Conference Timeline - Big 7

Teams: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado

 

Football

• Three First Team All-Americans, including Tom Novak (1949), Bobby Reynolds (1950) and Jerry Minnick (1952)
• Bobby Reynolds finished fifth in the 1950 Heisman voting
• Ended Oklahoma's 74-game conference unbeaten streak in 1959 with a 25-21 win during homecoming in Lincoln
• 28 All-Conference Selections
• Huskers first night game on Nov. 30, 1951 at Miami's Orange Bowl

 

Men's Basketball

• Four All-Conference Picks
• Two All-Americans
• Tied for back-to-back Big Seven titles (1948-49 and 1949-50)
• Claude Retherford is NU's first NBA Draft pick by the St. Louis Bombers in 1949

 

Baseball

• Produced a 17-7 overall record in 1948 to advance to the postseason for the first time in school history, going 1-2 in the NCAA District 5 Playoffs
• Won two of the first three Big Seven championships, claiming titles in 1948 and 1950 with a combined 25-6 league mark in those seasons
• Had eight winning seasons in its 10 seasons in the Big Seven Conference
• Bob Cerv became Nebraska baseball's first-ever All-American and also the first Husker in Major League Baseball, signing a free agent contract with the New York Yankees in 1950
• On April 20, 1954, Richard Geier throws the first perfect game in school history in a 1-0 win over Kansas

 

Wrestling

• Didn't finish lower than second place in their first three years, including a team title in 1949
• Mike DiBiase was the first Husker wrestler to become a two-time conference champion after taking the heavyweight title in 1948 and 1949
• Herb Reese won three conference titles from 1949 to 1951 wrestling at 175 pounds for his first two championships and heavyweight for his third
• Claimed four individual conference titles for the first time in school history in 1949

 

Track and Field

• Won Three Men's Conference titles

 

Men's Golf

• Five top-three finishes in the conference championship
• Two individual Conference Champions