When/who was the last time the Huskers beat a ranked non-conference opponent?
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YES! The Irish in '01. Good job N-sane. I actually went to that game. Night game on national TV. ESPN Game Day was in town. Crouch and company dominated.
Many peoples lives soon changed after that game 'cuz this was the weekend just prior to 9-11 terror attacks. Just to put a time frame on things.
Wasn't that the last time the Huskers best a ranked non-conference opponent in the regular season? I'd be surprised if one of the bowl wins over the last several years wasn't against a ranked team.
Well perhaps during the regular season then. I think your right. Georgia might have been ranked when NU beat them in whatever bowl they last played in.
Nebraska has played 13 ranked non conference opponents since that Notre Dame victory in 2001.
In the regular season, there have been 5 such games.
2001 Notre Dame -W
2006 @USC - L
2007 USC - L
2009 @ Va Tech - L
2013 UCLA - L
2016 Oregon - W
In 8 Bowl Games
2014 USC - L
2013 Georgia - W
2012 Georgia - L
2011 South Carolina - L
2009 Arizona - W
2006 Auburn - L
2005 Michigan - W
2001 Miami - L
In the regular season, there have been 5 such games.
2001 Notre Dame -W
2006 @USC - L
2007 USC - L
2009 @ Va Tech - L
2013 UCLA - L
2016 Oregon - W
In 8 Bowl Games
2014 USC - L
2013 Georgia - W
2012 Georgia - L
2011 South Carolina - L
2009 Arizona - W
2006 Auburn - L
2005 Michigan - W
2001 Miami - L
Thanks for doing the research on this, Tuco. 3 years is much better than 15 years, but still to have a 15-year dry spell in the regular season is nuts. Looking back at those games, I think we should have won at least one of those Va Tech games, but I don't believe we were ever even competitive against USC in either of those games. Those USC teams were juggernauts.
I am more concerned that there were only 6 games in 15 years against ranked teams in the non conference regular season
With that little of a sample size it's like saying until last Saturday, Nebraska hadn't beaten a team from Oregon since 1986. Well they hadn't played any either.
With that little of a sample size it's like saying until last Saturday, Nebraska hadn't beaten a team from Oregon since 1986. Well they hadn't played any either.
I noticed that, too. In some cases (Miami stands out in my mind), we've scheduled what we anticipated to be tough (likely ranked) opponents, and then when the game rolled around, they weren't ranked. I believe we have tended to try to schedule 1 difficult non-conference opponent each season. Sometimes it pans out where they're ranked, sometimes not. We haven't done a good job of beating the teams that have been ranked, but we did beat Washington twice in the regular season, and blew opportunities to beat ranked Va Tech and UCLA teams.
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