The 2022 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska as a member of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
After starting the season with two losses in their first three games, including a loss to Georgia Southern, head coach Scott Frost was fired on September 11; receivers coach and associate head coach Mickey Joseph was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The following week, after having given up nearly school record number of yards to opposing offenses in back-to-back weeks, Nebraska dismissed defensive coordinator Erik Chinander and promoted assistant Bill Busch to the position for the remainder of the season.
On November 26, 2022, Nebraska announced the hiring of Matt Rhule to become the 31st head coach of the Nebraska football program.
Preseason Award watch lists Butkus AwardLuke ReimerLBJRBronko Nagurski TrophyOchaun MathisDESRLott IMPACT TrophyLuke ReimerLBJRRay Guy AwardBrian BuschiniPSO
Big Ten Media Days
Preseason Media Poll
The annual Cleveland.com Preseason Big Ten Media Poll.2022 Big Ten Preseason Media Poll
East 1 Ohio State 252 (36) 2 Michigan 203 3 Penn State 169 4 Michigan State 162 5 Maryland 104 6 Rutgers 60 7 Indiana 58 West 1 Wisconsin 246 (31) 2 Iowa 198 (3) 3 Minnesota 162 (2) 4 Purdue 153 5 Nebraska 123 6 Illinois 65 7 Northwestern 61 Media poll (Big Ten Championship) 1 Ohio State over Wisconsin 31 2 Ohio State over Iowa 3 3 Ohio State over Minnesota 2
Schedule
Personnel Roster
Depth chart
Game summaries
vs Northwestern (Ireland)
Statistics NW NEB First downs 25 23 Total yards 528 465 Rushes/yards 47–214 31–110 Passing yards 314 355 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 27–38–0 25–42–2 Time of possession 34:14 25:46 Team Category Player StatisticsNorthwestern Passing Ryan Hilinski 27/38, 314 yards, 2 TD Rushing Evan Hull 22 carries, 119 yards, TD Receiving Malik Washington 8 receptions, 97 yardsNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 25/42, 355 yards, TD, INT Rushing Anthony Grant 19 carries, 101 yards, 2 TD Receiving Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda 4 receptions, 120 yards, TD
vs North Dakota (FCS)
Statistics UND NEB First downs 18 26 Total yards 306 437 Rushes/yards 33–175 41–224 Passing yards 131 193 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 24–37–0 14–21–1 Time of possession 36:01 23:59 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Dakota Passing Tommy Schuster 24/37, 131 yards, TD Rushing Isaiah Smith 10 carries, 104 yards Receiving Bo Belquist 6 receptions, 40 yardsNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 14/21, 193 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Anthony Grant 23 carries, 189 yards, 2 TD Receiving Trey Palmer 4 receptions, 82 yards
vs Georgia Southern
Statistics GASO NEB First downs 34 33 Total yards 642 575 Rushes/yards 30–233 47–257 Passing yards 409 318 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 37–56–2 23–34–0 Time of possession 28:04 31:56 Team Category Player StatisticsGeorgia Southern Passing Kyle Vantrease 37/56, 409 yards, TD, 2 INT Rushing Gerald Green 10 carries, 132 yards, 2 TD Receiving Derwin Burgess Jr. 12 receptions, 119 yardsNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 23/34, 318 yards, TD Rushing Anthony Grant 27 carries, 138 yards, TD Receiving Marcus Washington 6 receptions, 123 yards
vs No. 6 Oklahoma
Statistics OKLA NEB First downs 31 21 Total yards 580 327 Rushes/yards 54–312 45–163 Passing yards 268 164 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 19–30–0 21–31–1 Time of possession 29:36 30:24 Team Category Player StatisticsOklahoma Passing Dillon Gabriel 16/27, 230 yards, 2 TD Rushing Eric Gray 11 carries, 113 yards, 2 TD Receiving Marvin Mims 4 receptions, 66 yardsNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 14/20, 129 yards, TD Rushing Gabe Ervin Jr. 7 carries, 60 yards Receiving Trey Palmer 10 receptions, 92 yards, 1 TD
vs Indiana
Statistics IU NEB First downs 14 22 Total yards 290 385 Rushes/yards 23–67 51–115 Passing yards 223 270 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 22–44–1 18–27–1 Time of possession 25:09 34:51 Team Category Player StatisticsIndiana Passing Connor Bazelak 22/44, 223 yards, TD, INT Rushing Jaylin Lucas 3 carries, 39 yards Receiving Emery Simmons 6 receptions, 57 yards, TDNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 18/27, 270 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Anthony Grant 32 carries, 136 yards Receiving Trey Palmer 8 receptions, 157 yards, 1 TD
at Rutgers
