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11.25.2011
WIN! - Nebraska used a stifling defensive effort and school-record performance from I-back Rex Burkhead, as Nebraska picked up its ninth win of the season with 20-7 victory Friday afternoon in the inaugural Heroes Game.

11.19.2011
Loss - A collection of special teams miscues by Nebraska allowed No. 20 Michigan to control the ball, the clock and the second half in the No. 17 Huskers' 45-17 loss to the Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

11.12.2011
WIN! - Rex Burkhead pounded out his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season on Saturday with 121 yards on 25 carries and one touchdown in a 17-14 win over the No. 12 Penn State Nittany Lions at Beaver Stadium.

11.5.2011
Loss - Taylor Martinez completed 28-of-37 passes for 289 yards and two touchdowns, but it wasn't enough to prevent No. 9 Nebraska from being upset by visiting Northwestern, 28-25, at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

10.29.2011
WIN! - Rex Burkhead put on an offensive display with three touchdowns and 157 all-purpose yards to power No. 13 Nebraska to a 24-3 pounding of No. 9 Michigan State at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

10.22.2011
WIN! - No. 13 Nebraska scored on all five of its offensive possessions in the first half and added a defensive score to jump to a 34-0 halftime lead on its way to a 41-14 victory at Minnesota on Saturday afternoon.

10.8.2011
WIN! - Darkness had long since fallen, and the rain was falling steadily in Memorial Stadium on Saturday night. A hush had also fallen over the more than 85,000 strong after visiting Ohio State went up 27-6 early in the third quarter.

10.1.2011
Loss - No. 8 Nebraska led No. 7 Wisconsin 14-7 in the second quarter, but the Badgers turned three interceptions into three touchdowns en route to a 48-17 victory at Camp Randall Stadium Saturday.

9.24.2011
WIN! - Junior I-back Rex Burkhead rushed for a career-high 170 yards and a pair of touchdowns to carry No. 9 Nebraska to a 38-14 victory at previously unbeaten Wyoming on Saturday night in Laramie.

9.17.2011
WIN! - Lincoln, Neb. - Nebraska's offense produced its best performance of the season and the Husker special teams made big plays again to power NU to a 51-38 win over Washington on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

9.10.2011
WIN! - Quarterback Taylor Martinez threw for 219 yards and rushed for 166 more, and freshman Ameer Abdullah set a school record with 211 kick return yards, including a 100-yard fourth-quarter explosion to lead Nebraska to a 42-29 win over Fresno State at Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.

9.3.2011
WIN! - Quarterback Taylor Martinez rushed for 135 yards and three touchdowns and Brett Maher enjoyed a perfect debut as Nebraska's starting kicker in the Huskers' 40-7 win over Tennessee at Chattanooga on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

4.16.2011
WIN! - In one of the most exciting and hotly contested Red-White Spring games in history, Brett Maher booted a 39-yard field goal as time expired to give the Reds a 32-29 walk-off win in front of 66,784 fans at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

12.31.2010
Loss - Nebraska struggled to find its offensive rhythm against an inspired Washington defense in a 19-7 loss to the Huskies in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium on Thursday night.

12.4.2010
Loss - Nebraska took a 17-0 lead early in the second quarter, but Oklahoma outscored the Huskers by 20 points the rest of the way to come away with a 23-20 win in the Big 12 Championship game on Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium. Four Nebraska turnovers led to 13 Oklahoma points as the Sooners came back from the 17-point deficit.

11.26.2010
WIN! - Rex Burkhead did a little bit of everything in a really big way, leading No. 16 Nebraska to a 45-17 victory over Colorado on Friday at Memorial Stadium.

11.20.2010
Loss - The Blackshirts produced a strong performance, but No. 18 Texas A&M managed one more field goal than the No. 9 Nebraska could muster in the Huskers' 9-6 loss at Kyle Field on Saturday night.

11.13.2010
WIN! - The Blackshirt defense flexed its muscles by holding Kansas to just 87 yards total offense, as No. 9 Nebraska notched its ninth win of the season with a 20-3 victory over the Jayhawks at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

11.6.2010
WIN! - A long-time theme park in Des Moines is called Adventureland. The No. 9 Nebraska football team and Iowa State might has well have played Saturday's Big 12 North showdown on one of the roller coasters at the park.

10.30.2010
WIN! - Roy Helu Jr. raced untouched on a trio long touchdown runs on his way to a school-record 307 yards and three touchdowns on a career-high matching 28 carries to power No. 14 Nebraska to a 31-17 victory over No. 7 Missouri on Saturday.

10.23.2010
WIN! - In an old-fashioned shootout that may have rekindled memories of Nebraska-Oklahoma State games of the late-1980s, the No. 14 Cornhuskers outyarded, outlasted and outscored the unbeaten and No. 17 Cowboys in a 51-41 win at Boone Pickens Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

10.16.2010
Loss - No. 5 Nebraska's high-powered offense was unable to get rolling against stingy Texas defense, as the Longhorns knocked off the Huskers, 20-13 at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

10.7.2010
WIN! - Freshman quarterback Taylor Martinez produced the best rushing performance by a quarterback in Nebraska football history as the No. 7 Cornhuskers sprinted past previously unbeaten Kansas State, 48-13 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Thursday night.

9.25.2010
WIN! - In a game dominated by the defenses, No. 6 Nebraska survived a spirited effort by visiting South Dakota State for a 17-3 victory on Homecoming at Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.

