2024 The 2024 Season

Nebraska's 2024 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final #22 post-bowls
SP+ +4.3 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs UTEP 40-7 W vs Colorado 28-10 W vs Nort Iow 34-3 L vs Illinois 24-31 W @ Purdue 28-10 W vs Rutgers 14-7 L @ Indiana 7-56 L @ Ohio St 17-21 L vs UCLA 20-27 L @ USC 20-28 W vs Wiscon 44-25 L @ Iowa 10-13 W vs Bost Col 20-15 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2024.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2024 season's largest margin: Nebraska 40, UTEP 7. A 33-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Nebraska 7, Indiana 56. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Nebraska beat Boston College 20-15 in the postseason.

"Go Big Red"
— Nebraska fanbase voice · 2024· synthesized
What It Meant

2024 is a middle chapter for Nebraska — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.