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There was a time when Nebraska would fill its nonconference football schedule with games against powers.
No better example than 1981, when then the then-Big Eight member opened with nonleague games at Iowa, against Florida State, Penn State and Auburn. It split the four games losing to the Hawkeyes and Nittany Lions.
Did that destroy the season? Hardly. Nebraska went 7-0 in the league, including a win at No. 5 Oklahoma, to earn an Orange Bowl bid against No. 1 Clemson.
That was a much different time for Nebraska, which would win three national titles in the next two decades.
Today, the team is coming off its first winning season in eight years. So, the nonconference schedule has been slimmed down a bit. OK, a lot.
The lone nonconference game against the Power Four for the Cornhuskers in 2025 is against the Big 12's Cincinnati.
The Bearcats are coming off a 5-7 season under Scott Satterfield.
The teams will meet in "neutral "Kansas City, Mo., about three hours from the Lincoln, Neb. campus. Arrowhead Stadium figures to be filled by mostly Nebraska fans.
The game with Cincinnati barely qualifies for the most challenging of Nebraska's three nonconference games. Matt Rhule's team also has home games against Akron, which went 4-8 in 2024, and FCS team Houston Christian.
Nebraska's trio sits No. 13 among the Big Ten's most difficult nonconference schedules.
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There was a time when Nebraska would fill its nonconference football schedule with games against powers.
No better example than 1981, when then the then-Big Eight member opened with nonleague games at Iowa, against Florida State, Penn State and Auburn. It split the four games losing to the Hawkeyes and Nittany Lions.
Did that destroy the season? Hardly. Nebraska went 7-0 in the league, including a win at No. 5 Oklahoma, to earn an Orange Bowl bid against No. 1 Clemson.
That was a much different time for Nebraska, which would win three national titles in the next two decades.
Today, the team is coming off its first winning season in eight years. So, the nonconference schedule has been slimmed down a bit. OK, a lot.
The lone nonconference game against the Power Four for the Cornhuskers in 2025 is against the Big 12's Cincinnati.
The Bearcats are coming off a 5-7 season under Scott Satterfield.
The teams will meet in "neutral "Kansas City, Mo., about three hours from the Lincoln, Neb. campus. Arrowhead Stadium figures to be filled by mostly Nebraska fans.
The game with Cincinnati barely qualifies for the most challenging of Nebraska's three nonconference games. Matt Rhule's team also has home games against Akron, which went 4-8 in 2024, and FCS team Houston Christian.
Nebraska's trio sits No. 13 among the Big Ten's most difficult nonconference schedules.
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