Nebraska Football Uniform History

The history of the blackshirts nickname for the defense of the nebraska football team dates back more than 50 years.

Nebraska football uniform history. Around 1980 the was gone from the sleeve shoulder pad altogether and replaced by an n. Names start showing up on jerseys in the early 80s i think on road uniforms first. The two losses during came by a combined eight points including a 36 31 defeat on the road. Scott frost has held the position since december 2 2017.

It has been an odd season to say the least in lincoln with football postponed then brought back with a late october start. Nebraska might have dropped the weirdest uniform reveal in the history of college football. The 30th official head coach in nebraska football history frost s first game against akron on sept. Nebraska has had 34 head coaches in the program s history.

Bible biff jones bob devaney and tom osborne osborne is the program s all time leader in most major categories. Once again nebraska football will wear an alternate uniform for one of its games. Add nebraska s tease of its alternate uniform to the list of oddities. His 836 career winning.

The cornhuskers tweeted a video showcasing their 2020 uniforms and it wasn t like anything i ve seen before. Coached by cornhusker icon bob devaney and co captained by mike kennedy and frank solich the 1965 team went undefeated in the regular season before losing to alabama 39 28 in the orange bowl. 1982 added a red face. The husker then went on to start the season 0 6 but finished the year with wins in four of their last six games.

Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history. This painting honors the 1965 university of nebraska football team and 66 worn by wayne meylan. For at least one game this year the cornhuskers offense will join the defense. On monday the huskers announced the designs for their alternate uniform that will be worn for nebraska s matchup.

Through 2019 the cornhuskers rank seventh in all time victories among fbs teams. Nebraska actually first wore an alternate uniform in 1923 when the huskers hosting oklahoma wore blue jerseys out of courtesy to the visiting sooners. But love em or hate em the alternate.