9.18.2010
WIN! - It wasn't quite perfect, but it was impressive. No. 8 Nebraska jumped to a 14-0 lead after just five offensive plays, then scored two more touchdowns on the Huskers' first five offensive plays of the second half on the way to a 56-21 victory at Washington on Saturday.

9.11.2010
WIN! - No. 6 Nebraska showed its explosiveness on both sides of the ball in 38-17 victory over visiting Idaho on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

9.5.2010
WIN! - Redshirt freshman quarterback Taylor Martinez made an impressive college debut by rushing for 127 yards and three touchdowns on just seven carries to help No. 8 Nebraska sprint to a 49-10 season-opening win over Western Kentucky at Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.

7.15.2010
WIN! - The new branch of Utahns for Nebraska is centered in St. George, UT., and the Red Rock Huskers would like to extend an invitation to all Husker fans in the surrounding areas including East Las Vegas to help inaugurate the group this year by joining and attending their Big Red events. Iggy's Sports Grill located at 148 S 1470 East, St. George, North and East of Target.

6.30.2010
WIN! - There wasn't any Q & A after Tom Osborne's appearance on the Jim Rome Show that was syndicated across the country on Tuesday, but there was at least one person who bought the logic that Nebraska's athletic director laid out on the show ... Jim Rome himself.

6.11.2010
WIN! - Big Ten Conference Commissioner James E. Delany today confirmed that the Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents/Chancellors voted to approve the application from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for Big Ten membership.

4.17.2010
WIN! - After falling behind 14-3, the Nebraska Whites scored 13 unanswered points, but Kody Spano's one-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Hill with 7:28 left gave the Reds a 21-16 victory in front of 77,936 fans at 2010 Spring Game Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

12.30.2009
WIN! - In one of Nebraska's most dominant bowl performances in its illustrious bowl history, the No. 20 Cornhuskers registered their first-ever bowl shutout with a 33-0 whitewashing of Arizona in the 2009 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl on Wednesday night at Qualcomm Stadium.

12.05.2009
Loss - Ndamukong Suh and the Nebraska Blackshirts provided another dominant defensive performance, but No. 3 Texas escaped from Cowboys Stadium with a 13-12 victory over the No. 22 Huskers on a walk-off 46-yard field goal in the Big 12 Championship Game on Saturday night.

11.28.2009
WIN! - Nebraska produced a touchdown in all three phases of the game and the Huskers never trailed while picking up their fifth straight victory with a 28-20 win over the Colorado Buffaloes on Friday at Folsom Field.

11.21.2009
WIN! - Lots of defense. Success on special teams, and enough offense to notch another win. That was the recipe for Nebraska's eighth win of the season, as the Huskers earned a trip to the Big 12 Championship Game with a 17-3 victory over Kansas State on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.

11.14.2009
WIN! - Following a win over No. 20 Oklahoma last Saturday in Lincoln, the Huskers came into Kansas' Memorial Stadium and won their third Big 12 Conference road game of the year, 31-17, moving the Huskers to 7-3 overall and 4-2 in conference.

11.07.2009
WIN! - Call it redemption. Call it justice. Call it Karma. Whatever you want to call it, Nebraska brought home a sweet victory over an old rival, as the Blackshirt defense hauled in five interceptions and shut down No. 20 Oklahoma in a 10-3 victory at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

10.31.2009
WIN! - True freshman quarterback Cody Green picked up a win in his first career start, but it was sophomore defensive tackle Jared Crick who stole the show in Nebraska's 20-10 victory over Baylor at Floyd Casey Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

10.24.2009
Loss - - Halloween came a week early at Memorial Stadium, as bizarre, strange and odd plays haunted the Husker offense in a 9-7 loss to Iowa State on Saturday afternoon.

10.17.2009
Loss - No. 15 Nebraska outgained a potent Texas Tech offense, but two long scoring drives and an 82-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the first half were enough to give the Red Raiders a 31-10 win over the Huskers at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

10.08.2009
WIN! - Ndamukong Suh and the Blackshirts kept Nebraska in the game, and quarterback Zac Lee and the Husker offense came alive with 27 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, as No. 21 NU stormed back for a 27-12 victory over No. 24 Missouri at Faurot Field on Thursday night.

09.26.2009
WIN! - The Nebraska offense scored early and often, and the Blackshirt defense notched its first shutout since Sept. 23, 2006, as the Cornhuskers celebrated the NCAA-record 300th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium with a 55-0 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday night.

09.25.2009
300 sellouts a streak for the fans - The 90-year-old woman was asked why she still did it. After all, it’s no small chore for the woman to get to the stadium on Vine Street. Betty Graham lives in Wichita, Kan. To see her Huskers, a flight is required, then a van ride to Memorial Stadium, then a wheelchair ride with the help of one of her sons, then an elevator ride inside the stadium.

09.19.2009
Loss- In a game featuring two of the best special teams units in college football, Nebraska's Alex Henery took center stage by booting a career-high five field goals, but Tyrod Taylor's 11-yard touchdown pass to Dyrell Roberts with 21 seconds left allowed the No. 13 Hokies to escape with a 16-15 win over the No. 19 Huskers at Lane Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

09.12.2009
WIN! - Quarterback Zac Lee engineered an efficient and balanced Nebraska offense, while the Nebraska defense continued to flex its muscles, as No. 22 Nebraska rolled to a 38-9 victory over visiting Arkansas State on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

09.05.2009
WIN! - Roy Helu Jr. rushed for 152 yards in just over one half of football, and Nebraska's Blackshirts grounded Florida Atlantic's high-powered passing game, as the Cornhuskers rolled to a 49-3 victory over the Owls in front of the NCAA record 298th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.