| 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football | |||
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| Big 8 Co-Champions | |||
| Sun Bowl, W 45-6 vs Georgia | |||
| Conference | Big Eight | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #12 - December 9th | ||
| AP | #11 | ||
| 1969 record | 9-2 (6-1 Big 8) | ||
| Head coach | Bob Devaney | ||
| Offensive coordinator | Tom Osborne | ||
| Offensive scheme | I formation | ||
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Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium | ||
Seasons
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| 1969 Big 8 Football standings | ||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||
| #6 / 6 Missouri | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||
| #11 / 12 Nebraska | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||
| #16 / NR 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 college football season. The team was coached by 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 team started 2-2, then won their final six regular season games to tie for the conference championship. They were invited to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, where they decisively beat the Georgia Bulldogs to finish the season at 9-2. The strong finish in 1969 led to consecutive national championships for the Huskers in 1970 and 1971.
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| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 20* | #5 USC | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska |
L 21-31 | 67,058 | |||
| September 27* | Texas A&M | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska |
W 14-0 | 66,331 | |||
| October 4* | at Minnesota | Memorial
Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota |
W 42-14 | 52,136 | |||
| October 11 | at #7 Missouri | #20 | Faurot
Field • Columbia, Missouri |
L 7-17 | 60,500 | ||
| October 18 | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska |
W 21-17 | 66,667 | |||
| October 25 | Oklahoma State | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska |
W 13-3 | 66,421 | |||
| November 1 | #18 Colorado | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska |
W 20-7 | 67,084 | |||
| November 8† | Iowa State | #20 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska |
W 17-3 | 67,107 | ||
| November 15 | at Kansas State | #17 | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas |
W 10-7 | 40,000 | ||
| November 22 | at Oklahoma | #16 | Owen
Field • Norman, Oklahoma |
W 44-14 | 53,500 | ||
| December 20* | vs. Georgia | #14 | Sun Bowl
Stadium • El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl) |
W 45-6 | 31,728 | ||
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||
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Adkins, John #57 (So.)
DE |
Hughes, Jeff #26 (So.)
HB |
Murtaugh, Jerry #42
(Jr.) LB |
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| Name | Title | First year in this position |
Years at Nebraska |
Alma Mater |
| Bob Devaney | Head Coach | 1962 | 1962-72 | Alma |
| Tom Osborne | Offensive Coordinator | 1969 | 1964-97 | Hastings |
| Cletus Fischer | Offensive Line | 1960-85 | Nebraska | |
| Carl Selmer | Offensive Line | 1962-72 | ||
| Jim Ross | 1962-76 | |||
| John Melton | Tight Ends. Wingbacks | 1973 | 1962-88 | Wyoming |
| Mike Corgan | Running Backs | 1962 | 1962-82 | Notre Dame |
| Monte Kiffin | 1967-76 | Nebraska | ||
| Warren Powers | Defensive Backs | 1969-76 | Nebraska | |
| Boyd Epley | Head Strength Coach | 1969 | 1969-2003 | Nebraska |
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USC had a fight on their hands, despite jumping out to an early
14-0 lead. Nebraska scrambled back and drew up within 7 points in
the 4th quarter with 3:40 to go. The Cornhuskers again got the ball
back with enough time to score, but USC intercepted and converted
the turnover into a field goal in the final seconds to decide the
outcome.
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The Cornhuskers put up a touchdown in each of the first two
quarters before Texas A&M was somehow able to bottle them up,
but the Blackshirts
had already established that the Aggies would get nothing on the
day, and the 14 Nebraska points were carried for the win.
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Nebraska QB Jerry
Tagge broke a record while taking apart Minnesota in
Minneapolis. The 587 total Cornhusker yards was the second highest
total in school history, and his 219 air yards and 82 ground yards
rang up to 301 on the day, easily breaking the previous record of
264 yards set in 1951 and tied in 1967. The game started in doubt
as Minnesota struck first and forced Nebraska to a 14-14 tie at the
half, but there would be no further scoring from the Golden Gophers
to answer the additional 28 Nebraska points posted after the
half.
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Nebraska attempted to bring a fight to Columbia to go along with
their new #20 ranking, but after Missouri went up 7-0, it did not
help that the Cornhuskers turned over a fumble to Missouri which
was converted into 7 more points before the half. Nebraska managed
to avoid the shutout with a 3rd quarter touchdown but could not
overcome Missouri's defense to score again, and subsequently fell
back out of the polls.
