The 2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the

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in the

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. The team was coached by second-year head coach

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and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in

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. They were members of the West Division of the

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. They finished the season 5–7, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.

Offseason

Recruiting

Position key

Recruits

The Cornhuskers signed a total of 24 scholarship recruits during the Early Signing Period on December 19, 2018.

=Scholarship recruits

=Walk-on recruits

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

Spring scrimmage

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Preseason Big Ten poll

Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010,

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has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a ''de facto'' preseason media poll since 2011. In the 2019 poll, Nebraska was projected to win the West Division.

Schedule

The 2019 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. Nebraska hosted conference foes Ohio State, Northwestern, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa and the Cornhuskers traveled to play Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue and Maryland in Big Ten play.

Roster and coaching staff

Depth chart

Game summaries

South Alabama

*Sources: South Alabama Game starters

At Colorado

*Sources: Colorado Game starters

Northern Illinois

*Sources: North Illinois Game starters

At Illinois

*Sources: Nebraska trailed for most of the game, then came back to beat Illinois 42–38. With the victory, the Huskers got their first road win under Scott Frost and their 900th overall win in program history. Illinois Game starters

Ohio State

*Sources: Ohio State Game starters

Northwestern

*Sources: Northwestern Game starters

At Minnesota

*Sources: Minnesota Game starters

Indiana

*Sources: Indiana Game starters

At Purdue

Purdue Game starters

Wisconsin

*Sources: Wisconsin Game starters

At Maryland

*Sources: Maryland Game starters

Iowa

*Sources: Iowa Game starters

Big Ten awards

Player of the Week Honors

All-Conference awards

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Rankings

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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