Conference Big Eight Conference AP No. 1 Head coach Bob Devaney (9th year) | Coaches No. 3 1970 record 11–0–1 (7–0 Big 8) Offensive coordinator Tom Osborne (2nd year) | |
The 1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1970 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. The Huskers went 11–0–1 to win the first of two consecutive national championships.
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Overview
The Huskers started the season at #9 and tied #3 USC in Los Angeles in the second game of the season. After winning their next nine games, including all seven in the Big 8, Nebraska was ranked third in the nation entering the 1971 Orange Bowl against #5 LSU of the SEC. Top-ranked Texas and #2 Ohio State both lost their bowl games earlier in the day and a 17-12 Nebraska victory that night in Miami gave the Huskers their first national title.
Through the 1973 season, the final UPI coaches poll was released in early December, before the bowl games. In 1970 it picked Texas as national champion on December 8, before the Longhorns' 24-11 loss to Notre Dame in the 1971 Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's Day. Notre Dame (10-1) finished second to Nebraska (11-0-1) in the final AP writers poll, released after the bowls in early January.
1970 Team Players in the NFL
The 1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers seniors selected in the 1971 NFL Draft:
The 1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers juniors selected in the following year's 1972 NFL Draft:
The 1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers sophomores selected in the 1973 NFL Draft:
NFL and Pro Players
The following 1970 Nebraska players joined
a professional team as draftees or free agents.