1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
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Gotham Bowl Champions
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Gotham Bowl, W 36-34 vs. Miami
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Conference | Big Eight Conference |
1962 record | 9-2-0 (5-2-0 Big 8) |
Head coach | Bob Devaney (1st year) |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#8 Oklahoma $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1962 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The November 3 game against Missouri marked the start of Nebraska's current NCAA record of 346 consecutive sellouts.
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 22 | South Dakota* | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 53-0 | 26,953 | |||||
September 29 | at Michigan* | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan | W 25-13 | 70,287 | |||||
October 6 | Iowa State | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 36-22 | 34,321 | |||||
October 13 | NC State* | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 19-14 | 36,867 | |||||
October 20 | Kansas State | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 26-6 | 30,701 | |||||
October 27 | at Colorado | Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado | W 31-6 | 34,183 | |||||
November 3 | Missouri | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | L 7-16 | 36,501 | |||||
November 10 | at Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas | W 40-16 | 37,063 | |||||
November 17 | Oklahoma State | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 14-0 | 34,329 | |||||
November 24 | at #10 Oklahoma | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma | L 6-34 | 58,768 | |||||
December 15 | vs. Miami* | Yankee Stadium • New York, New York (Gotham Bowl) | W 36-34 | 6,166 | |||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
Roster
Official Roster | ||||||
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Coaching staff
Name | Title | First year in this position |
Years at Nebraska | Alma Mater |
Bob Devaney | Head Coach | 1962 | 1962-1972 | Alma |
John Melton | 1962 | 1962-1988 | Wyoming | |
Cletus Fischer | 1960 | 1960-1985 | Nebraska | |
Mike Corgan | Running Backs | 1962 | 1962-1982 | Notre Dame |
George Kelly | 1960 | 1960-1968 | ||
Jim Ross | 1962 | 1962-1976 | ||
Carl Selmer | Offensive Line | 1962 | 1962-1972 |
Game notes
South Dakota
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Michigan
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Iowa State
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NC State
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Kansas State
This was the last Nebraska home football game to not be sold out.
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Colorado
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Missouri
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This is the first game of Nebraska's NCAA record of consecutive sellouts, which currently stands at 325 sellouts following the 2012 season.
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Kansas
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Oklahoma State
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Oklahoma
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Miami
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After the season
Awards
- All Big 8: Robert Brown, Dennis Claridge, Tyrone Robertson
Future professional players
- Robert Brown, 1964 2nd-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles
- Dennis Claridge, 1963 3rd-round pick of the Green Bay Packers
- Rudy Johnson, 1964 5th-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers
- Bob Jones, 1964 18th-round pick of the Washington Redskins
- Monte Kiffin, 1964 15th-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings
- John Kirby, 1964 5th-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings
- Larry Kramer, 1964 15th-round pick of the Baltimore Colts
- Willie Ross, 1964 9th-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals
- Dave Theisen, 1963 11th-round pick of the Los Angeles Rams
- Bill (Thunder) Thornton, 1963 5th-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals
- Lloyd Voss, 1964 1st-round pick of the Green Bay Packers
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