Some facts about the 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers:
SCHOOL COLORS: Scarlet and cream
FOUNDED: 1869
ENROLLMENT: 22,000
LOCATED: Lincoln, Neb.
COACH: Bo Pelini, first season at Nebraska; interim Nebraska coach 2003 (1-0; 17-3 win over Michigan State in Alamo Bowl)
2007 RECORD: 5-7 (2-6, T-5th Big 12 North)
LAST BOWL: 2007 Cotton Bowl, lost 17-14 to Auburn.
STADIUM: Memorial Stadium (81,067)
RETURNING STARTERS: 14 (6 offense, 6 defense, 2 specialists)
KEY PLAYERS: QB Joe Ganz, IB Marlon Lucky, WR Nate Swift, NT Ndamukong Suh, LB Phillip Dillard.
KEY RECRUITS: DT Baker Steinkuhler, WR Khiry Cooper, LB Will Compton.
KEY DEPARTURES: WR Maurice Purify, WR Terrence Nunn, OL Carl Nicks, CB Cortney Grixby.
COACHSPEAK: “You don’t want to go someplace where they don’t have high expectations. They want the same thing I want. Excellence. That’s a good thing.”—Pelini
2008 SCHEDULE:
Aug. 30—Western Michigan
Sept. 6—San Jose St.
Sept. 13—New Mexico St.
Sept. 27—Virginia Tech.
Oct. 4—Missouri
Oct. 11—at Texas Tech
Oct. 18—at Iowa St.
Oct. 25—Baylor
Nov. 1—at Oklahoma
Nov. 8—Kansas
Nov. 15—at Kansas St.
Nov. 28—Colorado
