Record: 8-3, .727 W-L% (20th of 119) ▪ Rank: 9th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Dan Devine (8-3)
PS/G: 28.0 (22nd of 119) ▪ PA/G: 12.4 (7th of 119)
SRS: 18.85 (6th of 119) ▪ SOS: 8.03 (16th of 119)
Bowl Game: Won Gator Bowl 35-10 versus Alabama
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Terry McMillan | 56 | 113 | 49.6 | 745 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 4 | 7 | 104.2 |
| 2 | Garnett Phelps | 34 | 84 | 40.5 | 536 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 5 | 6 | 99.4 |
| 3 | Jon Staggers | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 38 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 2 | 1 | 244.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Greg Cook | 161 | 693 | 4.3 | 4 | 14 | 103 | 7.4 | 1 | 175 | 796 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 2 | Jon Staggers | 94 | 385 | 4.1 | 4 | 19 | 171 | 9.0 | 0 | 113 | 556 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 3 | Terry McMillan | 90 | 357 | 4.0 | 4 | 90 | 357 | 4.0 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | James Harrison | 85 | 319 | 3.8 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | 88 | 368 | 4.2 | 8 |
| 5 | Ron McBride | 83 | 367 | 4.4 | 3 | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 1 | 87 | 464 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 6 | Joe Moore | 66 | 322 | 4.9 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 69 | 364 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 7 | Garnett Phelps | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 0 | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Henry Brown | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 1 | 12 | 143 | 11.9 | 1 |
| 9 | Tyrone Walls | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | 10 | 114 | 11.4 | 0 |
| 10 | Mel Gray | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 14 | 337 | 24.1 | 3 | 18 | 339 | 18.8 | 4 |
| 11 | Jim Juras | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 1 | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | Steve Kenemore | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 1 | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | Tom Shryock | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 0 | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Chuck Weber | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 2 | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 2 | ||||