Won 10, Lost 2
Big 8: Won 6, Lost 1, 2nd
Coach Tom Osborne
 

Date    Opponent    Site       Result  AP Rank  Att.
                                        NU/Opp
09/05   Utah St.    Lincoln    W 56-12   2/     75,910
09/12   UCLA**      Lincoln    W 42-33   2/3    76,313
09/26   Ariz. St.   Tempe      W 35-28   2/12   71,264
10/03   S. Carolina Lincoln    W 30-21   2/     76,061
10/10  #Kansas      Lincoln    W 54-2    2/     76,053
10/17  #Okla. St.   Stillwater W 35-0    2/12   50,440
10/24  #Kan. St.-HC Lincoln    W 56-3    2/     76,106
10/31  #Missouri    Columbia   W 42-7    2/     55,594
11/07  #Iowa St.    Lincoln    W 42-3    2/     76,001
11/21  #Oklahoma    Lincoln    L 7-17    1/2    76,663
11/28  #Colorado    Boulder    W 24-7    5/     52,026
01/01  %Fla. State  Tempe      L 28-31   5/3    72,112

% Fiesta Bowl | **150th consecutive home sellout 

Final rankings: 6th AP and UPI
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