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This year marks 30 years since the most dominant college football team of all-time...
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:22 pm
Note that I did not say the "greatest," but the most dominant. And I think when you see how they performed on the scoreboard and the stat sheet, you will agree.
The 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers were without question the most dominant college football team of the modern era. They averaged over 53 points per game while giving up just over 14. Their closest margin of victory that season was two scores against the Washington State Cougars and they defeated four teams that finished in the AP Top 10 by an average score of 49-18.
Their schedule looked as follows:
@ Oklahoma State (W) 64-21
@ Michigan State (W) 50-10
vs. Arizona State (W) 77-28
vs. Pacific (W) 49-7
vs. Washington State (W) 35-21
vs. Missouri (W) 57-0
vs. #8 Kansas State (W) 49-25
@ #7 Colorado (W) 44-21
vs. Iowa State (W) 73-14
@ #10 Kansas (W) 41-3
vs. Oklahoma (W) 37-0
vs. #2 Florida (W) 62-24 [1996 Fiesta Bowl]
Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier finished second in the Heisman that year, the OL finished the season without a single holding penalty called against them, and that same offensive line didn't give up a single sack.
If you are looking for a team that finished as close to perfection as humanly possible, look no furthern than the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers were without question the most dominant college football team of the modern era. They averaged over 53 points per game while giving up just over 14. Their closest margin of victory that season was two scores against the Washington State Cougars and they defeated four teams that finished in the AP Top 10 by an average score of 49-18.
Their schedule looked as follows:
@ Oklahoma State (W) 64-21
@ Michigan State (W) 50-10
vs. Arizona State (W) 77-28
vs. Pacific (W) 49-7
vs. Washington State (W) 35-21
vs. Missouri (W) 57-0
vs. #8 Kansas State (W) 49-25
@ #7 Colorado (W) 44-21
vs. Iowa State (W) 73-14
@ #10 Kansas (W) 41-3
vs. Oklahoma (W) 37-0
vs. #2 Florida (W) 62-24 [1996 Fiesta Bowl]
Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier finished second in the Heisman that year, the OL finished the season without a single holding penalty called against them, and that same offensive line didn't give up a single sack.
If you are looking for a team that finished as close to perfection as humanly possible, look no furthern than the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers.
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Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:27 pm to RollTide1987
They changed how colleges develop athletes bodies.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:32 pm to Madking
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They changed how colleges develop athletes bodies.
Steroids?
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:33 pm to VermilionTiger
Steroid use became popular long before 1995
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:34 pm to RollTide1987
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They averaged over 53 points per game while giving up just over 14.
Just a year prior, Penn State averaged 48 points per game (1st) and 520.2 total yards per game (1st) while giving up 14.2 ppg..
But that wasn't good enough for voters a year before, I guess.
I guess in 1994 , you had to be the greatest team of all-time to beat the big red voting machines.
This post was edited on 8/25/25 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:34 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Penn State was a machine in 1994
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:37 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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But that wasn't good enough for voters a year before, I guess.
You can blame the Rose Bowl for refusing to participate in the Bowl Coalition (and later the Bowl Alliance) for Penn State's snub in 1994. I think most people would have loved to have seen Nebraska and Penn State fight it out for the national championship.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:41 pm to RollTide1987
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vs. #2 Florida (W) 62-24 [1996 Fiesta Bowl]
This brought on one of my favorite jokes.
For FSU, this is the tomahawk chop.
For Florida, it's "1st and 10, Nebraska"
This post was edited on 8/25/25 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:55 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Just a year prior, Penn State averaged 48 points per game (1st) and 520.2 total yards per game (1st) while giving up 14.2 ppg..
But that wasn't good enough for voters a year before, I guess.
I guess in 1994 , you had to be the greatest team of all-time to beat the big red voting machines.
If you neglect Illinois and Indiana games.
Took a last minute stands in two consecutive games.
Best win was against #5 Michigan. Versus a Nebraska who took down a #2 and #3. 5 of 12 games against ranked opponents.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 10:05 pm to RollTide1987
Big Dick Joe and the boys made #4 Oklahoma look like Pacific.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 10:33 pm to RollTide1987
False
Posted on 8/25/25 at 10:43 pm to fightin tigers
Yes, it wasn’t particularly close for Penn st or Michigan- they probably got lucky they skipped the buskers and are at least co- champs
Posted on 8/25/25 at 11:36 pm to RollTide1987
2019 says hi 
Posted on 8/25/25 at 11:40 pm to RollTide1987
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You can blame the Rose Bowl for refusing to participate in the Bowl Coalition (and later the Bowl Alliance) for Penn State's snub in 1994.
Don’t even care. The Rose Bowl was the last stand for CFB as we knew it.
All the folks in here shite on the Rose for wanting it’s traditional game in a traditional slot, but they’ll also complain about the changing landscape of the game and how traditions are being ruined.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:27 am to RollTide1987
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@ Michigan State (W) 50-10
Saban's first game as MSU's head coach. After the game Osbourne told him "You're not as bad as you think you are."
Posted on 8/26/25 at 2:18 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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But that wasn't good enough for voters a year before, I guess.
I guess in 1994 , you had to be the greatest team of all-time to beat the big red voting machine
They were a great team, but the highest ranked team they beat finished #11 in the AP with 4 losses. They only beat one team with less than 4 losses (USC with 3 losses).
What 95 Nebraska did to an incredible undefeated UF team under Spurrier was about the most shocking outcome I remember. 95 Nebraska was a machine. They averaged 7 yards per carry and 400 rushing yards per game. They also never gave up a sack or a holding penalty on offense for the year.
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 2:20 am
Posted on 8/26/25 at 2:31 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Penn State averaged 48 points per game (1st) and 520.2 total yards per game (1st) while giving up 14.2 ppg..
Penn st didn’t beat 4 top 10 teams by an average of 30 pts a game. The stats on the 95 Huskers teams were ridiculous. I think they had around 18 different players scoring a TD that year, 14 players having ints. Their 3rd and 4th string RBs were averaging over 8 ypc… I meant wtf?!
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:32 am to RollTide1987
126 years*
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The 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team represented Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1899 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Sewanee was one of the first college football powers of the South and the 1899 team was one of its best. The 1899 Tigers won 12 games and lost none, outscored opponents 322–10, and won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title.
quote:
With just 18 players, the team known as the "Iron Men" embarked on a ten-day, 2,500 mile train trip, where they played five games in six days. Sewanee had five shutout wins over Texas (in Austin), Texas A&M (in Houston), Tulane (in New Orleans), LSU (in Baton Rouge), and Ole Miss (in Memphis). Sportswriter Grantland Rice called the group "the most durable football team I ever saw." The road trip is recalled memorably with the Biblical allusion "...and on the seventh day they rested."
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:42 am to RollTide1987
It's 2049 already?
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:48 am to Big EZ Tiger
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They averaged 7 yards per carry and 400 rushing yards per game. They also never gave up a sack or a holding penalty on offense for the year.
And they weren't a gimmicky offense either. They ran the option out of the I-formation. They just overpowered and out-physicaled people at the point of attack.
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