1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Gotham Bowl champion
Gotham Bowl, W 36–34 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	9–2 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Bob Devaney (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

The 1962 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the Big Eight Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob Devaney, the Huskers were 8–2 (5–2 in Big 8, third) in the regular season,^[1] and played their home games on campus at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Undefeated through October,^[2] their loss to Missouri on November 3 marked the start of Nebraska's current NCAA record of 400 consecutive sellouts. At the chilly Gotham Bowl in New York City in mid-December, they defeated Miami 36–34 to finish at 9–2.^[3][4]

Hired in February, Devaney was previously the head coach for five seasons at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. He coached Nebraska for eleven seasons, won consecutive national titles (1970, 1971), and was the athletic director from 1967 to 1992.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	2:00 pm	South Dakota*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 53–0	26,953
September 29	12:30 pm	at Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI		W 25–13	70,287	[5]
October 6	2:00 pm	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 36–22	34,321
October 13	2:00 pm	NC State*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 19–14	36,867	[6]
October 20	2:00 pm	Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 26–6	30,701
October 27	2:30 pm	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)		W 31–6	34,183
November 3	2:00 pm	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		L 7–16	36,501	[2]
November 10	1:30 pm	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)		W 40–16	37,063
November 17	2:00 pm	Oklahoma State	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 14–0	34,329
November 24	1:30 pm	at No. 10 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)		L 6–34	58,768
December 15	10:00 am	vs. Miami (FL)*	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (Gotham Bowl, rivalry)	ABC	W 36–34	6,166	[3][4]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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

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

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

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• 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