Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 29 | vs. #4 Penn State* | #1 | Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, New Jersey (Kickoff Classic) | W 44-6 | 71,123 | |||
| September 10 | Wyoming* | #1 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 56-20 | 76,016 | |||
| September 17 | at Minnesota* | #1 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, Minnesota | W 84-13 | 62,687 | |||
| September 24 | UCLA | #1 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 42-10 | 76,510 | |||
| October 1 | Syracuse* | #1 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 63-7 | 76,382 | |||
| October 8 | at #20 Oklahoma State | #1 | Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma | W 14-10 | 49,600 | |||
| October 15 | at Missouri | #1 | Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri | W 34-13 | 72,348 | |||
| October 22 | Colorado | #1 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 69-19 | 76,268 | |||
| October 29 | at Kansas State | #1 | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 51-25 | 44,150 | |||
| November 5 | Iowa State | #1 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 72-29 | 76,326 | |||
| November 12 | Kansas | #1 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | W 67-13 | 76,503 | |||
| November 26 | at Oklahoma | #1 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma | W 28-21 | 75,008 | |||
| January 2 | vs. #5 Miami* | #1 | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida | L 30-31 | 72,529 | |||
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