2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
2007 record	5–7 (2–6 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Callahan (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Shawn Watson (1st year)
Offensive scheme	West Coast offense
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Cosgrove (4th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 81,067)
Seasons « 2006 2008 »

2007 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
#4 Missouri xy		7	–	1					12	–	2
#7 Kansas x%		7	–	1					12	–	1
Colorado		4	–	4					6	–	7
Kansas State		3	–	5					5	–	7
Nebraska		2	–	6					5	–	7
Iowa State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Southern Division
#8 Oklahoma xy$		6	–	2					11	–	3
#10 Texas		5	–	3					10	–	3
#22 Texas Tech		4	–	4					9	–	4
Oklahoma State		4	–	4					7	–	6
Texas A&M		4	–	4					7	–	6
Baylor		0	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 38, Missouri 17
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Nevada at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nevada 0 10 0 0 10 • Nebraska 7 14 24 7 52 Date: September 1, 2007 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 2:30 pm CST Game attendance: 84,078 TV announcers (ABC): Dan Fouts (Play-by-play), Tim Brant (Color) & Todd Harris (Sideline)

Nebraska at Wake Forest [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 3 10 7 0 20 Wake Forest 0 10 7 0 17 Date: September 8, 2007 Location: BB&T Field, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Game start: 11:00 am CST Game attendance: 32,483 TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch (Play-by-play), Andre Ware (Color) & Erin Andrews (Sideline)

USC at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • USC 7 14 21 7 49 Nebraska 7 3 0 21 31 Date: September 15, 2007 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 7:00 pm CST Game attendance: 84,959 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (Color) & Lisa Salters (Sideline)

Ball State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Ball State 0 10 21 9 40 • Nebraska 7 7 14 13 41 Date: September 22, 2007 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 11:30 am CST Game attendance: 84,294 TV announcers (FSN PPV): Greg Sharpe (Play-by-play), Matt Davison (Color) & Stacy Paetz (Sideline)

Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 3 7 0 7 17 • Nebraska 0 7 21 7 35 Date: September 29, 2007 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:05 pm CST Game attendance: 84,703

Nebraska at Missouri [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 3 3 0 0 6 • Missouri 14 6 14 7 41 Date: October 6, 2007 Location: Memorial Stadium, Columbia, Missouri Game start: 8:15 pm CST Game attendance: 70,049 TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin (Play-by-play), Ed Cunningham (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Oklahoma State 17 21 0 7 45 Nebraska 0 0 0 14 14 Date: October 13, 2007 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 11:30 am CST Game attendance: 84,334 TV announcers (FSN PPV): Greg Sharpe (Play-by-play), Kellen Winslow (Color) & Joel Goldberg (Sideline)

Texas A&M at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Texas A&M 9 7 14 6 36 Nebraska 7 7 0 0 14 Date: October 20, 2007 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:05 pm CST Game attendance: 84,473

The 2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bill Callahan and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The Nebraska football team's schedule was rated the toughest in the Big 12 Conference, and the 12th toughest in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team had predictions to win the Big 12 North division.

After a tight competition with two-year backup Joe Ganz, former-Arizona State transfer quarterback Sam Keller won the starting position; Keller had spent the previous season on the scout team as per NCAA transfer rules.

Marlon Lucky was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week for his career-best 233 yards rushing against Nevada.

As ESPN described the game, "Sam Keller nearly gave away the game during his first road start at Nebraska. Zack Bowman jumped up to take it back for the Cornhuskers. Three plays after Keller threw an interception deep in Nebraska territory, Bowman picked off a Wake Forest pass in the end zone and the 16th-ranked Cornhuskers held on to win 20–17 on Saturday."

After a bye week, the Trojans visited the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Nebraska. In the pre-season, the game was named as one of the candidates for the 10 most important games of 2007. For the Huskers, the game was especially critical to their hopes of showing progress under 4th year head coach Bill Callahan. The game marks the first time a No. 1-ranked team has visited Lincoln since 1978. Because of the game's significance, ESPN College GameDay chose it as the site of its weekly broadcast.

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