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List of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball seasons

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This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball seasons. Nebraska competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten. The team has completed 119 seasons and played 4,111 games.

Nebraska has been to the NCAA Division I tournament eighteen times and advanced to three College World Series. The Cornhuskers have won nine regular season conference championships and five conference tournament championships across the Big Eight, Big 12, and Big Ten.

Seasons

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Regular season champion Tournament champion Regular season and tournament champion
Season Coach[a] Overall Conference Standing Postseason[b] Final
rank[c]
Independent (1889–1925)
1889 C. D. Chandler 1–2
1890 2–3
1891 1–0
1892 Charles Stroman 0–2–1
1893 3–0
1894 Did not compete
1895
1896
1897 Edward N. Robinson 8–5–1
1898 F. B. Ryons 6–4
1899 Unknown 8–4
1900 8–12
1901 Mike Henderson 9–11
1902 Geo P. Shidler 17–8
1903 Did not compete
1904 J. H. Bell 10–3
1905 Unknown 5–16–1
1906 S. S. Eager 5–12–1
1907 Ducky Holmes 5–11–1
1908 Billy Fox 4–12–2
1909 12–14
1910 Unknown 7–7–1
1911 Did not compete
1912 Unknown 3–0
1913 Did not compete
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919 Paul J. Schissler 5–3
1920 7–6
1921 8–5
1922 Owen Frank 12–4
1923 Scotty Dye
Earl Carr[d]
6–12
1924 William G. Kline 10–8
1925 8–7
1926 Did not compete[e]
1927
1928
MVIAA / Big Eight Conference[f] (1929–1996)
1929 John Rhodes 12–5–1 10–5 1st
1930 9–7 7–5 3rd
1931 W. H. Browne 2–10 2–8 6th
1932 Did not compete
1933 W. W. Knight 3–1
1934 5–9 2–8
1935 4–12 2–7 5th
1936 3–11 2–9 5th
1937 5–12 4–9 4th
1938 7–8 5–5 4th
1939 5–13 4–6 3rd
1940 4–12 3–9 5th
1941 2–14 2–8 6th
1942 Adolph J. Lewandowski 3–11 3–6 5th
1943 Did not compete[g]
1944
1945
1946 Frank Smagacz 9–7 9–5 2nd
1947 Tony Sharpe 6–9–1 6–7 4th
1948 17–6 14–3 1st NCAA District playoffs
1949 9–13 7–10 7th
1950 16–8 11–3 1st NCAA District playoffs
1951 10–5 5–4 3rd
1952 13–7 8–5 7th
1953 12–5–2 10–3 2nd
1954 10–10 4–8 6th
1955 15–5 10–4 3rd
1956 12–8 8–4 2nd
1957 12–10 8–9 5th
1958 17–10 12–9 5th
1959 11–11 11–4 2nd
1960 9–12 6–11 7th
1961 9–14 7–11 6th
1962 15–11 10–10 5th
1963 10–16 5–15 6th
1964 9–18 7–14 6th
1965 12–8 12–6 2nd
1966 16–9 12–8 3rd
1967 8–16 7–11 6th
1968 10–15–1 7–13 7th
1969 9–15 4–12 8th
1970 14–12 11–8 3rd
1971 10–20 7–13 7th
1972 12–17 8–11 7th
1973 15–14–1 7–11 6th
1974 13–27 4–16 8th
1975 13–20 7–8 5th
1976 21–24–1 0–2 7th
1977 29–13 5–7 3rd (East)
1978 John Sanders 36–20 7–7 3rd (East)
1979 49–15 14–6 2nd (East) NCAA Division I Regional
1980 49–15 16–4 1st (East) NCAA Division I Regional 14
1981 42–22 11–11 4th
1982 44–13 15–5 2nd 10
1983 44–15 8–10 5th
1984 46–20 15–6 3rd 29
1985 45–24 16–6 3rd NCAA Division I Regional 16
1986 35–25 14–9 3rd
1987 36–21 12–8 3rd
1988 48–23 12–12 4th
1989 27–31 8–16 7th
1990 42–26 12–12 3rd
1991 37–22 10–14 6th
1992 31–25 11–13 5th
1993 35–23 16–12 4th
1994 32–28 14–16 5th
1995 35–23 13–14 4th
1996 27–27–1 8–17 7th
Big 12 Conference (1997–2011)
1997 John Sanders 27–35 7–23 10th
1998 Dave Van Horn 24–20 10–13 7th
1999 42–18 16–9 5th NCAA Division I Regional 25
2000 51–17 21–9 2nd NCAA Division I Super Regional 11
2001 50–16 20–8 1st NCAA Division I College World Series 6
2002 47–21 16–11 2nd NCAA Division I College World Series 8
2003 Mike Anderson 47–18 20–7 1st NCAA Division I Regional 13
2004 36–23 11–16 8th 12
2005 57–15 19–8 1st NCAA Division I College World Series 5
2006 42–17 17–10 3rd NCAA Division I Regional 15
2007 32–27 14–13 4th NCAA Division I Regional
2008 41–16–1 17–9–1 3rd NCAA Division I Regional 20
2009 25–28–1 8–19 10th
2010 27–27 10–17 9th
2011 30–25 9–17 9th
Big Ten Conference (2012–present)
2012 Darin Erstad 35–23 14–10 4th
2013 29–30 15–9 2nd
2014 41–21 18–6 2nd NCAA Division I Regional
2015 34–23 9–14 8th
2016 37–22 16–8 2nd NCAA Division I Regional
2017 35–22–1 16–7–1 1st NCAA Division I Regional
2018 24–28 8–14 10th
2019 32–24 15–9 3rd NCAA Division I Regional
2020 Will Bolt 7–8 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 34–14 31–12 1st[h] NCAA Division I Regional 20
2022 23–30 10–14 9th
2023 33–23–1 15–9 4th
2024 40–22 16–8 2nd NCAA Division I Regional

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Notes

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  1. ^ Coaching information unavailable for 1899, 1900, 1905, 1910, and 1912
  2. ^ The NCAA began holding District playoffs in 1947, but these are considered unofficial according to the official NCAA record book. The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1954.
  3. ^ Baseball America began publishing a weekly college baseball poll in 1980.
  4. ^ Nebraska went 4–4 under Scotty Dye and 2–8 under Earl Carr in 1923.
  5. ^ Nebraska did not field a team from 1926 to 1928 due to World War I.
  6. ^ In 1928, the ten member schools of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association agreed to a splintering of the conference – Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma retained the MVIAA name and Drake, Grinnell, Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State), and Washington University formed the Missouri Valley Conference. The MVIAA became commonly known as the Big Six, and later the Big Seven and Big Eight. Its name was officially changed to the Big Eight in 1964.[1]
  7. ^ Nebraska did not field a team from 1943 to 1945 due to World War II.
  8. ^ Big Ten Tournament not held.

References

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  1. ^ Braden Gall (June 29, 2012). "The History of Big 12 Realignment". Athlon Sports. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  2. ^ "Nebraska Baseball History and Records" (PDF). Nebraska Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2025.