1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Schedule

Roster

Coaching staff

Game notes

Rankings

1969 Team Players in the NFL

References

USC

Texas A&M

Minnesota

Missouri

Kansas

Oklahoma State

Colorado

Iowa State

Kansas State

Oklahoma

Georgia

Awards

NFL and Pro Players

1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Big Eight co-champion Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 45–6 vs. Georgia
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 11
1969 record	9–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Bob Devaney (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (1st year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1969 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Missouri +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#11 Nebraska +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#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

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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 was followed by national championships for the Huskers in 1970 and 1971.

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 20	1:30 PM	No. 5 USC*		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		L 21-31	67,058
September 27		Texas A&M*		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	ABC	W 14-0	66,331
October 4		at Minnesota*		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota		W 42-14	52,136
October 11		at No. 7 Missouri	No. 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		No. 18 Colorado		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 20-7	67,084
November 8		Iowa State	No. 20	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 17-3	67,107
November 15		at Kansas State	No. 17	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		W 10-7	40,000
November 22		at Oklahoma	No. 16	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma		W 44-14	52,367
December 20		vs. Georgia*	No. 14	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl)	CBS	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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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

#5 USC at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #5 USC	7	14	7	3	31
Nebraska	0	7	0	14	21

Date: 1969-09-20
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 67,058

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.

Texas A&M at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	7	7	0	0	14

Date: 1969-09-27
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 66,331

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.

Nebraska at Minnesota [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	0	14	14	14	42
Minnesota	7	7	0	0	14

Date: 1969-10-04
Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game attendance: 52,136

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.

#20 Nebraska at #7 Missouri [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Nebraska	0	0	7	0	7
• #7 Missouri	7	7	3	0	17

Date: 1969-10-11
Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri
Game attendance: 60,500

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.

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	7	7	3	17
• Nebraska	6	8	0	7	21

Date: 1969-10-18
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 66,667

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.

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	0	0	3	0	3
• Nebraska	0	7	6	0	13

Date: 1969-10-25
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 66,421

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.

#18 Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Colorado	7	0	0	0	7
• Nebraska	3	7	10	0	20

Date: 1969-11-01
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 67,084

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.

Iowa State at #20 Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	0	3	0	0	3
• #20 Nebraska	0	7	10	0	17

Date: 1969-11-08
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 67,107

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.

#17 Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #17 Nebraska	0	0	3	7	10
Kansas State	7	0	0	0	7

Date: 1969-11-15
Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Game attendance: 40,000

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.

#16 Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #16 Nebraska	14	3	13	14	44
Oklahoma	7	0	0	7	14

Date: 1969-11-22
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 53,500

Scoring summary

1	OU	Mildren 18-yard run (Derr kick)	OU 7-0

1	NEB	Brownson 1-yard run (Rogers kick)	Tied 7-7

1	NEB	Kinney 3-yard run (Rogers kick)	NEB 14-7

2	NEB	Rogers 26-yard field goal	NEB 17-7

3	NEB	Kinney 11-yard run (run failed)	NEB 23-7

3	NEB	Ingles 7-yard pass from Kinney (Rogers kick)	NEB 30-7

4	NEB	Kinney 6-yard pass from Brownson (Rogers kick)	NEB 37-7

4	OU	Nordgren 16-yard pass from Mildren (Derr kick)	NEB 37-14

4	NEB	Hughes 6-yard run (Rogers kick)	NEB 44-14

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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#14 Nebraska vs Georgia [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #14 Nebraska	18	0	14	13	45
Georgia	0	0	0	6	6

Date: 1969-12-20
Location: Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Texas
Game attendance: 31,728

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, they merely closed the gap to 6-38, which the Cornhuskers then answered with one more touchdown before the final whistle.

Ranking Movement
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
AP	NR	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	20	17	16	13	13	14	11
Coaches														12

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Award	Name(s)
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

Adkins, John #57 (So.) DE
Ahlmann, Harold (Jr.) MG
Anderson, Jim #18 (So.) RCB
Ashman, Carl #53 (Sr.) LG
Bomberger, Bill #46 (Jr.) FB
Boyd, David (So.) E
Branch, Jim (So.) LB
Brownson, Van #12 (So.) QB
Buda, Joe #52 (Sr.) C
Carstens, Jim (So.) FB
Chandler, George #33 (Jr.) LB
Coppa, Rich (So.) C
Davis, Harold (So.) LG
Decker, John #21 (Jr.) LCB
DeOrio, Lonnie (So.) DT
Didur, Dale #84 (Jr.) SE
Drakulich, Ron #41 (Sr.) DT
Dumler, Doug #78 (So.) LT
Dvorsak, Tony #11 (Jr.) QB
Fiala, Adrian #32 (Sr.) LB
Frost, Larry #28 (Sr.) HB
Galbraith, Denis (Unk) MG
Geddes, Ken #37 (Sr.) MG
Graves, Lanny (So.) FB
Green, Mike #34 (Sr.) FB
Grenfell, Bob #59 (Jr.) LG
Gutzman, Dennis #39 (Jr.) DE
Hacias, Greg (So.) S
Harvey, Phil #83 (So.) TE
Hauge, Bruce #48 (So.) LB
Hinckley, Ron #65 (So.) RG
Hollstein, Gary #29 (So.) S
Holmes, Bill (So.) E
Hopkins, John #79 (So.) RT
Hornbacher, Bill #55 (Sr.) DT

