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History

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are on of Division1 college football's strongest teams. In 1899 a Nebraska state journalist dubbed the team the Cornhuskers and the name stuck. Nebraska became very well known when they upset the heavily favored Notre Dame in 1924. The cornhuskers had troubles throughout the 1950's. Then in 1962 a new coach led them to winning football.
Bob Devaney was his name and he believed in strength and conditioning. Nebraska's record in 1962 was 9-2 and that included the school's first bowl game victory. They beat the University of Miami in the Gotham Bowl. In 1968 the teams record declined so Devaney put in a new offense at Nebraska. He installed the I formation offense at Nebraska. In 1970 the team picked up a quick agile wing back named Johnny Rogers.
Rodgers led Nebraska to an undefeated season and an Orange Bowl win and the teams first National Championship. The team got even better in 1971. They beat the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Orange Bowl to win their second straight National Championship. Yet again the team went undefeated with a 13-0 record.
Player and Coaching Greats

Nebraska is a very well known program and well known programs have great players and coaches. Nebraska is no exception. they have had many great players and coaches go through their system. Some of the great coaches are those like Bob Devaney and Tom Osbourne.
Osbourne was the head coach at Nebraska from 1973 to 1997. Osbourne has some pretty amazing statistics. He is the fifth most win ingest coach in college football Division1-A history (.836). While head coach he led his teams to 13 conference championships, three National Championships and 15 Bowl game appearances. His final record was 155-49-3. Some of the great players that went to Nebraska are Tommie Frazier, Lawrence Phillips, and Ahman Green. Ahman Green went on to play professional football and he now plays for the green Bay Packers.