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

Date    Opponent    Site       Result  AP Rank  Att.
                                        NU/Opp
09/09   N. Illinois Lincoln    W 48-17   4/     76,194
09/16   Utah        Lincoln    W 42-30   4/     76,333
09/23  +Minnesota   Mpls.      W 48-0    3/     58,368
09/30   Oregon St.  Lincoln    W 35-7    3/     76,290
10/07  #Kansas St.  Lincoln    W 58-7    4/     76,265
10/14  #Missouri    Columbia   W 50-7    4/     55,620
10/21  #Okla. St.   Stillwater W 48-23   4/     40,000
10/28  #Iowa St.-HC Lincoln    W 49-17   4/     76,371
11/04  #Colorado    Boulder    L 21-27   3/2    52,877
11/11  #Kansas      Lincoln    W 51-14   6/     76,232
11/18  #Oklahoma    Lincoln    W 42-25   6/     76,404
01/01  %Fla. St.    Tempe      L 17-41   6/5    73,953

% Fiesta Bowl | (+) Indoor game

Final rankings: 11th AP, 12th UPI
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