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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[edit]

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 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 12–14
1910 Unknown 7–7–1
1912 3–0
1919 Paul J. Schissler 5–3
1920 7–6
1921 8–5
1922 Owen Frank 12–4
1923 Scotty Dye 6–12
Earl Carr
1924 William G. Kline 10–8
1925 8–7
Big Six Conference (1929–1947)
1929 John Rhodes 12–5–1 10–5 1st
1930 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[edit]

  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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2020 baseball media guide (PDF)" (PDF). University of Nebraska.

External links[edit]

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