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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/NebraskaCurse on 2023-12-16 16:01:18.
I remember watching Nebraska lose only 3 games in a 5 year stretch. I’m not sure 60-3 still holds up in a 5 year stretch, but I think Nebraskas record from 1982-2001 might be the greatest 20 year stretch of college football ever. Here’s the stats: single asterisk denotes national championship game. Double asterisk denotes national champions.
1982: 12-1, 7-0. Rank: 3. Conference 1st
*1983: 12-1, 7-0. Rank: 2. Conference: 1st
1984: 10-2, 6-1. Rank: 3. Conference: 1st
1985: 9-3, 6-1. Rank: 10. Conference: 2nd
1986: 10-2, 5-2. Rank: 4. Conference: 3rd
1987: 10-2, 6-1. Rank. 6. Conference: 2nd
1988: 11-2, 7-0. Rank 10. Conference: 1st
1989: 10-2, 6-1. Rank: 11. Conference: 2nd
1990: 9-3, 5-2. Rank 17. Conference: 3rd
1991: 9-2-1, 6-0-1. Rank: 15. conference: 1st
1992: 9-3, 6-1. Rank: 14. Conference: 1st
*1993: 11-1, 7-0. Rank: 3. Conference: 1st
**1994: 13-0, 7-0. Rank 1. Conference: 1st
**1995: 12-0, 7-0. Rank 1. Conference: 1st
1996: 11-2, 8-0. Rank: 6. Conference: 2nd
**1997: 13-0, 8-0. Rank 1. Conference: 1st
1998: 9-4, 5-3. Rank: 19. Conference: 2nd
1999: 12-1, 7-1. Rank 2. Conference: 1st.
2000: 10-2, 6-2. Rank: 7. Conference: 3rd
*2001: 11-2, 7-1. Rank: 7. Conference: 3rd.
Some takeaways from the data:
Nebraska finished in the top 10 in 15 of the 20 years and finished in the top 20 every single year.
Nebraska won 11 of 20 conference championships. Nebraska never finished worse than 3rd in the conference in all 20 years. To include a 5 year stretch from 1993-1997 where they never lost a conference game.
From 1993-1997 Nebraska lost only 3 games and went 60-3 during that stretch. They played for national championship in 4 of 5 straight years. And won 3 national championships.
90s decade. Nebraska only lost 16 total games in the entire 90s decade. An average of only 1.6 losses a year for 10 years.
Over the entire 20 years Nebraskas record was 203-35-1. A win percentage of .852.
I’ve yet to see a 20 year resume that’s bests Nebraska 1982-2001.
Edit:
People have noted contenders with similar resumes to be: Ohio state 02-21, Miami 82-01. Alabama 07-27. (Soon)
They are so similar in fact that further stats snd data would need to be analyzed to determine the better run. Like win margins defensive and offensive rankings etc.