1978 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
#10 Nebraska at #1 Alabama [box score]
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| #10 Nebraska |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| • #1 Alabama
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0 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
20 |
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California at #10 Nebraska [box score]
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| California |
7 |
0 |
7 |
12 |
26 |
| • #10 Nebraska
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0 |
7 |
7 |
22 |
36 |
|
Hawaii at #12 Nebraska [box score]
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Hawaii |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
| • #12 Nebraska
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7 |
28 |
7 |
14 |
56 |
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#12 Nebraska at Indiana [box score]
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • #12 Nebraska
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28 |
7 |
14 |
20 |
69 |
| Indiana |
0 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
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#10 Nebraska at #15 Iowa State [box score]
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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| • #10 Nebraska
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6 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
23 |
| #15 Iowa State
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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#8 Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • #8 Nebraska
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0 |
14 |
21 |
13 |
48 |
| Kansas State |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
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Colorado at #5 Nebraska [box score]
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Colorado |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
| • #5 Nebraska
|
3 |
11 |
17 |
21 |
52 |
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Oklahoma State at #4 Nebraska [box score]
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The 1978 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Tom Osborne brought his Nebraska Cornhuskers into Birmingham to face Bear Bryant's top-ranked Crimson Tide to start the 1978 season, and Nebraska put the first points on the board with a field goal halfway through the 1st quarter. Unfortunately for the Cornhuskers, the game belonged to Alabama for the rest of the day with no further answer from Nebraska. Alabama suffered no fumbles and rolled up twice as many ground yards as Nebraska, showing that their #1 ranking was deserved.
The Golden Bears were on the scoreboard first, but the Cornhuskers came back to tie midway through the 2nd quarter with help from a tricky two-handoff pass play to set up a score. The score was still tied at 14 through the 3rd quarter, before a surge of scoring opened up in the 4th as both teams combined for 34 points. Nebraska led on the ground 302-76, while California owned the air 271-190, but it was the Cornhuskers with more points at the final whistle.
Nebraska rolled to a dominating 35-0 1st half lead, and eight Cornhusker players scored during the course of the game as Hawaii allowed 599 yards of offense in their futile attempts to slow the onslaught. Hawaii's only touchdown came on the heels of a Nebraska fumble, and the spread was by then far too great for the Warriors to ever pose a threat to the Cornhuskers.
Indiana was outclassed from the kickoff, as Nebraska scored on all of their first four possessions and jumped to a 28-lead in the 1st quarter, scoring more points than Indiana would be able to muster on the entire day. Five Cornhusker runners found the end zone, as well as a Blackshirt who recovered a fumble, as Nebraska rolled up 613 yards of offense for the day.
Nebraska was the first on the board and never allowed Iowa State to join them afterwards, as they led 9-0 at halftime and tacked on 14 more before the final whistle, while capitalizing on two interceptions thrown by the Cyclones and holding Iowa State to just 82 yards of total offense at their own home field.
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