The Players' and Coaches' Trophy Case

Browse a special portion of the Nebraska Cornhuskers' storied past through the collection of individual and team trophies in the Trophy Case.  This page lists individual awards and accomplishments on this frame, team championships and bowl trophies on the Team Page.  Click the award's name below to go to the official site for each.  Links to the left are to pages highlighting Huskers who received each award or trophy. 

Awarded to the best interior linemen on offense or defense in college football.

Outland Trophy (9)

1971 - Larry Jacobson

1972 - Rich Glover

1981 - Dave Rimington

1982 - Dave Rimington

1983 - Dean Steinkuhler

1992 - Will Shields

1994 - Zach Wiegert

1997 - Aaron Taylor 

2009 - Ndamukong Suh 

The Rotary Lombardi Award goes annually to the college football lineman -- offense or defense -- who, in addition to outstanding performance and ability, best exemplifie s the discipline of Vince Lombardi.

Lombardi Award (5)

1972 - Rich Glover
1982 - Dave Rimington
1983 - Dean Steinkuhler
1997 - Grant Wistrom
2009 - Ndamukong Suh

Awarded to the most outstanding college football player in the United States.

Heisman Trophy (3)

1972 - Johnny Rodgers
1983 - Mike Rozier
2001 - Eric Crouch

(Downtown Athletic Club)

Awarded annually to the collegiate American football Player of the Year.

Walter Camp Award (3)

1972 - Johnny Rodgers

1983 - Mike Rozier

2001 - Eric Crouch

Presented annually to the collegiate American football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best football player in the United States.

Maxwell Trophy (1)

1983 - Mike Rozier  

Awarded annually to the top linebacker at the collegiate level of football.

Butkus Award (1)

1993 - Trev Alberts     

Awarded annually in the United States to the nation's outstanding senior quarterback in college football.

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (1)

1995 - Tommie Frazier     

Presented annually to the collegiate American football player adjudged by the Davey O'Brien Foundation to be the best of all National Collegiate Athletic Association quarterbacks.

Davey O'Brien Award (1)

2001 - Eric Crouch

Awarded to the player considered to be the best center in college football.

 

 

Rimington Award (1)

2000 - Dominic Raiola

Created to honor the best defensive college football player in the nation.

Bronko Nagurski Trophy (1)

2009 - Ndamukong Suh

Presented annually to the defensive collegiate football player adjudged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States.

 

Chuck Bednarik Award (1)

2009 - Ndamukong Suh


Gerald R. Ford Legends Award

2011 - Mick Tinglehoff

Annual Big Ten Conference Awards

 

Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year

2011 - Lavonte David

 

Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year

2011 - Alfonzo Dennard

 

Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year

2011 - Brett Maher

 

Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year

2011 - Brett Maher

Amos Alonzo Stagg Award

Dana X. Bible, 1954

Bob Devaney, 1994

Tom Osborne, 2000

Gen. Robert R. Neyland Trophy

Bob Devaney, 1980

Tom Osborne, 2000

Pro Football Hall of Fame

William Roy Lyman, 1964

Guy Chamberlain, 1965

Bob Brown, 2004

College Football Hall of Fame Players

Ed Weir, 1951

George Sauer, 1954

Guy Chamberlain, 1962

Clarence Swanson, 1973

Sam Francis, 1977

Bobby Reynolds, 1984

Forrest Behm, 1988

Wayne Meylan, 1991

Bob Brown, 1993

Rich Glover, 1995

Dave Rimington, 1997

Johnny Rodgers, 2000

Grant Wistrom, 2009

Will Shields, 2011

College Football Hall of Fame Coaches

Fielding "Hurry Up" Yost, 1951

Dana X. Bible, 1951

Lawrence "Biff" Jones, 1954

Eddie "Robbie" Robinson, 1955

Bob Devaney, 1981

Tom Osborne, 1998

 

Orange Bowl Hall of Fame

Jerry Tagge, 1989

Rich Glover, 1990

Bob Brown, 1994

Mike Rozier, 1995

Johnny Rodgers, 1996

Irving Fryar, 2001

Tommie Frazier, 2002

Turner Gill, 2006

Dean Rimington, 2010

 

Coaches

Bob Devaney, 1976

Tom Osborne, 1991

NCAA Top Eight Award

Randy Schleusner, 1981

Dave Rimington, 1981

Mark Traynowicz, 1985

Jake Young, 1990  

Patrick Tyrance, 1991

Trev Alberts, 1993

Rob Zatechka, 1994

Aaron Graham, 1995

Grant Wistrom. 1997

 

CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame

Dave Rimington, 2004

Patrick Tyrance, 2009

AFCA Coach of the Year Award

Tom Osborne, 1994

 

Jim Thorpe Lifetime Achievement Award

Tom Osborne, 2000

 

Dick Enberg Award

Tom Osborne, 2003

 

AFCA Tuss McLaughry Award

Tom Osborne, 2008

 

Retired Jerseys

1949 - Tom Novak, 40*

1972 - Johnny Rodgers, 20

1972 - Rich Glover, 79

1982 - Dave Rimington, 50

1983 - Mike Rozier, 30

1983 - Dean Steinkuhler, 71

1994 - Larry Jacobson, 75

1994 - Will Shields, 75

1994 - Trev Alberts, 34

1994 - Zach Wiegert, 74

1996 - Tommy Frazier, 15

1998 - Aaron Taylor, 67

1998 - Grant Wistrom, 98

2002 - Dominic Raiola, 54 

2002 - Eric Crouch, 7 

2004 - Bob Brown, 64* 

*Number Permanently Retired