1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Big Eight co-champion Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 45–6 vs. Georgia
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 11
1969 record	9–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bob Devaney (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (1st year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Missouri +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#11 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#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

#5 USC at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #5 USC	7	14	7	3	31
Nebraska	0	7	0	14	21

Date: 1969-09-20
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 67,058

Texas A&M at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	7	7	0	0	14

Date: 1969-09-27
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 66,331

Nebraska at Minnesota [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	0	14	14	14	42
Minnesota	7	7	0	0	14

Date: 1969-10-04
Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game attendance: 52,136

#20 Nebraska at #7 Missouri [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Nebraska	0	0	7	0	7
• #7 Missouri	7	7	3	0	17

Date: 1969-10-11
Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri
Game attendance: 60,500

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	7	7	3	17
• Nebraska	6	8	0	7	21

Date: 1969-10-18
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 66,667

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	0	0	3	0	3
• Nebraska	0	7	6	0	13

Date: 1969-10-25
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 66,421

#18 Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Colorado	7	0	0	0	7
• Nebraska	3	7	10	0	20

Date: 1969-11-01
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 67,084

Iowa State at #20 Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	0	3	0	0	3
• #20 Nebraska	0	7	10	0	17

Date: 1969-11-08
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 67,107

The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1969 college football season. The team was coached by 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 team started 2–2, then won their final six regular season games to tie for the conference championship. They were invited to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, where they decisively beat the Georgia Bulldogs to finish the season at 9–2. The strong finish in 1969 was followed by national championships for the Huskers in 1970 and 1971.

USC had a fight on their hands, despite jumping out to an early 14-0 lead. Nebraska scrambled back and drew up within 7 points in the 4th quarter with 3:40 to go. The Cornhuskers again got the ball back with enough time to score, but USC intercepted and converted the turnover into a field goal in the final seconds to decide the outcome.

The Cornhuskers put up a touchdown in each of the first two quarters before Texas A&M was somehow able to bottle them up, but the Blackshirts had already established that the Aggies would get nothing on the day, and the 14 Nebraska points were carried for the win.

Nebraska QB Jerry Tagge broke a record while taking apart Minnesota in Minneapolis. The 587 total Cornhusker yards was the second highest total in school history, and his 219 air yards and 82 ground yards rang up to 301 on the day, easily breaking the previous record of 264 yards set in 1951 and tied in 1967. The game started in doubt as Minnesota struck first and forced Nebraska to a 14-14 tie at the half, but there would be no further scoring from the Golden Gophers to answer the additional 28 Nebraska points posted after the half.

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