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COLORADO BUFFALOES (1-0) | at | NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS (1-0) |
| Saturday - September 7
6:30 PM (CT) | |
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WHEN: September 7, 2024 | 6:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska
TV: NBC (Paul Burmesiter, Colt McCoy, Kathryn Tappen)
STREAM: Peacock
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Greg Sharpe, Damon Benning, Jessica Coody)
Pre-/Post-Game: Matt Coatney, Jessica Coody, Ben McLaughlin, Josh Banderas
COLORADO
Record: 1-0 (0-0 Big 12)
Last Game: vs. North Dakota State (W 31-26)
Streak: Won 1
Rank: Receiving Votes
Head Coach: Deion Sanders (5-8, 2nd year at CU | 32-14, 5th year overall | 1-0 vs. Nebraska)
NEBRASKA
Record: 1-0 (0-0 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. UTEP (W 40-7)
Streak: Won 1
Rank: Receiving Votes
Head Coach: Matt Rhule(6-7, 2nd year at NU | 53-50, 9th year overall | 0-1 vs. Colorado)
THIS WEEK'S NUMBERS
11 - In Nebraska's victory over UTEP on Saturday, the Huskers had 11 players with a rushing attempt and 11 receivers catch a pass. That is the most players to have a rushing attempt and a reception since 11 players had a rushing attempt and 11 players had a reception against Northwestern in 2021.
200 - The Nebraska offense put up 507 yards of total offense in the season-opening victory over UTEP on Saturday. The Huskers topped 200 yards in both rushing and passing offense for the first time since 2022.
73 - Saturday's matchup will be the 73rd all-time meeting between Nebraska and Colorado. The schools met 63 straight seasons from 1948 to 2010 when they were members of the same conference. This will be the fourth meeting between the schools since 2018.
THE MATCHUP
Nebraska continues its four-game homestand to open the 2024 season on Saturday night when the Huskers take on the Colorado Buffaloes in a highly anticipated non-conference matchup. The battle between the two long-time rivals is set for 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. NBC will provide the national television coverage and the game can be heard on the Huskers Radio Network and Huskers App.
The Huskers kicked off the 2024 campaign with an impressive 40-7 victory over UTEP on Saturday. The Husker offense topped 40 points for the first time in two seasons and the 33-point victory margin was Nebraska's largest win in three seasons.
Nebraska showed balance on offense, topping 200 yards in both rushing and passing. Four running backs played a key role for Nebraska and true freshman quarterback
Dylan Raiola had a successful debut with 238 yards and two touchdown passes. The Blackshirt defense continued to be stingy, allowing just seven points and 205 yards of offense to the Miners.
Colorado opened its season last Thursday night with a 31-26 victory over North Dakota State in Boulder. The Buffs' high-powered passing attack was on full display, as Colorado threw for 445 yards and averaged better than 17 yards per completion.
Saturday's matchup will be the fourth between Nebraska and Colorado in the past seven seasons. CU won close contests in both 2018 and 2019 before defeating the Huskers, 36-14, in Boulder last season. Nebraska will be looking for its 50th all-time victory over the Buffs, with the Huskers holding a 49-21-2 lead in the series.
SERIES HISTORY
Nebraska and Colorado will meet for the 73rd time on Saturday night. The Huskers hold a commanding 49-21-2 all-time lead in the series, but the Buffs have won the last three meetings, all since 2018.
- Nebraska leads the series 26-9 in games played in Lincoln.
- Colorado won the last meeting, 36-14, in 2023 (in Boulder)
- Nebraska and Colorado met 63 straight seasons from 1948 to 2010, while members of the Big Seven, Big Eight and Big 12 Conferences.
- Saturday's meeting is the fourth meeting between the schools since 2018.
- Colorado was 10-9-1 in the first 20 games in series history, but Nebraska owns a 40-10-1 edge since 1962, including a 23-1 stretch from 1962 to 1985.
- Nebraska won 15 of the final 19 meetings as conference opponents between 1992 and 2010.
- The series featured a nine-year streak from 1988 to 1996 in which both teams entered the game ranked in the top 20. Six of those games pitted top-10 foes and the 1996 game marked the third-ever top-5 matchup between the schools. Te 1992 game marked the first time in modern college football history that both teams entered with the same ranking in the Associated Press poll (tied for 8th).
