The team competed as an independent, departing the Missouri Valley Conference after thirteen seasons.

[1] Schulte became the twelfth official head coach in the program's twenty-nine years of competition; his first team faced a daunting schedule consisting of Iowa, Notre Dame, Minnesota, and Syracuse as Nebraska's athletic department sought to schedule high-profile matchups.

NU scored before halftime, but Notre Dame star George Gipp dominated in the second half and the Irish won 14–9.

Nebraska failed to win for the fifth consecutive game, tying the program's longest such stretch.

On a snowy Thanksgiving day, Nebraska defeated Syracuse 3–0 to close the season with its third straight win.