Alex Gordon threw the ceremonial first pitch Friday night, and Nebraska baseball proceeded to open its home series against New Mexico State with a 14-2 rout of the Aggies. On the mound, Brett Sears struck out a career-high nine batters and gave up just two hits in eight scoreless innings. Nebraska improved to 16-5 while connecting for 15 hits, led by Garrett Anglim with three hits including a home run and five RBIs. All photos by Amarillo Mullen. | Game recap and stats All photos by Amarillo Mullen The post Gallery: Husker baseball pummels New Mexico State in series opener a ..read more

Nebraska Athletics Nebraska’s Alexis Markowski earned first-team All-Big Ten honors this season. It isn’t just the Nebraska men’s team that has been paired with Texas A&M in this week’s first round of the NCAA basketball tournament.  Don’t look now, but the Husker women will also be playing the Aggies. The two teams will meet Friday at 9:30 p.m. CDT in Corvallis, Oregon. These teams used to play each other when both competed in the Big 12 Conference.  But when NU joined the Big Ten in 2011, the regular-season series between the two schools ended.  NU holds a 15-9 seri ..read more

Here’s how the Cornhuskers and Scarlet Knights match up statistically entering their Oct. 7 game in Lincoln. Average national ranking in categories listed: Nebraska 81.6, Rutgers 65.8. NEBRASKA 2-3 (1-1) RUTGERS 3-2 (0-2) Stat Rank Stat Rank Rushing offense 177.8 48 170.0 55 Passing offense 260.0 50 161.2 117 Pass efficiency 144.06 56 116.05 109 Total offense 437.8 46 331.2 106 Scoring offense 31.4 66 24.8 98 Rushing defense 200.2 119 95.6 18 Pass defense 269.0 111 186.6 29 Pass eff. defense 127.99 61 122.81 52 Total defense 469.2 124 282.2 18 ..read more

Here’s how the Cornhuskers and Hoosiers match up statistically entering their Oct. 1 game in Lincoln. Average national ranking in categories listed: Nebraska 83.8, Indiana 72.8. NEBRASKA 1-3 (0-1) INDIANA 3-1 (1-0) Stat Rank Stat Rank Rushing offense 193.5 35 114.8 108 Passing offense 257.5 58 292.8 28 Pass efficiency 139.08 74 109.64 117 Total offense 451.0 43 407.5 74 Scoring offense 33.5 22 30.2 37 Rushing defense 233.5 127 149.5 77 Pass defense 280.5 115 279.8 114 Pass eff. defense 136.86 87 149.51 106 Total defense 514.0 127 429.2 109 Sc ..read more

Here’s how the Cornhuskers and Sooners match up statistically entering their Sept. 17th game in Lincoln. Average national ranking in categories listed: Nebraska 76.7, Oklahoma 47.5. NEBRASKA 1-2 (0-0) OKLAHOMA 2-0 (0-0) Stat Rank Stat Rank Rushing offense 203.7 35 196.5 42 Passing offense 288.7 31 264.5 51 Pass efficiency 146.33 58 190.07 9 Total offense 492.3 23 461.0 44 Scoring offense 36.0 54 39.0 38 Rushing defense 207.3 115 96.0 34 Pass defense 284.7 114 209.5 61 Pass eff. defense 128.96 76 101.66 28 Total defense 492.0 125 305.5 46 Scor ..read more

Here’s how the Cornhuskers and Badgers match up statistically entering their Nov. 20th game in Madison. Average national ranking in categories listed: Nebraska 58.6, Wisconsin 43.8. NEBRASKA 3-7 (1-6) WISCONSIN 7-3 (5-2) Stat Rank Stat Rank Rushing offense 194.4 34 227.1 11 Passing offense 264.8 34 162.9 117 Pass efficiency 149.24 36 121.19 101 Total offense 459.2 16 390.0 78 Scoring offense 28.6 62 26.2 79 Rushing defense 132.5 39 60.6 1 Pass defense 230.6 64 155.7 2 Pass eff. defense 126.07 42 100.68 2 Total defense 363.1 53 216.3 1 Scoring ..read more

Here’s how the Cornhuskers and Buckeyes match up statistically entering their Nov. 6th game in Lincoln. Average national ranking in categories listed: Nebraska 54.9, Ohio State 39.3. NEBRASKA 3-6 (1-6) OHIO STATE 7-1 (5-0) Stat Rank Stat Rank Rushing offense 203.4 27 201.9 30 Passing offense 266.7 35 346.2 6 Pass efficiency 152.44 29 183.34 3 Total offense 470.1 16 548.1 1 Scoring offense 29.9 53 47.2 1 Rushing defense 137.2 49 106.9 16 Pass defense 211.2 49 247.1 93 Pass eff. defense 124.99 43 123.20 37 Total defense 348.4 44 354.0 49 Scorin ..read more

Here’s how the Cornhuskers and Boilermakers match up statistically entering their Oct. 30th game in Lincoln. Average national ranking in categories listed: Nebraska 53.50, Purdue 53.58. NEBRASKA 3-5 (1-4) PURDUE 4-3 (2-2) Stat Rank Stat Rank Rushing offense 212.6 22 74.3 129 Passing offense 266.4 36 317.6 12 Pass efficiency 156.45 24 139.65 63 Total offense 479.0 12 391.9 72 Scoring offense 30.8 50 22.1 106 Rushing defense 139.9 51 141.1 53 Pass defense 208.5 42 160.4 5 Pass eff. defense 123.48 41 104.02 7 Total defense 348.4 44 301.6 13 Scor ..read more

Here’s how the Cornhuskers and Golden Gophers match up statistically entering their Oct. 16th game in Minneapolis. Average national ranking in categories listed: Nebraska 56.4, Minnesota 48.9. NEBRASKA 3-4 (1-3) MINNESOTA 3-2 (1-1) Stat Rank Stat Rank Rushing offense 223.6 18 192.4 39 Passing offense 270.0 38 141.8 124 Pass efficiency 161.70 18 130.06 88 Total offense 493.6 13 334.2 110 Scoring offense 31.9 48 24.4 95 Rushing defense 133.9 56 77.0 5 Pass defense 207.7 43 230.8 71 Pass eff. defense 117.49 34 124.87 51 Total defense 341.6 42 307 ..read more

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