Nebraska Cornhuskers

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Team Entrance

The lead-up to the team entrance for Nebraska begins with the student section holding up the "Go Big Red" flag sponsored by the Department of Engineering. This leads up to the cheerleading squad leading the crowd chanting "(East Stadium) HUSKER ... (West Stadium) POWER." After the Tunnel Walk video and music ('Sirius' by Allan Parsons Project) the team emerges from the locker room hallway. As they walk through the tunnel, players will tap the horseshoe above the locker room doorway. As they emerge onto the field, players walk under the "I PLAY FOR NEBRASKA" signage.

Mascot(s)

Nebraska's mascot is Herbie Husker. He underwent a makeover before the start of the 2003 season.

Lil' Red is an inflatable mascot for the University of Nebraska, created before the start of the 1993 season.

Stadium/Field

Stadium Structures

East Stadium Expansion: Nebraska currently plans to expand Memorial Stadium (completion date of 2013) which will increase gameday crowds from 85,000 to 91,000 by adding more than 6,400 seats. Source

PICTURE OF EAST STADIUM MOCK

Fan Sections

Band Section Student Section: The Nebraska Football Student Sections are in East Stadium Sections 9, 10 and 11 and in South Stadium Sections 12, 13 and 14. Visitor Section Crowd Colors

Team Entrances

Nebraska enters the field from the northwest tunnel while the visiting team enters from the southwest tunnel.

Field Art

Nebraska stands on the east sideline while the away team is on the west sideline.

Stadium Gameday Photos

Signage, Inflatables, Flags

Uniform

Other Notable Traditions

After the first score of the game by Nebraska, fans release balloons into the air.
A boulder sits outside the team locker room with the words 'Pound the Rock' engraved in a plaque on the top of it.
Signage above stadium entrance gates proclaim: "Through These Gates Pass the Greatest Fans in College Football"
The top defensive players (as selected by the coaching staff) are called Blackshirts and are awarded black jerseys for use in practice.
Fans and defensive players celebrate big defensive plays by 'throwing the bones,'