IB Engebritson, Monte #83 (Jr.) TE Evans, Brent #48 (Sr.) LB Felici, Tony #46 (Sr.) DE Fisher, Todd #6 (So.)
CB Fryar, Irving #27 (Jr.) WB Gdowski, Tom #93 (Sr.) DT Gill, Turner #12 (Jr.) QB Glathar, Kurt #69 (Sr.) OG Graeber, Ken #52 (So.)
DE Holbrook, Tim #23 (Sr.) MON Huebert, Randy #31 (Sr.) WB Johnson, Brad #55 (Sr.) C Keeler, Mike #61 (Jr.) DT Kimball, Scott #88 (So.)
QB Van Norman, Kris #38 (Sr.) MON Vergith, Tom #22 (Sr.) SE Waechter, Kevin #76 (Jr.) DT Weber, Bill #87 (So.)
Defending Big Ten Champion Iowa was down 28-0 by halftime, and was only able to muster a single 4th-quarter touchdown against Nebraska reserves to avoid the shutout.
Sixteen years later, Penn State TE Mike McCloskey, the receiver of the controversial catch, admitted he was out of bounds on the play and should have been ruled incomplete.
[7] The Cornhuskers, demoralized from the loss to Penn State a week earlier, struggled to come to life as Nebraska entered the locker room at halftime with a narrow 14-7 lead.
Hipp, to play back-to-back 200 yard games, and Cornhusker QB Turner Gill set a new Big 8 completion percentage record of 91.7%, as Nebraska had little trouble with Kansas State in Lincoln.
Missouri was sniffing an upset after Nebraska QB Turner Gill was forced out by an injury in the 2nd quarter as the Tigers led 7-6, and the pressure was mounting after the Cornhuskers fell behind 9-13 in the 4th quarter, but backup QB Bruce Mathison directed two touchdown drives with help from an interception by Nebraska LB Brent Evans, and although Missouri would score again, the 10-point lead with 2:36 to go was too much for the Tigers to overcome.
Nebraska cruised to their 14th win in a row over Kansas and their 2nd shutout of the season, piling up 546 yards of offense compared to 69 for the Jayhawks and giving up only one turnover while owning the ball for 34:27.
Five different players recorded touchdowns, as the Cornhuskers set out to protest their drop in the poll from #5 to #6 and prove that the previous close call in Missouri was not to be the norm.
Nebraska struggled to overcome six turnovers in a game that saw them behind 7-14 at the half, behind 17-14 by the end of the 3rd, and clinging to a 1-point lead after LSU was forced to settle for a field goal in the 4th.
[8] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1982 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.