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This list of Nebraska Cornhuskers bowl games is a listing of the bowl games the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program has participated in since the inception of college football's bowl system in 1902. Nebraska competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference .[ 1] [ 2]
Nebraska declined an invitation to play in the second-ever Rose Bowl Game following the 1915 season and did not make its bowl debut until 1941 . Twenty-one years later, Bob Devaney 's first season ended with the first bowl victory in program history, a 36–34 victory over Miami (FL) in the 1962 Gotham Bowl .[ 2] Orange Bowl due to the Big Eight's bowl affiliations, playing in the game seventeen times between 1954 and 1997, first against SEC opposition and later against the ACC .[ 2]
National championship game Nebraska win Nebraska loss
No.
Date
Bowl
Winning team
Losing team
City
Stadium
Attendance
1
Jan. 1, 1941 Rose No. 2 Stanford 21 No. 7 Nebraska 13 Pasadena, CA Rose Bowl 92,000
2
Jan. 1, 1955 Orange No. 14 Duke 34 Nebraska 7 Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl 68,750
3
Dec. 15, 1962 Gotham Nebraska 36 Miami 34 New York City, NY Yankee Stadium 6,166
4
Jan. 1, 1964 Orange No. 6 Nebraska 13 No. 5 Auburn 7 Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl 72,647
5
Jan. 1, 1965 Cotton No. 2 Arkansas 10 No. 6 Nebraska 7 Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl 75,504
6
Jan. 1, 1966 Orange No. 4 Alabama 39 No. 3 Nebraska 28 Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl 72,214
7
Jan. 2, 1967 Sugar No. 3 Alabama 34 No. 6 Nebraska 7 New Orleans, LA Tulane Stadium 82,000
8
Dec. 20, 1969 Sun No. 14 Nebraska 45 Georgia 6 El Paso, TX Sun Bowl 31,176
9
Jan. 1, 1971 Orange No. 3 Nebraska 17 No. 5 LSU 12 Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl 80,699
10
Jan. 1, 1972 No. 1 Nebraska 38 No. 2 Alabama 6 78,151
11
Jan. 1, 1973 No. 9 Nebraska 40 No. 12 Notre Dame 6 80,010
12
Jan. 1, 1974 Cotton No. 12 Nebraska 19 No. 8 Texas 3 Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl 68,500
13
Dec. 31, 1974 Sugar No. 8 Nebraska 13 No. 18 Florida 10 New Orleans, LA Tulane Stadium 67,890
14
Dec. 26, 1975 Fiesta No. 7 Arizona State 17 No. 6 Nebraska 14 Tempe, AZ Sun Devil Stadium 51,396
15
Dec. 31, 1976 Bluebonnet No. 13 Nebraska 27 No. 9 Texas Tech 24 Houston, TX Astrodome 48,618
16
Dec. 19, 1977 Liberty No. 12 Nebraska 21 No. 14 North Carolina 17 Memphis, TN Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 49,456
17
Jan. 1, 1979 Orange No. 4 Oklahoma 31 No. 6 Nebraska 24 Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl 66,365
18
Jan. 1, 1980 Cotton No. 8 Houston 17 No. 7 Nebraska 14 Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl 72,032
19
Dec. 27, 1980 Sun No. 8 Nebraska 31 No. 17 Mississippi State 17 El Paso, TX Sun Bowl 34,723
20
Jan. 1, 1982 Orange No. 1 Clemson 22 No. 4 Nebraska 15 Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl 72,748
21
Jan. 1, 1983 No. 3 Nebraska 21 No. 13 LSU 20 54,407
22
Jan. 2, 1984 No. 5 Miami (FL) 31 No. 1 Nebraska 30 72,549
