[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S302-S303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   COMMENDING THE CORNHUSKERS FOR WINNING THE 1994 AND 1995 NATIONAL 
         COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

  Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I send a resolution to the desk and ask for 
its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The resolution will be stated by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 210) to commend the Cornhuskers of 
     the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for winning both the 
     1994 and 1995 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
     Football championships back-to-back.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate one of the top 
college football programs in history--the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The 
Huskers have once again clinched a national championship earning back-
to-back titles in 1994 and 1995. Nebraska won two consecutive 
championships also in 1970 and 1971. This year's repeat was made 
special by the fact that this is only the second time ever in college 
football history that a team was a consensus, undisputed champ in the 
major polls 2 years in a row. The last time this occurred was in the 
1950's.
  The Huskers decisively defeated the Florida Gators 62-24 in the 
Fiesta Bowl on January 2. This victory not only brought with it the 
national championship, but a perfect 25-0 record for the past two 
seasons, a 36th victory for the Huskers in the last three seasons and 
the worst defeat of a number 1 versus number 2 in a championship game. 
As for the 36 victories, the Huskers are the only team to win that many 
games in 3 years time. Nebraska was 36-1 overall and the 1 loss came 
down to a last-second field goal attempt. That field goal was the 
difference between a repeat and a threepeat of the national title. The 
Huskers defeated the Miami Hurricanes in Miami 24-17 last year for the 
championship.
  The Huskers this year managed to play nearly everyone on the roster 
in many of the games and crush opponents by averaging 52.4 offensive 
points per game. Also when matched against Top 10 opponents this 
season--Florida, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State--the Huskers smacked 
each by an average of 49-18.
  The Nebraska program has risen above all others on the field. The 
Huskers have the record for the most straight bowl game appearances at 
27. Between 1970 and now, they have finished 19 times in the Top 10 and 
4 of those were at number 1. Additionally, in this the final year of 
the Big Eight, the Huskers have dominated with the most Big Eight 
conference championships at 20. The Huskers were victorious in the Big 
Eight consecutively for the last 5 years. The Huskers likewise hold the 
record for overall conference championships--Big Six, Big Seven, Big 
Eight--at 41.
  As it is clear that the Huskers have been winners on the field, they 
have been winners off the field as well. Coach Osborne, the coach with 
the highest winning percentage in college football, wrote ``More Than 
Winning,'' a book which describes his philosophy. There is certainly 
more than winning and Coach Osborne, who holds a doctorate in 
educational psychology, tries to teach each of his players how to be 
winners in the bigger game of life. For example, the University of 
Nebraska has had the most Academic-All-Americans on its teams at 132 
players. The next closest college has 82. The football program itself 
is number 1 with a total of first team Academic-All-Americans at 49. 
The next closest college has 35.
  I am very pleased with the Huskers for the success that they have had 
over the years and another repeat of the national championship. While 
the 1971 match-up between Nebraska and Oklahoma has often been called 
the game of the century, the run the Huskers have made in the last 
three seasons, 1993, 1994, and 1995, deserves the caption--``the Team 
of the Century.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution.
  The resolution (S. Res. 210) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:
  
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                              S. Res. 210

       Whereas Dr. Tom Osborne, the winningest coach in college 
     football, has led the Nebraska Cornhuskers to the last five 
     Big Eight titles, a second perfect season, and repeat of the 
     National Championship;
       Whereas the Huskers have gone undefeated at 25-0 in the 
     last two seasons and 36-1 in the last three seasons, the most 
     victories ever in that time span for any collegiate team;
       Whereas Tommie Frazier, the great Husker quarterback, 
     continued the unmatched Nebraska tradition by being named 
     Most Valuable Player in the last three Championship games and 
     finished his brilliant career with a rushing high 199 yards 
     in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl;
       Whereas the Huskers decisively won the Fiesta Bowl becoming 
     the second football team ever in collegiate history to earn a 
     consensus #1 rank in the major polls for two consecutive 
     years.
       Resolved, That the Senate commends the Cornhuskers of the 
     University of Nebraska at Lincoln for having won the 1995 
     National Collegiate Athletic Association Football 
     Championship.

  Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and I move to 
lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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