University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Getting to Know Our Opponents -- Nebraska
7/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The countdown is on as your Golden Eagles prepare for the 2015 Football season! The Golden Eagles and Cornhuskers take the field at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Getting to know... Nebraska
General Information:
Location: Lincoln, Neb.
Founded: 1869
Enrollment: 25,006
Nickname: Cornhuskers / Huskers
Chancellor: Harvey S. Perlman, J.D.
Athletics Director: Shawn Eichorst
Colors: Scarlet and Cream
Athletics Website: www.huskers.com
Institution Website: www.unl.edu
Twitter (Athletics): @Huskers
Twitter (Football): @HuskersFBNation
Football Information:
Letterwinners Returning: 56 / 16
Offense: 31 / 6
Defense: 20 / 9
Specialist: 5 / 1
Head Coach:
Mike Riley took over as the University of Nebraska head football coach in early December. Riley brings a long track record of success on multiple levels of football to the tradition-rich Cornhuskers football program. Riley is entering his 15th season as a collegiate head coach after 14 successful seasons at Oregon State. Riley has more than four decades of overall coaching experience as a head coach, including nine seasons of professional football.
Football Stadium:
One of the "Cathedrals of College Football," according to The Sporting News, Memorial Stadium has a capacity reaching beyond 85,000. Nebraska has continued its NCAA-record streak of consecutive sellouts that dates back to 1962 and is at 340 games entering the 2015 season. Nebraska celebrated its 300th consecutive sellout with a stadium record crowd against Louisiana-Lafayette in 2009.
About Lincoln:
Lincoln is the capital State of Nebraska and the second most populous city in Nebraska. The city is also the county seat of Lancaster County. Lincoln is located in the southeastern part of Nebraska and is in the Lincoln metropolitan area. The city was founded as the village of Lancaster on the wild salt flats of what was to become Lancaster County. Lancaster was then renamed Lincoln and became Nebraska's capital. Sometime the city is referred to "Star City," many of Lincoln's primary employers fall within the service and manufacturing industries. The "Star City," is the home of the University of Nebraska.
Notable Alumni:
Johnny Carson (1949) -- host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for more than 30 years (1958, 1962--1992); winner of 7 Emmy Awards; recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992; recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Joba Chamberlain -- Professional MLB baseball player -- New York Yankees
Nate Branch -- Basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters
Jason Ankrah -- Professional football player for the NFL's Houston Texans
Berlin Guy Chamberlin (1916) -- won four championships as an NFL head coach; inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1965
Ndamukong Suh -- The 2010 NFL first round, second overall draft pick of the Detroit Lions
Vanessa Meloche -- Canadian gymnast.
