1995 Nebraska Football

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The 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers represented the University of Nebraska in college football. The team Coach Tom Osborne fielded in 1995 is widely believed to be the best team in the history of college football. In a live, 2-hour broadcast on the ESPN2 and ESPN Classic networks, on December 14, 2006, viewers selected the 1995 Nebraska team as the greatest team in the history of college football.

Following the success of the 1994 season, in which Tommie Frazier led the team to Tom Osborne's first national championship, the 1995 version improved in every facet. With the powerful rushing offense and a dominating defense, Nebraska captured its second consecutive national title. The 1995-1996 season set up a record-breaking three championships in four years, as the 1994 and 1995 seasons were followed by Tom Osborne's third title in 1997.

Entering the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, Nebraska was thought of by some an underdog (including Sports Illustrated in their 12/26/1995 issue), even though it came into the game riding a long streak as the #1 team in the country. Their opponent, the University of Florida Gators, were considered to possess a defense with overwhelming speed. Many favored the Florida defensive speed in contrast to the traditional run-first, power-option offense of Nebraska, even though odds makers had made Nebraska a 3-point favorite. On January 2nd, 1996, Nebraska defeated Florida 62-24, marking the largest margin of victory and highest score in a national championship game in history.

Due to their performance against Florida as well as beating 4 teams that finished in the top 10 by an average score of 49-18, their record setting offensive performance, and their statistically impressive defense throughout the season, the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers are widely considered one of the greatest teams in college football history. Comparisons to current highly-regarded champions, such as the 2001 Miami Hurricanes (who defeated Nebraska in the Rose Bowl to claim the title), the 2004 USC Trojans, and the 2005 Texas Longhorns, are often made. Such comparisons, as noted by the experts themselves, are nearly impossible to make, as rankings vary from evaluation to evaluation.

National Champions
Won 12, Lost 0, Tied 0
Big 8: Won 7, Lost 0, Tied 0, 1st
Coach Tom Osborne
Oklahoma St. W 64-21
Michigan St. W 50-10
Arizona State W 77-28
Pacific W 49-7
Washington St. W 35-21
Missouri W 57-0
Kansas St. W 49-25
Colorado W 44-21
Iowa State W 73-14
Kansas W 41-3
Oklahoma W 37-0
Florida W 62-24

Channel: Sports
Uploaded: June 6, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Author: pill34

Length: 00:09:23
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Video Comments:
Smileyfacedkiller (October 9, 2008 at 10:42 pm)
This could have been better. The video poster could have included some audio from the game and included scores of each game to create a narrative of the video.
eyecon221 (October 3, 2008 at 8:29 am)
lol at 01 miami even being in the top ten greatest football teams ever.
JS9700 (October 1, 2008 at 6:33 am)
T.O.'s option attack in '95 was one of the most effective offenses ever, and the defense could shut down anybody. The '01 Canes would have held their own for a while, but would have been steamrolled by the 4th quarter. NOBODY was as physical as the '95 Huskers!
aroochild (October 1, 2008 at 5:58 am)
3:00-3:05 best play ever
thomasdm2 (September 30, 2008 at 4:30 pm)
2 things. number one, if you want to play the we should have been champions card, Nebraska sould have been champions in 1983 (if we had just gone for the tie) and 1993 (missed field goal), but the reality is we didnt win those years. Just like you didn't win in 2000, 2002 or 2003. So that is a terrible argument. 95' nebraska takes a back seat to nobody. also, your best player ever (ray lewis) didn't even graduate from your school (graduated from Maryland).
umdynasty (September 30, 2008 at 7:44 am)
don't misquote the great Ray Lewis. 94 got away from us. Dennis Erickson was on his way out>
thomasdm2 (September 29, 2008 at 8:31 pm)
yeah, and on top of that, our 1995 team was our second straight title team. remind me what happened when you tried to do that in 02 again? Oh thats right, you lost. And when the year after 95' we went 11-2 and then 13-0. In your two next seasons you went 11-2 and 9-3. So the Sophomores- Seniors on our 95 team had won back to back titles, and any freshman on that team finished their college careers with a 49-2 and won 3 titles and 4 (current day) BCS Bowls.
umdynasty (September 30, 2008 at 7:43 am)
still takes a back seat to 2001 canes. Canes should be 2000 - 2003 champs.
pscholes18 (September 30, 2008 at 9:21 am)
The 95 Husker D would of killed your 01 offense.
colum4469 (September 28, 2008 at 11:12 pm)
hes probly just sayin that cuz he lost to a similar team so he can say he lost to the greatest team ever but w.e

01 canes > 95 huskers