Editing Bob Devaney (section)

====Final season====
Devaney coached one more year in [[1972 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|1972]] and expectations were high for a third straight national title.<ref name=sisp72>{{cite journal|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8297/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821071047/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8297/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 21, 2009|journal=Sports Illustrated|title=Nebraska goes for three straight: Coach Bob Devaney|date=September 11, 1972}}</ref> Although a disappointing loss to [[1972 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]] at the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] opened the season, the Huskers finished with a 9–2–1 record. The loss to UCLA ended Nebraska's 32-game unbeaten streak, which dated back nearly three years to October 11, [[1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|1969]], when they lost at [[1969 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]]. Although the Cornhuskers tied [[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]] and lost by three points to [[1972 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]] in Lincoln in November, the season ended with a 40–6 victory over [[1972 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]] in the [[1973 Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], the Huskers' third consecutive victory in that bowl game.  Nebraska finished the [[1972 NCAA University Division football season|1972 season]] ranked #4 in the AP Poll.<ref name="appoll"/> In addition, [[Johnny Rodgers]] was selected as the winner of the [[Heisman Trophy]].  The UPI [[Coaches' Poll#College football|Coaches' Poll]], released before the bowls, had Nebraska at #9.

Following the 1972 season, Devaney stepped down as head coach at age 57 and hired his protégé to succeed him, [[offensive coordinator]] [[Tom Osborne]].  Devaney's overall record at Nebraska was 101–20–2 ({{Winning percentage|101|20|2}}) in 11 seasons, with nine bowl appearances and two national championships.  His teams won or shared eight Big Eight Conference titles.  His record in his final three seasons was 32–2–2 ({{Winning percentage|33|2|2}}), and his career college head coaching record at Wyoming and Nebraska was 136–30–7 ({{Winning percentage|136|30|7}}) in 16 seasons.