Field Images

One of the band's most familiar settings is on the football field or in the stands, cheering for the team. In these photos, though uniforms, instrumentation, and membership may vary through the years, it is clear that some traditions change very little.

40 items

Band members march in Memorial Stadium (1940)

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• Date: 1940
• Desc: Band members perform, carrying megaphones for singing effect
• Collection:
• ID: 570904-07427

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Orange Bowl halftime (1955)

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• Date: 1955
• Desc: Original caption: "On the field for half time. Orange Bowl 1955. 'Entry of the Gladiators."
• Collection:
• ID: 570904-00064

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ROTC cadet band in 1922 (1922)

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• Date: 1922
• Desc: Original caption: "NEBR - NOTRE DAME GAME 1922"; ROTC cadet band on formation on field during football halftime; fans in bleachers surround field.
• Collection:
• ID: 570904-07234

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Nebraska vs. Notre Dame band performance (1924)

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• Date: 1924, November 15
• Desc: Nebraska-Notre Dame game
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-02430

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Nebraska vs. Notre Dame band performance (1924)

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• Date: 1924, November 15
• Desc: Nebraska-Notre Dame game, marching band with goalpost and stadium in the background
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-02431

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Minnesota Game (1937)

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• Date: 1937, October
• Desc: Members of the marching band stand together, photographed close up with the stadium in the background. A tuba player is in the center of the image.
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-03333

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Minnesota Game (1937)

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• Date: 1937, October
• Desc: A man in a Nebraska jacket stands down on the field in front of the band section.
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-03340

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Minnesota Game (1937)

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• Date: 1937, October
• Desc: Marching band members walk and position themselves with their instruments by the stadium stands.
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-03347

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Minnesota Game (1937)

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• Date: 1937, October
• Desc: Members of the marching band are positioned in stadium seating, more of the football audience behind them.
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-03348

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Minnesota Game (1937)

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• Date: 1937, October
• Desc: Positioned in front of the football audience, the marching band members hold their instruments at the ready.
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-03356

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Football Game (1937)

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• Date: 1937
• Desc: Photographed from behind, marching band members play in formation on the field.
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-03399

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Football Game (1937)

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• Date: 1937
• Desc: The marching band plays on the football field in rows.
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-03412

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Football Game (1937)

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• Date: 1937
• Desc: Caption: "In the front of the football audience, band members hold their instruments in front of them". The date of this photo may not be accurate as the uniforms they are wearing were replaced in 1936
• Collection:
• ID: 421203-03416

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Post game (1974)

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• Date: 1974
• Desc: Original caption: "1974 post game." A line of horns on the field of a football stadium.
• Collection:
• ID: 570904-00054

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1969 Sun Bowl (1969)

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• Date: 1969, Dec. 20
• Desc: The Cornhusker Marching Band is seated on the sidelines of the Sun Bowl field in El Paso, Texas.
• Collection:
• ID: 570905-00001

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Holdrege band (1940)

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• Date: 1940-1950
• Desc: Members of an unidentified band possibly from Holdrege, Nebraska on Band Day. A band member eats a candy apple
• Collection:
• ID: 570904-00028

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Big Bertha (1963)

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• Date: 1963
• Desc: Two marching band members pull drum "Big Bertha" across the field
• Collection:
• ID: 570904-00039

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1969 Sun Bowl (1969)

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• Date: 1969, Dec. 20
• Desc: The Cornhusker Marching Band stands on the sidelines of the Sun Bowl field in El Paso, Texas.
• Collection:
• ID: 570905-00002

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1969 Sun Bowl (1969)

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• Date: 1969, Dec. 20
• Desc: Several members of the Cornhusker Marching Band stand on the field at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. The grand stands can be seen behind them.
• Collection:
• ID: 570905-00004

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1969 Sun Bowl (1969)

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• Date: 1969, Dec. 20
• Desc: The Cornhusker Marching Band marches on the field at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
• Collection:
• ID: 570905-00006

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