 It would be as close as the Huskers would get to the postseason in their first 69 years of play.In 1949–50, Nebraska again won 16 games and shared the Big Seven crown with Kansas and Kansas State–to date, the last time NU has won a regular season conference championship.Claude Retherford and Bus Whitehead each were named all-conference performers in 1949, and the latter earned the honor again the next year.