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Thomas William Osborne (born February 23, 1937) is an American former football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician from Nebraska.He served as head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1997 (25 seasons).
Tom Osborne coached Nebraska from 1973 to 1997 and is the program's all-time leader in most major categories. This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers head football coaches, the coaches who have led the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's football program in a permanent or interim capacity.
The 1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and was the national champion of the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Cornhuskers offense scored 459 points while the defense allowed ...
Nebraska dominated at Memorial Stadium in the early years of the sellout streak, going 233–29 at home under Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne, and Frank Solich. NU won forty-seven consecutive home games from 1991 to 1998, among the longest home win streaks in college football history.
Top-ranked Nebraska scored with seconds remaining to make the game 31–30, but NU head coach Tom Osborne opted to try for a two-point conversion instead of an extra point, even though a tie would have given Nebraska the national championship. Miami won the game and its first national title.
The 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and was the national champion of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Cornhuskers scored 638 points (53.2 per game) while only allowing ...