1995 Nebraska Remains the Undisputed Gold Standard

[huskers1217]

Is this the Nebraska team that would have lost to Kerry Collins and Kijana Carter?

:eyeroll:

 

[Lance Armstrong]

*shrugs*

I get it, you're a Longhorn fan; you guys hate 'Brasky.

I don't hate them, but come on. That 01 Miami team was fkn loaded.

 

[Ojb81]

I don't hate them, but come on. That 01 Miami team was fkn loaded.

So was the nebraska '95 team.

 

[OregonDucks]

Don't know bro, I've heard some great arguments that the 1931 Yale Bulldogs team was pretty elite.

 

[wazzu31]

Nebraska was just lucky Ryan Leaf didn't start that game

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Don't know bro, I've heard some great arguments that the 1931 Yale Bulldogs team was pretty elite.

Yeah but the ensuing recruiting violation scandal put a damper on that whole season.

 

[KansasSooner]

The Gold Standard remains 47 straight with 22 shutouts...even the mediocre 95 Sooners played the 95 Huskers better than most and the 71 Huskers had more shutouts...

 

[USCDoom]

The Gold Standard remains 47 straight with 22 shutouts...even the mediocre 95 Sooners played the 95 Huskers better than most and the 71 Huskers had more shutouts...

Most overrated Streak in Human History. Dont get me wrong, they Won those games and that is amazing but it you literally played NO ONE. It would be like Alabama going down into the Sun Belt and winning 60 games and claiming it as if they did it in a real conference.

I will break it down. Streak Started in 1953 with win over
7-3 #11 Texas
2-8 Kansas
6-4 Colorado
6-3-1 At Kansas State
6-4 At Missouri
2-7 Iowa State
3-6-1 At Nebraska
7-3 Oklahoma State
10-1 #1 Maryland (B)
49-39-2

1954
5-5 At California
4-6 TCU
4-5-1 Texas
0-10 At Kansas
7-3 Kansas State
7-2-1 At Colorado
3-6 At Iowa State
4-5-1 Missouri
6-5 Nebraska
5-4-1 At Oklahoma State
45-51-4

1955
3-7 At North Carolina
7-4 #11 Pittsburgh
5-5 Texas
3-6-1 Kansas
6-4 Colorado
4-6 At Kansas State
1-9 At Missouri
1-7-1 Iowa State
5-5 At Nebraska
2-8 Oklahoma State
10-1 #3 Maryland (B)
47-62-2

1956
2-7-1 North Carolina
3-7 Kansas State
1-9 Texas
3-6-1 At Kansas
2-8 At Notre Dame
8-2-1 At #20 Colorado
2-8 At Iowa State
4-5-1 Missouri
4-6 Nebraska
3-5-2 At Oklahoma State
32-63-6

1957
4-6 At Pittsburgh
4-5-1 Iowa State
6-4-1 #11 Texas
5-4-1 Kansas
6-3-1 Colorado
3-6-1 At Kansas State
5-4-1 At Missouri
33-32-6

Combined Record of Opponents
206-247-20
If you take away the 47 Losses
206-200-20


47 Wins
2 Wins over Top 10 Teams
6 Wins over Ranked Teams

47 Wins
2 Wins over Teams with 10 Wins
0 Wins over Teams with 9 Wins
1 Win over a Team with 8 Wins
5 Wins over Teams with 7 Wins
7 Wins over Teams with 6 Wins
6 Wins over Teams with 5 Wins
8 Wins over Teams with 4 Wins
8 Wins over Teams with 3 Wins
6 Wins over Teams with 2 Wins
3 Wins over Teams with 1 Win
1 Win over Teams with 0 Wins


I would say many college team would have a 47 game win streak with this type of schedule.

 

[Brasky]

The Gold Standard remains 47 straight with 22 shutouts...even the mediocre 95 Sooners played the 95 Huskers better than most and the 71 Huskers had more shutouts...

37-0???
Largest margin of victory in 74 years for the Huskers.

 

[Brasky]

Don't know bro, I've heard some great arguments that the 1931 Yale Bulldogs team was pretty elite.

So is your argument that the level of play wasn't good enough in 1995 compared to now?

I don't know if you can tell, but this is an extremely loaded question and I'd steer clear of it.

 

[BTHOtu]

95 was a good year...sometimes wish I was 22 again. Life seemed so much simple back when I thought I knew everything.

My aggies weren't all that bad back then either. They had a really good defense with a cool nick name that were ripping up the mighty SWC [sarcasm]

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Most overrated Streak in Human History. Dont get me wrong, they Won those games and that is amazing but it you literally played NO ONE. It would be like Alabama going down into the Sun Belt and winning 60 games and claiming it as if they did it in a real conference.

