How Many National Championship Games Has NU Lost?

[Comish]

Can't we go to non bowl games? The 1999 loss to Texas still rips me apart.

The HOLD on Mike Brown during their winning drive was the most blatant non-call I've ever witnessed. It happened directly in front of me and it still makes me sick.

(the rumor for a long time was that the officials from that game were barred from the conference after that, but I have no evidence that it was true)

After we totally dominated them in the conference championship game, we clearly (through biased eyes) were deserving of the title.

 

[NUpolo8]

Can't we go to non bowl games? The 1999 loss to Texas still rips me apart.

This.

^^Double this

Ugh. That game.

 

[VA Husker Fan]

Cotton Bowl 1964 against Arkansas, we win that we win NC. Teams in front of us lost. GBR!!!

Actuallly, no. The NCAA, prior to the BCS, lists national championships based on the wire services polls - meaning, the AP and UPI. In 1964, except for a few odd-ball polls (like the Football Writers Association of America, the poll that awarded Arkansas a national championship for the 1964 season), the final polls (AP and UPI, in particular, since the NCAA only counts those, again) came out after the regular season and before the bowl season. Bowl performance played no basis in determining the final rankings.

Certainly true. We don't like Texas claiming a 1970 championship for the one poll that didn't do a post-bowl poll, but they don't even try to claim a championship for 1964 since there wasn't a post-bowl vote. The AP did do a post-bowl vote in 1965 though, so it's legit to count that year.

 

[AFhusker]

Can't we go to non bowl games? The 1999 loss to Texas still rips me apart.

The HOLD on Mike Brown during their winning drive was the most blatant non-call I've ever witnessed. It happened directly in front of me and it still makes me sick.

(the rumor for a long time was that the officials from that game were barred from the conference after that, but I have no evidence that it was true)

After we totally dominated them in the conference championship game, we clearly (through biased eyes) were deserving of the title.

Or how about the catch by Davidson that was ruled an incompletion on NU's last drive. It wasn't even close as he had to jump to get the ball and ran 10 yards with it. But they called an penality on UT and called the pass incomplete as NU would have had the ball around UT's 30 yard line with just under 2:00 left in the game down by 3 if I remember correctly. Even Mushburger had to ask what was up with that call and you know it is bad if he questions a call against UT.

 

[Comish]

Can't we go to non bowl games? The 1999 loss to Texas still rips me apart.

The HOLD on Mike Brown during their winning drive was the most blatant non-call I've ever witnessed. It happened directly in front of me and it still makes me sick.

(the rumor for a long time was that the officials from that game were barred from the conference after that, but I have no evidence that it was true)

After we totally dominated them in the conference championship game, we clearly (through biased eyes) were deserving of the title.

Or how about the catch by Davidson that was ruled an incompletion on NU's last drive. It wasn't even close as he had to jump to get the ball and ran 10 yards with it. But they called an penality on UT and called the pass incomplete as NU would have had the ball around UT's 30 yard line with just under 2:00 left in the game down by 3 if I remember correctly. Even Mushburger had to ask what was up with that call and you know it is bad if he questions a call against UT.

Exactly!

 

[Frida's Boss]

Can't we go to non bowl games? The 1999 loss to Texas still rips me apart.

The HOLD on Mike Brown during their winning drive was the most blatant non-call I've ever witnessed. It happened directly in front of me and it still makes me sick.

(the rumor for a long time was that the officials from that game were barred from the conference after that, but I have no evidence that it was true)

After we totally dominated them in the conference championship game, we clearly (through biased eyes) were deserving of the title.

Eric Crouch's neck disagrees

 

[mrandyk]

Can't we go to non bowl games? The 1999 loss to Texas still rips me apart.

The HOLD on Mike Brown during their winning drive was the most blatant non-call I've ever witnessed. It happened directly in front of me and it still makes me sick.

(the rumor for a long time was that the officials from that game were barred from the conference after that, but I have no evidence that it was true)

After we totally dominated them in the conference championship game, we clearly (through biased eyes) were deserving of the title.

Eric Crouch's neck disagrees

Nothing will ever be a more blatant non-call than that one. Some calls I can understand missing in the middle of the action. That one though, is inexcusable.

 

[beanman]

Sounds like if we would have been healthy we probably would have rolled their a$$.

Yes. We scored 27 points with 1 rb and first year starter Scott Frost as qb (Green out with foot injury, Benning out with injury. DeAngelo Evans was the only healthy, capable back for the game). Had the defense been fully healthy with Terrell Farley at LB as usual, I doubt Texas even gets to 10 points in that game. If you watch games and highlights from the '96 season and then watch that game, you can clearly see there was a swag missing from that game. Texas's offense did whatever they wanted.

I was 16 during this season. I can remember damn near everything about every football game from 1992 up to 2001, but for some reason 1996 is just a frickin' blur. I remember the Michigan State game and the bowl game, but that's about it.

 

[HuskerThor]

Sounds like if we would have been healthy we probably would have rolled their a$$.

Yes. We scored 27 points with 1 rb and first year starter Scott Frost as qb (Green out with foot injury, Benning out with injury. DeAngelo Evans was the only healthy, capable back for the game). Had the defense been fully healthy with Terrell Farley at LB as usual, I doubt Texas even gets to 10 points in that game. If you watch games and highlights from the '96 season and then watch that game, you can clearly see there was a swag missing from that game. Texas's offense did whatever they wanted.

I was 16 during this season. I can remember damn near everything about every football game from 1992 up to 2001, but for some reason 1996 is just a frickin' blur. I remember the Michigan State game and the bowl game, but that's about it.

Learned the greatness of smoking a little herb that year, eh?

 

[beanman]

Sounds like if we would have been healthy we probably would have rolled their a$$.

Yes. We scored 27 points with 1 rb and first year starter Scott Frost as qb (Green out with foot injury, Benning out with injury. DeAngelo Evans was the only healthy, capable back for the game). Had the defense been fully healthy with Terrell Farley at LB as usual, I doubt Texas even gets to 10 points in that game. If you watch games and highlights from the '96 season and then watch that game, you can clearly see there was a swag missing from that game. Texas's offense did whatever they wanted.

I was 16 during this season. I can remember damn near everything about every football game from 1992 up to 2001, but for some reason 1996 is just a frickin' blur. I remember the Michigan State game and the bowl game, but that's about it.

Learned the greatness of smoking a little herb that year, eh?

Must have been the year I learned how to flog the dolphin.