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1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg
AP Poll national champion
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 17–12 vs. LSU
Conference Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 3
AP No. 1
1970 record 11–0–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach Bob Devaney (9th year)
Offensive coordinator Tom Osborne (2nd year)
Offensive scheme I formation
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1969 1971 »
1970 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Nebraska $ 7 0 0     11 0 1
#20 Oklahoma 5 2 0     7 4 1
Kansas State 5 2 0     6 5 0
Colorado 3 4 0     6 5 0
Missouri 3 4 0     5 6 0
Kansas 2 5 0     5 6 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0     4 7 0
Iowa State 1 6 0     5 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
Wake Forest at #9 Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Wake Forest 3 2 0 7 12
#9 Nebraska 14 14 8 0 36
#9 Nebraska at #3 USC [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Nebraska 0 14 7 0 21
#3 USC 0 7 7 7 21
Army at #8 Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Army 0 0 0 0 0
#8 Nebraska 0 7 14 7 28
#6 Nebraska at Minnesota [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Nebraska 21 7 0 7 35
Minnesota 7 3 0 0 10
#16 Missouri at #6 Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Missouri 0 7 0 0 7
#6 Nebraska 7 0 0 14 21
#5 Nebraska at Kansas [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Nebraska 10 14 7 10 41
Kansas 6 14 0 0 20
Oklahoma State at #4 Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Oklahoma State 7 0 6 18 31
#4 Nebraska 14 27 10 14 65
#4 Nebraska at Colorado [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Nebraska 12 0 3 14 29
Colorado 0 7 0 6 13

The 1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1970 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. The Huskers went 11–0–1 to win the first of two consecutive national championships.

The Huskers started the season at #9 and tied #3 USC in Los Angeles in the second game of the season. After winning their next nine games, including all seven in the Big 8, Nebraska was ranked third in the nation entering the 1971 Orange Bowl against #5 LSU of the SEC. Top-ranked Texas and #2 Ohio State both lost their bowl games earlier in the day and a 17-12 Nebraska victory that night in Miami gave the Huskers their first national title.

Through the 1973 season, the final UPI coaches poll was released in early December, before the bowl games. In 1970 it picked Texas as national champion on December 8, before the Longhorns' 24-11 loss to Notre Dame in the 1971 Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's Day. Notre Dame (10-1) finished second to Nebraska (11-0-1) in the final AP writers poll, released after the bowls in early January.


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