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185:Career highlights and awards
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359:player elected to the
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258:Career NFL statistics
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357:Nebraska Cornhuskers
287:Head coaching record
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1230:Ralph Chase
1071:Ed McGinley
1012:Jim Crowley
898:Daddy Potts
883:Bulger Lowe
853:Fred Graham
823:Johnny Budd
733:Bull Behman
719:(1929–1930)
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667:(1925–1926)
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207:First-team
192:As a player
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1284:Categories
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1171:Red Grange
1087:Carl Diehl
1047:Jim Lawson
1020:Red Grange
933:Ned Wilcox
868:Paul Hogan
818:Doc Bruder
431:References
365:Nebraska's
228:Consensus
174:Head coach
56:1903-03-14
30:No. 19, 16
1154:Backfield
995:Backfield
913:Lou Smyth
893:Hap Moran
878:Ben Jones
858:Tex Hamer
828:Joe Carpe
813:Bob Books
681:Tom Moran
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505:March 10,
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389:" of the
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