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1992 Nebraska

9–⁠3 (6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Tom Osborne, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1992, game by game: won vs. Utah 49–22; won vs. Middle Tennessee 48–7; lost at No. 2 Washington 14–29; won vs. Arizona State 45–24; won vs. Oklahoma State 55–0; won at Missouri 34–24; won vs. No. 8 Colorado 52–7; won vs. No. 13 Kansas 49–7; lost at Iowa State 10–19; won at Oklahoma 33–9; won vs. Kansas State 38–24; lost vs. No. 3 Florida State 14–27+55−15Won 49–22 vs. Utah+27UtahWon 48–7 vs. Middle Tennessee+41Middle TennesseeLost 14–29 at No. 2 Washington-15No. 2 WashingtonWon 45–24 vs. Arizona State+21Arizona StateWon 55–0 vs. Oklahoma State+55Oklahoma StateWon 34–24 at Missouri+10MissouriWon 52–7 vs. No. 8 Colorado+45No. 8 ColoradoWon 49–7 vs. No. 13 Kansas+42No. 13 KansasLost 10–19 at Iowa State-9Iowa StateWon 33–9 at Oklahoma+24OklahomaWon 38–24 vs. Kansas State+14Kansas StateLost 14–27 vs. No. 3 Florida State-13No. 3 Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsUtahW 49–⁠2276%
Sep 12vsMiddle TennesseeW 48–⁠792%
Sep 19at2WashingtonL 14–⁠2930%
Sep 26vsArizona StateW 45–⁠2474%
Oct 10vsOklahoma StateW 55–⁠085%
Oct 24atMissouriW 34–⁠2477%
Oct 31vs8ColoradoW 52–⁠752%
Nov 7vs13KansasW 49–⁠768%
Nov 14atIowa StateL 10–⁠1985%
Nov 27atOklahomaW 33–⁠955%
Dec 6vsKansas StateW 38–⁠2485%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3Florida StateOrange BowlL 14–⁠2737%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 27–⁠14 in the Orange Bowl; No. 14 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 4: 12
  5. Wk 5: 15
  6. Wk 6: 15
  7. Wk 7: 14
  8. Wk 8: 11
  9. Wk 9: 8
  10. Wk 10: 8
  11. Wk 11: 7
  12. Wk 12: 7
  13. Wk 13: 12
  14. Wk 14: 12
  15. Wk 15: 11
  16. Wk 16: 11
  17. Final: 14

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 1992.

Big Eight champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Outland TrophyWill Shields, OG

Consensus All-AmericanWill Shields, OG

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 7
Points
441–⁠199
Coach
Tom Osborne
Elo
1702 +70 this season
SP+ rating
26.8 No. 4 of 105; offense No. 3, defense No. 20
SRS
22.3 No. 3 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Charlie McBride
Offense
I formation
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 2John Parrella DTBuffalo Bills
Rd 3Will Shields OGKansas City Chiefs
Rd 4Derek Brown RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 5Tyrone Hughes DBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 7Travis Hill LBCleveland Browns
Rd 7Lance Lewis RBIndianapolis Colts

All-Big Eight

7 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠314
Colorado5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠113
Kansas4–⁠38–⁠422
Oklahoma3–⁠2–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Oklahoma State2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8

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