The 2021 season's largest margin: Nebraska 56, Northwestern 7. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Correction
2021 is a losing-side chapter for Nebraska. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Adrian MartinezQB2,863 passing yards
- Logan SmothersQB317 passing yards
- Rahmir JohnsonRB495 rushing yards
- Jaquez YantRB294 rushing yards
- Samori ToureWR898 receiving yards
- Austin AllenTE602 receiving yards
- Omar ManningWR380 receiving yards
- Nick HenrichLB99 tackles
- Luke ReimerLB90 tackles
- JoJo DomannLB71 tackles
- Garrett NelsonDE5 sacks
- Ty RobinsonDL2 sacks
- Caleb TannorDE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Nebraska 17, Ohio State 26. A 9-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Go Big Red"
2021 sits in Nebraska's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.