Nebraska Cornhuskers

The Nebraska Cornhuskers were 12-0 in 1971. They emerged victorious over the Alabama Crimson Tide, 38 to 6, in the Orange Bowl, and won their second National Championship.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 1/1	vs	ALA	W 38-6
Sat 12/4	@	HAW	W 45-3
Thu 11/25	@	OKLA	W 35-31
Sat 11/13	@	KSU	W 44-17
Sat 11/6	vs	ISU	W 37-0

Team Leaders

PASS YDS

2,019

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RUSH YDS

1,037

Kinney

Kinney

REC YDS

872

Rodgers

Rodgers

1971 Big 8 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Nebraska	7-0	13-0
	Oklahoma	6-1	11-1
	Colorado	5-2	10-2
	Iowa State	4-3	8-4
	Kansas State	2-5	5-6

1971 Stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	469	5,252	976	5.4	3,100	696	4.5	2,152	280	7.7
Team Rank		2nd	2nd	1st	12th	9th	6th	19th	13th	34th	13th
Opponent	12	98	2,435		3.2	1,031	500	2.1	1,404	269	5.2
Opponent Rank		56th	11th		4th	5th	42nd	2nd	58th	100th	18th
Net		+371	+2,817	+976	+2.2	+2,069	+196	+2.4	+748	+11	+2.5
Net Rank		1st	1st	1st	4th	5th	11th	5th	10th	56th	9th

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	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona State	11	2	.846
2	BYU	10	2	.833

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	12	1	.923
2	UNLV	11	3	.786

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Marshall	10	3	.769
2	Louisiana	10	3	.769

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	12	1	.923
2	UConn	8	4	.667

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	11	3	.786
2	Miami (OH)	8	5	.615

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon	13	0	1.000
2	Penn State	12	2	.857

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1	Oregon State	5	7	.417
2	Washington State	8	4	.667

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2	Clemson	10	4	.714

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1	Georgia	11	2	.846
2	Texas	12	2	.857

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2	Tulane	9	5	.643

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
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2	Western Kentucky	8	6	.571

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 12/22	NIU	@	FRES	28-20
Sun 12/22	CCAR	@	UTSA	15-44
Fri 12/20	TENN	@	OSU	17-42
Fri 12/20	CLEM	@	TEX	24-38
Fri 12/20	SMU	@	PSU	10-38

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/4	BUFF	@	LIB	11:00 AM
Fri 1/3	MINN	@	VT	7:30 PM
Fri 1/3	UNT	@	TXST	4:00 PM
Thu 1/2	DUKE	@	MISS	7:30 PM
Wed 1/1	ND	@	UGA	8:45 PM