1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1969 college football season . The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln . In his first year as offensive coordinator , Tom Osborne instituted the I formation . The team started 2 - 2 , then won their final six regular season games to tie for the conference championship . They were invited to the Sun Bowl in El Paso , where they decisively beat the Georgia Bulldogs to finish the season at 9 - 2 . The strong finish in 1969 led to consecutive national championships for the Huskers in 1970 and 1971 . Game notes . USC . USC had a fight on their hands , despite jumping out to an early 14 - 0 lead . Nebraska scrambled back and drew up within 7 points in the 4th quarter with 3 : 40 to go . The Cornhuskers again got the ball back with enough time to score , but USC intercepted and converted the turnover into a field goal in the final seconds to decide the outcome . Texas A & M . The Cornhuskers put up a touchdown in each of the first two quarters before Texas A & M was somehow able to bottle them up , but the Blackshirts had already established that the Aggies would get nothing on the day , and the 14 Nebraska points were carried for the win . Minnesota . Nebraska QB Jerry Tagge broke a record while taking apart Minnesota in Minneapolis . The 587 total Cornhusker yards was the second highest total in school history , and his 219 air yards and 82 ground yards rang up to 301 on the day , easily breaking the previous record of 264 yards set in 1951 and tied in 1967 . The game started in doubt as Minnesota struck first and forced Nebraska to a 14 - 14 tie at the half , but there would be no further scoring from the Golden Gophers to answer the additional 28 Nebraska points posted after the half . Missouri . Nebraska attempted to bring a fight to Columbia to go along with their new # 20 ranking , but after Missouri went up 7 - 0 , it did not help that the Cornhuskers turned over a fumble to Missouri which was converted into 7 more points before the half . Nebraska managed to avoid the shutout with a 3rd quarter touchdown but could not overcome Missouri ' s defense to score again , and subsequently fell back out of the polls . Kansas . Nebraska PK Paul Rogers set a Nebraska and Big 8 record with a 55 yard 1st quarter field goal to open the scoring . It was a fierce back - and - forth game , though Nebraska ran ahead by 14 only to have Kansas tie it up in the 3rd and pull ahead with a field goal in the 4th . The Cornhuskers came through , however , putting in the game - winning touchdown with just 1 : 22 left to play . Oklahoma State . The defensive struggle of the day kept the scores low and the game in doubt late , as Nebraska held only a 10 point lead to start the 4th quarter , but the defenses held on both sides and the Cornhuskers got the win . Colorado . Nebraska ' s 13 point margin of victory was directly attributable to the school record 3 interceptions by Dana Stephenson , two of which were subsequently converted into touchdowns , giving Nebraska the upset win . Iowa State . Iowa State was held to only 27 yards on the ground in front a Memorial Stadium homecoming crowd , as Nebraska held the Cyclones to just a 2nd quarter field goal on their way to the win . Kansas State . The Blackshirts allowed Kansas State a touchdown early on , but closed the door for the rest of the game . The Cornhusker offense needed that support , as they were not able to put up their own points until splitting the uprights with a field goal late in the 3rd , and very much needed the touchdown punched in about 10 minutes later to pull ahead for the victory . Oklahoma . Nebraska fought from behind to deliver Coach Devaney ' s first win in Norman , a convincing win in which the Blackshirts held the season ' s Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens to just 71 yards with no touchdowns , breaking his 17 game touchdown streak . Georgia . Nebraska opened the day with four straight 1st quarter field goals , setting new Nebraska and Big 8 records in the process , which was the beginning of Georgia being left far behind . By the time the Bulldogs found the scoreboard on a 4th quarter touchdown , the merely closed the gap to 6 - 38 , which the Cornhuskers then answered with one more touchdown before the final whistle . 1969 Team Players in the NFL . The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers seniors selected in the 1970 NFL Draft : The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers juniors selected in the following year ' s 1971 NFL Draft : The 1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers sophomores selected in the 1972 NFL Draft : NFL and Pro Players . The following 1969 Nebraska players joined a professional team as draftees or free agents .