[1] They competed as members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.

This, combined with their four losses at the end of 2017, formed a school-record 10-game losing streak.

[5] Senior running back Devine Ozigbo finished with 1,082 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, becoming the first Nebraska running back to exceed 1,000 rushing yards since Ameer Abdullah in 2014.

Nebraska hosted conference foes Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan State and the Cornhuskers traveled to play Michigan, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Iowa in Big Ten play.

After starting the season 0-6, Nebraska finally got its first win under Scott Frost against Minnesota Bethune-Cookman Game starters