The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

WLB Ferragamo, Vince #15 (Sr.) QB Fischer, Tim #16 (Jr.) LCB Fultz, Mike #72 (Sr.) DT Galano, Bobby (So.)

OG Garcia, Randy #18 (Jr.) QB Gast, Reg #82 (Jr.) DE Gillespie, Dave #28 (Sr.) IB Glenn, Steve #71 (So.)

OG Hayes, Bob #76 (Jr.) OT Henson, Zac #79(Jr..) OLK Higgs, Gary #46 (Sr.) FB Hipp, I.M.

OT West, Dave #91 (Sr.) DT Pullen, Jeff #66 (Jr.) MG Rick, Randy #90 (Jr.) DE Ridder, Tom (So.)

DE Thomas, Bobby #8 (Sr.) SE Valasek, Larry #4 (Jr.) S VanderMeer, Ron #1 (Sr.) PK Vanous, Russ #25 (Jr.) P Vering, Tom #57 (So.)

The Tigers also struggled to make headway against the tenacious Blackshirts, managing just one field goal in each of the final two quarters, which resulted in a less than stellar beginning of the season for Nebraska as they were forced to settle for a 6-6 tie.

LSU drove into field goal range in the closing seconds, but Mike Conway missed from 44 yards out.

Indiana had the slight edge in the air, but without enough points to back it up, the 248-89 Cornhusker domination on the ground told the story of the game.

TCU proposed to make it a game by scoring first, and was still in it with a slight 10-14 lag at the end of the 1st quarter, but the Horned Frogs proceeded to fall apart as the Cornhuskers quickly rolled off 50 unanswered points to steamroll their way to a 64-10 romp in the Lincoln home opener.

A hard-hitting game saw several players leaving the field with injuries as Nebraska fought from behind for the second week in a row, after having to start the 2nd half down 0-6.

The Cornhuskers eventually wore the Hurricanes down in the end, putting up 10 more points while Miami was only able to add a field goal in their failed attempt to hold the lead.

Still missing several players from injuries sustained in the previous two games, the Cornhusker machine rolled on anyway, as Nebraska QB Vince Ferragamo tied the school single-game touchdown record for the second time this season while the Blackshirts put up their only shutout of 1976.

The Tigers than scored on a spectacular 98-yard pass play and successful 2-point conversion to take the momentum back just two minutes later, and iced the win with 1:19 remaining on the game clock when they added 3 more on a field goal, handing the Cornhuskers their first loss of the season.

Both teams struggled to make progress against each other at the start as both defenses protected their end zones, and by the half only Oklahoma State had managed to put any points up, with a field goal midway through the 2nd quarter.

The defensive battle continued after halftime, but the Cornhuskers were finally able to secure a 3rd-quarter touchdown, only to have the Cowboys answer it four minutes later and retake the lead 10-7.

For the second week in a row, Nebraska was forced to go to the air for results as the Cyclones held them to just 77 rushing yards, but it was not enough, as Nebraska fell behind 0-10 early on and never recovered the lead in a heartbreaking road loss to an unranked team following their thrilling finish against #13 Oklahoma State the week before.

In a lightly attended Honolulu game with more Cornhusker fans in attendance than locals, Nebraska punished Hawaii with a 47-0 lead before allowing the Rainbows to obtain their lone points of the day on a field goal near the end of the 3rd quarter, which was answered by an additional 21 straight Cornhusker points to close the game.

Nebraska SE Chuck Malito's 166 receiving yards also set a new single game school record, and Nebraska QB Vince Ferragamo broke David Humm's 1972 season touchdown record of 18 when he pushed his season total to 20.

[4] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1976 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.