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| Nebraska Cornhuskers | |
|---|---|
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| University | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| Conference | Big Ten (primary) Patriot Rifle (rifle) |
| NCAA | Division I (FBS) |
| Athletic director | Troy Dannen |
| Location | Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Varsity teams | 24 (10 men's, 14 women's) |
| Football stadium | Memorial Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Pinnacle Bank Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Hawks Field |
| Softball stadium | Bowlin Stadium |
| Soccer stadium | Hibner Stadium |
| Lacrosse stadium | Cook Pavilion |
| Other venues | Devaney Center Dillon Tennis Center East Campus Bowling Lanes Hawks Championship Center Nebraska Rifle Range Wilderness Ridge Golf Club |
| Mascot | Herbie Husker Lil' Red |
| Nickname | Cornhuskers Big Red |
| Fight song | Hail Varsity |
| Colors | Scarlet and cream[1] |
| Website | www |
The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding twenty-four varsity teams (ten men's, fourteen women's) in fifteen sports. Nineteen of these teams participate in the Big Ten, while rifle is a member of the single-sport Patriot Rifle Conference and beach volleyball and bowling compete as independents. The Cornhuskers have two official mascots, Herbie Husker and Lil' Red.
Early nicknames for the university's athletic teams included the Antelopes (later adopted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney), the Old Gold Knights, the Bugeaters, and the Mankilling Mastodons.[2] Cornhuskers first appeared in a school newspaper headline ("We Have Met The Cornhuskers And They Are Ours"), after a 20–18 victory over Iowa in 1893; in this instance, the term referred to Iowa.[3][4][5] It was first applied to Nebraska in 1899 by Nebraska State Journal writer Cy Sherman, who would later help originate the AP Poll. The nickname was officially adopted by the school the following year and by the state of Nebraska itself in 1945, when it became known as "The Cornhusker State."[6][7][8]
Nebraska was a founding member of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1907 (later known as the Big Six, Big Seven, and Big Eight Conference) and competed in it for the next eighty-nine years, with a brief hiatus during World War I. In 1996, NU and the seven other members of the Big Eight merged with four Texas schools from the Southwest Conference to form the Big 12 Conference. Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011.
Nebraska's athletic programs have won 32 national championships: eight in men's gymnastics, eleven in bowling, five each in football and volleyball, and three in women's track and field.[9] Twenty-one of these were bestowed as NCAA championships.
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- ^ McHugh, Jolene (November 19, 2011). "From the archives: The Cornhuskers". omaha.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Fricke, Mark. "Nebraska Football In The 1890s" (PDF). library.la84.org. p. 11. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Origin of the Cornhusker Nickname". Huskers.com. July 24, 2017. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "Husker Press Box – The Beginning Of The Huskers". May 11, 2008. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Christopherson, Brian (June 20, 2009). "Deep Red: The story behind the name 'Cornhuskers'". journalstar.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
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