1956 Nebraska
4–6 (3–3 Big Seven), coached by Pete Elliott. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat South Dakota 34–6Sep 22
By 28 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs South Dakota | W 34–6 | 93% |
| Sep 29 | at 8Ohio State | L 7–34 | 24% |
| Oct 6 | vs Iowa State | W 9–7 | 68% |
| Oct 13 | vs Kansas State | L 7–10 | 68% |
| Oct 20 | vs Indiana | L 14–19 | 67% |
| Oct 27 | at Colorado | L 0–16 | 26% |
| Nov 3 | vs Missouri | W 15–14 | 56% |
| Nov 10 | at Kansas | W 26–20 | 40% |
| Nov 17 | vs Baylor | L 7–26 | 38% |
| Nov 24 | at 1Oklahoma | L 6–54 | 8% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 54–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Seven.
In program history: The 113th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).
- Record
- 4–6
- Conference
- 3–3 4th in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 125–206
- Coach
- Pete Elliott
- Elo
- 1433 −59 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −4.8 No. 74 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Big Seven
2 first teamFirst team
Jerry BrownB- Laverne TorczonOGAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1956 Big Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 6–0 | 10–0 | 1 |
| Colorado | 4–1–1 | 8–2–1 | 20 |
| Missouri | 3–2–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Nebraska | 3–3 | 4–6 | |
| Kansas | 2–4 | 3–6–1 | |
| Kansas State | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Iowa State | 0–6 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.