Record: 10-1, .909 W-L% (2nd of 120) ▪ Rank: 5th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob Devaney (10-1)
PS/G: 31.7 (1st of 120) ▪ PA/G: 11.7 (23rd of 120)
SRS: 17.55 (8th of 120) ▪ SOS: 2.55 (57th of 120)
Bowl Game: Lost Orange Bowl 39-28 versus Alabama
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Fred Duda | 46 | 110 | 41.8 | 632 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 6 | 11 | 88.1 |
| 2 | Bob Churchich | 29 | 66 | 43.9 | 455 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 4 | 1 | 118.8 |
| 3 | Wayne Weber | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 30 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 50.2 |
| 4 | Ben Gregory | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 293.2 |
| 5 | Ron Kirkland | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Harry Wilson | 120 | 672 | 5.6 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 1 | 127 | 755 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 2 | Frank Solich | 107 | 580 | 5.4 | 3 | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 1 | 113 | 683 | 6.0 | 4 |
| 3 | Ron Kirkland | 79 | 522 | 6.6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 81 | 545 | 6.7 | 4 |
| 4 | Charlie Winters | 57 | 249 | 4.4 | 7 | 57 | 249 | 4.4 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Fred Duda | 55 | 280 | 5.1 | 4 | 55 | 280 | 5.1 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Pete Tatman | 50 | 207 | 4.1 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 53 | 261 | 4.9 | 6 |
| 7 | Ben Gregory | 37 | 194 | 5.2 | 2 | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 0 | 41 | 256 | 6.2 | 2 |
| 8 | Bob Churchich | 29 | 64 | 2.2 | 1 | 29 | 64 | 2.2 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Kenny Brunk | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 10 | Richard Haasch | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Wayne Weber | 8 | 50 | 6.3 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 6.3 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Dennis Morrison | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Michael Worley | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Freeman White | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 28 | 458 | 16.4 | 6 | 29 | 460 | 15.9 | 6 |
| 15 | George Buckler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Dennis Richnafsky | 13 | 133 | 10.2 | 2 | 13 | 133 | 10.2 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | Tony Jeter | 11 | 158 | 14.4 | 0 | 11 | 158 | 14.4 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Larry Casey | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||||