Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie is growing weary of people expecting the Blue Devils to roll over teams in the NCAA tournament. ”We don’t want to be pretty, we want to advance,” McCallie said after the Blue Devils struggled offensively but used a solid defensive effort for a 53-45 victory over Nebraska in the Norfolk [...]
Jordan Hooper scored 21 points and Lindsey Moore had 20 points and 10 assists to lead Nebraska to a 74-63 win over Texas A&M on Monday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The sixth-seeded Cornhuskers used two big runs in the first half to build the lead and never trailed in the [...]
Nebraska will renew its rivalry on the gridiron with a long-time Big Eight and Big 12 opponent, as the Huskers have signed a contract to play four games against the University of Colorado between 2018 and 2024. The border rivals will first meet in Lincoln on Sept. 8, 2018, before a return matchup in Colorado [...]
The Nebraska Athletic Department announced Thursday that it has signed a contract for a home-and-home football series with the University of Oklahoma. The two long-time rivals will renew their historic rivalry with games in 2021 in Norman and 2022 in Lincoln. The first matchup is scheduled for Sept. 18, 2021, at Oklahoma, and the teams [...]
Brett Hundley passed for 305 yards and four touchdowns in an outstanding Rose Bowl debut, Datone Jones sacked Taylor Martinez for a tiebreaking safety with 8:44 to play, and UCLA surprised No. 17 Nebraska 36-30 Saturday night. Johnathan Franklin rushed for 217 yards and caught an 8-yard TD pass with 2:13 to play for the [...]
Taylor Martinez saw immediate results from all the offseason work he did to improve his passing. Martinez threw for a career-high 354 yards and matched his high with five touchdown passes to lead No. 17 Nebraska to a 49-20 victory over Southern Mississippi on Saturday. “We’ve been practicing all along like that, against our defense, [...]
Nebraska I-back Rex Burkhead received preseason recognition honor on Monday, as the senior was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List on Monday. Burkhead is one of 65 players on the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award, which has been presented to the nation’s outstanding football player since 1937. Burkhead earned All-Big Ten honors, [...]
Nebraska senior linebacker Lavonte David has joined elite company in Cornhusker history, being named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association on Monday. The 6-1, 225-pound David has led Nebraska in tackles the past two seasons and become one of the top five tacklers in school history despite playing just two seasons as [...]
Nebraska’s Rex Burkhead hurt so good after running over and around Iowa. Burkhead started the week with his right foot in a walking boot and finished it by running for 160 yards and a touchdown on a school-record 38 carries in Nebraska’s 20-7 victory Friday. “A little sore — definitely a little sore,” Burkhead said [...]
Nebraska senior linebacker Lavonte David was one of eight players named a semifinalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy on Wednesday. The Lott Trophy is presented annually to college football’s Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. David was one of five linebackers on the list and one of two players from the Big Ten Conference, along [...]