Hughes, Jeff #26 (So.) HB
Hyland, John #58 (So.) DE
Ingles, Guy #88 (Jr.) SE
Jacobson, Larry #75 (So.) DT
Jamail, Doug #50 (So.) C
Janssen, Bill #82 (So.) DE
Jarmon, Sherwin #81 (Sr.) DE
Jennings, Henry #38 (So.) MON
Jones, George (So.) S
Kinney, Jeff #35 (So.) HB
Kinsel, John (So.) C
Kobza, Dan #49 (Sr.) LB
Kontos, Ken (So.) LB
Kosch, Bill #24 (So.) RCB
Larson, Al #20 (Sr.) MON
Liddle, Kent #51 (So.) C
Liggett, Bob #71 (Sr.) DT
List, Jerry #85 (So.) TE
Lowe, Rex (Unk) HB
Mabin, Wes #39 (So.) LCB
Malone, Dan (So.) DT
Mason, Dave #87 (So.) E
McClelland, Tom #16 (So.) S
McFarland, Bob #27 (So.) RCB
McFarland, Jim #80 (Sr.) TE
McGhee, Donnie #70 (Jr.) RT
McGowan, Tom (So.) LB
McGuire, Mike #15 (So.) MON
Menser, Charles #63 (So.) RG
Miller, Jim #86 (So.) DE
Minzak, Edward (So.) RG
Montgomery, Al #47 (So.) HB
Morell, Pat #40 (So.) LB
Morock, David #43 (Jr.) MON
Morrill, Pat (Unk) LB

Murtaugh, Jerry #42 (Jr.) LB
Newton, Bob #74 (Jr.) LT
Newton, Clint (So.) E
Orduna, Joe #31 (Sr.) HB
Osberg, Chuck #17 (So.) QB
Pabis, Bob #66 (So.) MG
Patrick, Frank #10 (Sr.) QB
Patterson, Glenn #72 (Sr.) C
Periard, Ed #56 (Jr.) MG
Pitts, John #54 (So.) DE
Pogge, Bill (So.) FB
Reeves, Randy #25 (Sr.) S
Rogers, Paul #30 (Jr.) PK
Schloff, Merle #69 (So.) DT
Schneiss, Dan #22 (Jr.) FB
Smith, Jim #23 (So.) HB
Snyder, Bob (So.) RT
Sobota, Joe (So.) DT
Stejskal, Greg #68 (So.) LT
Stephenson, Dana #36 (Sr.) LCB
Tagge, Jerry #14 (So.) QB
Tegels, John (So.) LB
Terrio, Bob #45 (So.) FB
Topliff, Paul #73 (Sr.) RT
Vactor, Frank #19 (Jr.) HB
Volberding, Ron #64 (So.) RG
Walline, Dave #76 (Jr.) DT
Weber, Bruce #61 (So.) LG
Wenner, Rick (So.) S
Williams, Gale #77 (Sr.) RG
Winter, Wally #67 (Jr.) LT
Witliff, Frank (So.) HB
Wynn, Mike #90 (Sr.) DE
Yanda, Steve #44 (So.) LB

↑ "Football - 1969 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
↑ Nebraska 1969 Roster
↑ "Nebraska Whips Oklahoma, 44-14." Palm Beach Post. 1969 Nov 23.
↑ 1969 Husker Honors
↑ Pro Football Reference.com - 1970 NFL Draft
↑ Pro Football Reference.com - 1971 NFL Draft
↑ Pro Football Reference.com - 1972 NFL Draft
↑ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Venues	Lincoln Park (1890–95) "M" Street Park (1894–96) Antelope Field (1897–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–22) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado Iowa (Heroes Trophy) Kansas Miami Minnesota ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Missouri (Victory Bell) Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin (Freedom Trophy)

Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Marching band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" 1939 Kansas State game 1971 Oklahoma game Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

Big Eight Conference football champions

MVIAA	Nebraska & Iowa (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Nebraska & Drake (1922) Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)

Big Six	Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929) Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939) Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)

Big Seven	Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949) Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)

Big Eight	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969) Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979) Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989) Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)

National championships in bold

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