Nebraska Cornhuskers
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[edit] 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.
The band lines up on each side of the tunnel and also on the field. As the team takes the field, they follow a large "N" flag manned by a male athletic department staff member.
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| "Go Big Red" flag | Horseshoe | "I Play for Nebraska" | The team takes the field | "N" flag |
[edit] 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.
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| Herbie Husker | Lil' Red |
[edit] Stadium/Field
[edit] 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
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| 2013 expansion mock-up |
[edit] Fan Sections
Band Section: The Cornhusker Marching Band is located in East Stadium front half of Section 9.
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: The visitors sections at Memorial Stadium are in West Stadium front half of Section 21, South Stadium Sections 20 and the upper half of 19, and North Stadium upper half of Sections 40 and 41.
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| Memorial Stadium seating chart |
Crowd Colors: The vast majority of the crowd color should be red (PMS 186) with a secondary color of white.
When on the road, red (PMS 186) should also be the primary color for Nebraska in the visitors section.
[edit] Field Art
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| Memorial Stadium field art (2010). |
Nebraska stands on the east sideline while the away team is on the west sideline.
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[edit] Stadium Gameday Photos
Signage, Inflatables, Flags
[edit] Uniform
[edit] 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,'
