Having won twenty-two consecutive games, most in dominant fashion, it was written that Booth could "weep with Alexander the Great because there are no more teams to conquer," given Nebraska's difficulty finding competitive and willing opposition in the Midwest.

[b][3] Booth left Nebraska following the 1905 season over a contract dispute (his $2,000 salary was higher than any other university faculty member) and returned with a newly earned law degree to the East Coast, where he lived the rest of his life away from football.

[14] These safety-based updates were mandated by President Theodore Roosevelt and included the legalization of the forward pass, the banning of the flying wedge, the creation of a neutral zone, and an increase in yards to gain a first down from five to ten.

[14] NU professor and chairman of the athletic board James T. Lees was a member of the committee that drafted the new rules, which were initially unpopular but proved instrumental in improving player safety.

Cole resigned after a second title in 1910 when the MVIAA passed legislation requiring coaches to be full-time faculty members, feeling he could not manage his farm in Missoula, Montana while living year-round in Lincoln.

Prior to a 1913 trip to Lincoln, Kansas State head coach Guy Lowman threatened a boycott due to the presence of lineman Clinton Ross, a black player, on Nebraska's roster.

[26] The Cornhuskers were invited to face Northwest Conference champion Washington State in the second Rose Bowl, but university officials balked at the cost of sending the team to Pasadena and declined.

[39] The 31,080-seat venue, designed pro bono by local architects John Latenser and Ellery Davis, was ready for the start of the 1923 season, though its upper sections were unfinished and the grass playing surface had yet to be installed.

[60] This complex scheme, which required the memorization of hundreds of plays and alignments, did not translate into results – Nebraska struggled mightily on offense under Masterson and he was fired two seasons into a five-year contract.

[66] Glassford's demanding regiment began to take a toll the following season – during a preseason "boot camp" in Curtis, Nebraska (over 200 miles from Lincoln), Reynolds suffered a shoulder injury from which he never fully recovered.

The situation became so dire – in terms of both on-field results and off-field treatment – that a group of thirty-five players (over half the team) petitioned the university to remove Glassford in January 1954, but his airtight contract made it "nearly impossible" to terminate him.

[73] Foldberg declined so he could return to his alma mater Texas A&M, and Dye turned to Michigan State's Duffy Daugherty, a friend of NU chancellor Clifford M. Hardin from his own time at MSU.

[74] Devaney unofficially began his coaching duties at Nebraska in January 1962, touring the state and meeting with players a full month before Wyoming's board of trustees voted 8–4 to grant his release.

[83] Devaney began to place greater emphasis on fast, athletic players – his talented 1968 recruiting class included Jerry Tagge, Jeff Kinney, Rich Glover, and Larry Jacobson.

"[89] Nebraska started 2–2 in Osborne's first year leading the offense but won its final seven games, with dominant season-ending victories over Oklahoma and Georgia led by quarterback Van Brownson.

"[97] Oklahoma's wishbone attack was initially stymied by All-American nose guard Rich Glover, who finished with twenty-two tackles, but scored twice late in the second quarter to take a 17–14 halftime lead; two short Jeff Kinney touchdowns put NU back in front in the third.

Kiffin succeeded in limiting star Sooner running back Greg Pruitt throughout the afternoon, but quarterback Jack Mildren totaled 267 yards of offense and four touchdowns, the last of which gave Oklahoma a fourth-quarter lead.

[102] He named Osborne his successor prior to the season and players later suggested the "murky" chain of command may have hindered the team, which saw its thirty-two-game unbeaten streak end in a week-one upset at UCLA.

[104] After the regular season, Rodgers was named the first Heisman Trophy winner in school history and NU beat Notre Dame 40–6 in the Orange Bowl in Devaney's final game as head coach.

Sophomore quarterback Eric Crouch won the starting job early in 1999 and became one of the sport's most electrifying players, but NU relied on its defense to aid an inconsistent and turnover-prone offense.

[113] After Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer removed his name from consideration, the search ended with the hiring of Bill Callahan, who had recently been fired as head coach of the Oakland Raiders.

[114] Quarterback Joe Dailey set nearly every school passing record in Callahan's debut season, which was otherwise disastrous – Nebraska lost at home to Southern Miss and allowed seventy points to Texas Tech, finishing 5–6 to end an NCAA-record thirty-five-year bowl streak.

A series of well-publicized gaffes – he referred to Oklahoma fans as "fucking hillbillies," made a throat-slashing gesture at an official, and declined to answer a reporter's question because it was "too technical for you" – led Callahan to isolate himself from the public spotlight.

As Pelini departed the field he accused the Big 12 officiating crew of ruling in Texas's favor to ensure conference representation in the BCS championship game, a sentiment he maintained years later.

[130] Nebraska began its final Big 12 season 5–0 and ranked as high as fifth nationally behind freshman dual-threat quarterback Taylor Martinez, a dynamic but inconsistent athlete who was benched in an upset loss to Texas in October.

[132] The audio was not leaked until September 2013; Pelini apologized but chancellor Harvey Perlman and new athletic director Shawn Eichorst, hired when Osborne retired earlier in the year, publicly reprimanded him.

[134] Two days after his firing, Pelini met with the team at Lincoln North Star High School and slammed Eichorst: "a guy like him who has no integrity, he doesn't even understand what a core value is.

[135][136] Nebraska lost to BYU in Riley's debut on a forty-two-yard Hail Mary as time expired, the program's first season-opening defeat since 1985, and finished 5–7 despite giving College Football Playoff participant Michigan State its only regular season loss.

[142] Nebraska opened 2019 ranked in both the AP and Coaches polls with the expectation that the team would improve significantly in Frost's second year, as his UCF program had done, but the Cornhuskers finished 5–7 and missed a bowl game for the third consecutive season.

Martinez transferred to Kansas State instead of returning for his fifth season as a starter and Frost was fired three games into 2022, ending his tenure with the second-lowest win percentage among coaches to lead NU for three years or more.