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1969 Nebraska

9–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Bob Devaney, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1969, game by game: lost vs. No. 5 USC 21–31; won vs. Texas A&M 14–0; won at Minnesota 42–14; lost at No. 7 Missouri 7–17; won vs. Kansas 21–17; won vs. Oklahoma State 13–3; won vs. No. 18 Colorado 20–7; won vs. Iowa State 17–3; won at Kansas State 10–7; won at Oklahoma 44–14; won vs. Georgia 45–6+39−10Lost 21–31 vs. No. 5 USC-10No. 5 USCWon 14–0 vs. Texas A&M+14Texas A&MWon 42–14 at Minnesota+28MinnesotaLost 7–17 at No. 7 Missouri-10No. 7 MissouriWon 21–17 vs. Kansas+4KansasWon 13–3 vs. Oklahoma State+10Oklahoma StateWon 20–7 vs. No. 18 Colorado+13No. 18 ColoradoWon 17–3 vs. Iowa State+14Iowa StateWon 10–7 at Kansas State+3Kansas StateWon 44–14 at Oklahoma+30OklahomaWon 45–6 vs. Georgia+39Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vs5USCL 21–⁠3141%
Sep 27vsTexas A&MW 14–⁠061%
Oct 4atMinnesotaW 42–⁠1442%
Oct 11at7MissouriL 7–⁠1731%
Oct 18vsKansasW 21–⁠1763%
Oct 25vsOklahoma StateW 13–⁠370%
Nov 1vs18ColoradoW 20–⁠761%
Nov 8vsIowa StateW 17–⁠378%
Nov 15atKansas StateW 10–⁠751%
Nov 22atOklahomaW 44–⁠1446%
Dec 20Bowls & playoffvsGeorgiaSun BowlW 45–⁠660%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 45–⁠6 in the Sun Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 20
  2. Wk 8: 20
  3. Wk 9: 17
  4. Wk 10: 16
  5. Wk 11: 13
  6. Wk 12: 13
  7. Wk 13: 14
  8. Final: 11

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1969.

Big Eight champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Missouri

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 11
Points
254–⁠119
Coach
Bob Devaney
Elo
1698 +163 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
25.4 No. 7 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Osborne
Defensive coordinator
Monte Kiffin
Offense
I formation
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 7Jim McFarland TESt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 7Ken Geddes LBDetroit Lions

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Sherwin JarmonDEAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri6–⁠19–⁠26
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠211
Colorado5–⁠28–⁠316
Oklahoma4–⁠36–⁠4
Kansas State3–⁠45–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠45–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠63–⁠7
Kansas0–⁠71–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.