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Record under Matt Rhule when Nebraska:
Has more than 150 rushing yards: 18-7
Has less than 150 rushing yards: 6-16
Number of wins by teams in 2026 with 2x their opponent rushing yards:
9: UCLA, Utah
8: Boise State, Georgia, Indiana, Liberty, Miami, New Mexico, Notre Dame, Wake Forest
7: Air Force, Iowa
6: LSU, Pitt
5: Nebraska, Texas State
3: Navy
Seasons when Nebraska had twice as many rushing yards as its opponents (since 1995)
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2026 (so far)
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Nebraska was supposed to play Missouri 108 years ago today. Mizzou cancelled the game on November 6 due to the Spanish Flu and Nebraska scheduled Balloon School on 3 days notice.
Unrelated to football but I think also noteworthy: William Unzicker of 2517 Leavenworth Street was still wearing a pair of 35 year old gloves. Credit to the Omaha Bee for breaking that story the day after the Balloon School game
Nebrasketball is 37-7 in games where Cale Jacobsen plays at least 10 minutes
Hey @arbitanalytics what's Nebrasketballs record of every game Cale jacobsens played 10+ minutes
Seasons when Nebraska had twice as many rushing yards as its opponents (since 1995)
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2026 (so far)
Ended up spending way too long looking at 1918 Balloon School stats (the 108th anniversary of that game is tomorrow).
The 1918 Balloon School team was full of transfers. FB from West Virginia, QB from Georgia, HB from Penn, End from Washington, and a center from Penn State.
They also brought an airplane, a balloon, and a live black bear to Lincoln
The Nebraska AD also threatened Northwestern, saying they would either accept a lower travel payment to Lincoln or he would cancel the game. Northwestern was set to come to Lincoln in just 2 weeks.
That game would be canceled 5 days later, and Nebraska would play Camp Dodge while Northwestern played Iowa instead
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If Nebraska beats Rutgers on Sunday, the Huskers will improve to 8-0 all-time against the Scarlet Knights.
This will tie Rutgers with Utah State, Wyoming, and Lincoln High for the second-most losses to Nebraska, with no wins. The Huskers are 9-0 against in-city rival Nebraska Wesleyan
If you had told me that when Michigan had 100,000 fans on the field in Week 1 celebrating that big win, they would be 5-4, struggling to get to 200 yards in a game by Week 9...
I would have totally believed you
Fred Hoiberg's first team at Nebraska had 8 players under 6'6. The tallest was 6'9
This Nebrasketball team has 2 players under 6'6. 4 players are 6'10 or taller
Nebraska has 7 turnovers at the first half under-8 timeout. They had 13 games last season with 7 or fewer turnovers in the entire game
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Which coach is more likely to still be the head coach when Nebraska plays Ohio State?
49%Matt Rhule
51%Ryan Day
84 votes • Final results 2
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Nebraska net success rate over its losing streak
Indiana +7%
Oregon -8%
Washington +8%
Illinois +6%
My full thoughts on how the most consistent aspect of Nebraska's play is its ability to get in its own way at the link below
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Arbitrary Analytics retweeted
Self-inflicted mistakes leads to fourth consecutive loss for the Huskers.
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