Bo Pelini went 26-25 against opponents that finished with winning records.
40-2 against opponents .500 or less.
Never won a conference championship and lost at least 4 games every season.
Below are listed some of the pathetic non conference mutts he padded his record against. Excuse the formatting.
In conference doormats (which are not listed) like Iowa State and Kansas (Big 12) and Purdue and Indiana (Big 10) added another 12 wins or so to his career tally.
To describe his tenure as mediocre is being quite generous.
Western Michigan MAC W 47 24 1 0 W 1 2 Sep 6, 2008 Sat Nebraska San Jose State WAC W 35 12 2 0 W 2 3 Sep 13, 2008 Sat Nebraska New Mexico State WAC W 38 7 3 0 W 3
Florida Atlantic Sun Belt W 49 3 1 0 W 1 2 Sep 12, 2009 Sat (22) Nebraska Arkansas State Sun Belt W 38 9 2 0 W 2 3 Sep 19, 2009 Sat (19) Nebraska @ (13) Virginia Tech ACC L 15 16 2 1 4 Sep 26, 2009 Sat (25) Nebraska Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt W 55 0
Western Kentucky Sun Belt W 49 10 1 0 W 1 2 Sep 11, 2010 Sat (6) Nebraska Idaho WAC W 38 17 2 0 W 2 3 Sep 18, 2010 Sat (8) Nebraska @ Washington Pac-10 W 56 21 3 0 W 3 4 Sep 25, 2010 Sat (6) Nebraska South Dakota State Non-Major W 17 3 4 0 W 4
Chattanooga Non-Major W 40 7 1 0 W 1 2 Sep 10, 2011 Sat (10) Nebraska Fresno State WAC W 42 29 2 0 W 2 3 Sep 17, 2011 Sat (11) Nebraska Washington Pac-12 W 51 38 3 0 W 3 4 Sep 24, 2011 Sat (9) Nebraska @ Wyoming MWC W 38 14 4 0 W 4
Southern Mississippi CUSA W 49 20 1 0 W 1 2 Sep 8, 2012 Sat (16) Nebraska @ UCLA Pac-12 L 30 36 1 1 L 1 3 Sep 15, 2012 Sat Nebraska Arkansas State Sun Belt W 42 13 2 1 W 1 4 Sep 22, 2012 Sat (25) Nebraska Idaho State Non-Major W 73 7 3 1
Nebraska Wyoming MWC W 37 34 1 0 W 1 2 Sep 7, 2013 6:00 PM Sat (22) Nebraska Southern Mississippi CUSA W 56 13 2 0 W 2 3 Sep 14, 2013 12:00 PM Sat (23) Nebraska (16) UCLA Pac-12 L 21 41 2 1 L 1 4 Sep 21, 2013 3:30 PM Sat Nebraska South Dakota State Non-Major W 59 20 3 1 W 1
f Pts Opp W L Streak TV Notes 1 Aug 30, 2014 3:30 PM Sat (22) Nebraska Florida Atlantic CUSA W 55 7 1 0 W 1 Big Ten Network 2 Sep 6, 2014 12:00 PM Sat (19) Nebraska McNeese State Non-Major W 31 24 2 0 W 2 ESPN U 3 Sep 13, 2014 10:30 PM Sat Nebraska @ Fresno State MWC
Memo to all the talking heads on sports radio:
STOP WITH THE 9 WIN PER SEASON WHINE. If half you big mouths would do your homework instead of regurgitating what every other idiot on the air is blathering you might be worth listening to.