23
Jan. 1, 1985 Sugar No. 5 Nebraska 28 No. 11 LSU 10 New Orleans, LA Louisiana Superdome 75,608
24
Jan. 1, 1986 Fiesta No. 5 Michigan 27 No. 7 Nebraska 23 Tempe, AZ Sun Devil Stadium 72,454
25
Jan. 1, 1987 Sugar No. 6 Nebraska 30 No. 5 LSU 15 New Orleans, LA Louisiana Superdome 76,234
26
Jan. 1, 1988 Fiesta No. 3 Florida State 31 No. 5 Nebraska 28 Tempe, AZ Sun Devil Stadium 72,112
27
Jan. 2, 1989 Orange No. 2 Miami (FL) 23 No. 6 Nebraska 3 Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl 79,480
28
Jan. 1, 1990 Fiesta No. 5 Florida State 41 No. 6 Nebraska 17 Tempe, AZ Sun Devil Stadium 73,953
29
Jan. 1, 1991 Citrus No. 2 Georgia Tech 45 No. 19 Nebraska 21 Orlando, FL Florida Citrus Bowl 73,328
30
Jan. 1, 1992 Orange No. 1 Miami (FL) 22 No. 11 Nebraska 0 Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl 77,747
31
Jan. 1, 1993 No. 3 Florida State 27 No. 11 Nebraska 14 57,324
32
Jan. 1, 1994 No. 1 Florida State 18 No. 2 Nebraska 16 81,536
33
Jan. 1, 1995 No. 1 Nebraska 24 No. 3 Miami (FL) 17 81,753
34
Jan. 2, 1996 Fiesta No. 1 Nebraska 62 No. 2 Florida 24 Tempe, AZ Sun Devil Stadium 79,864
35
Dec. 31, 1996 Orange No. 6 Nebraska 41 No. 10 Virginia Tech 21 Miami Gardens, FL Joe Robbie Stadium 51,212
36
Jan. 2, 1998 No. 2 Nebraska 42 No. 3 Tennessee 17 74,002
37
Dec. 30, 1998 Holiday No. 5 Arizona 23 No. 14 Nebraska 20 San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium 65,354
38
Jan. 2, 2000 Fiesta No. 3 Nebraska 31 No. 6 Tennessee 21 Tempe, AZ Sun Devil Stadium 71,526
39
Dec. 30, 2000 Alamo No. 9 Nebraska 66 No. 18 Northwestern 17 San Antonio, TX Alamodome 60,028
40
Jan. 3, 2002 Rose No. 1 Miami (FL) 37 No. 4 Nebraska 14 Pasadena, CA Rose Bowl 93,781
41
Dec. 27, 2002 Independence Mississippi 27 Nebraska 23 Shreveport, LA Independence Stadium 46,096
42
Dec. 29, 2003 Alamo No. 22 Nebraska 17 Michigan State 3 San Antonio, TX Alamodome 56,229
43
Dec. 28, 2005 Nebraska 32 No. 20 Michigan 28 63,016
44
Jan. 1, 2007 Cotton No. 10 Auburn 17 No. 22 Nebraska 14 Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl 66,777
45
Jan. 1, 2009 Gator Nebraska 26 Clemson 21 Jacksonville, FL EverBank Stadium 67,282
46
Dec. 30, 2009 Holiday No. 20 Nebraska 33 No. 22 Arizona 0 San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium 64,607
47
Dec. 30, 2010 Washington 19 No. 17 Nebraska 7 57,921
48
Jan. 2, 2012 Citrus No. 10 South Carolina 30 No. 21 Nebraska 13 Orlando, FL Florida Citrus Bowl 61,351
49
Jan. 1, 2013 No. 6 Georgia 45 No. 23 Nebraska 31 59,712
50
Jan. 1, 2014 Gator Nebraska 24 No. 23 Georgia 19 Jacksonville, FL EverBank Stadium 60,712
51
Dec. 27, 2014 Holiday No. 24 USC 45 No. 25 Nebraska 42 San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium 55,789
52
Dec. 26, 2015 San Francisco Nebraska 37 UCLA 29 Santa Clara, CA Levi's Stadium 33,527
53
Dec. 30, 2016 Music City Tennessee 38 No. 24 Nebraska 24 Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium 68,496
54
Dec. 28, 2024 Pinstripe Boston College Nebraska New York, NY Yankee Stadium
Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.
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