778	19.82	7.49		6	9	Dana Bible (7-2)
85	1935	Big 6	6	2	1	.722	13.25	5.91				Dana Bible (6-2-1)
86	1934	Big 6	6	3	0	.667	6.44	5.55				Dana Bible (6-3)
87	1933	Big 6	8	1	0	.889	19.11	5.78				Dana Bible (8-1)
88	1932	Big 6	7	1	1	.833	10.39	4.06				Dana Bible (7-1-1)
89	1931	Big 6	8	2	0	.800	7.65	1.15				Dana Bible (8-2)
90	1930	Big 6	4	3	2	.556	5.15	1.48				Dana Bible (4-3-2)
91	1929	Big 6	4	1	3	.688	8.29	4.17				Dana Bible (4-1-3)
92	1928	Big 6	7	1	1	.833	11.52	-0.15				Ernest Bearg (7-1-1)
93	1927	MVIAA	6	2	0	.750	14.00	2.25				Ernest Bearg (6-2)
94	1926	MVIAA	6	2	0	.750	8.64	-0.98				Ernest Bearg (6-2)
95	1925	MVIAA	4	2	2	.625	12.42	7.92				Ernest Bearg (4-2-2)
96	1924	MVIAA	5	3	0	.625	11.10	6.22				Fred Dawson (5-3)
97	1923	MVIAA	4	2	2	.625	11.54	6.42				Fred Dawson (4-2-2)
98	1922	MVIAA	7	1	0	.875	20.93	3.18				Fred Dawson (7-1)
99	1921	MVIAA	7	1	0	.875	21.57	3.19				Fred Dawson (7-1)
100	1920	Ind	5	3	1	.611	7.22	1.33				Henry Schulte (5-3-1)
Rk	Year	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Post	Coach(es)	Bowl	Notes
101	1919	Ind	3	3	2	.500	6.99	7.74				Henry Schulte (3-3-2)
102	1918	MVIAA	2	3	1	.417	4.57	4.90				William Kline (2-3-1)
103	1917	MVIAA	5	2	0	.714	12.60	3.74				Edward Stewart (5-2)
104	1916	MVIAA	6	2	0	.750	8.33	0.08				Edward Stewart (6-2)
105	1915	MVIAA	8	0	0	1.000	18.57	-2.93				Jumbo Stiehm (8-0)
106	1914	MVIAA	7	0	1	.938	10.50	-5.13				Jumbo Stiehm (7-0-1)
107	1913	MVIAA	8	0	0	1.000	12.26	-0.87				Jumbo Stiehm (8-0)
108	1912	MVIAA	7	1	0	.875	12.52	-0.98				Jumbo Stiehm (7-1)
109	1911	MVIAA	5	1	2	.750	12.03	-0.72				Jumbo Stiehm (5-1-2)
110	1910	MVIAA	7	1	0	.875	8.59	-3.04				King Cole (7-1)
111	1909	MVIAA	3	3	2	.500	3.34	1.97				King Cole (3-3-2)
112	1908	MVIAA	7	2	1	.750	5.18	-1.32				King Cole (7-2-1)
113	1907	MVIAA	8	2	0	.800	9.73	-2.27				King Cole (8-2)
114	1906	Ind	6	4	0	.600	3.42	-1.28				Amos Foster (6-4)
115	1905	Ind	9	2	0	.818	11.63	-1.19				Walter Booth (8-2)
116	1904	Ind	9	3	0	.750	11.72	-1.37				Walter Booth (7-3)
117	1903	Ind	11	0	0	1.000	16.35	-1.47				Walter Booth (10-0)
118	1902	Ind	10	0	0	1.000	16.92	1.62				Walter Booth (9-0)
119	1901	Ind	7	2	0	.778	5.65	-4.24				Walter Booth (6-2)
120	1900	Ind	7	1	2	.800	1.75	-7.85				Walter Booth (6-1-1)

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