Record: 12-0, 1.000 W-L% (1st of 108) ▪ Rank: 1st in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Tom Osborne (12-0)
PS/G: 53.2 (1st of 108) ▪ PA/G: 14.5 (4th of 108)
SRS: 26.86 (1st of 108) ▪ SOS: 3.78 (24th of 108)
Bowl Game: Won Fiesta Bowl 62-24 versus Florida
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Tommie Frazier | 92 | 163 | 56.4 | 1362 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 17 | 4 | 156.1 |
| 2 | Brook Berringer | 26 | 51 | 51.0 | 252 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 92.5 |
| 3 | Matt Turman | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 73 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 1 | 2 | 78.6 |
| 4 | Clinton Childs | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | 385.6 |
| 5 | Ahman Green | 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 | Ahman Green | 141 | 1086 | 7.7 | 13 | 12 | 102 | 8.5 | 3 | 153 | 1188 | 7.8 | 16 |
| 2 | Tommie Frazier | 97 | 604 | 6.2 | 14 | 97 | 604 | 6.2 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | Lawrence Phillips | 71 | 547 | 7.7 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 75 | 561 | 7.5 | 9 |
| 4 | Damon Benning | 63 | 407 | 6.5 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 65 | 447 | 6.9 | 4 |
| 5 | Jeff Mackovicka | 63 | 371 | 5.9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 64 | 381 | 6.0 | 1 |
| 6 | Clinton Childs | 55 | 431 | 7.8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 57 | 450 | 7.9 | 3 |
| 7 | James Sims | 30 | 270 | 9.0 | 3 | 30 | 270 | 9.0 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | Brian Schuster | 28 | 246 | 8.8 | 0 | 28 | 246 | 8.8 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Joel Mackovicka | 22 | 185 | 8.4 | 2 | 22 | 185 | 8.4 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | Brook Berringer | 21 | 81 | 3.9 | 0 | 21 | 81 | 3.9 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Matt Turman | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | Chad Eicher | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Billy Legate | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Riley Washington | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 15 | Clester Johnson | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 22 | 367 | 16.7 | 2 | 25 | 402 | 16.1 | 2 |
| 16 | Josh Cobb | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Chris Norris | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Reggie Baul | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 17 | 304 | 17.9 | 2 | 18 | 312 | 17.3 | 2 |
| 19 | Jon Vedral | 1 | 14 | 272 | 19.4 | 5 | 14 | 272 | 19.4 | 6 | |||
| 20 | Mark Gilman | 16 | 256 | 16.0 | 1 | 16 | 256 | 16.0 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | Brendan Holbein | 14 | 151 | 10.8 | 1 | 14 | 151 | 10.8 | 1 | ||||
| 22 | Sheldon Jackson | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 2 | ||||
| 23 | Kenny Cheatham | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | Lance Brown | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 1 | ||||
| 25 | Vershan Jackson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | ||||
| 26 | Tim Carpenter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | Jeff Lake | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||