LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -Bill Callahan was fired as Nebraska’s coach Saturday, his four-year stay marked by the most embarrassing losses at a football program once among the mightiest in the nation.
Interim athletic director and Nebraska great Tom Osborne announced the dismissal one day after the Cornhuskers lost 65-51 at Colorado, squandering an 11-point halftime lead by allowing 34 consecutive points. The dismal result left the Huskers at 5-7 one season after they reached the Big 12 championship game.
This season was also marked by a 76-39 defeat at Kansas, the most points allowed by a Nebraska team.
The firing came one month and a day after Callahan said, “I have done an excellent job in every area.” Osborne apparently thought otherwise after only the second losing season at Nebraska since 1962, both coming on Callahan’s watch.
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