Record: 9-3, .750 W-L% (16th of 107) ▪ Rank: 24th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Osborne (9-3)
PS/G: 36.2 (10th of 107) ▪ PA/G: 16.0 (14th of 107)
SRS: 15.48 (10th of 107) ▪ SOS: 3.64 (31st of 107)
Bowl Game: Lost Citrus Bowl 45-21 versus Georgia Tech
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Mickey Joseph | 34 | 78 | 43.6 | 624 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 11 | 6 | 141.9 |
| 2 | Mike Grant | 32 | 69 | 46.4 | 484 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 4 | 4 | 112.8 |
| 3 | Tom Haase | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 8 | 1.1 | -5.3 | 0 | 1 | 9.6 |
| 4 | Keithen McCant | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 32 | 10.7 | -4.3 | 0 | 1 | 89.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Leodis Flowers | 149 | 940 | 6.3 | 9 | 149 | 940 | 6.3 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | Scott Baldwin | 92 | 579 | 6.3 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 94 | 612 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 3 | Mickey Joseph | 91 | 554 | 6.1 | 10 | 91 | 554 | 6.1 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Derek Brown | 59 | 375 | 6.4 | 5 | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 1 | 64 | 454 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 5 | Omar Soto | 47 | 288 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 48 | 296 | 6.2 | 1 |
| 6 | Lance Lewis | 47 | 198 | 4.2 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 50 | 237 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 7 | Mike Grant | 42 | 153 | 3.6 | 0 | 42 | 153 | 3.6 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | George Achola | 36 | 239 | 6.6 | 3 | 36 | 239 | 6.6 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | Tyrone Hughes | 17 | 59 | 3.5 | 0 | 10 | 113 | 11.3 | 1 | 27 | 172 | 6.4 | 1 |
| 10 | Tom Haase | 15 | 101 | 6.7 | 1 | 15 | 101 | 6.7 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Tim Johnk | 14 | 74 | 5.3 | 1 | 14 | 74 | 5.3 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | Nate Turner | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 0 | 9 | 91 | 10.1 | 0 | 17 | 165 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 13 | Keithen McCant | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | McDonald | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Jerry Dunlap | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Robert Glantz | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Lamont Davis | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Tom Werner | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Joel Cornwell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Johnny Mitchell | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 11 | 282 | 25.6 | 7 | 12 | 299 | 24.9 | 7 |
| 21 | Brad Devall | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jon Bostick | 19 | 375 | 19.7 | 4 | 19 | 375 | 19.7 | 4 | ||||
| 23 | Dan Pleasant | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | Chris Garrett | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 2 | ||||
| 25 | Keith Makell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Darin Duin | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | Mark Dowse | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | Lance Bobolz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||