Record: 9-3-1, .731 W-L% (26th of 137) ▪ Rank: 9th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Osborne (9-3-1)
PS/G: 32.0 (6th of 137) ▪ PA/G: 13.9 (28th of 137)
SRS: 17.63 (12th of 137) ▪ SOS: 7.79 (24th of 137)
Bowl Game: Won Bluebonnet Bowl 27-24 versus Texas Tech
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Vince Ferragamo | 158 | 277 | 57.0 | 2254 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 22 | 9 | 145.1 |
| 2 | Randy Garcia | 4 | 17 | 23.5 | 77 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 0 | 1 | 49.8 |
| 3 | Tom Sorley | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 101 | 12.6 | 3.9 | 1 | 2 | 147.3 |
| 4 | Ed Burns | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 7 | 3.5 | -19.0 | 0 | 1 | -20.6 |
| 5 | Curtis Craig | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 49 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 0 | 0 | 511.6 |
| 6 | Rick Berns | 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 | Rick Berns | 182 | 972 | 5.3 | 11 | 13 | 82 | 6.3 | 0 | 195 | 1054 | 5.4 | 11 |
| 2 | Monte Anthony | 148 | 594 | 4.0 | 5 | 14 | 84 | 6.0 | 0 | 162 | 678 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 3 | Dodie Donnell | 112 | 520 | 4.6 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 1 | 119 | 555 | 4.7 | 2 |
| 4 | Vince Ferragamo | 71 | -3 | 0.0 | 3 | 71 | -3 | 0.0 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Byron Stewart | 39 | 229 | 5.9 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 41 | 272 | 6.6 | 3 |
| 6 | Curtis Craig | 30 | 107 | 3.6 | 2 | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 1 | 37 | 178 | 4.8 | 3 |
| 7 | Gary Higgs | 27 | 99 | 3.7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 29 | 112 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 8 | Dave Gillespie | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 2 | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 2 | ||||
| 9 | Keith Steward | 14 | 68 | 4.9 | 0 | 14 | 68 | 4.9 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Tom Sorley | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Earl Everett | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 12 | Randy Garcia | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Dale Zabrocki | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 2 | ||||
| 14 | Dave Shamblin | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 32 | 513 | 16.0 | 3 | 35 | 549 | 15.7 | 3 |
| 15 | Kim Kujath | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Darrell Walton | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Bobby Thomas | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 30 | 561 | 18.7 | 7 | 32 | 572 | 17.9 | 8 |
| 18 | Jacobs | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Chuck Malito | 33 | 722 | 21.9 | 5 | 33 | 722 | 21.9 | 5 | ||||
| 20 | Ken Spaeth | 19 | 265 | 13.9 | 4 | 19 | 265 | 13.9 | 4 | ||||
| 21 | Mark Dufresne | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 2 | ||||
| 22 | Rocke Loken | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | ||||