Record: 49-39-2, .556 W-L% (4th of 13) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 13.38 (1st of 13) ▪ SOS: 11.51 (2nd of 13)
Conference Champion: Nebraska
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Nebraska and Oklahoma)
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| Rk | Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Jerry Tagge* | Nebraska | 116 | 190 | 61.1 | 1536 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 12 | 8 | 141.4 | 85 | 153 | 1.8 | 5 |
| 2 | Tony Pounds | Oklahoma State | 133 | 269 | 49.4 | 1871 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 15 | 21 | 110.7 | 96 | -105 | -1.1 | 2 |
| 3 | Dean Carlson | Iowa State | 105 | 220 | 47.7 | 1391 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 11 | 16 | 102.8 | 69 | 169 | 2.4 | 4 |
| 4 | Dan Heck | Kansas | 81 | 188 | 43.1 | 1169 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 10 | 15 | 96.9 | 98 | 177 | 1.8 | 5 |
| 5 | Lynn Dickey | Kansas State | 180 | 364 | 49.5 | 2163 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 7 | 26 | 91.4 | 28 | -155 | -5.5 | 2 |
| 6 | Jim Bratten | Colorado | 64 | 151 | 42.4 | 771 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 3 | 9 | 79.9 | 117 | 479 | 4.1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chuck Roper | Missouri | 101 | 235 | 43.0 | 1097 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 1 | 15 | 70.8 | 49 | 44 | 0.9 | 5 |