This week in Husker history
1906: A November game at Chicago of the Western Conference is set.
1911: Former Nebraska center Sidney Collins admits he accepted money but says the cash went toward college expenses. Meanwhile, plans for improvements to Nebraska Field move forward. | Full story
1936: Elmer Dohrmann ends his sophomore year as a varsity letterman in four sports. He would finish with a school-record 11 letters: three each in football, basketball and baseball, plus two in track.
1951: Longtime Lincoln sportswriter Cy Sherman, who gave the Cornhuskers their name at the turn of the century, dies at age 80.
1961: Broken Bow back Kent McCloughan, named the state high school athlete of the year, decides to enroll at Nebraska.
1966: Husker football quarterback Bob Churchich finishes the baseball season with a .383 batting average, tops in the Big Eight.
1976: The Nebraska-Oklahoma game is moved to the Friday after Thanksgiving for a national telecast.
2001: Former Husker star Irving Fryar retires as the fifth-leading receiver in NFL history.
2011: Quarterback Cody Green requests a release from his scholarship. He would end up transferring to Tulsa
2021: Text messages from August 2020 confirm that Ohio State, like Nebraska, considered pursuing an independent schedule after the Big Ten’s initial decision not to play football in the fall.
