nebraska opponent points allowed per game in a season from 1900 to 2025

The Nebraska Cornhuskers had 20.6 opponent points per game in 1956.

	TEAM	OPP PPG	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS
1	Nebraska	20.6	1956	10	4	6	0	125	12.5	206
2	Nebraska	24.3	1957	10	1	9	0	67	6.7	243
3	Nebraska	23.5	1958	10	3	7	0	71	7.1	235
4	Nebraska	16.0	1959	10	4	6	0	108	10.8	160
5	Nebraska	16.4	1960	10	4	6	0	95	9.5	164
6	Nebraska	13.5	1961	10	3	6	1	119	11.9	135
7	Nebraska	12.7	1962	10	8	2	0	257	25.7	127
8	Nebraska	10.7	1963	10	9	1	0	260	26.0	107
9	Nebraska	7.5	1964	10	9	1	0	249	24.9	75
10	Nebraska	9.0	1965	10	10	0	0	321	32.1	90
11	Nebraska	8.4	1966	10	9	1	0	216	21.6	84
12	Nebraska	8.3	1967	10	6	4	0	127	12.7	83
13	Nebraska	16.1	1968	10	6	4	0	155	15.5	161
14	Nebraska	11.3	1969	10	8	2	0	209	20.9	113
15	Nebraska	16.1	1970	11	10	0	1	409	37.2	177
16	Nebraska	8.2	1971	12	12	0	0	469	39.1	98
17	Nebraska	8.3	1972	11	8	2	1	461	41.9	91
18	Nebraska	14.5	1973	11	8	2	1	287	26.1	160
19	Nebraska	11.1	1974	11	8	3	0	360	32.7	122
20	Nebraska	10.9	1975	11	10	1	0	353	32.1	120
21	Nebraska	13.1	1976	12	8	3	1	389	32.4	157
22	Nebraska	16.6	1977	11	8	3	0	294	26.7	183
23	Nebraska	16.8	1978	11	9	2	0	420	38.2	185
24	Nebraska	10.4	1979	11	10	1	0	366	33.3	114
25	Nebraska	8.5	1980	11	9	2	0	435	39.5	93

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More Nebraska Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

497

Colandrea

RUSH

210

Rule

REC

175

Barney

Team Rankings

PPG

52.5

10th

OPP PPG

14.0

45th

RUSH YDS/G

256.0

16th

PASS YDS/G

278.5

40th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Michigan	0-0	2-0
6	Michigan State	0-0	2-0
7	Nebraska	0-0	2-0
8	Penn State	0-0	2-0
9	UCLA	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	UND	@	NEB	7:15 PM
Sat 9/26	NEB	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MD	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	IND	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NEB	@	ORE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Bowling Green

0 - 2

Final

Nebraska

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
4	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
5	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
6	Florida International	1	1	.500
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	1	1	.500
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333