Game Results 1990-present
1990: #9 Colorado 27, #3 Nebraska 12 (Lincoln)
1991: #9 Nebraska 19, #15 Colorado 19 (Boulder)
1992: #8t Nebraska 52, #8t Colorado 7 (Lincoln)
1993: #6 Nebraska 21, #20 Colorado 17 (Boulder)
1994: #3 Nebraska 24, #2 Colorado 7 (Lincoln)
1995: #2 Nebraska 44, #7 Colorado 21 (Boulder)
1996: #4 Nebraska 17, #5 Colorado 12 (Lincoln)
1997: #2 Nebraska 27, Colorado 24 (Boulder)
1998: #14 Nebraska 16, Colorado 14 (Lincoln)
1999: #3 Nebraska 33, Colorado 30 (OT) (Boulder)
2000: #10 Nebraska 34, Colorado 32 (Lincoln)
2001: #14 Colorado 62, #2 Nebraska 36 (Boulder)
2002: #13 Colorado 28, Nebraska 13 (Lincoln)
2003: #25 Nebraska 31, Colorado 22 (Boulder)
2004: Colorado 26, Nebraska 20 (Lincoln)
2005: Nebraska 30, Colorado 3 (Boulder)
2006: #19 Nebraska 37, Colorado 14 (Lincoln)
2007: Colorado 65, Nebraska 51 (Boulder)
2008: Nebraska 40, Colorado 31 (Lincoln)
2009: Nebraska 28, Colorado 20 (Boulder)
2010: #16 Nebraska 45, Colorado 17 (Lincoln)
2018: Colorado 33, Nebraska 28 (Lincoln)
2019: Colorado 34, #25 Nebraska 31 (OT) (Boulder)
2023: #22 Colorado 36, Nebraska 14 (Boulder)
HUSKERS SET TO SHINE UNDER THE LIGHTS
Nebraska's matchup with Colorado is the first of three consecutive prime-time home games at Memorial Stadium. Following this Saturday's game, the Huskers will play host to Northern Iowa (Sept. 14) and Illinois (Sept. 20) in night games in Lincoln.
- This will mark just the third time in school history the Huskers have played three straight home night games. Nebraska also hosted three consecutive prime-time games in 2008 (New Mexico State, Virginia Tech, Missouri) and 2002 (Arizona State, Troy, Utah State)
- Nebraska has a strong history of success in night games in Lincoln. The Huskers are 50-10 in home night games at Memorial Stadium. The first prime-time game in Lincoln was a 1986 victory over Florida State, when CU coach Deion Sanders was a sophomore for the Seminoles.
1994 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS RETURN TO LINCOLN
Nebraska will honor its 1994 national championship team as part of the festivities surrounding this weekend's game. The 1994 team will have a private reception on Friday evening in Lincoln, and will be honored on the field at the start of Saturday's game.
- The 1994 Huskers earned the first of coach Tom Osborne's three national championships in four seasons by posting a perfect 13-0 record.
- Nebraska's biggest regular-season victory in the 1994 season was a 24-7 victory over Colorado at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers entered the game ranked third in the AP Poll, with the Buffs ranked No. 2. The victory vaulted Nebraska to No. 1 in the following week's poll, a spot the Huskers occupied for the remainder of the season.
- Nebraska clinched the 1994 national championship with a 24-17 victory over No. 3 Miami (FL) in the Orange Bowl.
ABOUT COLORADO
Colorado has fielded a football team since 1890, and the Buffaloes have tallied over 700 wins as a program. Colorado has claimed one national title and 26 conference championships, including one Big 12 Conference title.
The Buffaloes have made 29 bowl appearances, claiming 12 wins. Colorado's last bowl game appearance came in 2020 when the Buffaloes fell to Texas 55-23 in the Alamo Bowl.
First Year: 1890
All-Time Record: 723-544-36
Bowl Record: 12-17
Conference Titles: 26
National Titles: 1
Stadium: Folsom Field
Capacity: 50,183
Playing Surface: Natural Grass
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Enrollment: 36,430
Colors: Silver, Black & Gold
ABOUT 2024 COLORADO
Schedule
North Dakota State (W 31-26)
at Nebraska
at Colorado State
Baylor
at Central Florida
Kansas State
at Arizona
Cincinnati
at Texas Tech
Utah
at Kansas
Oklahoma State
Colorado opened the 2024 campaign with a 31-26 victory over North Dakota Sate last week in Boulder.
The Buffaloes enter Saturday averaging 504 yards per game, with 445 yards per game through the air and 59 yards per game on the ground. Dallan Hayden paces the Colorado rushing attack with nine carries for 20 yards. In the passing game, Shedeur Sanders has completed 26-of-34 passes for 445 yards, four touchdowns and an interception. Jimmy Horn Jr. has seven receptions for 198 yards and a touchdown, followed by Travis Hunter with seven grabs for 132 yards and three scores.
Defensively, the Buffaloes are allowing 26 points per game and 449 yards per game this season. Trevor Woods leads the CU defense with a team-high 10 tackles, followed by Shilo Sanders with nine stops. LaVonta Bentley and Chidozie Nwankwo have posted a team-high one sack apiece this season.
ABOUT CU COACH DEION SANDERS
Deion Sanders is in his second season as the head coach at Colorado, and currently sports a 5-8 record with the Buffs, which included a 4-8 debut season in 2023.
Sanders came to Colorado after spending three years as the head coach at Jackson State, where he went 26-6 overall and won back-to-back Southwestern Athletic Conference championships, competing at the FCS level. The Tigers were 3-3 in his first year in 2020, but compiled an 11-2 record in 2021 and a 12-1 mark in 2022 to earn Sanders consecutive SWAC Coach of the Year honors.
Prior to joining the collegiate coaching ranks at Jackson State, Sanders had been involved in coaching for over a decade. Sanders was the offensive coordinator at Trinity Christian School in Cedar Hill, Texas, leading the Tigers to three straight Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) titles and a 42-3 record.
Sanders vs. Nebraska
Saturday's matchup is the second all-time meeting for Sanders against the Huskers after Colorado picked up a 36-14 win over the Big Red last season.
