The team was coached by Bill Callahan and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The team also hoped to play I-back Marlon Lucky (who excelled on kick returns as a freshman) as their starting running back.

Terrence Nunn, the top kick-returner in the Big 12 last season, also returned and was intended to be the Huskers' featured receiver.

The environment at Lincoln has been considered one of the most hostile for an opposing team, due in part to the noise of the crowd.

[citation needed] Austin American-Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls predicted that Nebraska might pull off an upset against the Longhorns.

"[4] In 1998, freshman quarterback Major Applewhite led the Longhorns to a victory over the seventh-ranked Cornhuskers, snapping their 47-home game winning streak.

[6] Coming into the 2006 game, Texas was the only team in the Big Twelve Conference with a winning record vs. Nebraska, with a 6–4 lead.

[8] Texas got the ball to start the game and Quan Cosby returned the kick-off to within the Nebraska 10 yard line.

Nebraska ran a passing play on third down and NU receiver Terrence Nunn picked up the first down but fumbled the ball.

With less than a minute remaining, and the Horns facing fourth down, Texas needed a field goal to win.

Johnson had already missed three kicks (two field goals and an extra point) and he told Coach Brown late in the game that his leg was tightening up.

Mangum had scored the game-winning field goal as time expired to lift the Longhorns to victory over the Michigan Wolverines in the 2005 Rose Bowl.

Defensive starters Derek Lokey and Robert Killebrew both had to leave the game due to leg injuries.

[9] Cornerback Tarell Brown was seen limping badly after the game and kicker-punter Greg Johnson aggravated a previous injury on his fourth-quarter field goal.

The rivalry has cooled somewhat since the creation of the Big 12 as Bill Callahan's Nebraska Cornhuskers and Stoops's Oklahoma Sooners now split a home-and-home two of every four years.

Oklahoma recovered the ball at the Nebraska 2 and scored a touchdown to take the lead 7–0 with 48 seconds expired off the clock.

With 4:37 left in the first half, Nebraska's Zac Taylor threw a touchdown pass and the extra point shaved Oklahoma's lead to 14–7, which was still the score as the game went to half-time.

With 8:53 left in the game, Nebraska threw what was almost a touchdown pass, but Nick Harris made a diving catch to intercept the ball in the end-zone for a touchback.

[18] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2006 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.