 Texas ' 652 points were a NCAA Division I record for points scored in a season ( broken by the 716 points scored by the 2008 Oklahoma Sooners ) . The previous record was 624 points scored by Nebraska in 1983 ( under NCAA rules , bowl game statistics count toward the total in 2005 . Thus , all thirteen of Texas 's games are counted in accumulating the 652 points . The 1983 Nebraska team scored 654 points , including its bowl game , but only its twelve regular season games are counted for statistics , thus the 624 total points ) . Their 50 @.@ 2 points per game set a new school record . 
