Football

For the second-consecutive game, Nebraska football I-back Ahman Green ran for four touchdowns. And for the fourth-consecutive game, he rushed for more than 100 yards — 158 on 20 carries. He carried only twice in the second half. Had he seen more playing time after the...

Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule is ready to see what TJ Lateef can do in his second start leading the team on Saturday. In his first career start, the freshman quarterback had a tremendous day, going 13-of-15 for 205 yards and three touchdowns while adding...

As was the case the previous game, a 27-14 upset at AP second-ranked Washington, now third-ranked Nebraska football relied on the run to overwhelm No. 17, or 16 depending on the poll, Kansas State 56-26 at Memorial Stadium in early October 1997. The victory was the...

Nebraska football heads to southern California this weekend, as you know, without Dylan Raiola, who’s been lost for the season with a broken fibula. It’s a “Brook Berringer moment,” you might say, with previously second-string quarterback TJ Lateef stepping up....

Washington did what Arizona State had done in upsetting top-ranked Nebraska football the previous season. The Huskies’ defense crowded the line of scrimmage to stop the run. What it didn’t do, however, was cover Husker center Josh Heskew. And “if the center isn’t...

To quote a Sonny and Cher song, “And the beat goes on, the beat goes on” — for Nebraska football. Actually, the “beat” hasn’t been that long. Nebraska has only played USC seven times. But the Trojans have won six, with one tie, the sixth coming Saturday night at a...

When Matt Rhule walked into the media room for Monday’s Nebraska football availability, he saw the mannequin on the far side of the podium. “That’s stupid,” he said, a statement he recounted during the session. He was referring to the mannequin, not the football...

Media members knew the plan for Nebraska football. Fans did not. “We told reporters yesterday, and that’s the thing I want to get very clear to everybody who goes to that stadium, what we’re trying to do is make ourselves a better football team,” Tom Osborne said...