Nebraska Football rounded out its 2024 non-conference schedule with Northern Iowa.
FBSchedules.com first reported the addition to the schedule on Thursday, and The World-Herald later confirmed it.
The Scheduling Clearinghouse website reported Thursday it had received a copy of the single-game deal from UNI, in which NU will pay the Panthers $600,000 to play in Lincoln on September 14, 2024. The Huskers open their 2024 season with home contests against UTEP (Aug. 31) and Colorado (September 7) in the weeks leading up to the game in Northern Iowa.
The Huskers and Panthers, regulars in the FCS playoffs, have never played each other. Based in Cedar Falls, Iowa, UNI last played Nebraska in 1980, losing 8-32 at UNO.
Current NU head coach Scott Frost and defense coordinator Erik Chinander met and became friends while coaching at the school. Current Husker defensemen Chris Kolarevic and Omar Brown also recently played for UNI, a member of the FCS Missouri Valley Conference.
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Assuming the Big Ten teams stick to three nonconference games in their next televised contract, Nebraska doesn’t have a hole in its upcoming nonconference roster until 2027.
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Northwestern Wildcats
When: August 27th
Where: Dublin, Ireland
Record 2021: 3-9, 1-8 Big Ten
Nebraska’s record against: 9-6
Last meeting: Nebraska won 56-7 (Oct 2, 2021)
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
When: September 3rd
Where: Lincoln, Nebraska
Record 2021: 5-6, 3-5 Missouri Valley
Nebraska’s record against: 1-0
Last meeting: Nebraska won 33-0 (Sept. 23, 1961)
Georgia Southern Eagles
When: September 10th
Where: Lincoln, Nebraska
2021 record: 3-9, 2-6 sunbelts
Nebraska’s record against: Never played
Oklahoma earlier
When: September 17th
Where: Lincoln, Nebraska
Record 2021: 10-2, 7-2 Big 12
Nebraska’s record against: 38-46-3
Last meeting: Oklahoma won 23-16 (09/18/2021)
Indiana Hoosiers
When: October 1st
Where: Lincoln, Nebraska
Record 2021: 2-10, 0-9 Big Ten
Nebraska’s record against: 8-10-3
Last meeting: Indiana won 38-31 (Oct 26, 2019)
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
When: October 7th
Where: Piscataway, New Jersey
Record 2021: 5-7, 2-7 Big Ten
Nebraska’s record against: 5-0
Last encounter: Nebraska won 28:21 (09/18/2020)
Boilermakers from Purdue
When: October 15th
Where: West Lafayette, Indiana
Record 2021: 8-4, 6-3 Big Ten
Nebraska’s record against: 5-5
Last meeting: Purdue won 28-23 (10/30/2021)
Illinois fights Ilini
When: Oct 29
Where: Lincoln, Nebraska
Record 2021: 5-7, 4-5 Big Ten
Nebraska’s record against: 13-5-1
Last meeting: Illinois won 30-22 (28 Aug 2021)
Golden Ground Squirrels of Minnesota
When: November 5th
Where: Lincoln, Nebraska
Record 2021: 8-4, 6-3 Big Ten
Nebraska’s record against: 25-35-2
Last meeting: Minnesota won 30:23 (10/16/2021)
Michigan Wolverines
When: Nov 12
Where: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Record 2021: 11-1, 8-1 Big Ten
Nebraska’s record against: 4-6-1
Last meeting: Michigan won 32-29 (Oct 9, 2021)
Wisconsin Badgers
When: Nov 19
Where: Lincoln, Nebraska
Record 2021: 8-4, 6-3 Big Ten
Nebraska’s record against: 4-11
Last meeting: Wisconsin won 35-28 (Nov. 20, 2021)
Iowa Hawkeyes
When: November 25th
Where: Iowa City, Iowa
Record 2021: 10-2, 7-2 Big Ten
Nebraska’s record against: 29-20-3
Last meeting: Iowa won 28-21 (Nov. 26, 2021)