Nebraska Struggles in 48-34 Win

The 2010 Nebraska Cornhuskers squared off against the Rice Owls in Lincoln, Nebraska at Memorial Field on Saturday.  The excitement of a new coaching era has been the buzz all offseason.  That excitement quickly turned into the realization that the program has a long way to go before returning to the head of the table of college football royalty.

Nebraska managed a 48-34 victory over Rice and it was a struggle for the Huskers throughout.  The offense showed signs of being explosive, but was plagued by 5 turnovers (2 fumbles, 3 interceptions) that kept Rice in the game through the 4th quarter.  Coach Wildcatter was most upset with his defense which gave up 34 points and could not stop the Rice passing attack.

POTG:
RB, Q. Castille
Rushing:          27-149-1
Receiving:           3-70-2

Up next, Nebraska travels to Baton Rouge to face the highly touted LSU Tigers.

2010 Preseason All Big 12 Announced

2010 Nebraska Honorees:


First Team All Big Twelve:

WR Niles Paul (Sr.)

DT Jared Crick (Jr.)



Second Team All Big Twelve:

CB Anthony West (Sr.)

Embracing History - Tradition of Winning

Nebraska has claimed 46 conference championships and part or all of five national championships: 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997. The titles in the 1990s marked the first time since Notre Dame in 1946–49 when a team won three national championships in four seasons. The 1994 and 1995 seasons still stand as the only consensus back-to-back national titles by any Division 1-A school since Oklahoma in 1956-57. Nebraska posted a 60–3–0 record between the 1993-97 seasons. ESPN.com has named the 1971 Nebraska Cornhusker team the greatest team of all time.


The Nebraska Cornhuskers also have five undefeated seasons that they were not the national champions; 1902, 1903, 1913, 1914, and 1915. Between 1912 and 1916, a 34 game win streak was recorded by then head coach Ewald O. Stiehm.

Embracing History - "Cornhuskers"

Husker football began play in 1890, with a 10–0 victory over the Omaha YMCA on Thanksgiving Day, November 27.

During the early years of the program, the team had a number of nicknames: "Bugeaters", "Tree Planters", "Nebraskans", "The Rattlesnake Boys", "Antelopes", "Old Gold Knights" and Cornhuskers".

The name Cornhuskers first appeared in the school newspaper as "We Have Met The Cornhuskers And They Are Ours" refering to a 20–18 upset victory over Iowa in 1893. The name would be used again, this time to refer to Nebraska by Charles "Cy" Sherman in The Nebraska State Journal during the 1899 season and would replace all other names by 1900.

Nebraska Picks Wildcatter as its Coach

Wildcatter78 will be the next Nebraska head coach, Tradition News has confirmed.

The news is the culmination of a search that took Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne less than two weeks to complete.

The passion Wildcatter possesses will earn raves. But it's his job to take Nebraska to the heights it enjoyed in the 1990s, when the school won three national titles under the man who hired Wildcatter.