Statistics NEB RUTG First downs 18 14 Total yards 304 348 Rushes/yards 29–72 38–115 Passing yards 232 233 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 24–37–2 12–30–3 Time of possession 31:40 28:20 Team Category Player StatisticsNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 24/36, 232 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Anthony Grant 19 carries, 47 yards Receiving Trey Palmer 4 receptions, 64 yards, 1 TDRutgers Passing Noah Vedral 6/15, 133 yards Rushing Samuel Brown V 16 carries, 63 yards Receiving Shameen Jones 2 receptions, 76 yards
at Purdue
Statistics NEB PUR First downs 15 38 Total yards 476 608 Rushes/yards 23–122 47–217 Passing yards 354 391 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 16–29–2 35–54–1 Time of possession 17:18 42:42 Team Category Player StatisticsNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 16/29, 354 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Trey Palmer 1 carry, 60 yards Receiving Trey Palmer 7 receptions, 237 yards, 2 TDPurdue Passing Aidan O'Connell 35/54, 391 yards, 4 TD, INT Rushing Devin Mockobee 30 carries, 178 yards, TD Receiving Charlie Jones 12 receptions, 132 yards, 2 TD
vs No. 17 Illinois
Statistics ILL NEB First downs 18 9 Total yards 367 248 Rushes/yards 48–188 25–60 Passing yards 179 188 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 20–22–0 11–24–3 Time of possession 38:13 21:47 Team Category Player StatisticsIllinois Passing Tommy DeVito 20/22, 179 yards, 2 TD Rushing Chase Brown 32 carries, 149 yards, TD Receiving Isaiah Williams 9 receptions, 93 yards, TDNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 7/15, 172 yards, TD, 2 INT Rushing Anthony Grant 12 carries, 61 yards Receiving Travis Vokolek 1 reception, 56 yards, TD
vs Minnesota
Statistics MINN NEB First downs 18 13 Total yards 300 267 Rushes/yards 45–125 35–146 Passing yards 175 121 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 12–20–0 11–26–1 Time of possession 34:41 25:19 Team Category Player StatisticsMinnesota Passing Athan Kaliakmanis 6/12, 137 yards Rushing Mohamed Ibrahim 32 carries, 128 yards, 2 TD Receiving Daniel Jackson 5 receptions, 88 yardsNebraska Passing Logan Smothers 5/10, 80 yards Rushing Anthony Grant 21 carries, 115 yards Receiving Marcus Washington 2 receptions, 63 yards
at No. 3 Michigan
Statistics NEB MICH First downs 8 27 Total yards 146 412 Rushes/yards 29–75 49–264 Passing yards 71 148 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 10–19–0 10–20–0 Time of possession 24:48 35:12 Team Category Player StatisticsNebraska Passing Chubba Purdy 6/11, 56 yards Rushing Chubba Purdy 5 carries, 39 yards Receiving Marcus Washington 2 receptions, 36 yardsMichigan Passing J. J. McCarthy 8/17, 129 yards, 2 TD Rushing Blake Corum 28 carries, 162 yards, TD Receiving Ronnie Bell 4 receptions, 72 yards, TD
vs Wisconsin
Statistics WISC NEB First downs 21 12 Total yards 318 171 Rushes/yards 52–235 29–65 Passing yards 83 106 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 8–18–1 12–20–0 Time of possession 36:57 23:03 Team Category Player StatisticsWisconsin Passing Graham Mertz 8/18, 83 yards, TD, INT Rushing Chez Mellusi 21 carries, 98 yards Receiving Keontez Lewis 3 receptions, 31 yardsNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 12/20, 106 yards, 2 TD Rushing Casey Thompson 11 carries, 33 yards Receiving Trey Palmer 4 receptions, 47 yards, 2 TD
at Iowa
Statistics NEB IOWA First downs 17 18 Total yards 329 274 Rushes/yards 35–51 33–124 Passing yards 278 150 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 20–30–0 17–39–1 Time of possession 31:15 28:45 Team Category Player StatisticsNebraska Passing Casey Thompson 20/30, 278 yards, 3 TD Rushing Rahmir Johnson 12 carries, 52 yards Receiving Trey Palmer 9 receptions, 165 yards, 2 TDIowa Passing Alex Padilla 16/33, 141 yards, TD, INT Rushing Kaleb Johnson 16 carries, 109 yards, TD Receiving Luke Lachey 7 receptions, 89 yards, TD
Big Ten awards
Player of the Week Honors Weekly Awards Anthony Grant Big Ten Co-offensive Player of the Week Week 1 Malcolm Hartzog Big Ten Freshman of the Week Week 5
All-Conference awards
2022 Big Ten Offense All-Conference Teams and Awards2022 Big Ten All-Conference Teams and Awards
Coaches All-Big TenDLGarrett NelsonSecond TeamWRTrey PalmerThird TeamRBAnthony GrantHonorable MentionLBLuke ReimerHonorable MentionDBQuinton NewsomeHonorable Mention
Media All-Big TenWRTrey PalmerSecond TeamDLGarrett NelsonSecond TeamRBAnthony GrantHonorable MentionLBLuke ReimerHonorable Mention
Rankings
Players drafted into the NFL
6 189 Ochaun Mathis DE Los Angeles Rams 6 191 Trey Palmer WR Tampa Bay Buccaneers
References