huskernation20 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 How many National Championship games has the football team played in? I'm going to go look on Huskers.com but I wanted to see if anyone knew before I starting putting all of my time into finding out. Quote Link to comment
junior4949 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I count 8 right off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment
huskernation20 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Got it! Nebraska has been in the National Championship game 9 times: 1970 - LSU WIN 1971 - Alabama WIN 1981 - Clemson 1983 - Miami 1993 - Florida St. 1994 - Miami WIN 1995 - Florida WIN 1997 - Tennessee WIN 2001 - Miami Quote Link to comment
indianahusker Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Got it! Nebraska has been in the National Championship game 9 times: 1970 - LSU WIN 1971 - Alabama WIN 1981 - Clemson 1983 - Miami 1993 - Florida St. 1994 - Miami WIN 1995 - Florida WIN 1997 - Tennessee WIN 2001 - Miami Gottat fix a couple for ya... 1981-Clemson-If Turner had played, NU wins 1983-Miami-Play them on a neutral field 10 times NU wins 8 or 9 1993-FSU-Refs cheated out a win for Bowden 2001-Miami-Buncha thugs...would've liked to see Oregon get their asses handed to them instead of us! And I am sick of the CU issue...you don't lose to a WAC team at home and get to play in the NC game! Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Until the BCS came about, there wasn't a National Championship game, so there's no absolute answer. I assume you are talking about games that had we won, we'd have probably been #1 in at least one major poll, but not games like the Georgia Tech game where they won and got a share, but we had no chance. Obviously the 5 championships count. Also 2001, 1993, and 1983 for sure. 1981 possibly...I think the Sugar Bowl turned out in a way to give us a chance if we had beat Clemson, but there's no guarantee at all we'd have got. 1966 was like that too, 1 & 2 lost earlier in the day so had we beaten Alabama, we'd have probably taken it, I think. Both of those years are like how things fell our way in 1970. There may have been another year or two where things possibly could've fallen into place, but didn't, so by game time we knew the championship wasn't on the line. I can't remember any like that for sure though. 1982 would've been a possibility since we only had 1 loss, but I think 1 & 2 were playing each other? Looks like 10, unless anyone else can come up with anothe one. Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 1966 was like that too, 1 & 2 lost earlier in the day so had we beaten Alabama, we'd have probably taken it, I think. Correction, that's the 1965 season. Quote Link to comment
junior4949 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Wow, I completely forgot about 1981. Quote Link to comment
HuskerTrucker Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Did the old "Bugeaters" ever play any? Quote Link to comment
huskernation20 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Did the old "Bugeaters" ever play any? No, looking at the schedules, they actually sucked back then. Sorry! lol Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Did the old "Bugeaters" ever play any? No, looking at the schedules, they actually sucked back then. Sorry! lol Only team to beat the "Four Horsemen" twice. Notre Dumb sucks Quote Link to comment
Dundermifflinite Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Only team to beat the "Four Horsemen" twice. Notre Dumb sucks indeed Nebraska was...however that was some 20 years removed from going by, among several other names, the Bugeaters... Quote Link to comment
eagskerfan Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I was thinking that way back in teh day there were a few times where we went like 8-0 or 9-0, one year we weren't even scored on, but we weren't champions. You can look at teh schedules and results all on huskerpedia.com. Quote Link to comment
zE bOp Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Did the old "Bugeaters" ever play any? Yeah, 'Pesticide Bowl' back in 19whatever... What kind of demented minds name their team, 'Bugeaters'? The mascot must have been brutal. Quote Link to comment
huskered17 Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 The year we lost to Ark in the Cotton Bowl, didn't the teams ranked ahead of us lose also. If we had won that game, I think they were saying we would have moved up to number 1. Seems I remember something like that. Maybe some one else can refresh me on this one. GBR!!! Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 The year we lost to Ark in the Cotton Bowl, didn't the teams ranked ahead of us lose also. If we had won that game, I think they were saying we would have moved up to number 1. Seems I remember something like that. Maybe some one else can refresh me on this one. I don't think so, but that season (1964) is goofy. I know the UPI didn't do a final poll back then (which is how Texas claims a championship in 1970), but I don't see a final poll for the AP either, and I thought they did. We lost the last regular season game to OU, and came into the bowl #6, against #2 Arkansas. #5 Texas beat #2 Alabama. #3 Notre Dame didn't go to a bowl. #4 Michigan won the Rose Bowl. So it was guaranteed that one team ahead of us would win and another would not lose (because they didn't play). ANd it turned out that yet another team ahead of us won. So it doesn't seem like there was a chance for a championship, and nobody was going to recognize it anyway since there was no post-bowl vote. How everyone gives Alabama the championship, I don't know. Arkansas was unbeaten, including a win over Texas. It just shows how all these championship claims back in those days and earlier really don't mean what they do today. Maybe you are thinking about 1965, which I already mentioned. Quote Link to comment
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