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

Following losses to both Wisconsin and Minnesota and a come from behind win in overtime at Iowa, Pelini was relieved of his coaching duties following the conclusion of the regular season on November 30, 2014.

On December 4, 2014, Mike Riley was announced as the next head coach of the Nebraska football team, and would begin his duties immediately.

Running back Ameer Abdullah broke five tackles on a 58-yard touchdown reception with 20 seconds remaining in the game to lead Nebraska to a 31–24 win at Memorial Stadium.

Tommy Armstrong threw for 260 yards and Ameer Abdullah rushed for 110 to lead the Huskers to a 3–0 start on the season.

The tunnel walk before the game featured the 1994 team including former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne to commemorate the 20th anniversary of defeating Miami for the national championship.

Nebraska opened up Big Ten play with a game against Illinois at home on Homecoming.

Nebraska was driving with the ball with less than a minute to go before throwing a game-ending interception to lose the first game of the year 27–22.

19th-ranked Nebraska traveled to Evanston, Illinois, to take on the Northwestern Wildcats in a Big Ten West Division match-up.

This year's game the two teams played even through two quarters of football before Nebraska pulled away in the second half.

Nebraska returned home for the first time in four weeks as the Huskers hosted Big Ten newcomer Rutgers.

Abdullah now has 6,604 career all-purpose yards, extending his school record and moving past Ohio State's Archie Griffin into second place in Big Ten history.

Purdue visited Memorial Stadium for the first time in program history on Saturday, November 1, 2014.

Nebraska completed its 2014 home schedule when Minnesota came to Memorial Stadium on Saturday, November 22 for Senior Day.

Kenny Bell caught a 9-yard TD pass in overtime as Nebraska rallied to beat Iowa 37–34 in the Heroes Game on Black Friday.

The game featured turnovers, big special teams play and stretches of solid defense.

Nebraska traveled to San Diego to take on the USC Trojans in the Holiday Bowl.