| 2000 Record: 10–2–0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | ||
| 9/2 | Lincoln | San Jose State | 49 | – | 13 |
| 9/9 | South Bend | Notre Dame | 27 | – | 24 |
| 9/23 | Lincoln | Iowa | 42 | – | 13 |
| 9/30 | Lincoln | Missouri | 42 | – | 24 |
| 10/7 | Ames | Iowa State | 49 | – | 27 |
| 10/14 | Lubbock | Texas Tech | 56 | – | 3 |
| 10/21 | Lincoln | Baylor | 59 | – | 0 |
| 10/28 | Norman | Oklahoma | 14 | – | 31 |
| 11/4 | Lincoln | Kansas | 56 | – | 17 |
| 11/11 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 28 | – | 29 |
| 11/24 | Lincoln | Colorado | 34 | – | 32 |
| 12/30 | San Antonio, TX | Northwestern | 66 | – | 17 |
| 2001 Record: 11–2–0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | ||
| 8/25 | Lincoln | Texas Christian | 21 | – | 7 |
| 9/1 | Lincoln | Troy State | 42 | – | 14 |
| 9/8 | Lincoln | Notre Dame | 27 | – | 10 |
| 9/20 | Lincoln | Rice | 48 | – | 3 |
| 9/29 | Columbia | Missouri | 36 | – | 3 |
| 10/6 | Lincoln | Iowa State | 48 | – | 14 |
| 10/13 | Waco | Baylor | 48 | – | 7 |
| 10/20 | Lincoln | Texas Tech | 41 | – | 31 |
| 10/27 | Lincoln | Oklahoma | 20 | – | 10 |
| 11/3 | Lawrence | Kansas | 51 | – | 7 |
| 11/10 | Lincoln | Kansas State | 31 | – | 21 |
| 11/23 | Boulder | Colorado | 36 | – | 62 |
| 1/3 | Pasadena, CA | Miami (Florida) | 14 | – | 37 |
| 2002 Record: 7–7–0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | ||
| 8/24 | Lincoln | Arizona State | 48 | – | 10 |
| 8/31 | Lincoln | Troy State | 31 | – | 16 |
| 9/7 | Lincoln | Utah State | 44 | – | 13 |
| 9/14 | State College | Penn State | 7 | – | 40 |
| 9/28 | Ames | Iowa State | 14 | – | 36 |
| 10/5 | Lincoln | McNeese State | 38 | – | 14 |
| 10/12 | Lincoln | Missouri | 24 | – | 13 |
| 10/19 | Stillwater | Oklahoma State | 21 | – | 24 |
| 10/26 | College Station | Texas A&M | 38 | – | 31 |
| 11/2 | Lincoln | Texas | 24 | – | 27 |
| 11/9 | Lincoln | Kansas | 45 | – | 7 |
| 11/16 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 13 | – | 49 |
| 11/29 | Lincoln | Colorado | 13 | – | 28 |
| 12/27 | Shreveport, LA | Mississippi | 23 | – | 27 |
| 2003 Record: 10–3–0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | ||
| 8/30 | Lincoln | Oklahoma State | 17 | – | 7 |
| 9/6 | Lincoln | Utah State | 31 | – | 7 |
| 9/13 | Lincoln | Penn State | 18 | – | 10 |
| 9/25 | Hattiesburg | Southern Mississippi | 38 | – | 14 |
| 10/4 | Lincoln | Troy State | 30 | – | 0 |
| 10/11 | Columbia | Missouri | 24 | – | 41 |
| 10/18 | Lincoln | Texas A&M | 48 | – | 12 |
| 10/25 | Lincoln | Iowa State | 28 | – | 0 |
| 11/1 | Austin | Texas | 7 | – | 31 |
| 11/8 | Lawrence | Kansas | 24 | – | 3 |
| 11/15 | Lincoln | Kansas State | 9 | – | 38 |
| 11/28 | Boulder | Colorado | 31 | – | 22 |
