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===Football=== {{main|Nebraska Cornhuskers football}} [[File:Tommie Frazier photo.jpg|thumb|175px|Quarterback [[Tommie Frazier]] was named most valuable player of three national championship games]] Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history, winning forty-six conference championships and five [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championships]], along with seven unclaimed national titles. Its 1971 and 1995 teams are considered among the best ever. [[Heisman Trophy]] winners [[Johnny Rodgers]], [[Mike Rozier]], and [[Eric Crouch]] join twenty-four other Cornhuskers in the [[College Football Hall of Fame]]. The program's first extended period of success came early in the twentieth century. Between 1900 and 1916, Nebraska had five undefeated seasons and a stretch of thirty-four games without a loss.<ref name=Jumbo/> The Cornhuskers won twenty-four conference championships prior to [[World War II]] but struggled through the postwar years until [[Bob Devaney]] was hired in 1962. Devaney built Nebraska into a national power, winning two national championships and eight conference titles in eleven seasons as head coach. Offensive coordinator [[Tom Osborne]] was named Devaney's successor in 1973 and over the next twenty-five years established himself as one of the best coaches in college football history with his trademark [[I formation]] offense and revolutionary strength, conditioning, and nutrition programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=How it was: Osborne on the Option|author=Mike Babcock|url=https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Nebraska-Tom-Osborne-on-the-option-offense-40100/|website=[[247Sports]]|date=15 September 2011|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> Following Osborne's retirement in 1997, Nebraska cycled through five head coaches before hiring [[Matt Rhule]] in 2023. Nebraska has played its home games at [[Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)|Memorial Stadium]] since 1923 and [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football sellout streak|sold out]] every game at the venue since 1962. *Conference championships (46): 1894, 1895, 1897, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972,{{efn|In early 1973, Oklahoma forfeited eight wins from the previous season when it was discovered the Sooners had used players ineligible under [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] rules, which gave second-place Nebraska the 1972 Big Eight title. Decades later, Oklahoma reversed course and recognized these wins. Both schools claim the championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/19/archives/oklahoma-agrees-to-forfeit-games-gives-up-eight-victories-in.html|title=Oklahoma Agrees to Forfeit Games|author=Gordon S. White Jr.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=17 April 1973|access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref>}} 1975, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999 *'''[[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National championships]]''' (claimed in bold) (12): 1915, '''1970''', '''1971''', 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, '''1994''', '''1995''', '''1997'''
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