This image is the cover for the book University of Nebraska-Omaha Football, Images of Sports

University of Nebraska-Omaha Football, Images of Sports

From its inaugural season in 1911 through its final season in 2011, the University of Nebraska-Omaha football team always faced an uphill struggle in terms of resources. The program reached a pinnacle in 1954 with its lone unbeaten season. Many other teams and individuals also found great success, winning conference titles and bowl games and moving onto professional careers. Just because the school no longer offers football, it does not mean that the thousands of men who played for the Mavericks from 1971 to 2011, the Indians from 1939 to 1971, and the Cardinals and the Maroons before should not be remembered and honored for the years they poured their hearts and souls into the Omaha football program.

Darren Ivy

Author Darren Ivy, with the help of UNO archivist Les Valentine, selected photographs from the UNO archives that capture the spirit of UNO football. Ivy, an award-winning journalist, previously wrote the book Untold Stories, Black Sports Heroes before Integration while also working as a journalist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Arcadia Publishing