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1993 Nebraska

11–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Big Eight), coached by Tom Osborne, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1993, game by game: won vs. North Texas 76–14; won vs. Texas Tech 50–27; won at UCLA 14–13; won vs. Colorado State 48–13; won at Oklahoma State 27–13; won vs. Kansas State 45–28; won vs. Missouri 49–7; won at No. 20 Colorado 21–17; won at Kansas 21–20; won vs. Iowa State 49–17; won vs. No. 16 Oklahoma 21–7; lost vs. No. 1 Florida State 16–18+62−2Won 76–14 vs. North Texas+62North TexasWon 50–27 vs. Texas Tech+23Texas TechWon 14–13 at UCLA+1UCLAWon 48–13 vs. Colorado State+35Colorado StateWon 27–13 at Oklahoma State+14Oklahoma StateWon 45–28 vs. Kansas State+17Kansas StateWon 49–7 vs. Missouri+42MissouriWon 21–17 at No. 20 Colorado+4No. 20 ColoradoWon 21–20 at Kansas+1KansasWon 49–17 vs. Iowa State+32Iowa StateWon 21–7 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma+14No. 16 OklahomaLost 16–18 vs. No. 1 Florida State-2No. 1 Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsNorth TexasW 76–⁠1491%
Sep 11vsTexas TechW 50–⁠2773%
Sep 18atUCLAW 14–⁠1364%
Sep 25vsColorado StateW 48–⁠1384%
Oct 7atOklahoma StateW 27–⁠1370%
Oct 16vsKansas StateW 45–⁠2876%
Oct 23vsMissouriW 49–⁠784%
Oct 30at20ColoradoW 21–⁠1747%
Nov 6atKansasW 21–⁠2072%
Nov 13vsIowa StateW 49–⁠1790%
Nov 26vs16OklahomaW 21–⁠771%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs1Florida StateOrange BowlL 16–⁠1836%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 18–⁠16 in the Orange Bowl; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1993.

Big Eight champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Butkus AwardTrev Alberts, LB

Consensus All-AmericanTrev Alberts, LB

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 2
Points
437–⁠194
Coach
Tom Osborne
Elo
1744 +110 this season
SP+ rating
30.0 No. 2 of 105; offense No. 7, defense No. 4
SRS
25.4 No. 2 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Charlie McBride
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Trev Alberts LBIndianapolis Colts
Rd 2Toby Wright DBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 3Calvin Jones RBLos Angeles Raiders
Rd 4John Reece DBArizona Cardinals
Rd 7Lance Lundberg OTNew Orleans Saints

All-Big Eight

8 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠13
Colorado5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠116
Kansas State4–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠120
Oklahoma4–⁠39–⁠317
Kansas3–⁠45–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oklahoma State0–⁠73–⁠8

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