1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1975 college football season . The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln , Nebraska . Game notes . LSU . For the first time ever , the Cornhuskers were not able to suit up all players due to a new NCAA rule limiting the number of suited players to 60 . Also , four players were ruled ineligible by the NCAA , further limiting the resources available to Nebraska . Still , the Tigers were unable to score until after the half , and their only touchdown was not sufficient to overcome the 10 Cornhusker points already on the board , and Nebraska started the season with a win . Indiana . Nebraska intercepted an Indiana pass on the first play to set the tone as the Cornhuskers rolled with ease over the Hoosiers in Lincoln . A total of twelve Nebraska runners added ground yards to their career totals in this game as the team collected 300 yards rushing , while the Blackshirts obtained a shutout . TCU . After Nebraska punched in two 1st quarter touchdowns , TCU never got closer to the lead again , scoring only 14 of their own the entire game while the Cornhuskers put 14 more in each quarter . Another dominating performance was turned in by the Blackshirts , who allowed only one touchdown and held the Horned Frogs to just 16 yards on the ground . Miami . Someone forget to tell Miami to give up before the game started , and the Hurricanes came out intending to make it a game as they jump started the scoring with two field goals to lead 6 - 0 and another to lead 9 - 7 at the half , and Nebraska first 7 points were set up by a turnover instead of any serious offensive production . Halftime adjustments and superior conditioning took over for the rest of the game , however , as Nebraska ran off 24 unanswered points , making Miami ' s final touchdown with just over two minutes remaining too little , too late . Kansas . Nebraska prevented a 1st half Kansas field goal on their way to posting a second shutout , closing their long five - game opening home stand with a 5 - 0 record . Although the Cornhuskers did not score big nor often , it made no difference as the scoreless Jayhawks watched the game slip farther from their reach as time ticked away . Kansas completed only 2 of 10 passes , and obtained only 7 first downs , while the Cornhuskers had double the Jayhawks yards by both ground and air . Oklahoma State . Nebraska ' s first road game of 1975 was not an easy win , despite the strong 14 - 0 start . Oklahoma State pulled within 14 by the end of the half and within 7 in the 3rd quarter . After another set of touchdowns , the Cowboys were still down by just 8 in the 4th when they capitalized on a bad Cornhusker punt snap and took over inside the Nebraska 25 . The Blackshirts made a stand when Oklahoma State got inside the Nebraska 5 , and forced the Cowboys to go 3 - and - out on three scoring attempts to preserve the win . Colorado . Statistically , the game was close save for Nebraska ' s 350 - 268 rushing edge and 2 - 0 interception margin , but the scoreboard told another story . Even though Colorado scored first at the start of the game , the Cornhuskers unleashed a scoring onslaught that put the Buffaloes behind 42 - 7 at the half , putting the game far out of reach long before Nebraska backups entered the game in the 4th quarter . Missouri . Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne notched his first career win against 12th - ranked Missouri , in Columbia , with style and a little help from well - executed trickery . The ' Bummeroosky " play worked flawlessly , even fooling the TV cameras , as Nebraska lined up in punt formation and snapped to FB Tony Davis , who immediately passed the ball back through the legs of IB John O ' Leary and then faked a pass to a bait receiver . As the entire Cornhusker unit moved to simulate the punt fake play , the Tigers chomped on the bait and took off to the right in pursuit while O ' Leary remained motionless with the ball hidden until no one remained before jaunting 40 yards untouched for the touchdown . Kansas State . It was a battle of the defenses as the Blackshirts rang up their 3rd shutout on the season , while Kansas State managed to hold Nebraska to just 12 points . Iowa State . Iowa State probably knew they were going to have a bad day when they fumbled the opening kickoff , allowing Nebraska to convert that turnover into 7 points . Iowa State never saw the scoreboard as Nebraska put up yet another shutout for the season , their 4th , on the way to dismantling Iowa State 52 - 0 . Oklahoma . Nebraska scored first on a field goal , but scoring production fizzled as Oklahoma led 7 - 3 at the half . The Cornhuskers took advantage of a Sooner fumble in the 3rd quarter to go up 10 - 7 , but Nebraska soon committed its own turnover to help Oklahoma get back up front , and it didn ' t stop there . Two more subsequent , painful Cornhusker turnovers sealed the game as Oklahoma converted each for points and handed Nebraska their first loss of the year and forced them to share the Big 8 title . Arizona State . Nebraska led the Sun Devils through the entire game until the 4th quarter , when a fierce Arizona State Rally brought the score to a 14 - 14 tie and then 17 - 14 on a Sun Devil field goal with 4 : 50 remaining in the game . The Cornhuskers were driving again and progressed to the Arizona State 21 with 2 minutes to go when the Cornhuskers lost an ill - timed fumble to end their hopes for the win . As it turned out , Nebraska ' s only two losses for the season ended up being to the teams ranked # 1 and # 2 in the season ' s final polls . Rankings . Awards . < br > NFL and Pro Players . The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1975 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi - pro team as draftees or free agents . < br >