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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Sharveharv on 2024-11-17 19:49:01+00:00.
The last decade: Nebraska has been in 60 one-score games. They went 16-44 for a winning percentage of 26.7%.
The bowl drought: Nebraska has not played in a bowl game since 2016. Since then, they’ve played in 48 one-score games. They’ve gone 11-37 for a winning percentage of 22.9%.
The current students: A senior in the humble student section, assuming they’re only taking four years to graduate, has witnessed 26 one-score games. They have watched 4 wins and 22 losses, a record of 4-22, for a lovely winning percentage of 15.4%. Seven of those one-score losses would have clinched a bowl game.
Nebraska football’s best performance during this senior’s time on earth was a 10-4 season. They were halfway through 8th grade the last time a Husker uniform stepped foot into a bowl game. Then lost. This is all they know.
Here’s some graphs showing the close game performance for all FBS teams over these ranges.
Nebraska is reaching depths of suffering never thought possible. Go Big Red.
Edit: 2021-2024 got cropped too far, here’s the correct graph