List of Nebraska Cornhuskers starting quarterbacks

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Tommie Frazier was 33-3 as Nebraska's starting quarterback from 1992 to 1995 Tommie Frazier photo.jpg
Tommie Frazier was 33–3 as Nebraska's starting quarterback from 1992 to 1995

This list of Nebraska Cornhuskers starting quarterbacks shows the quarterbacks who have started at least one game for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program. Nebraska began competing in intercollegiate football in 1890, but early records are often incomplete and inconsistent. [1] This list includes a complete list of starting quarterbacks from 1962 – the first year of Bob Devaney's tenure and the most recent season for which complete information is readily available – until the present day, as well as a partial list from 1890 to 1961.

Contents

Since 1962, fifty-eight quarterbacks have started at least one game for Nebraska. Tommy Armstrong started a program-record forty-four games from 2013 to 2016, one more than his predecessor Taylor Martinez. Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch won thirty-five games as NU's starter, passing Tommie Frazier for the most victories in school history.

Partial list of starting quarterbacks before 1962

This is a partial list of Nebraska starting quarterbacks before 1962. Official recordkeeping prior to the 1960s was sporadic and it is often difficult to determine game-by-game starting lineups, especially in college football's early years when positions were less defined. [2]

List of starting quarterbacks since 1962

SeasonStarting quarterback(s) (W–L)Ref.
1962 Dennis Claridge (8–2) / John Faiman (1–0) [71] [72]
1963 Dennis Claridge (6–1) / Fred Duda (4–0) [71] [73]
1964 Bob Churchich (6–2) / Fred Duda (3–0) [73] [74]
1965 Fred Duda (8–1) / Bob Churchich (2–0) [73] [74]
1966 Bob Churchich (9–2) [74]
1967 Frank Patrick (6–4) [75]
1968 Ernie Sigler (5–4) / Frank Patrick (1–0) [75]
1969 Van Brownson (5–1) / Jerry Tagge (4–1) [76]
1970 Jerry Tagge (8–0–1) / Van Brownson (3–0) [76]
1971 Jerry Tagge (13–0) [76]
1972 David Humm (9–2–1) [77]
1973 David Humm (7–2–1) / Steve Runty (2–0) [77]
1974 David Humm (9–3) [77]
1975 Vince Ferragamo (5–2) / Terry Luck (5–0) [78] [79]
1976 Vince Ferragamo (9–3–1) [78]
1977 Randy Garcia (4–3) / Tom Sorley (5–0) [80] [81]
1978 Tom Sorley (9–3) [81]
1979 Tim Hager (7–0) / Jeff Quinn (3–2) [82] [83]
1980 Jeff Quinn (10–2) [83]
1981 Turner Gill (6–0) / Mark Mauer (2–2) / Nate Mason (1–1) [84] [85] [86]
1982 Turner Gill (11–1) / Bruce Mathison (1–0) [84] [87]
1983 Turner Gill (12–1) [84]
1984 Craig Sundberg (5–1) / Travis Turner (5–1) [88] [89]
1985 McCathorn Clayton (9–2) / Travis Turner (0–1) [90] [89]
1986 Steve Taylor (9–2) / Clete Blakeman (1–0) [91] [92]
1987 Steve Taylor (9–2) / Clete Blakeman (1–0) [91] [92]
1988 Steve Taylor (11–2) [91]
1989 Gerry Gdowski (10–2) [93]
1990 Mickey Joseph (6–2) / Mike Grant (3–1) [94] [95]
1991 Keithen McCant (8–2–1) / Mickey Joseph (1–0) [96] [94]
1992 Tommie Frazier (5–2) / Mike Grant (4–1) [97] [95]
1993 Tommie Frazier (11–1) [97]
1994 Brook Berringer (7–0) / Tommie Frazier (5–0) / Matt Turman (1–0) [98] [97] [99]
1995 Tommie Frazier (12–0) [97]
1996 Scott Frost (11–2) [100]
1997 Scott Frost (13–0) [100]
1998 Bobby Newcombe (5–1) / Eric Crouch (4–2) / Monte Christo (0–1) [101] [102] [103]
1999 Eric Crouch (10–1) / Bobby Newcombe (2–0) [102] [101]
2000 Eric Crouch (10–2) [102]
2001 Eric Crouch (11–2) [102]
2002 Jammal Lord (7–7) [104]
2003 Jammal Lord (10–3) [104]
2004 Joe Dailey (5–6) [105]
2005 Zac Taylor (8–4) [106]
2006 Zac Taylor (9–5) [106]
2007 Sam Keller (4–5) / Joe Ganz (1–2) [107] [108]
2008 Joe Ganz (9–4) [108]
2009 Zac Lee (8–4) / Cody Green (2–0) [109] [110]
2010 Taylor Martinez (8–4) / Cody Green (2–0) [111] [110]
2011 Taylor Martinez (9–4) [111]
2012 Taylor Martinez (10–4) [111]
2013 Tommy Armstrong (7–1) / Taylor Martinez (2–2) / Ron Kellogg (0–1) [112] [111] [113]
2014 Tommy Armstrong (9–4) [112]
2015 Tommy Armstrong (6–6) / Ryker Fyfe (0–1) [112] [114]
2016 Tommy Armstrong (8–3) / Ryker Fyfe (1–1) [112] [114]
2017 Tanner Lee (4–8) [115]
2018 Adrian Martinez (4–7) / Andrew Bunch (0–1) [116] [117]
2019 Adrian Martinez (5–5) / Noah Vedral (0–2) [116] [118]
2020 Adrian Martinez (2–4) / Luke McCaffrey (1–1) [116] [119]
2021 Adrian Martinez (3–8) / Logan Smothers (0–1) [116] [120]
2022 Casey Thompson (4–6) / Chubba Purdy (0–2) [121] [122]
2023 Heinrich Haarberg (5–3) / Chubba Purdy (0–2) / Jeff Sims (0–2) [123] [122] [124]
2024 Dylan Raiola (7–6) [125]

