Nebraska boasts one of the richest bowl game traditions in the history of college football. The Huskers appeared in their first bowl game at the 1941 Rose Bowl. The Huskers appeared in an NCAA-record 35 consecutive bowl games from 1969 to 2003.

Following an appearnce in the 2016 Music City Bowl, Nebraska owns a 26-27 all-time record in bowl games. The Huskers have appeared in 16 different bowl games in school history, including 29 appearances in what were previously considered BCS bowl games (Fiesta, Sugar, Rose, Orange). Nebraska has played in 13 bowl games where either the Huskers or their opponent were crowned national champions, including national-title clinching wins for Nebraska in the 1971, 1972, 1995 and 1998 Orange Bowls and the 1996 Fiesta Bowl.

Nebraska participated in its 50th all-time bowl game with its appearance in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl on Jan. 1, 2014. Nebraska joined Alabama (66) and Texas (53) as the only schools to play in 50 bowl games in school history, Georgia and Tennessee joined the group in 2014. The Huskers have played in the postseason in 46 of the past 48 seasons, including an NCAA-record 35 straight years from 1969 to 2003. NU's 35 consecutive bowls began with a 45-6 win over Georgia in the 1969 Sun Bowl, and ended in 2004. The Huskers have won 11 of 20 bowl games since the 1994 season.

Nebraska Bowl History

Year	Bowl	Opponent	Result	Score
2016	Music City	Tennessee	L	24-38
2015	Foster Farms	UCLA	W	37-29
2014	Holiday Bowl	USC	L	42-45
2014	Gator Bowl	Georgia	W	24-19
2013	Capital One	Georgia	L	31-45
2012	Capital One	South Carolina	L	13-30
2010	Holiday	Washington	L	7-19
2009	Holiday	Arizona	W	33-0
2009	Gator	Clemson	W	26-21
2007	Cotton	Auburn	L	14-17
2005	Alamo	Michigan	W	32-28
2003	Alamo	Michigan State	W	17-3
2002	Independence	Ole Miss	L	24-27
2002	Rose	Miami	L	14-37
2000	Alamo	Northwestern	W	66-17
2000	Fiesta	Tennessee	W	31-21
1998	Holiday	Arizona	L	20-23
1998	Orange	Tennessee	W	42-17
1996	Orange	Virginia Tech	W	41-21
1996	Fiesta	Florida	W	62-24
1995	Orange	Miami	W	24-17
1994	Orange	Florida State	L	16-18
1993	Orange	Florida State	L	14-27
1992	Orange	Miami	L	0-22
1991	Citrus	Georgia Tech	L	21-45
1990	Fiesta	Florida State	L	17-41
1989	Orange	Miami	L	3-23
1988	Fiesta	Florida State	L	28-31
1987	Sugar	Louisiana State	W	30-15
1986	Fiesta	Michigan	L	23-27
1985	Sugar	Louisiana State	W	28-10
1984	Orange	Miami	L	30-31
1983	Orange	Louisiana State	W	21-20
1982	Orange	Clemson	L	15-22
1980	Sun	Mississippi State	W	31-17
1980	Cotton	Houston	L	14-17
1979	Orange	Oklahoma	L	24-31
1977	Liberty	North Carolina	W	21-17
1976	Astro-BB	Texas Tech	W	27-24
1975	Fiesta	Arizona State	L	14-17
1974	Sugar	Florida	W	13-10
1974	Cotton	Texas	W	19-3
1973	Orange	Notre DAme	W	40-6
1972	Orange	Alabama	W	38-6
1971	Orange	Louisiana State	W	1-12
1969	Sun	Georgia	W	45-6
1967	Sugar	Alabama	L	7-34
1966	Orange	Alabama	L	28-39
1965	Cotton	Arkansas	L	7-10
1964	Orange	Auburn	W	13-7
1962	Gotham	Miami	W	36-34
1955	Orange	Duke	L	7-34
1941	Rose	Stanford	L	13-21

Huskers Bowl-by-Bowl

Bowl	Years Appeared
Orange Bowl	1955 1964 1966 1971 1973 1979 1982 1983 1984 1989 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998
Fiesta Bowl	1975 1986 1988 1990 1996 2000
Sugar Bowl	1967 1974 1985 1987
Cotton Bowl	1965 1974 1980 2007
Alamo Bowl	2000
Holiday Bowl	1998 2009 2010 2014
Rose Bowl	1941 2002
Sun Bowl	1969 1980
Capital One Bowl	2012
Gator Bowl	2009 2014
Independence Bowl	2002
Citrus Bowl	1991
Liberty Bowl	1977
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	1976
Gotham Bowl	1962
Foster Farms Bowl	2015
Music City Bowl	2016