| 12/29 | San Antonio, TX | Michigan State | 17 | – | 3 |
| 2004 Record: 5–6–0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | ||
| 9/4 | Lincoln | Western Illinois | 56 | – | 17 |
| 9/11 | Lincoln | Southern Mississippi | 17 | – | 21 |
| 9/18 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | 24 | – | 17 |
| 10/2 | Lincoln | Kansas | 14 | – | 8 |
| 10/9 | Lubbock | Texas Tech | 10 | – | 70 |
| 10/16 | Lincoln | Baylor | 59 | – | 27 |
| 10/23 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 21 | – | 45 |
| 10/30 | Lincoln | Missouri | 24 | – | 3 |
| 11/6 | Ames | Iowa State | 27 | – | 34 |
| 11/13 | Norman | Oklahoma | 3 | – | 30 |
| 11/26 | Lincoln | Colorado | 20 | – | 26 |
| 2005 Record: 8–4–0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | ||
| 9/3 | Lincoln | Maine | 25 | – | 7 |
| 9/10 | Lincoln | Wake Forest | 31 | – | 3 |
| 9/17 | Lincoln | Pittsburgh | 7 | – | 6 |
| 10/1 | Lincoln | Iowa State | 27 | – | 20 |
| 10/8 | Lincoln | Texas Tech | 31 | – | 34 |
| 10/15 | Waco | Baylor | 23 | – | 14 |
| 10/22 | Columbia | Missouri | 24 | – | 41 |
| 10/29 | Lincoln | Oklahoma | 24 | – | 31 |
| 11/5 | Lawrence | Kansas | 15 | – | 40 |
| 11/12 | Lincoln | Kansas State | 27 | – | 25 |
| 11/25 | Boulder | Colorado | 30 | – | 3 |
| 12/28 | San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) | Michigan | 32 | – | 28 |
| 2006 Record: 9–5–0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | ||
| 9/2 | Lincoln | Louisiana Tech | 49 | – | 10 |
| 9/9 | Lincoln | Nicholls State | 56 | – | 7 |
| 9/16 | Los Angeles | Southern California | 10 | – | 28 |
| 9/23 | Lincoln | Troy | 56 | – | 0 |
| 9/30 | Lincoln | Kansas | 39 | – | 32 |
| 10/7 | Ames | Iowa State | 28 | – | 14 |
| 10/14 | Manhattan | Kansas State | 21 | – | 3 |
| 10/21 | Lincoln | Texas | 20 | – | 22 |
| 10/28 | Stillwater | Oklahoma State | 29 | – | 41 |
| 11/4 | Lincoln | Missouri | 34 | – | 20 |
| 11/11 | College Station | Texas A&M | 28 | – | 27 |
| 11/24 | Lincoln | Colorado | 37 | – | 14 |
| 12/2 | Kansas City | Oklahoma | 7 | – | 21 |
| 1/1 | Dallas (Cotton Bowl) | Auburn | 14 | – | 17 |
| 2007 Record: 5–6–0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | ||
| 9/1 | Lincoln | Nevada | 52 | – | 10 |
| 9/8 | Winston-Salem | Wake Forest | 20 | – | 17 |
| 9/15 | Lincoln | Southern California | 31 | – | 49 |
| 9/22 | Lincoln | Ball State | 41 | – | 40 |
| 9/29 | Lincoln | Iowa State | 35 | – | 17 |
| 10/6 | Columbia | Missouri | 6 | – | 41 |
| 10/13 | Lincoln | Oklahoma State | 14 | – | 45 |
| 10/20 | Lincoln | Texas A&M | 14 | – | 36 |
| 10/27 | Austin | Texas | 25 | – | 28 |
| 11/3 | Lawrence | Kansas | 39 | – | 76 |
| 11/10 | Lincoln | Kansas State | 73 | – | 31 |
| 11/23 | Boulder | Colorado | – | ||