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)
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Brook Berringer | 94 | 151 | 62.3 | 1295 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 10 | 5 | 149.5 |
| 2 | Tommie Frazier | 19 | 44 | 43.2 | 273 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 116.2 |
| 3 | Matt Turman | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 81 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 1 | 0 | 134.2 |
| 4 | Jon Vedral | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 142.0 |
| 5 | Lawrence Phillips | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Adam Kucera | 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 | Lawrence Phillips | 286 | 1722 | 6.0 | 16 | 22 | 172 | 7.8 | 0 | 308 | 1894 | 6.1 | 16 |
| 2 | Brook Berringer | 71 | 279 | 3.9 | 6 | 71 | 279 | 3.9 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | Damon Benning | 67 | 367 | 5.5 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | 72 | 435 | 6.0 | 5 |
| 4 | Cory Schlesinger | 63 | 456 | 7.2 | 4 | 63 | 456 | 7.2 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Clinton Childs | 62 | 395 | 6.4 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | 67 | 453 | 6.8 | 5 |
| 6 | Jeff Makovicka | 47 | 321 | 6.8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 48 | 326 | 6.8 | 2 |
| 7 | Tommie Frazier | 33 | 248 | 7.5 | 6 | 33 | 248 | 7.5 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Matt Turman | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 0 | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Brian Schuster | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Todd Uhlir | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Abdul Muhammad | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 23 | 360 | 15.7 | 2 | 28 | 392 | 14.0 | 2 |
| 12 | Scott Davenport | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Vershan Jackson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Chris Norris | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Eric Alford | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 14 | 271 | 19.4 | 4 | 15 | 288 | 19.2 | 4 |
| 16 | Riley Washington | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Adam Kucera | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Chad Stanley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Ryan Held | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Reggie Baul | 17 | 300 | 17.6 | 3 | 17 | 300 | 17.6 | 3 | ||||
| 21 | Mark Gilman | 17 | 196 | 11.5 | 1 | 17 | 196 | 11.5 | 1 | ||||
| 22 | Brendan Holbein | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 2 | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 2 | ||||
| 23 | Clester Johnson | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 2 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 2 | ||||
| 24 | Jeff Lake | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 1 | ||||
| 25 | Tim Carpenter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Jon Vedral | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||