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

[13] [14][15] Adams, Joe #64 (Jr.) OG Baker, Kim #41 (Jr.) LB Barnett, Bill #97 (Sr.) DT Bates, Phil (So.)

OG Clark, David #63 (Jr.) DT Cole, Lawrence #81 (Sr.) DE Conneally, Jerry (So.)

LB Davies, Steve #82 (Jr.) TE DeLoach, Trey #52 (Jr.) C England, Gary #70 (Jr.) OT Evans, Brent (So.)

DE Miller, Junior #89 (Sr.) TE Minor, John #86 (Sr.) MG Moravec, Mark (So.)

LB Potadle, Paul #61 (Sr.) OG Quinn, Jeff #11 (Jr.) QB Rabas, Greg #85 (So.)

Nebraska started out the 1979 season with less than convincing power, as relatively unheralded Utah State was still in the game as the teams entered intermission tied at 14.

After adjustments were made, coaching and conditioning put the distance between the two teams as the Aggies failed to score again while the Cornhuskers added 21 with the help of 455 yards on the ground for the day.

Nebraska continued their season trend of posting weak starts, as Penn State surged to a 14-point lead in the 1st quarter, but the Blackshirts seemed to figure out the Nittany Lions from that point forward, allowing only a 3rd-quarter field goal, while the Cornhusker offense came to life and put up 42 points to pass by Penn State and quell any hopes of an upset in Lincoln.

Eighty four Cornhuskers saw playing time, including some true freshmen, as Nebraska coasted to an easy 57-0 pasting of the Aggies.

Nebraska again dominated, although the Kansas defense prevented three of four touchdown attempts in the first half and forced the Cornhuskers to settle for field goals instead.

Nebraska settled into a remarkable groove, posting their 3rd straight shutout victory on the road in Stillwater.

Nebraska pulled out to an early 20-6 lead shortly after halftime, and a relatively easy win seemed to be on the horizon, but someone forgot to tell Missouri to give up.

Both teams struggled to make progress until Nebraska was able to muster a single field goal with a little over 3 minutes left to play, but the game was not decided until the final play, as Missouri opted out of the easy, game-tying field goal and went for the win from the Nebraska 11 with 3 seconds left, only for QB Phil Bradley to get sacked by the Blackshirts before he could unload the ball.

Kansas State turned over four interceptions, but it seemed as if Nebraska was intent on repaying the favor by losing five of seven fumbles to help keep the Wildcats in the game.

Halfway through the 4th, Nebraska put up 7 more points to create some breathing room, and held off Kansas State until time expired.

Nebraska experienced yet another slow start as the 1st quarter ended with only a Cornhusker field goal on the board, but in the second quarter things seemed to fall into place as Nebraska posted another 25 points by halftime without any response from Iowa State.

The final score of the day came from Nebraska's second-ever fumblerooski, picked up by All-American guard Randy Schleusener.

The Cougars gave up an interception and lost three of seven fumbles during the game, giving Nebraska a 4-1 turnover margin edge, but Houston's passing and rushing efforts were successful enough to overcome the setbacks.

[16] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1979 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.