On November 25, 2017, the school fired head coach Mike Riley after three seasons. The Cornhuskers finished the 2017 season 4–8 and 3–6 in Big Ten conference play, a fifth-place finish in the West Division. Linebacker Mohamed Barry led the team in tackles. finished with 1,004 receiving yards and was named second-team All-Big Ten. Senior running back Devine Ozigbo finished with 1,082 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, becoming the first Nebraska running back to exceed 1,000 rushing yards since Ameer Abdullah in 2014. The team's performance improved in the second half of the season, and the team won four of their last six games to finish at 4–8 overall.įreshman quarterback Adrian Martinez led the team on offense, finishing with 2,617 passing yards, 17 passing touchdowns, and 8 rushing touchdowns.
This, combined with their four losses at the end of 2017, formed a school-record 10-game losing streak. Īfter Nebraska's season opener against Akron was canceled due to inclement weather, the Cornhuskers began the season with six straight losses, the worst start in program history.
They competed as members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. The team was coached by first-year head coach Scott Frost and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The 2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
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