1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Gotham Bowl champion
Gotham Bowl, W 36–34 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1962 record	9–2 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Bob Devaney (1st year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

1962 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Missouri	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	1	–	2
Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Colorado	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 6 13 20 14 53 Date: September 22 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 26,953

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 7 12 6 25 Michigan 0 6 0 7 13 Date: September 29 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan Game attendance: 70,287

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 0 7 7 8 22 • Nebraska 14 14 0 8 36 Date: October 6 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 34,321

1 2 3 4 Total NC State 6 0 8 0 14 • Nebraska 0 0 7 12 19 Date: October 13 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 36,867

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 6 0 0 0 6 • Nebraska 0 14 12 0 26 Date: October 20 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 30,701

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 0 23 8 31 Colorado 0 6 0 0 6 Date: October 27 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 34,183

1 2 3 4 Total • Missouri 7 0 3 6 16 Nebraska 0 7 0 0 7 Date: November 3 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 36,501

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 16 16 8 0 40 Kansas 0 0 8 8 16 Date: November 10 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 37,063

The 1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1962 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The November 3 game against Missouri marked the start of Nebraska's current NCAA record of 346 consecutive sellouts.

This was the last Nebraska home football game to not be sold out.

This is the first game of Nebraska's NCAA record of consecutive sellouts, which currently stands at 325 sellouts following the 2012 season.

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