2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by second-year head coach Scott Frost and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.

Recruits
The Cornhuskers signed a total of 24 scholarship recruits during the Early Signing Period on December 19, 2018.

Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released

Preseason Big Ten poll
Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. In the 2019 poll, Nebraska was projected to win the West Division.

Schedule
The 2019 schedule consisted of seven home and five away games in the regular season. Nebraska hosted conference foes Ohio State, Northwestern, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa and the Cornhuskers traveled to play Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue and Maryland in Big Ten play.

South Alabama

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South Alabama Game starters

At Colorado

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Colorado Game starters

Northern Illinois

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North Illinois Game starters

At Illinois

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Nebraska trailed for most of the game, then came back to beat Illinois 42–38. With the victory, the Huskers got their first road win under Scott Frost and their 900th overall win in program history.

Illinois Game starters

Ohio State

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Ohio State Game starters

Northwestern

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Northwestern Game starters

At Minnesota

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Minnesota Game starters

Indiana

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Indiana Game starters

At Purdue
Purdue Game starters

Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Game starters

At Maryland

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Maryland Game starters

Iowa

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Iowa Game starters

All-Conference awards
2019 Big Ten All-Conference Teams and Awards