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Nebraska football schedule, scores for 2022 season

The full 2022 Nebraska football schedule

How do things look for Nebraska this year in the Big Ten and College Football Playoff race? Let's look at the full Nebraska football schedule for the Cornhuskers' 2022 season.

Nebraska football 2022 schedule

Nebraska Cornhuskers college football team schedule, rankings

Looking at the 2022 Nebraska football schedule

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All times Eastern

Week 0, Aug. 27 vs. Northwestern
Score: Northwestern 31, Nebraska 28

Week 1, Sept. 3 vs. North Dakota
Score: Nebraska 38, North Dakota 17

Week 2, Sept. 10 vs. Georgia Southern
Score: Georgia Southern 45, Nebraska 42

Week 3, Sept. 17 vs. Oklahoma
Score: Oklahoma 49, Nebraska 14

Week 4, Sept. 24 Idle

Week 5, Oct. 1 vs. Indiana
Score: Nebraska 35, Indiana 21

Week 6, Oct. 7 at Rutgers
7 p.m. on FS1

Week 7, Oct. 15 at Purdue

Week 8, Oct. 22 Idle

Week 9, Oct. 29 vs. Illinois

Week 10, Nov. 5 vs. Minnesota

Week 11, Nov. 12 at Michigan

Week 12, Nov. 19 vs. Wisconsin

Week 13, Nov. 25 at Iowa

Nebraska football schedule overview

Northwestern Wildcats
2021 record: 3-9 (1-8 Big Ten)
All time series: Nebraska leads, 9-6
Last meeting: Nebraska won, 56-7 (2021)

North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2021 record: 5-6 (3-5 Missouri Valley)
All time series: Nebraska leads, 1-0
Last meeting: Nebraska won, 33-0 (1961)

Georgia Southern Eagles
2021 record: 3-9 (2-6 Sun Belt)
All time series: Never played

Oklahoma Sooners
2021 record: 11-2 (7-2 Big 12)
All time series: Oklahoma leads, 46-38-3
Last meeting: Oklahoma won, 23-16 (2021)

Rutgers Scarlet Knights
2021 record: 5-8 (2-7 Big Ten)
All time series: Nebraska leads, 5-0
Last meeting: Nebraska won, 28-21 (2021)

Indiana Hoosiers
2021 record: 2-10 (0-9 Big Ten)
All time series: Indiana leads, 10-8-3
Last meeting: Indiana won, 38-31 (2019)

Michigan Wolverines
2021 record: 12-2 (8-1 Big Ten)
All time series: Michigan leads, 6-4-1
Last meeting: Michigan won, 32-29 (2021)

Minnesota Golden Gophers
2021 record: 9-4 (6-3 Big Ten)
All time series: Minnesota leads, 35-25-2
Last meeting: Minnesota won, 30-23 (2021)

Wisconsin Badgers
2021 record: 9-4 (6-3 Big Ten)
All time series: Wisconsin leads, 11-4
Last meeting: Wisconsin won, 35-28 (2021)

Purdue Boilermakers
2021 record: 9-4 (6-3 Big Ten)
All time series: Tied, 5-5
Last meeting: Purdue won, 28-23 (2021)

Illinois Fighting Illini
2021 record: 5-7 (4-5 Big Ten)
All time series: Nebraska leads, 13-5-1
Last meeting: Illinois won, 30-22 (2021)

Iowa Hawkeyes
2021 record: 10-4 (7-2 Big Ten)
All time series: Nebraska leads, 29-20-3
Last meeting: Iowa won, 28-21 (2021)

Nebraska football 2021 scores

Week 0, Aug. 28
Nebraska at Illinois
Final score: Illinois 30, Nebraska 22

Week 1, Sept. 4
Fordham at Nebraska
Final score: Nebraska 52, Fordham 7

Week 2, Sept. 11
Buffalo at Nebraska
Final score: Nebraska 28, Buffalo 3

Week 3, Sept. 18
Nebraska at No. 3 Oklahoma
Final score: Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 16

Week 4, Sept. 25
Nebraska at No. 20 Michigan State
Final score: Michigan State 23, Nebraska 20

Week 5, Oct. 2
Northwestern at Nebraska
Final score: Nebraska 56, Northwestern 7

Week 6, Oct. 9
No. 9 Michigan at Nebraska
Final score: Michigan 32, Nebraska 29

Week 7, Oct. 16
Nebraska at Minnesota
Final score: Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23

Week 8, Oct. 23
Idle

Week 9, Oct. 30
Purdue at Nebraska
Final score: Purdue 28, Nebraska 23

Week 10, Nov. 6
No. 5 Ohio State at Nebraska
Final score: Ohio State 26, Nebraska 17

Week 11, Nov. 13
Idle

Week 12, Nov. 20
Nebraska at No. 15 Wisconsin
Final score: Wisconsin 35, Nebraska 28

Week 13, Nov. 26
No. 16 Iowa at Nebraska
Final score: Iowa 28, Nebraska 21

College Football Playoff 2022-23 Schedule

Dec. 31, 2022 Fiesta Bowl

Dec. 31, 2022 Peach Bowl

Jan. 9, 2023 National Championship

This is the ninth year that college football has a playoff system, which replaced the former Bowl Championship Series (BCS) ahead of the 2014 season.

Ohio State won the first championship under the current system. Alabama (2015, ’17, ’20) and Clemson (2016 and ’18) are the only programs to win multiple titles in the playoff era.

Here's a rundown of every College Football Playoff to date.

2014

Rose Bowl — No. 2 Oregon 59, No. 3 Florida State 20

Sugar Bowl — No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 1 Alabama 35

CFP National Championship — No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 2 Oregon 20

2015

Orange Bowl — No. 1 Clemson 37, No. 4 Oklahoma 17

Cotton Bowl — No. 2 Alabama 38, No. 3 Michigan State 0

CFP National Championship — No. 2 Alabama 45, No. 1 Clemson 40

2016

Fiesta Bowl — No. 2 Clemson 31, No. 3 Ohio State 0

Peach Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 24, No. 4 Washington 7

CFP National Championship — No. 2 Clemson 35, No. 1 Alabama 31

2017

Rose Bowl — No. 3 Georgia 54, No. 2 Oklahoma 48 ( 2 OT)

Sugar Bowl — No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6

CFP National Championship — No. 4 Alabama 26, No. 3 Georgia (OT)

2018

Orange Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 45, No. 4 Oklahoma 34

Cotton Bowl — No. 2 Clemson 30, No. 3 Notre Dame 3

CFP National Championship — No. 2 Clemson 44, No. 1 Alabama 16

2019

Peach Bowl — No. 1 LSU 63, No. 4 Oklahoma 28

Fiesta Bowl — No. 3 Clemson 29, No. 2 Ohio State 23

CFP National Championship — No. 1 LSU 42, No. 3 Clemson 25

2020

Rose Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 31, No. 4 Notre Dame 14

Sugar Bowl — No. 3 Ohio State 49, No. 2 Clemson 28

CFP National Championship — No. 1 Alabama 52, No. 3 Ohio State 24

2021

Cotton Bowl — No. 1 Alabama 27, No. 4 Cincinnati 6

Orange Bowl — No. 3 Georgia 34, No. 2 Michigan 11

CFP National Championship — No. 3 Georgia 33, No. 1 Alabama 18


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