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Sep 14, 2024; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule talks with an official during the first quarter against the Northern Iowa Panthers at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dylan Widger-Imagn Images
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule met with the media on Monday afternoon. The Huskers are 3-0 and are preparing for their Big Ten opener when 3-0 Illinois comes to Memorial Stadium this Friday.
Nebraska leads the all-time series with Illinois with a 14-6-1 record. Last season, the Huskers defeated the Illini in Champaign by a score of 20-7. Aside from Nebraska’s traditional Black Friday game, this will be the Husker’s first weekday home game since 2001.
The game will be Memorial Stadium’s 400th consecutive sellout. The Huskers have sold out every home game, beginning with Missouri on Nov. 3, 1962, and have never lost in a milestone sellout game.
Nebraska defeated Penn State (42-17) in 1979 for sellout #100, No. 2 Colorado (24-7) in 1994 for sellout #200, and Louisiana-Lafayette (55-0) in 2009 for sellout #300. The Husker’s home record during the streak is 324-75.
Find comments from Matt Rhule on Illinois, head coach Bret Bielema, and the Memorial Stadium sellout streak by scrolling below.
On Illinois head coach Bret Bielema.
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“I’ve only gotten to know Coach during my time in the Big Ten, at Big Ten meetings, at the Fiesta Bowl Summit, where a lot of coaches go down to. He’s a leader amongst the Big Ten Coaches, he’s on the AFCA committee and some other different things, so he’s always very involved with all the issues and things that are happening. He does a great job at that. He’s very personable, just a really, really good guy. We have a Big Ten coaches group chat to discuss issues and he heads up a lot of that. He’s great about those things. I had a chance to…
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Publish date : 2024-09-17 09:15:00
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