#9 Nebraska Cornhuskers

The Nebraska Cornhuskers were 8-3-1 in 1976. They emerged victorious over the Texas Tech Red Raiders, 27 to 24, in the Bluebonnet Bowl on December 31, 1976.

Scores & Schedules

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DATE		OPP	SCORE
Fri 12/31	vs	TTU	W 27-24
Sat 12/4	@	HAW	W 68-3
Fri 11/26	vs	OKLA	L 17-20
Sat 11/13	@	ISU	L 28-37
Sat 11/6	vs	OKST	W 14-10

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,071

Ferragamo

RUSH YDS

854

Berns

REC YDS

615

Malito

1976 Big 8 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Oklahoma State	5-2	9-3
1	Colorado	5-2	8-4
	Nebraska	4-3	9-3-1
	Iowa State	4-3	8-3
	Kansas	2-5	6-5

Latest Nebraska Cornhuskers News

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1976 Stats

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	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	12	389	4,894	913	5.4	2,638	631	4.2	2,256	282	8.0
Team Rank		2nd	2nd	1st	12th	37th	33rd	43rd	11th	19th	16th
Opponent	12	157	3,148		4.0	1,966	591	3.3	1,182	187	6.3
Opponent Rank		77th	44th		32nd	57th	99th	33rd	48th	43rd	59th
Net		+232	+1,746	+913	+1.3	+672	+40	+0.9	+1,074	+95	+1.7
Net Rank		4th	7th	1st	13th	39th	54th	30th	6th	16th	17th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

550

Duff

476

Legree

444

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

228.6

Mensah

215.3

Becht

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

5.0

Diawara

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

47.7

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

9.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	2	1	.667
9	Colorado	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	3	.250
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	2	2	.500
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	2	1	.667
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	1	.667
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

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