Record: 13-0, 1.000 W-L% (1st of 128) ▪ Rank: 1st in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob Devaney (13-0)
PS/G: 39.0 (3rd of 128) ▪ PA/G: 8.0 (2nd of 128)
SRS: 31.49 (1st of 128) ▪ SOS: 8.79 (12th of 128)
Bowl Game: Won Orange Bowl 38-6 versus Alabama
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Jerry Tagge | 154 | 258 | 59.7 | 2178 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 17 | 4 | 149.2 |
| 2 | Van Brownson | 16 | 40 | 40.0 | 133 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 1 | 2 | 66.2 |
| 3 | Johnny Rodgers | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Jeff Kinney | 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 | Jeff Kinney | 242 | 1136 | 4.7 | 17 | 23 | 252 | 11.0 | 0 | 265 | 1388 | 5.2 | 17 |
| 2 | Gary Dixon | 148 | 515 | 3.5 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 150 | 540 | 3.6 | 7 |
| 3 | Jerry Tagge | 112 | 330 | 2.9 | 9 | 112 | 330 | 2.9 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Bill Olds | 75 | 527 | 7.0 | 1 | 12 | 79 | 6.6 | 1 | 87 | 606 | 7.0 | 2 |
| 5 | Johnny Rodgers | 40 | 269 | 6.7 | 2 | 57 | 956 | 16.8 | 11 | 97 | 1225 | 12.6 | 13 |
| 6 | Maury Damkroger | 36 | 208 | 5.8 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 1 | 43 | 244 | 5.7 | 1 |
| 7 | Van Brownson | 34 | 84 | 2.5 | 4 | 34 | 84 | 2.5 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | Dave Goeller | 20 | 102 | 5.1 | 0 | 20 | 102 | 5.1 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Ray Butts | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 1 | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | Jim Carstens | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 11 | Jerry List | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 23 | 368 | 16.0 | 2 | 27 | 406 | 15.0 | 2 |
| 12 | Jeff Hughes | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 1 |
| 13 | Glen Garson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 14 | Steve Runty | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Brent Longwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 16 | Woody Cox | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | 26 | 378 | 14.5 | 1 | 27 | 368 | 13.6 | 1 |
| 17 | Frosty Anderson | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 2 | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 2 | ||||