Won 9, Lost 3
Big 8: Won 5, Lost 2, 2nd-tie
Coach Tom Osborne
 

Date    Opponent    Site       Result   AP Rank  Att.
                                         NU/Opp
09/10   Wash. St.   Lincoln    L 10-19   15/     75,922
09/17   Alabama     Lincoln    W 31-24     /4    75,899
09/24   Baylor      Lincoln    W 31-10   14/     76,231
10/01   Indiana     Lincoln    W 31-13   11/     76,034
10/08  #Kansas St.  Manhattan  W 26-9     9/     41,100
10/15  #Iowa State  Lincoln    L 21-24    9/     76,090
10/22  #Colorado-HC Lincoln    W 33-15   18/7    76,486
10/29  #Okla. St.   Stillwater W 31-14   12/     49,100
11/05  #Missouri    Columbia   W 21-10   11/     67,000
11/12  #Kansas      Lincoln    W 52-7    12/     76,392
11/25  #Oklahoma    Norman     L 7-38    11/3    71,184
12/19  %N. Carolina Memphis    W 21-17   12/14   49,456

% Liberty Bowl

Final rankings: 10th UPI, 12th AP
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