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1964 Nebraska

9–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Bob Devaney, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1964, game by game: won vs. South Dakota 56–0; won at Minnesota 26–21; won at Iowa State 14–7; won vs. South Carolina 28–6; won vs. Kansas State 47–0; won at Colorado 21–3; won vs. Missouri 9–0; won at Kansas 14–7; won vs. Oklahoma State 27–14; lost at Oklahoma 7–17; lost vs. No. 3 Arkansas 7–10+56−10Won 56–0 vs. South Dakota+56South DakotaWon 26–21 at Minnesota+5MinnesotaWon 14–7 at Iowa State+7Iowa StateWon 28–6 vs. South Carolina+22South CarolinaWon 47–0 vs. Kansas State+47Kansas StateWon 21–3 at Colorado+18ColoradoWon 9–0 vs. Missouri+9MissouriWon 14–7 at Kansas+7KansasWon 27–14 vs. Oklahoma State+13Oklahoma StateLost 7–17 at Oklahoma-10OklahomaLost 7–10 vs. No. 3 Arkansas-3No. 3 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsSouth DakotaW 56–⁠096%
Sep 26atMinnesotaW 26–⁠2158%
Oct 3atIowa StateW 14–⁠766%
Oct 10vsSouth CarolinaW 28–⁠686%
Oct 17vsKansas StateW 47–⁠088%
Oct 24atColoradoW 21–⁠378%
Oct 31vsMissouriW 9–⁠068%
Nov 7atKansasW 14–⁠759%
Nov 14vsOklahoma StateW 27–⁠1484%
Nov 21atOklahomaL 7–⁠1759%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3ArkansasCotton BowlL 7–⁠1049%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 10–⁠7 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 6 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 8
  2. Wk 4: 6
  3. Wk 5: 5
  4. Wk 6: 5
  5. Wk 7: 5
  6. Wk 8: 4
  7. Wk 9: 4
  8. Wk 10: 7
  9. 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 1964.

Big Eight champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanLarry Kramer, OT

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 4
Points
256–⁠85
Coach
Bob Devaney
Elo
1679 +52 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.5 No. 11 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 3Kent McCloughan BWashington Redskins

All-Big Eight

6 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bob ChurchichBAP-2
  • Bob HohnBAP-2
  • Langston ColemanDEAP-2
  • John StrohmyerDTAP-2
  • Mike KennedyLBAP-2
  • Ted VactorDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠26
Oklahoma5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas5–⁠26–⁠4
Missouri4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠6
Kansas State3–⁠43–⁠7
Colorado1–⁠62–⁠8
Iowa State0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

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