Nebraska bowl history (26-27)
| Season | Bowl | Opponent | W/L | NU | Op. | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Music City | Tennessee | L | 24 | 38 | -14 |
| 2015 | Foster Farms | UCLA | W | 37 | 29 | 08 |
| 2014 | Holiday | Southern California | L | 42 | 45 | -03 |
| 2013 | Gator | Georgia | W | 24 | 19 | 05 |
| 2012 | Capital One | Georgia | L | 31 | 45 | -14 |
| 2011 | Capital One | South Carolina | L | 13 | 30 | -17 |
| 2010 | Holiday | Washington | L | 7 | 19 | -12 |
| 2009 | Holiday | Arizona | W | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| 2008 | Gator | Clemson | W | 26 | 21 | 05 |
| 2006 | Cotton | Auburn | L | 14 | 17 | -03 |
| 2005 | Alamo | Michigan | W | 32 | 28 | 04 |
| 2003 | Alamo | Michigan State | W | 17 | 3 | 14 |
| 2002 | Independence | Mississippi | L | 23 | 27 | -04 |
| 2001 | Rose | Miami | L | 14 | 37 | -23 |
| 2000 | Alamo | Northwestern | W | 66 | 17 | 49 |
| 1999 | Fiesta | Tennessee | W | 31 | 21 | 10 |
| 1998 | Holiday | Arizona | L | 20 | 23 | -03 |
| 1997 | Orange | Tennessee | W | 42 | 17 | 25 |
| 1996 | Orange | Virginia Tech | W | 41 | 21 | 20 |
| 1995 | Fiesta | Florida | W | 62 | 24 | 38 |
| 1994 | Orange | Miami | W | 24 | 17 | 07 |
| 1993 | Orange | Florida State | L | 16 | 18 | -02 |
| 1992 | Orange | Florida State | L | 14 | 27 | -13 |
| 1991 | Orange | Miami | L | 0 | 22 | -22 |
| 1990 | Citrus | Georgia Tech | L | 21 | 45 | -24 |
| 1989 | Fiesta | Florida State | L | 17 | 41 | -24 |
| 1988 | Orange | Miami | L | 3 | 23 | -20 |
| 1987 | Fiesta | Florida State | L | 28 | 31 | -03 |
| 1986 | Sugar | Louisiana State | W | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| 1985 | Fiesta | Michigan | L | 23 | 27 | -04 |
| 1984 | Sugar | Louisiana State | W | 28 | 10 | 18 |
| 1983 | Orange | Miami | L | 30 | 31 | -01 |
| 1982 | Orange | Louisiana State | W | 21 | 20 | 01 |
| 1981 | Orange | Clemson | L | 15 | 22 | -07 |
| 1980 | Sun | Mississippi State | W | 31 | 17 | 14 |
| 1979 | Cotton | Houston | L | 14 | 17 | -03 |
| 1978 | Orange | Oklahoma | L | 24 | 31 | -07 |
| 1977 | Liberty | North Carolina | W | 21 | 17 | 04 |
| 1976 | Astro-Bluebonnet | Texas Tech | W | 27 | 24 | 03 |
| 1975 | Fiesta | Arizona State | L | 14 | 17 | -03 |
| 1974 | Sugar | Florida | W | 13 | 10 | 03 |
| 1973 | Cotton | Texas | W | 19 | 3 | 16 |
| 1972 | Orange | Notre Dame | W | 40 | 6 | 34 |
| 1971 | Orange | Alabama | W | 38 | 6 | 32 |
| 1970 | Orange | Louisiana State | W | 17 | 12 | 05 |
| 1969 | Sun | Georgia | W | 45 | 6 | 39 |
| 1966 | Sugar | Alabama | L | 7 | 34 | -27 |
| 1965 | Orange | Alabama | L | 28 | 39 | -11 |
| 1964 | Cotton | Arkansas | L | 7 | 10 | -03 |
| 1963 | Orange | Auburn | W | 13 | 7 | 06 |
| 1962 | Gotham | Miami | W | 36 | 34 | 02 |
| 1954 | Orange | Duke | L | 7 | 34 | -27 |
| 1940 | Rose | Stanford | L | 13 | 21 | -08 |