Nebraska Football: 3 areas the Huskers must improve to win in 2022

The long and the short of it is that the Nebraska football teams efficiency in the red zone on offense was something that people likely knew was a problem, but they might not have known just how much of a problem it was.

The Cornhuskers’ offensive efficiency in the red zone was almost as bad as their special teams in terms of rankings among their contemporaries. In 53 red zone attempts in 2021, NU scored just 35 touchdowns.

Of those 35 TDs, all but seven were on the ground. The Huskers also only scored six red zone field goals. In all, the Nebraska football team had an offensive red zone efficiency of 77.4 percent. Which saw them rank 106th in the country.

Not to beat a dead horse, but considering how many times the Huskers lost by one score, improving the team’s ability to score once they get inside the opponent’s 20 yard line is very, very important. The argument can absolutely be made they need to get into the red zone more as well. But if they do, they have to come up with more scores than they did a year ago.

There is also an argument to be made that the Nebraska football team should get a bit better when it comes to defensive red zone efficiency, as they were ranked 61st in the country but it’s simply imperative that the Huskers need to get better on the offensive side of the ball. Getting a new kicker is going to help, but Casey Thompson or Chubba Purdy and company need to put it into the end zone quite a bit more often.