Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 10/24 #Ohio State Columbus L 17-52 /5 1,344 10/31 #Wisconsin Lincoln Canceled /9 11/07 #Northwestern Evanston L 13-21 / 0 11/14 #Penn State Lincoln W 30-23 / 0 11/21 #Illinois Lincoln L 23-41 / 0 11/27 #Iowa Iowa City L 20-26 / 1,469 12/05 #Purdue W.Lafayette W 37-27 / 808 12/12 #Minnesota Lincoln L 17-24 / 0 12/18 #Rutgers Piscataway W 28-21 / 0 Final rankings: Unranked by AP & coaches Stats | Honors | Roster | Media guide
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 08/28 #Illinois Champaign L 22-30 / 41,064 09/04 Fordham Lincoln W 52- 7 / 85,938 09/11 Buffalo Lincoln W 28- 3 / 85,663 09/18 Oklahoma Norman L 16-23 /3 84,659 09/25 #Mich. State E.Lansing L 20-23(OT) /20 70,332 10/02 #N'western-HC Lincoln W 56- 7 / 87,364 10/09 #Michigan Lincoln L 32-29 /9 87,380 10/16 #Minnesota Mpls. L 23-30 / 45,436 10/30 #Purdue Lincoln L 28-23 / 85,902 11/06 #Ohio State Lincoln L 17-26 /6 84,426 11/20 #Wisconsin Madison L 28-35 /19 67,888 11/26 #Iowa Lincoln L 21-28 /17 86,541 Final rankings: Unranked by AP & coaches Roster | Media guide | Spring game
Coach Scott Frost
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 08/27 #Northwestern Dublin L 28-31 / 09/03 North Dakota Lincoln W 38-17 / 86,590 09/10 Ga. Southern Lincoln L 42-45 / 86,862 09/17 Oklahoma Lincoln L 14-49 /6 87,161 10/01 #Indiana-HC Lincoln / 10/07 #Rutgers Piscataway / 10/15 #Purdue W.Lafayette / 10/29 #Illinois Lincoln / 11/05 #Minnesota Lincoln / 11/12 #Michigan Ann Arbor / 11/19 #Wisconsin Lincoln / 11/25 #Iowa Iowa City /
Coach Scott Frost
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 08/31 #Minnesota Mpls. / 09/09 Colorado Boulder / 09/16 Cincinnati Lincoln / 09/23 La. Tech Lincoln / 09/30 #Northwestern Lincoln / 10/07 #Illinois Champaign / 10/14 #Michigan Lincoln / 10/21 #Wisconsin Lincoln / 11/04 #Purdue W.Lafayette / 11/11 #Maryland Lincoln / 11/18 #Mich. St. E.Lansing / 11/24 #Iowa Lincoln /
Coach Scott Frost
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 08/31 UTEP Lincoln / 09/07 Colorado Lincoln / 09/14 / 09/21 #Minnesota Lincoln / 09/28 #Northwestern Evanston / 10/05 #Michigan Ann Arbor / 10/12 #Ohio State Lincoln / 10/26 #Penn State State Coll. / 11/09 #Illinois Lincoln / 11/16 #Wisconsin Madison / 11/23 #Purdue Lincoln / 11/29 #Iowa Iowa City /
Coach Scott Frost
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 08/30 #Illinois Champaign / 09/06 Akron Lincoln / 09/13 Cincinnati Cincinnati / 09/27 #Michigan Lincoln / 10/04 #Wisconsin Lincoln / 10/11 #Northwestern Lincoln / 10/18 La.-Monroe Lincoln / 10/25 #Indiana Bloomington / 11/01 #Minnesota Minneapolis / 11/08 #Rutgers Lincoln / 11/22 #Purdue W.Lafayette / 11/28 #Iowa Lincoln /
Coach Scott Frost
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 09/05 Ohio Lincoln / 09/12 Tennessee Lincoln / 09/19 N. Dakota Lincoln / 09/26 / 10/03 / 10/10 / 10/17 / 10/24 / 10/31 / 11/07 / 11/14 / 11/21 / 11/28 /
Coach Scott Frost
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 09/04 N. Illinois Lincoln / 09/11 Tennessee Knoxville / 09/18 / 09/25 / 10/02 / 10/09 / 10/16 / 10/23 / 10/30 / 11/06 / 11/13 / 11/20 / 11/27 /
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 09/02 UTEP Lincoln / 09/09 S.Dakota St. Lincoln / 09/16 Arizona Lincoln / 09/23 / 09/30 / 10/07 / 10/14 / 10/21 / 10/28 / 11/04 / 11/11 / 11/18 / 11/25 /
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att. NU/Opp 09/01 / 09/08 / 09/15 Oklahoma Norman / 09/22 / 09/29 / 10/06 / 10/13 / 10/20 / 10/27 / 11/03 / 11/10 / 11/17 / 11/24 /
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