Nebraska 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 5:48 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Nebraska Cornhuskers will open their 2024 college football schedule versus UTEP on August 31 — see below for more.

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2024 Nebraska Game and TV Schedule

Opponent Date/Time Score/Tickets TV Channel
UTEP August 31 | 3:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub FOX (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Colorado September 7 | 7:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub NBC
Northern Iowa (FCS) September 14 | 7:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub BTN (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Illinois September 20 | 8:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub FOX (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ Purdue September 28 | 12:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Rutgers October 5 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Indiana October 19 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Ohio State October 26 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
UCLA November 2 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ USC November 16 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Wisconsin November 23 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Iowa November 29 | 7:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub NBC

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Nebraska 2024 Strength of Schedule

  • The Cornhuskers will face the 85th-ranked schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (67).
  • Nebraska will face the 27th-easiest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (56).
  • In terms of difficulty, using their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season, the Cornhuskers will be facing the 31st-ranked conference schedule this year.
  • In 2024, Nebraska’s schedule will include six games against teams which finished with winning records a year ago, including two games against teams that had nine or more wins and two games against squads with less than four wins in 2023.
  • The Cornhuskers will clash with six teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.

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Nebraska Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Cornhuskers sported the 11th-best defense last season in terms of total yards (303.5 yards allowed per game), but they ranked 17th-worst offensively (313.3 yards per game).
  • Nebraska struggled on offense last season, ranking 11th-worst in FBS (18 points per game). However, it ranked 13th-best on the defensive side of the ball, allowing only 18.3 points per game.
  • While the Cornhuskers’ pass defense ranked 40th with 210.6 passing yards allowed per game last season, they were worse on offense, ranking fifth-worst (135.9 passing yards per game).
  • Defensively, Nebraska was a top-25 unit in terms of rushing yards last season, ranking seventh-best by giving up just 92.9 rushing yards per game. It ranked 39th on offense (177.3 rushing yards per game).

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