Emmy Award | Grammy Award | Tony Award | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | National Book Award | Daytime Emmy Award | Juno Award | Obie Award | Golden Globe Award | Primetime Emmy Award | Drama Desk Award | César Award | Academy Award for Best Picture | Edgar Award | Konex Award | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | Academy Award for Best Original Song | Vince Lombardi | Eisner Award | Latin Grammy Award | Hugo Award | Peabody Award | Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | award | Academy Award for Best Actress | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam | BAFTA Award for Best Film | Award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | Academy Award for Best Cinematography |
He led the Cougars' "Mad Dog" defense to 4 top ten national ratings, while tutoring such talents as Lombardi Award winner, Wilson Whitley and Kodak All Americans Hosea Taylor, Leonard Mitchell and Guy Brown.
In his senior season for the Huskers in 1972, he won the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award; the second of eight Nebraska winners of the Outland Trophy and the first of five Nebraska winners of the Lombardi Award.