1968 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1968 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1968 record	6–4 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Bob Devaney (7th year)
Defensive coordinator	George Kelly
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1967 1969 »

1968 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Kansas +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#11 Oklahoma +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
#9 Missouri	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Nebraska	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Colorado	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Wyoming at #14 Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Wyoming 10 0 0 0 10 • #14 Nebraska 3 0 0 10 13 Date: 1968-09-14 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 66,922

Utah at #14 Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Utah 0 0 0 0 0 • #14 Nebraska 17 7 0 7 31 Date: 1968-09-21 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 66,198

#9 Nebraska at #17 Minnesota [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • #9 Nebraska 0 7 0 10 17 #17 Minnesota 7 7 0 0 14 Date: 1968-09-28 Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis Game attendance: 53,362

#6 Kansas at #9 Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • #6 Kansas 0 0 9 14 23 #9 Nebraska 0 6 0 7 13 Date: 1968-10-12 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 68,128

#20 Missouri at #13 Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • #20 Missouri 6 10 0 0 16 #13 Nebraska 7 0 7 0 14 Date: 1968-10-19 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 66,818

Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 0 7 14 21 Oklahoma State 0 0 14 6 20 Date: 1968-10-26 Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma Game attendance: 35,000

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 14 0 3 24 Iowa State 0 7 0 6 13 Date: 1968-11-02 Location: Clyde Williams Field, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 29,000

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Kansas State 6 0 0 6 12 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 Date: 1968-11-09 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 67,466

The 1968 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1968 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.

The Huskers were 6–4, but had a losing record in conference at 3–4. They lost three Big 8 games at home and were shut out 47–0 at Oklahoma in the season finale. Nebraska did not play in a bowl game for the second consecutive year; the next season without a bowl was 36 years later in 2004. The home shut out against Kansas State was the last time they have been shut out at home as of 2012 season.

Following 1968, Tom Osborne was promoted to offensive coordinator and installed the I formation offense. This led to a 9–2 record in 1969 and consecutive undefeated national championship seasons in 1970 and 1971.

At the end of the 1st quarter, Nebraska was trailing 3-10, and struggled to catch up for much of the game. Finally, five minutes into the 4th quarter, with the assistance of the Blackshirts who had held off any further scores from the Cowboys, the Cornhuskers managed to get another touchdown to tie the game. Then, as time was running out and the Nebraska offensive effort was stalling, Nebraska PK Paul Rogers launched a 51-yard field goal through the uprights and into the stands for the win, leading to an exuberant mob of fans rushing the field in celebration.

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