2025 Nebraska Season Thread

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The Husker football halftime dunk contest returns for Sunday’s game against Illinois.

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Nebraska Athletics to Add More Than 150 New Scholarships for Husker Teams

Nebraska Cornhuskers athletic director Troy Dannen will oversee a 53% increase in Husker scholarships over the next three years. 

The largest expansion of scholarships since the addition of women's sports in the 1970s is coming for Nebraska Athletics.

An announcement from Nebraska Athletics on Wednesday detailed a three-year plan to add more than 150 new scholarships to the department's teams. This will begin with 78 new scholarships in the 2026-27 school year.


“The decision to significantly increase our number of scholarships reaffirms Nebraska’s commitment to the student-athlete,” Nebraska Director of Athletics Troy Dannen said. “This will not only help each of our teams compete at a high level, but it will also better support many student-athletes in their education and pursuit of a college degree.”

That will take the Husker teams up to 360 total scholarships. With the addition of 32 more in 2027-28 and 41 more in 2028-29, Nebraska is expecting to have 433 scholarships across its 25 varsity sports. That's an increase of 53.5% from the 2025-26 numbers.

Of the 151 new scholarships, 96 will be for women's teams and the other 55 will go to men's teams.

“Nebraska is proud of its history as a leader in women’s athletics,” Nebraska Deputy AD/Senior Woman Administrator Kristen Brown said. “The opportunity to provide all Husker female student-athletes with scholarships is the latest example of that commitment. We are pleased that the addition of these scholarships, along with the addition of Women’s Flag Football, will help Nebraska achieve our long-standing goal of Title IX proportionality.”

The 15 women's sports, including the newly added flag football program, will have 100% of scholarships funded. Those 15 sports combine for 284* allowable roster spots under the House settlement from 2025.

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In his 28th year of eligibility, Husker great Roger Craig will be inducted into the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame.

For reasons unknown, Roger wasn’t elected sooner, given his resume. You’ve probably seen it, but if you haven’t, here are some significant accomplishments.

First, Roger played in 11 NFL seasons — eight with the San Francisco 49ers, one with the Los Angeles Raiders and two with the Minnesota Vikings.

Most notably, he was the first NFL player to gain 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in the same season. He rushed for 1,050 yards and caught an NFL-leading 92 passes for 1,016 yards in 1985. He was listed as a fullback on the Bill Walsh-coached 49ers, playing in the famous West Coast offense. Only two players have had 1,000-yard seasons in rushing and receiving since, Marshall Faulk and Christian McCaffrey.

Roger played in four Super Bowls with the 49ers, three of which they won. So he’s a three-time Super Bowl champion, including after the 1988 season, when he was the NFL Offensive Player of the Year.

Roger was a second-round NFL draft pick following a distinguished career at Nebraska, which earned him induction in the Husker Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

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The 49ers first lost a Super Bowl in 2013. Pretty sure Craig had retired by then. 😁 I think he only played in three super bowls with the 49ers.

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Roger played his last season in Minnesooota in 1993

played for the raiders in 1991, Vikings in 1992 and 1993

I watched him as a junior in Lincoln in 1981