Miscellaneous
Audio/Radios
updated 06/29/2008

This page will also be a long time in the making, but I will try to gather as many important items in this category as I can.  If you have any not shown, please email me.  You may also be able to purchase some great historical play-by-play here.  Thanks.

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     Bob Devaney's inaugural season as the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.  Devaney took the team from a dismal 3-6-1 record under Bill Jennings in 1961, to a spactacular 9-2 with a 36-34 win over the Miami Hurricanes in the Gotham Bowl December 15th.  The album is narrated by Bob Zenner, voice of the Cornhuskers and Sportscaster of the Year for 1962, and is chock full of live broadcast clips.

     Devaney's second, and most exciting season of the decade.  The team finished the season with at 10-1 record, Big 8 Championship and ranked 5th and 6th in the AP and UPI respectively.  Only a 13-17 defeat to the hands of the Air Force Academy blemished the record. 
 
 

1964 Orange Bowl

     Recorded highlights of the '64 Orange Bowl in which the Huskers beat the Auburn Tigers 13-7.  This is a 45 rpm record recorded at 33-1/3 rpm.

1964 Season Highlights

     In Devaney's third season, the Cornhuskers ended the season 9-2, finishing as Big 8 Champs.  Only a 7-17 loss to Oklahoma and a 7-10 loss to Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl blemished the record.  Final rankings were 6th in both the UPI and AP polls.
 
 


                   Thanks to Dennis Widga for the scan

     A near-perfect 10-1 season, finishing as Big 8 Champs for the third year in a row, only to fall 28-39 to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Orange Bowl.  The Cornhuskers finished ranked 3d in the UPI, 5th in the AP.
 
 
                     Thanks to Dennis Widga for the scan

   This album was released at the conclusion of the 1970 football season, prior to playing the Orange Bowl. It commemorates the highly successful Devaney Era to that point.  Nebraska went on to win its 1st National Championship that year, beating LSU in the Orange Bowl 17-12. The album cover is like a book with several pages showing great pictures of the football staff, Devaney's All-Americans, the 1970 squad, "Nebraska Memories", etc.  The album itself contains an introduction by Chris Schenkel and various narratives by coaches and players plus some of Nebraska's fight songs.

Thanks to Charlie Grady of Bellevue, NE for the pic!

I now have one!

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The Sounds of No. 1!

   Game-by-game highlights of the 1970regular season, with the words of Radio WOW's Russ Baldwin and color man Don Purcell just as they described the Huskers on their way to the Big Eight and National Championships.  Includes President Nixon's presentation of the No. 1 trophy to the team in Lincoln.

    Click the image to get a view of the back of the album.

1971 Season Highlights
"Man, Woman, and Child!"

     I was only five years old at the time, but I can still remember that famous line as clear as if I heard it yesterday!  These are the highlights of the 1971 season as only Lyle Bremser could broadcasted them.  Hear this and many other "Bremserisms" from that magical season!

    "The inside story behind the incredible success of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers." Begins with an introduction by the late great Johnny Carson, and a special tribute to Coach Bob Devaney by legendary Coach Dan Devine of the Green Bay Packers.  Features interviews by Bob Kurtz with Coach Devaney, players and coaches from the National Championship 1971 team.

Univ. of Nebraska Presents...

Bob Devaney's Five Greatest Cornhusker Games

This is a tribute album covering what were considered Coach Devaney's five greatest games at that point in his career.  Included are the 1963 victory over Oklahoma (29-20), 1969 Sun Bowl over Georgia (45-6), the 1971 Orange Bowl over LSU (17-12), the '71 Game of the Century victory over Oklahoma (35-31) and the '72 Orange Bowl victory over Alabama (38-6).

Images donated by Keith Kosnic, Michigan fan from Colorado - Thanks!

1972 Big Red Christmas

   I'm sure they played football better than they sang, but after back to back National Championships, I'm sure they sounded great.  Click on the image to view the back cover of this hard to find album.

Thanks to Charlie Grady of Bellevue, NE for the pic!

1973 Glory of the Gridiron

   Great 1973 album featuring the Cornhusker Marching Band. 

Thanks to Arnold Remington for the pic!

     This is an older record, from the 1970's, titled "ODE TO THE BIG RED" performed by Urel Albert. It is a nice 45 record that has a unique song dedicated to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.  #1 is superimposed over the player on the front of the record cover. A very nice Cornhusker collectible.  These were made for other teams in the 1970s as well, such as "Michigan #1."

Thanks to Bob Ihrig of Lincoln for the scan and text.

Click the photo to view the lyrics submitted by Gail Bell of Paola, KS and listen to the original sent in by Ron Fergeson.

BIG RED COUNTRY - Coke Is It!

     This 33-1/3 was released in 1982.  Songs include:
"Coke is It", "Ode To The Huskers" (updated version), "Big Red Fan", "Okie Knuckleheads Don't Belong", "We're The Huskers", "Husker Fever", "Don't Make A Husker Mad", "There Must be a Hole" and more. Click the thumb to view the updated lyrics to "Ode"

Thanks to Ron Eilers of Wichita, President of Kansas Cornhuskers Alumni Chapter.

     Though not a specific football record, this 45 rpm is a great old collectible, as it contains "Dear Old Nebraska U" on side 1, followed by "Nebraska Chant" by the Men's Glee Club, and "Hail Nebraska".   Band Director Don Lentz, director from 1937 to 1973, is mentioned on both sides. This record most likely comes from the 1960s.