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1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 30–15 vs. LSU
Conference Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 5
1986 record 10–2 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach Tom Osborne (14th year)
Offensive coordinator Tom Osborne (17th year)
Offensive scheme I formation
Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride (6th year)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 73,650)
Seasons
« 1985 1987 »
1986 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Oklahoma $ 7 – 0 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
Colorado 6 – 1 – 0     6 – 6 – 0
#5 Nebraska 5 – 2 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
Oklahoma State 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Iowa State 3 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Missouri 2 – 5 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
Kansas 0 – 7 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
Florida State at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida State 7 7 3 0 17
• Nebraska 0 10 14 10 34
Nebraska at Illinois [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska 28 10 14 7 59
Illinois 0 7 0 7 14
Oregon at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Oregon 7 0 0 7 14
• Nebraska 14 21 13 0 48
Nebraska at South Carolina [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska 10 3 0 14 27
South Carolina 0 7 3 14 24
Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Oklahoma State 0 10 0 0 10
• Nebraska 14 7 9 0 30
Missouri at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Missouri 3 0 0 14 17
• Nebraska 0 20 21 7 48
Nebraska at Colorado [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Nebraska 0 0 7 3 10
• Colorado 7 3 0 10 20
Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Kansas State 0 0 0 0 0
• Nebraska 17 0 14 7 38

The 1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

This was the first ever night game at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska's loss to FSU in Lincoln the previous year was avenged when the Cornhuskers came back from a halftime deficit, outscoring FSU 24-3 and holding the Seminoles to -2 yards in the second half.

The outcome of this game was more or less sealed from the very first play, as Illinois QB Chris Lamb threw an interception that Cornhusker CB Brian Davis returned for a touchdown, and Nebraska never looked back.

Oregon made the first strike, but Nebraska then ran away from the Ducks, scoring 48 unanswered points, though the Cornhuskers suffered the loss of WB Von Sheppard to injury and saw PK Dale Klein's consecutive PATs streak ended at 60.

Nebraska survived a scare in Columbia, escaping with a victory due to recovering a Gamecock fumble with two minutes left to play to set up the go-ahead touchdown, and then intercepting a throw by South Carolina QB Todd Ellis at NU's 10 yard line with just 10 seconds remaining.

Nebraska continued their string of domination over Oklahoma State in the second ever night game at Memorial Stadium, extending their win streak over the Cowboys to 25.

Missouri scored first on a 29-yard field goal, but Nebraska owned the show for the rest of the game, scoring six straight touchdowns on their way to the win. Nebraska PK Dave Klein beat the Cornhusker career FG record of 22 when he extended his total to 24 in this game.

Unranked Colorado stunned the #3 Cornhuskers, holding Nebraska to its lowest rushing yard total in eight years and ending Nebraska's 18-year winning streak against the Buffaloes.

The hapless Wildcats suffered Nebraska's wrath following their loss to unranked Colorado the week prior, as the Cornhuskers romped in the snow at Memorial Stadium and shut out Kansas State while allowing them just 106 total yards of offense.

Nebraska struck first but then seemed to flame out, as Iowa State sent the Cornhuskers to the locker room behind 14-7 at halftime. After a rousing pep talk from Coach Osborne, the Cornhuskers stormed back in the 2nd half for the win.


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