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NEBRASKA vs. NORTH DAKOTA
SEPT. 3, 2022 | MEMORIAL STADIUM
LINCOLN, NEB. | 2:30 p.m. (Central Time)
TRANSMISSION INFORMATION
Television – Fox
RADIO NETWORK – Radio Huskers Network (greg sharpe, Matt DavisonJessica coody)
INTERNET RADIO – Huskers.com
APP AUDIO – Official Huskers App
SHELLERS
Record: 0-1, 0-1 B1G
Last game: vs. Northwestern (L, 31-28)
Ratings: NR
Coach: scott frost
Career record/NU: 34-37 (7th year)/15-30 (5th year)
vs. North Dakota: First Meeting
FIGHTING HAWKS
Record: 0-0, 0-0 MVFC
Last game: At South Dakota State (left, 24-21 in 2021)
Ratings: NR
Coach: Buba Schweigert
Career record/UND: 69-61 (year 12)/47-40 (year 9)
vs. Nebraska: First meeting
HISTORY OF THE SERIES
All-time series: Nebraska leads, 1-0
At Lincoln: Nebraska leads, 1-0
Last game: Nebraska, 33-0 (9/23/1961)
Winning streak: Nebraska 1 game
The match
Nebraska opens its 2022 home schedule on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers host the North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Memorial Stadium. Game time in Lincoln is scheduled for shortly after 2:30 p.m. CT with BTN providing television coverage.
Nebraska heads into the contest with an 0-1 record following a 31-28 season-opening loss against Northwestern last Saturday at the Aer language Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland. Nebraska twice led by 11 points against the Wildcats, but Northwestern rallied in the second half for a three-point victory. Nebraska’s offense showed its explosiveness in the loss, amassing 465 yards, including 355 passing yards.
After opening with a Big Ten Conference game overseas, the Huskers will now settle into their home environment at Memorial Stadium over the next month. The matchup with North Dakota is the first of four straight games at Lincoln. Following the UND contest, Nebraska will welcome non-conference opponents Georgia Southern (Sept. 10) and Oklahoma (Sept. 17) to Lincoln before opening their local Big Ten schedule against Indiana on Oct. 1. .
North Dakota will open its 2021 season on Saturday at Lincoln. The Fighting Hawks posted a 5-6 record last season against one of the toughest FCS schedules in the country. North Dakota’s five losses in FCS last season were all by seven points or fewer, with each of the setbacks coming against the 2021 FCS playoff contenders.
Nebraska and North Dakota have met only once before, with the Huskers opening the 1961 season with a 33-0 shutout of North Dakota at Memorial Stadium.
Series history: Nebraska vs. North Dakota
Saturday’s game is the second all-time meeting between Nebraska and North Dakota. Nebraska defeated North Dakota, 33-0, in the 1961 season opener in the only other meeting between the schools. Nebraska and UND are scheduled to meet again in 2026 in Lincoln.
Saturday’s game will mark Nebraska’s 14th game all-time against an FCS foe (at game time), with the Huskers going 13-0 in those contests.
• Nebraska defeated Fordham 52-7 last season in its first game against an FCS opponent since 2018.
• All of Nebraska’s games against FCS opponents have occurred since 1992, including playing against an FCS opponent for five consecutive seasons from 2010 to 2014.
Nebraska Home Opening History
Nebraska opens its seven-game home schedule on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers have won three of their first four home games under scott frost. Overall, Nebraska has been victorious in
34 of their last 36 home games.
• This is the third straight season Nebraska has opened away from Memorial Stadium. Before the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Nebraska hadn’t opened away from Lincoln since 1999.
Huskers Hit Rare 300-100-100 Combo on Opening
Nebraska’s offense reached a rare milestone in the season opener against Northwestern on Saturday. The Huskers recorded a 300-yard passer with Casey Thompson throwing for 355 yards, a 100-yard rusher in anthony grantwho had 101 yards and two touchdowns, and a 100-yard receiver with Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda catching four passes for 120 yards and a touchdown.
• Saturday’s game marked just the eighth time in school history that Nebraska has produced a game with a 300-yard passer, a 100-yard rusher and a 100-yard receiver.
• Three of the eight games have been during scott frost‘s as head coach, most recently in a 42-38 win at Illinois in 2019. Nebraska also pulled off the trifecta in a 2018 matchup against Purdue.
numbers this week
14 – Saturday’s game marks Nebraska’s 14th all-time matchup with an opponent from the Football Championship Subdivision. The Huskers have won each of the previous 13 matchups against FCS foes, including a 52-7 victory over Fordham last season.
100 – Nebraska had a 100-yard rusher (anthony grant) and 100-yard receiver (Isaiah Garcia-Castenada) in the season opener against Northwestern. That was the first time the Huskers had both a running back and a receiver surpassing the century mark since 2021 against Northwestern.
300 – Quarterback Casey Thompson he broke the 300-yard passing barrier against the Wildcats with 355 receiving yards. His 355-yard output was the most ever by a Nebraska player in a season opener, surpassing Taylor Martinez’s 354 yards against Southern Miss in 2012.
