| 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football | |
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Big 8 co-champion Sun Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 12 |
| AP | No. 11 |
| Record | 9–2 (6–1 Big 8) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Tom Osborne (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | I formation |
| Defensive coordinator | Monte Kiffin (1st season) |
| Base defense | 5–2 |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Missouri + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Nebraska + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Colorado | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Bob Devaney and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. In his first year as offensive coordinator, Tom Osborne instituted the I formation.
The Huskers lost the opener at home to fifth-ranked USC,[1] and were 2–2 after a loss in the conference opener at #7 Missouri.[2] They won their final six regular season games to tie for the Big Eight championship, were invited to the Sun Bowl in El Paso,[3] and decisively beat the Georgia Bulldogs to finish the season at 9–2.[4][5]
The Huskers' strong finish in 1969 was followed by consecutive national championships in 1970 and 1971; after the rout of second-ranked Alabama in the 1972 Orange Bowl, Nebraska's unbeaten streak reached 32 games.
- ^ "Trojan soph sparkles". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 21, 1969. p. 2B.
- ^ "Tigers hold Nebraska". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 12, 1969. p. 4B.
- ^ "'Huskers stall Owens". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1969. p. 5B.
- ^ "Nebraska whips Georgia, 45-6". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. December 21, 1969. p. 2, section 4.
- ^ "Nebraska's field goals, defense stops Georgia". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 21, 1969. p. 17.