The Nebraska Cornhuskers are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding twenty-four varsity teams in fifteen sports. Nineteen of these teams participate in the Big Ten, while rifle is a member of the single-sport Patriot Rifle Conference and beach volleyball and bowling compete as independents. The Cornhuskers have two official mascots, Herbie Husker and Lil' Red.
Corncob Man at a football game at Memorial Stadium in 1958
Nebraska vs. USC at Memorial Stadium on September 16, 2007
Nebraska vs. Penn State at the Devaney Center on November 30, 2013
Jake Sueflohn of Nebraska (left) grapples with Cole VonOhlen of Air Force at the Cliff Keen Invitational on December 1, 2012
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was the University of Nebraska until 1968, when it absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha to form the University of Nebraska system. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship institution of the state-wide system. The university has been governed by the Board of Regents since 1871, whose members are elected by district to six-year terms.
Architecture Hall, built in 1895 as University Library, is the oldest building on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's campus
Captain John J. Pershing, c. 1902, shortly after his graduation from the University of Nebraska College of Law
Clifford M. Hardin was chancellor from 1954 to 1968
Bob Devaney, c. 1965