Starts by quarterback

Tommy Armstrong started more games for Nebraska than any other quarterback Bat the Ball (30676454865) (cropped).jpg
Tommy Armstrong started more games for Nebraska than any other quarterback
QuarterbackStartsWinsWin pct.
Tommy Armstrong 4430.682
Taylor Martinez 4329.674
Eric Crouch 4235.833
Adrian Martinez 3814.368
Tommie Frazier 3633.917
Steve Taylor 3529.829
David Humm 3425.765
Turner Gill 3129.935
Jerry Tagge 2725.944
Jammal Lord 17.630
Scott Frost 2624.923
Zac Taylor 17.654
Bob Churchich2117.810
Vince Ferragamo 2014.725
Dennis Claridge [f] 1714.824
Tom Sorley 14.824
Jeff Quinn13.765
Fred Duda1615.938
Joe Ganz10.625
Dylan Raiola 137.538
Gerry Gdowski 1210.833
Zac Lee 8.667
Tanner Lee 4.333
McCathorn Clayton119.818
Keithen McCant 8.773
Frank Patrick 7.636
Joe Dailey 5.455
Casey Thompson 104.400
Van Brownson98.889
Mike Grant7.778
Mickey Joseph 7.778
Ernie Sigler5.556
Sam Keller 4.444
Bobby Newcombe 87.875
Heinrich Haarberg 5.625
Brook Berringer 771.000
Tim Hager71.000
Travis Turner5.714
Randy Garcia4.571
Craig Sundberg65.833
Terry Luck 551.000
Cody Green441.000
Mark Mauer 2.500
Chubba Purdy 0.000
Ryker Fyfe31.333
Clete Blakeman 221.000
Steve Runty21.000
Nate Mason1.500
Luke McCaffrey 1.500
Jeff Sims 0.000
Noah Vedral0.000
John Faiman 111.000
Bruce Mathison 11.000
Matt Turman11.000
Andrew Bunch0.000
Ron Kellogg0.000
Logan Smothers 0.000
Monte Christo0.000

Notes

  1. Win-loss record only listed if all games are accounted for.
  2. Head coach Frank Crawford started at quarterback for two games of the 1893 season.
  3. Leonard Barwick and Gil McDonald were listed as co-starters for at least one game of the 1904 season.
  4. 1 2 Orlando Bentley and Harold Cooke were listed as co-starters for multiple games in each of the 1907 and 1908 seasons.
  5. Herbert Potter and Max Towle were listed as co-starters for at least two games of the 1912 season.
  6. Dennis Claridge started at quarterback for most of the 1961 season. [71] For consistency, these games are not included in this table.

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