I will break it down. Streak Started in 1953 with win over
7-3 #11 Texas
2-8 Kansas
6-4 Colorado
6-3-1 At Kansas State
6-4 At Missouri
2-7 Iowa State
3-6-1 At Nebraska
7-3 Oklahoma State
10-1 #1 Maryland (B)
49-39-2

1954
5-5 At California
4-6 TCU
4-5-1 Texas
0-10 At Kansas
7-3 Kansas State
7-2-1 At Colorado
3-6 At Iowa State
4-5-1 Missouri
6-5 Nebraska
5-4-1 At Oklahoma State
45-51-4

1955
3-7 At North Carolina
7-4 #11 Pittsburgh
5-5 Texas
3-6-1 Kansas
6-4 Colorado
4-6 At Kansas State
1-9 At Missouri
1-7-1 Iowa State
5-5 At Nebraska
2-8 Oklahoma State
10-1 #3 Maryland (B)
47-62-2

1956
2-7-1 North Carolina
3-7 Kansas State
1-9 Texas
3-6-1 At Kansas
2-8 At Notre Dame
8-2-1 At #20 Colorado
2-8 At Iowa State
4-5-1 Missouri
4-6 Nebraska
3-5-2 At Oklahoma State
32-63-6

1957
4-6 At Pittsburgh
4-5-1 Iowa State
6-4-1 #11 Texas
5-4-1 Kansas
6-3-1 Colorado
3-6-1 At Kansas State
5-4-1 At Missouri
33-32-6

Combined Record of Opponents
206-247-20
If you take away the 47 Losses
206-200-20


47 Wins
2 Wins over Top 10 Teams
6 Wins over Ranked Teams

47 Wins
2 Wins over Teams with 10 Wins
0 Wins over Teams with 9 Wins
1 Win over a Team with 8 Wins
5 Wins over Teams with 7 Wins
7 Wins over Teams with 6 Wins
6 Wins over Teams with 5 Wins
8 Wins over Teams with 4 Wins
8 Wins over Teams with 3 Wins
6 Wins over Teams with 2 Wins
3 Wins over Teams with 1 Win
1 Win over Teams with 0 Wins


I would say many college team would have a 47 game win streak with this type of schedule.

This should be fun

 

[outofyourmind]

This should be fun

We all know it already.
If it were easy everyone would do it.
Right Place Right Time and Luck are all contributing factors but, It's still the Gold Standard.

 

[outofyourmind]

If you take away the 47 Losses
206-200-20

And add in the Bowl Games which Oklahoma won.
#1 Maryland 10-0 record
#3 Maryland 10-0 record
#14 Duke 6-2-2 record

232-204-22

 

[OregonDucks]

So is your argument that the level of play wasn't good enough in 1995 compared to now?

I don't know if you can tell, but this is an extremely loaded question and I'd steer clear of it.

Um yes.

 

[TexasExes98]

*shrugs*

I get it, you're a Longhorn fan; you guys hate 'Brasky.

Nah, we hate OU. Texas just owns Nebby....

 

[osubuckeye89]

Well according to ESPN

2005 USC is the greatest team ev.........whoops

2016 Alabama is the greatest team ev.......whoops

 

[ericd7633]

Well done Clemson.

• Nebraska’s smallest margin of victory in 1995 was 14 points in a 35-21 win over Washington State. It was the only game in which Nebraska trailed all season before taking a 28-7 lead into the fourth quarter and letting its subs get meaningful snaps. Reserve freshman I-back Ahman Green, who would go on to become the Green Bay Packers’ all-time leading rusher, finished the Washington State game with 176 yards rushing and one touchdown on 13 carries. The Huskers out-rushed the Cougars, 428-72. And get this: In the fifth game of the season, Washington State came into Lincoln with the nation’s fourth-ranked rushing defense, giving up only 69.7 yards per game.
  
• In 1995, Nebraska averaged 400 yards rushing per game while allowing only 78 yards rushing per game to its opponents. The Huskers scored 51 rushing touchdowns in ’95 and gave up only six rushing TDs. Nebraska averaged a Division I-A record 7.0 yards per rushing attempt for the entire season, including the bowl game shellacking of Florida.
  
• Question: With an offensive line anchored by 1995 All-America center Graham, guess how many quarterback sacks Nebraska gave up in that remarkable 12-0 season? Answer: If you said zero, you would be right.
  
• Want to talk special teams? Kris Brown, one of college football’s and one of the NFL’s best kickers ever, connected on 13 of 16 field goal attempts whenever Nebraska’s offensive juggernaut hit a skid mark. And get this, the Huskers tied an NCAA record in ’95 by allowing only five punt returns all season for a grand net total of 12 yards.
  
• Nebraska’s average margin of victory in 1995 was more than 38 points, the largest average of any Division I-A team since World War II. The margin exceeded a six-touchdown average despite Nebraska resting its starters in the second halves of most games.
  
• Here’s something to chew on: Nebraska averaged 29.8 points per first half in 1995. That’s a higher scoring average in one half than at least three national championship teams averaged in a whole game – Alabama (1992), Ohio State (2002) and Florida (2006).
  
• For the 1995 season, Nebraska averaged 53.2 points per game and allowed only 14.5 points per game. When you think about making a big deal out of Florida State’s 2013 team having the possibility to win every game by at least 14 points like Nebraska did, this particular stat screams rather loudly that the Huskers should stand alone in this spotlight.
  
• In the final rankings from the 1995 season, Nebraska beat four teams that finished in the final AP Top Ten rankings – national runner-up Florida (62-24), No. 5 Colorado (44-21), No. 7 Kansas State (49-25) and No. 9 Kansas (41-3).

How can one of the best NFL kickers ever not even be in the top 50 all-time in FG%?

 

[Ojb81]

Well according to ESPN

2005 USC is the greatest team ev.........whoops

2016 Alabama is the greatest team ev.......whoops

biggest should've beens of all time

 

[osubuckeye89]

biggest should've beens of all time

I don't know how people actually were saying 2005 USC was the best ever, even if they did beat Texas......that Defense was trash, and no I don't care how many "future NFL players" were on it, it was statistically trash.