The 2017 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by third-year head coach Mike Riley and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. They competed as members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the West Division. At the conclusion of the regular season, head coach Mike Riley was fired. On December 2, the school hired UCF head coach and Nebraska alumnus Scott Frost as head coach.

Offseason

Departures

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

Coaching departures & replacements

Other headlines

Recruiting

Position key

Recruits

As of National Signing Day (February 7, 2017), Nebraska's 2017 recruiting class consisted of 20 commits, 8 walk-ons, and 1 JUCO walk-on transfer. On, February 16, 2017, Kade Warner, son of NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner, joined the team as a preferred walk-on. 5 non-recruited walk-ons joined the team via tryout on March 29, 2017. One additional preferred walk-on was added in late April.

Scholarship recruits

Walk-on recruits

Tryout walk-ons

Returning starters

Offense

Defense

Special teams

Schedule

Roster and coaching staff

Depth chart

Game summaries

Spring practice

Arkansas State

Arkansas State Game starters

At Oregon

Oregon Game starters

Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois Game starters

Rutgers

Rutgers Game starters

At Illinois

Illinois Game starters

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Game starters

Ohio State

Ohio State Game starters

At Purdue

Purdue Game starters

Northwestern

Northwestern Game starters

At Minnesota

Minnesota Game starters

At Penn State

Penn State Game starters

Iowa

Iowa Game starters

Big Ten awards

Player of the Week Honors

All-Conference awards

2017 Big Ten All-Conference Teams and Awards

National awards

USA Today Freshman All-American JD Spielman FWAA Freshman All-American JD Spielman

Team awards

2016 Nebraska Football Team Awards

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft

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Rankings