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The Huskers will wear 1920s-style “Memorial Tribute” alternate uniforms with a leather-helmet look in the Nov. 10 game against Illinois. | Discuss | Poll: Thumbs up or down?

The Bethune-Cookman game will have an 11 a.m. CDT start and a BTN telecast.

Husker Doc Talk rehashes the fourth-and-1 play call in overtime. | Carriker Chronicles* | Five burning questions | Talent vs. intangibles

Anatomy of an Era: Phil Ellis says that with Tom Osborne, “it was always school first. And I’ve talked to other college players and they were, ‘School? What!?’”

Steve Sipple sees talent on defense as a pressing need for the Huskers. More commentary & analysis: Two-year difference | Learning to win | Film study | McKewon’s rewind* | Carriker live

Devine Ozigbo makes the Pro Football Focus national team of the week.

Adrian Martinez* says he tries to “learn from each experience, but I’d rather learn through winning.”

Former Nebraska assistant Carl Pelini is named interim head coach at Bowling Green.

See how the Huskers and Gophers match up statistically.  | Nebraska favored

Anatomy of an Era: Phil Ellis took his lumps on the scout team against Will Shields. “I always thought Will was good, but when Will won the Outland Trophy I was like, ‘Oh, okay. I was going against the best!’”

There was no grass and the Huskers wore blue when Nebraska shut out Oklahoma, 24-0, ninety-five years ago in the first game played at Memorial Stadium. It’s part of this week in Husker history.

Next week’s opponent, Minnesota, falls 30-14 to Ohio State. | Stats

Northwestern 34, Nebraska 31. The Huskers let one slip away as a 14-point fourth-quarter lead turns into an overtime loss in Evanston. Go to the game page for full coverage. | Stryker commentary | Postgame presser | Highlights | Big Red Over-Reaction

Transfer quarterback Noah Vedral has made the trip to Northwestern after being granted immediate eligibility Friday by the NCAA.* | Travel roster | Discuss

Scott Frost talks with ESPN about the Huskers’ 0-5 start what’s ahead.

Is this the week the Huskers finally break through into the win column? Get the Nebraska-Northwestern pregame reads from Lincoln (1, 2), Omaha (1, 2)* and Grand Island (1, 2).* Commentary: Christopherson, Sipple, Vogel, Shatel,* Callahan.

FLIP SHEET | PICKS | STATS | BBS

Huskers.com breaks down Saturday’s match-up. | AP preview

Nebraska and UCLA both are at risk this weekend of venturing into uncommon territory for Power 5 teams.

Anatomy of an Era: Aaron Davis says focusing on the fundamentals is a football lesson that carried over to his business and personal life.

Now that football is off the table, Tre Bryant is pursuing a different dream.

Northwestern will be without three starters, two of them on defense, against Nebraska.

An Oregon columnist finds it refreshing that Oregon State is plucking players from Nebraska.

The OWH looks at why Nebraska is so bad at turning yards into points.*

Scott Frost provided injury updates, commented on college football’s transfer situation and said Nebraska has had its best week of practice yet. More from Thursday’s session here.  | Updates & discussion

What’s your prediction for the Northwestern game? | Carriker’s pick* | More

Anatomy of an Era: Walk-on receiver Aaron Davis says “we’d dominate teams so much because we would take it to each other in practice every day. And if you didn’t do it that way, you got your head knocked off.”

The LJS and OWH* scout the Wildcats, winners of nine of their last 10 conference games.

Millard West defensive lineman Matt Huser* commits to the Huskers as a 2019 walk-on.

A back injury has former Husker Matt Slauson weighing his football future, but it could have been much worse.

If recent trends prevail, the home field won’t be much of an advantage for Northwestern.

Bob Diaco’s Oklahoma salary is a small fraction of what he earned at Nebraska.

The Huskers practiced outside on the grass Wednesday to prepare for Northwestern’s notoriously slow field. Get coverage and video here. | Updates & discussion

Barton Simmons of 247Sports says the wins will soon come for Nebraska and two other beleaguered programs.

Adrian Martinez* talks with Adam Carriker about preparing for Northwestern and more.

Athlon and College Football News preview the game and predict a 28-27 final  — but with opposite winners. | More picks

Coach Pat Fitzgerald hopes Northwestern can handle success better than it did early in the season.

Pro Football Focus places Maurice Washington and JD Spielman on its Big Ten team of the week.

Dr. Rob Zatechka says little differences will begin paying dividends, maybe even this season.

Erik Chinander says fatigue and lack of depth are concerns for the defense, especially against power offenses. Get all the coverage from Tuesday’s practice here. | Updates & discussion

Husker Dan sees glimmers of hope in the Wisconsin loss.

The university extends its agreement with NeuLion, with plans to make Huskers.com an “all free model for live and on-demand high definition streamed content.”

Anatomy of an Era: Quarterback Ben Rutz played for Nebraska and against Nebraska.

The Indianapolis Colts place former Husker offensive lineman Matt Slauson on injured reserve.

Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald says the Wildcats need to revive their running game, which netted just 8 yards in the win over Michigan State.

Scott Frost confirms that tight end Cameron Jurgens is getting work on the offensive line, and he says the team is turning a corner in terms of attitude. Go here for all the coverage of Monday’s presser. | Updates & discussion

JD Spielman is named to the Pro Football Focus national team of the week.

Greg Bell confirms his departure from the Huskers and releases the list of schools Nebraska has barred as transfer destinations.

The latest depth chart includes changes at punter and on the offensive line. | Pregame notes

The Minnesota game will have a 2:30 p.m. CDT start and a BTN telecast.

Brandon Vogel quantifies the toll that penalties have taken on the Huskers this season.