List of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball seasons

The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska plays its home games at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, built in 2001 to replace the aging Buck Beltzer Stadium. The program began intercollegiate play in 1889 and has been coached by Will Bolt since 2020.

Nebraska's baseball program was disjointed in its first decades, frequently disbanding for years at a time. The hiring of Tony Sharpe in 1947 brought stability to the program, but success was limited. Sharpe and his successor John Sanders combined to lead NU for fifty-one seasons, making just three NCAA tournament appearances between them. Nebraska hired Dave Van Horn in 1998 and he quickly turned the Huskers into a national power, making the program's first two College World Series appearances in 2001 and 2002. Mike Anderson took over for Van Horn and in 2005 led NU to its most successful season ever, including another College World Series trip. Anderson could not sustain this, however; since his departure in 2011 Nebraska has experienced modest success under head coaches Darin Erstad and Will Bolt.

Nebraska has been to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship seventeen times and advanced to three College World Series. The Cornhuskers have won eight regular season conference championships and four conference tournament championships. Sixteen Huskers have been named First-Team All-Americans and Alex Gordon won the 2005 Golden Spikes Award as the best amateur baseball player in the country.

Season-by-season results

Regular season champion	Tournament champion	Regular season and tournament champion

Season ^{[A 1]}	Coach^{[A 2]}	Overall	Conf.	Standing	Postseason^{[A 3]}	Final rank^{[A 4]}
Nebraska Old Gold Knights
Independent (1889–1925)
1889	C. D. Chandler	1–2
1890		2–3
1891		1–0
1892	Charles Stroman	0–2–1
Nebraska Bugeaters
1893	Charles Stroman	3–0
1897	Edward N. Robinson	8–5–1
1898	F.B. Ryons	6–4
1899	Unknown	8–4
1900	Unknown	8–12
Nebraska Cornhuskers
1901	Mike Henderson	9–11
1902	Geo P. Shidler	17–8
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	Billy Fox	12–14
1910	Unknown	7–7–1
1912	Unknown	3–0
1919	Paul J. Schissler	5–3
1920		7–6
1921		8–5
1922	Owen Frank	12–4
1923	Scotty Dye	6–12
1923	Earl Carr	6–12
1924	William G. Kline	10–8
1925	William G. Kline	8–7
Big Six Conference (1929–1947)
1929	John Rhodes	12–5–1	10–5	1st
1930	John Rhodes	9–7	7–5	3rd
1931	W. H. Browne	2–10	2–8	6th
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
1946	Frank Smagacz	9–7	9–5	2nd
1947	Tony Sharpe	6–9–1	6–7	4th
Big Seven Conference (1948–1959)
1948	Tony Sharpe	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
Big Eight Conference (1958–1995)
1958	Tony Sharpe	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 ^{[A 5]}
2021		34–14	31–12	1st ^{[A 6]}	NCAA Division I Regional	20
2022		23–30	10–14	9th
2023		33–23–1	15–9	4th
Overall: 2,329–1,700–20 (.578), Conference: 911–849–2 (.518)

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Notes

^ Nebraska did not field a team in 1903, 1911, 1913–18, 1926–28, 1932, or 1943–45
^ Coaching information unavailable for 1899, 1900, 1905, 1910, and 1912
^ 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
^ Baseball America began publishing a weekly college baseball poll in 1980
^ Remainder of season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
^ Big Ten Tournament not held

References

^ "2020 baseball media guide (PDF)" (PDF). University of Nebraska.

External links

Official website

[1] Nebraska did not field a team in 1903, 1911, 1913–18, 1926–28, 1932, or 1943–45

[2] Coaching information unavailable for 1899, 1900, 1905, 1910, and 1912

[3] 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

[4] Baseball America began publishing a weekly college baseball poll in 1980

[5] Remainder of season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

[6] Big Ten Tournament not held

[7] "2020 baseball media guide (PDF)" (PDF). University of Nebraska.

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