Bill Armstrong, FB/LB, 6-1, 210, Beatrice, NE (Beatrice)
 Larry Bailey, MG, 6-1, 230, Jersey City, NJ (Snyder)  
 Jim Belka, FB/LB, 6-3, 189, Prairie Village, KS (Bishop Melge)  
 Randy Benish, QB/DB, 6-1, 175, Norfolk, NE
 Rick Bonness, C, 6-4, 200, Bellevue, NE
 Dan Brock, FB/T, 6-4, 210, Columbus, NE (Scotus)
 Bill Bunkers, B, 6-0, 170, Fulda, MN
 Dave Butterfield, QB/S, 5-11, 180, Sterling, CO
 Scott Copple, QB, 6-2, 195, Omaha, NE (Creighton Prep)
 Joe Dervin, FB/LB, 6-1, 200, Omaha, NE (Creighton Prep)
 Percy Eichelberger, G/DE, 6-1, 210, Louisville, MS (Louisville)
 Tyrone Fambro, OG/LB, 6-1, 225, Detroit, MI (Northern)   
 Dick Gannon, End, 6-3, 185, Holdrege, NE
 Tom Heiser, HB/CB, 5-10, 172, Columbus, NE
 Gary Higgs, FB/LB, 6-2, 190, Toledo, OH (Scott)
 Steve Hoins, L, 6-3, 220, Bellevue, NE  
 Ken Homola, WR/S, 6-3, 190, Indianapolis, IN (Chatard)
 John Kane, LB, 6-2, 210, Kansas City, MO
 Bill Kraft, QB/S, 6-2, 185, Oelwein, IA
 John Lee, T, 6-4, 238, Red Bank, NJ
 Rick Lemerond, QB, 6-4, 185, Green Bay, WI (Premontre)
 Randy Lessman, TE, 6-3, 205, Sioux City, IA (East)
 Robert Lingenfelter, OT/MG, 6-8, 275, Plainview, NE
 Chuck Malito, SE, 6-1, 160, Lakewood, CO
 Bob Martin, IB/LB, 6-1, 180, David City, NE
 John O'Leary, HB, 6-1, 190, Port Washington, NY (Holy Cross)  
 Ron Pruitt, T, 6-4, 240, Compton, CA (Centennial)
 Jeff Pumphrey, SE, 6-0, 165, Scottsbluff, NE  
 Glen Ray, QB/S, 6-4, 205, Midland, TX (Midland)  
 Dan Schmidt, OG/DE, 6-2, 215, North Platte, NE
 Dave Shamblin, SE, 6-3, 185, Laverne, CA (Bonita)
 James Sledge, DT, 6-1, 225, Omaha, NE (Creighton Prep)
 Chip Smith, T, 6-4, 220, McCook, NE
 Wayne Stuberg, C/OG, 6-2, 195, Omaha, NE (North)
 Chester Talley, HB/DB, 6-1, 180, Denver, CO (East)   
 Willie Thornton, T, 6-2, 220, Amory, MS
 Richard Varner, T, 6-2, 230, Wichita, KS (Southeast)
 Nicholas Zanetich, OG/LB, 6-2, 222, Hoboken, NJ (St. Joseph's)  

 denotes letter earned

CLASS SCORECARD
54 letters earned by 22 of 38 recruits
All-America: 3 (Bonness, Butterfield, Martin)
All-conference: 5 (Bonness, Butterfield, Lingenfelter, Martin, Schmidt)
Notable walk-on: Clete Pillen, LB (all-conference)