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Nebraska PK Paul Rogers set a Nebraska and Big 8 record with a
55 yard 1st quarter field goal to open the scoring. It was a fierce
back-and-forth game, though Nebraska ran ahead by 14 only to have
Kansas tie it up in the 3rd and pull ahead with a field goal in the
4th. The Cornhuskers came through, however, putting in the
game-winning touchdown with just 1:22 left to play.
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The defensive struggle of the day kept the scores low and the
game in doubt late, as Nebraska held only a 10 point lead to start
the 4th quarter, but the defenses held on both sides and the
Cornhuskers got the win.
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Nebraska's 13 point margin of victory was directly attributable
to the school record 3 interceptions by Dana Stephenson, two of
which were subsequently converted into touchdowns, giving Nebraska
the upset win.
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Iowa State was held to only 27 yards on the ground in front a
Memorial Stadium homecoming crowd, as Nebraska held the Cyclones to
just a 2nd quarter field goal on their way to the win.
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The Blackshirts
allowed Kansas State a touchdown early on, but closed the door for
the rest of the game. The Cornhusker offense needed that support,
as they were not able to put up their own points until splitting
the uprights with a field goal late in the 3rd, and very much
needed the touchdown punched in about 10 minutes later to pull
ahead for the victory.
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Nebraska fought from behind to deliver Coach Devaney's first win
in Norman, a convincing win in which the Blackshirts held the season's Heisman Trophy
winner Steve Owens to just 71
yards with no touchdowns, breaking his 17 game touchdown streak.
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Nebraska opened the day with four straight 1st quarter field
goals, setting new Nebraska and Big 8 records in the process, which
was the beginning of Georgia being left far behind. By the time the
Bulldogs found the scoreboard on a 4th quarter touchdown, the
merely closed the gap to 6-38, which the Cornhuskers then answered
with one more touchdown before the final whistle.
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final |
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| AP | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | NR | NR | 20 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
| Coaches | 12 |
| Award | Name(s) |
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| All-America 1st team |
Jim McFarland, Dana Stephenson |
| Big Eight Sophomore of the Year |
Jeff Kinney |
| All-Big Eight 1st team |
Ken Geddes, Bob
Liggett, Jim McFarland, Jerry Murtaugh, Dana Stephenson |
| All-Big Eight 2nd team |
Sherwin Jarmon |
| All-Big Eight honorable mention |
Carl Ashman, Van Brownson, Guy Ingles, Al Larson, Glenn Patterson, Jerry Tagge, Paul Topliff, Dave Walline, Mike Wynn |
The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers seniors selected in the 1970 NFL Draft: [5]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Jim McFarland | TE | 7 | 164 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Ken Geddes | LB | 7 | 175 | Detroit Lions |
| Dana Stephenson | DB | 8 | 183 | Chicago Bears |
| Mike Wynn | DE | 8 | 206 | Oakland Raiders |
| Frank Patrick | QB | 10 | 251 | Green Bay Packers |
| Bob Liggett | DT | 15 | 390 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Mike Green | RB | 16 | 406 | San Diego Chargers |
| Glenn Patterson | C | 17 | 439 | Dallas Cowboys |
The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers juniors selected in the following year's 1971 NFL Draft: [6]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Joe Orduna | RB | 2 | 49 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Bob Newton | T | 3 | 71 | Chicago Bears |
| Paul Rogers | K-DB | 8 | 190 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Dan Schneiss | TE | 11 | 261 | Boston Patriots |
The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers sophomores selected in the 1972 NFL Draft:[7]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Jerry Tagge | QB | 1 | 11 | Green Bay Packers |
| Jeff Kinney | RB | 1 | 23 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Larry Jacobson | DT | 1 | 24 | New York Giants |
| Carl Johnson | T | 5 | 112 | New Orleans Saints |
| Van Brownson | QB | 8 | 204 | Baltimore Colts |
| Keith Wortman | G | 10 | 242 | Green Bay Packers |
The following 1969 Nebraska players joined a professional team
as draftees or free agents.[8]
| Name | Team |
|---|---|
| Doug Dumler | New England Patriots |
| Ken Geddes | Los Angeles Rams |
| Larry Jacobson | New York Giants |
| Bill Janssen | Charlotte Hornets |
| Sherwin Jarmon | Chicago Fire |
| Jeff Kinney | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Bob Liggett | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Dave Mason | New England Patriots |
| Jim McFarland | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Bob Newton | Chicago Bears |
| Joe Orduna | New York Giants |
| Frank Patrick | Green Bay Packers |
| Jerry Tagge | Green Bay Packers |
| Frank Vactor | Washington Redskins |
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