The 2018 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the

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in the

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. The team was coached by first-year head coach

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and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in

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. They competed as members of the West Division of the

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. After Nebraska's season opener against

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was canceled due to inclement weather, the Cornhuskers began the season with six straight losses, the worst start in program history. This, combined with their four losses at the end of

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, formed a school-record 10-game losing streak. 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. Freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez led the team on offense, finishing with 2,617 passing yards, 17 passing touchdowns, and 8 rushing touchdowns. 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

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. Senior wide receiver

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finished with 1,004 receiving yards and was named second-team All-Big Ten. Linebacker Mohamed Barry led the team in tackles.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2017 season 4–8 and 3–6 in Big Ten conference play, a fifth-place finish in the West Division. On November 25, 2017, the school fired head coach Mike Riley after three seasons. On December 2, the school hired UCF head coach and Nebraska alum, Scott Frost, as head coach.

Offseason

Recruiting

Position key

Recruits

The Cornhuskers signed a total of 12 recruits during the Early Signing Period from December 20–22, 2017.

=Scholarship recruits

=Walk-on recruits

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

Spring scrimmage

Preseason

Award watch lists

Schedule

The 2018 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. Nebraska hosted conference foes Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan State and the Cornhuskers traveled to play Michigan, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Iowa in Big Ten play. :The game between Nebraska and

, originally scheduled for September 1, 2018, was canceled due to inclement weather. Nebraska finalized an agreement to play Bethune–Cookman on October 27 at Memorial Stadium to fill an opening on the schedule that replaced the Huskers’ September 1 game against Akron.

Roster and coaching staff

Depth chart

Game summaries

Colorado

*Sources: Colorado Game starters

Troy

*Sources: Troy Game starters

At Michigan

*Sources: Michigan Game starters

Purdue

*Sources: Purdue Game starters

At Wisconsin

*Sources: Wisconsin Game starters

At Northwestern

*Sources: Northwestern Game starters

Minnesota

*Sources: Minnesota Game starters After starting the season 0-6, Nebraska finally got its first win under Scott Frost against Minnesota

Bethune–Cookman

*Sources: Bethune-Cookman Game starters

At Ohio State

*Sources: Ohio State Game starters

Illinois

*Sources: Illinois Game starters

Michigan State

*Sources: Michigan State Game starters

At Iowa

*Sources: Iowa Game starters

Big Ten awards

Player of the Week Honors

All-Conference awards

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References

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