Record: 13-0, 1.000 W-L% (1st of 107) ▪ Rank: 1st in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Osborne (13-0)
PS/G: 35.3 (8th of 107) ▪ PA/G: 12.5 (3rd of 107)
SRS: 20.65 (4th of 107) ▪ SOS: 2.26 (40th of 107)
Bowl Game: Won Orange Bowl 24-17 versus Miami (FL)
| Rk | Player | Class | Pos | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brook Berringer* | QB | 94 Cmp, 151 Att, 1295 Yds, 10 TD | |
| 2 | Tommie Frazier | QB | 19 Cmp, 44 Att, 273 Yds, 4 TD | |
| 3 | Adam Kucera | QB | 0 Cmp, 1 Att, 0 Yds, 0 TD | |
| 4 | Matt Turman | QB | 6 Cmp, 12 Att, 81 Yds, 1 TD | |
| 5 | Lawrence Phillips* | RB | 286 Att, 1722 Yds, 6.0 Avg | |
| 6 | Cory Schlesinger* | RB | 63 Att, 456 Yds, 7.2 Avg | |
| 7 | Damon Benning | RB | 67 Att, 367 Yds, 5.5 Avg | |
| 8 | Clinton Childs | RB | 62 Att, 395 Yds, 6.4 Avg | |
| 9 | Scott Davenport | RB | 4 Att, 25 Yds, 6.3 Avg | |
| 10 | Vershan Jackson | RB | 3 Att, 12 Yds, 4.0 Avg | |
| 11 | Jeff Makovicka | RB | 47 Att, 321 Yds, 6.8 Avg | |
| 12 | Joel Makovicka | RB | ||
| 13 | Chris Norris | RB | 2 Att, 7 Yds, 3.5 Avg | |
| 14 | Brian Schuster | RB | 13 Att, 98 Yds, 7.5 Avg | |
| 15 | Chad Stanley | RB | 1 Att, 0 Yds, 0.0 Avg | |
| 16 | Todd Uhlir | RB | 6 Att, 27 Yds, 4.5 Avg | |
| 17 | Jon Vedral | RB | 1 Rec, 7 Yds, 7.0 Avg | |
| 18 | Reggie Baul* | WR | 17 Rec, 300 Yds, 17.6 Avg | |
| 19 | Abdul Muhammad* | WR | 23 Rec, 360 Yds, 15.7 Avg | |
| 20 | Ryan Held | WR | ||
| 21 | Brendan Holbein | WR | 9 Rec, 88 Yds, 9.8 Avg | |
| 22 | Clester Johnson | WR | 4 Rec, 93 Yds, 23.3 Avg | |
| 23 | Jeff Lake | WR | 1 Rec, 24 Yds, 24.0 Avg | |
| 24 | Riley Washington | WR | ||
| 25 | Matt Shaw* | TE | ||
| 26 | Eric Alford | TE | 14 Rec, 271 Yds, 19.4 Avg | |
| 27 | Tim Carpenter | TE | 1 Rec, 12 Yds, 12.0 Avg | |
| 28 | Mark Gilman | TE | 17 Rec, 196 Yds, 11.5 Avg | |
| 29 | Aaron Graham* | OL | ||
| 30 | Brenden Stai* | OL | ||
| 31 | Zach Wiegert* | OL | ||
| 32 | Joel Wilks* | OL | ||
| 33 | Rob Zatechka* | OL | ||
| 34 | Aaron Taylor | OL | ||
| 35 | Terry Connealy* | DL | ||
| 36 | Christian Peter* | DL | ||
| 37 | Troy Dumas* | LB | ||
| 38 | Phil Ellis* | LB | ||
| 39 | Dwayne Harris* | LB | ||
| 40 | Donta Jones* | LB | ||
| 41 | Ed Stewart* | LB | ||
| 42 | Doug Colman | LB | ||
| 43 | Grant Wistrom | LB | ||
| 44 | Barron Miles* | DB | ||
| 45 | Kareem Moss* | DB | ||
| 46 | Tony Veland* | DB | ||
| 47 | Tyrone Williams* | DB |