1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Schedule

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Roster

Depth chart

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Coaching staff

Game summaries

South Dakota

Michigan

Iowa State

NC State

Kansas State

This was the last Nebraska home football game to not be sold out.

Colorado

Missouri

This is the first game of Nebraska's NCAA record of consecutive sellouts, which currently stands at 386 sellouts continuing to the 2022 season.

Kansas

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma

Miami (FL)

After the season

Awards

• All Big 8: Robert Brown, Dennis Claridge, Tyrone Robertson

Future professional players

• Robert Brown, 1964 2nd overall pick by the Philadelphia Eagles
• Dennis Claridge, 1963 3rd-round pick of the Green Bay Packers
• Rudy Johnson, 1964 5th-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers
• Bob Jones, 1964 18th-round pick of the Washington Redskins
• Monte Kiffin, 1964 15th-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings
• John Kirby, 1964 5th-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings
• Larry Kramer, 1964 15th-round pick of the Baltimore Colts
• Willie Ross, 1964 9th-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals
• Dave Theisen, 1963 11th-round pick of the Los Angeles Rams
• Bill (Thunder) Thornton, 1963 5th-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals
• Lloyd Voss, 1964 1st-round pick of the Green Bay Packers

References

References

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4. (December 16, 1962). "Nebraska edges Miami, 36–34". Pittsburgh Press.
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6. (October 14, 1962). "Nebraska rallies, 19–14". The Des Moines Register.
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16. "This Week in Husker History: Devaney Earns First Career Big Eight Victory with 1962 Win Over Cyclones". Huskers.com.
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21. "Nebraska vs. Missouri 1962". HuskerMax.
22. (1962-11-12). "One-half Of Six Is Three". Sports Illustrated.
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27. "Nebraska vs. Miami 1962". HuskerMax.
28. (April 2011). "Huskers Shade Miami". St Petersburg Times (Dec 16, 1962), Page 16-B}} {{dead link.
29. "Devaney's ‘Desert' Comes in NU's 1st Bowl Win Ever". Omaha World-Herald.
30. "1963 Nebraska Football Honors". HuskerMax.