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1963 Nebraska

10–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Big Eight), coached by Bob Devaney, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1963, game by game: won vs. South Dakota State 58–7; won at Minnesota 14–7; won vs. Iowa State 21–7; lost vs. Air Force 13–17; won at Kansas State 28–6; won vs. Colorado 41–6; won at Missouri 13–12; won vs. Kansas 23–9; won at Oklahoma State 20–16; won vs. No. 6 Oklahoma 29–20; won vs. No. 5 Auburn 13–7+51−4Won 58–7 vs. South Dakota State+51South Dakota St…Won 14–7 at Minnesota+7MinnesotaWon 21–7 vs. Iowa State+14Iowa StateLost 13–17 vs. Air Force-4Air ForceWon 28–6 at Kansas State+22Kansas StateWon 41–6 vs. Colorado+35ColoradoWon 13–12 at Missouri+1MissouriWon 23–9 vs. Kansas+14KansasWon 20–16 at Oklahoma State+4Oklahoma StateWon 29–20 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma+9No. 6 OklahomaWon 13–7 vs. No. 5 Auburn+6No. 5 Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsSouth Dakota StateW 58–⁠795%
Sep 28atMinnesotaW 14–⁠735%
Oct 5vsIowa StateW 21–⁠768%
Oct 12vsAir ForceL 13–⁠1775%
Oct 19atKansas StateW 28–⁠678%
Oct 26vsColoradoW 41–⁠677%
Nov 2atMissouriW 13–⁠1237%
Nov 9vsKansasW 23–⁠961%
Nov 16atOklahoma StateW 20–⁠1674%
Nov 23vs6OklahomaW 29–⁠2051%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs5AuburnOrange BowlW 13–⁠751%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Auburn 13–⁠7 in the Orange Bowl; No. 6 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 10
  2. Wk 10: 10
  3. Wk 11: 7
  4. Wk 12: 6
  5. Final: 6

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1963.

Big Eight champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanBob Brown, OG

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 6
Points
273–⁠114
Coach
Bob Devaney
Elo
1691 +128 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.5 No. 15 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 1Bob Brown OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 1Lloyd Voss DEGreen Bay Packers
Rd 5Rudy Johnson BSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5John Kirby LBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 1Bob Brown OTDenver Broncos (AFL)
Rd 2Lloyd Voss DENew York Jets (AFL)
Rd 2John Kirby LBSan Diego Chargers (AFL)

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠010–⁠16
Oklahoma6–⁠18–⁠210
Missouri5–⁠27–⁠3
Kansas3–⁠45–⁠5
Iowa State3–⁠44–⁠5
Colorado2–⁠52–⁠8
Kansas State1–⁠52–⁠7
Oklahoma State0–⁠61–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.