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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the hallowed grounds of Nebraska Huskers Memorial Stadium, an iconic landmark that embodies the rich history and enduring spirit of college football. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this legendary stadium has become a sanctuary for passionate fans and a symbol of athletic excellence.

Nebraska Huskers Memorial Stadium stands as a testament to the deep-rooted tradition and unwavering loyalty of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln community. With a seating capacity that exceeds 85,000, this colossal venue has witnessed countless of unforgettable moments since its opening in 1923.

100-Year Celebration Game

Official Game Program vs. Northwestern Oct. 21, 2023 

Official Game Program vs. Oklahoma Oct. 13, 1923

Memorial Moments

The run: featuring seven-year-old jack hoffman.

April 6, 2013

No-Punter Formation for Sam Foltz

Sept. 3, 2016

Legendary Hit by John Ruud, Coach Osborne defeats #1 OU

Nov. 11, 1978

Suh and Henery vs. Colorado

November 28, 2008

Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass

Oct. 27, 2001

"80-yard, 2-yard TD run vs. UCLA"

Sept. 24, 1983

Westerkamp Hail Mary

Nov. 2, 2013

STADIUM ERAS

When you walk in here, you see nothing but red. I can't recall walking into another stadium and seeing such an amazing, monochromatic scene and so much loyalty. When they're stirred up when Nebraska is challenged - that's when this crowd can become one of the most intimidating in college football.

Chris Fowler

Memorial Stadium represents the qualities that make our state and our university great: unity, grit, teamwork, determination. It is a unifying force for all Nebraskans. Most important, it represents the sacrifices made by our brace servicemen and women.

For 100 years, Memorial Stadium has been a hallowed place in Nebraska. No matter where you come from or where you have been, it is a gathering place for all Huskers. Thanks to the continuous support of our fans, this iconic venue has hosted championship teams, legendary coaches, All-American athletes, and decades of sellout crowds.

Trev Alberts

What has truly set Nebraska apart has been the fans, who have been amazingly loyal through thick and thin...They are knowledgable about and respectful of opponents, and the stadium is place conducive to families, including young children. People travel from all parts of the state and from other states to attend and I think that is because Memorial Stadium is generally filled with loyal, good people who respect the game, the players, and the atmosphere.

Tom Osborne

Following Tom Osborne's announcement to retire in September of 2012, Husker fans in East Stadium spell out 'Thanks Tom' as a tribute to the longtime head coach and athletic director. The Huskers defeated Minnesota 38-14.

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Memorial Stadium tours at Nebraska in Lincoln

by Steve | Sep 10, 2022 | Destinations , Experiences , Feature The Midwest , The Midwest , Where we've been | 8 comments

Memorial Stadium tours at Nebraska are available to the public free of charge. Here’s what to expect when you tour Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. T o book a free experience, you just need to register online to reserve a spot.

Our first official tour of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium

We’d been to lots of Nebraska Cornhusker Football games over the years. However, we didn’t actually tour the stadium until 2019. It turns out, there’s quite a bit to see.

We learned so much about our team and its history on a guided Memorial Stadium in Nebraska tour. As life long Husker fans , we wish we’d taken advantage of this opportunity sooner.

The University of Nebraska offers complimentary guided tours throughout the week. Each year, about 30,000 people take a Memorial Stadium tour, half of them school children.  Here’s what you should expect (and watch for) on a guided tour.

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Parking is limited around the stadium, even on non-game days. There is a metered lot just south of the stadium where you can park. You may also use a parking garage across the street from the West Stadium. After parking, head to the Traditions Lobby in the Osborne Athletic Complex, located in the North Stadium to check in. Be sure to register online to reserve a spot if you want a guided Memorial Stadium tour.

If you’d rather do a self-guided Memorial Stadium tour, you may go seven days a week, excluding game days, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Keep in mind that you won’t get to see some of the sights included in the guided tour if you do one on your own. To get a glimpse of Tom Osborne Field, go through gate 23A on the southeast corner of the stadium. Note that the access to the field area is closed when the Huskers or their opponents are practicing or if there’s a special event.

Self-guided tours include two lobbies

Self-guided tours do include the north and west stadium lobbies. The north lobby features all of the Husker trophies and lots of memorabilia. You can also watch videos on an interactive touch monitor in the north lobby.

The west lobby showcases Nebraska’s academic and All-American award winners. While the Huskers lead the nation in Academic All-Americans (Division 1), it will only take about three minutes for you to see and read everything there.

The most photographed spots on campus

On our Memorial Stadium tour, we learned that the stadium becomes the third largest population center in Nebraska on game day. With a capacity of nearly 90,000, only Omaha and Lincoln have more people at game time. Memorial Stadium has plenty of visitors throughout the year, as well. It is so popular that our guide told us at the beginning of our tour that the two most photographed places on campus are at the stadium. The number one photo op is the “Legacy Statue” on the east side of the stadium outside Gate 20.

Created by artist Fred Hoppe, it commemorates Nebraska’s five national championships. It also portrays five Husker defensive players tackling a ball carrier. The second most popular place for taking photos? A statue of former Nebraska Head Football Coach Tom Osborne standing alongside former quarterback, Brook Berringer. Our guide told us a humble coach Osborne initially did not want a statue of himself placed there. However, after seeing a sketch of himself coaching the late Brook Berringer, Osborne agreed. We’re so glad he did. Berringer tragically died in a plane crash right after his senior season when Osborne was coach.

We’re pretty sure a third statue, one of of former Husker coach Bob Devaney near Gate 20 on the east side, gets a lot of snaps, too.

Apparently, those national championship trophies are fragile

Once inside the doors of the Traditions Lobby, you’ll see a display with Nebraska’s five national championship trophies. The Huskers won NCAA Division I championships in 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997. The four most recent trophies include footballs made from Waterford Crystal. We want to emphasize that Nebraska’s footballs (which are not permanently attached to the trophies) have never been dropped. But our guide did share with us a story about the father of an Alabama player who fumbled one of theirs. The football dropped to the ground and shattered into pieces.

It turns out, a replacement crystal football costs $35,000. But someone in Alabama had a good idea. They picked up the pieces and sold them individually to fans for upwards of $50,000 – more than enough for a new crystal football and then some.

There’s more than one Heisman trophy each year

We learned on Memorial Stadium tours at Nebraska that when a player wins the Heisman trophy, there are actually three awarded. The first goes to the player, the second stays in New York City, and the third goes to the player’s university. Just across from the National Championship trophies in lobby you can see three Heisman Trophies. They were won by Johnny “The Jet” Rogers (1972), Mike Rozier (1983), and Eric Crouch (2001). Only four schools have had more Heisman Trophy winners. They are all enclosed in a glass case near the staircase, so getting a good picture of them is not easy.

See the world’s longest telegram on Memorial Stadium tours at Nebraska

The Traditions Lobby is chock full of Huskers memorabilia. There are bowl game trophies, conference championship plaques, and newspaper clippings from many of the greatest moments in Husker football history. Be sure to look for the world’s longest telegram on display there.

At the conclusion of the 1970 season, players headed to the Orange Bowl to face off against LSU with a national title on the line. Back in Nebraska, 46,500 people who couldn’t attend the game in person each paid $1 to help send a short good luck message. Each participant signed her or his name to the telegram. What resulted was the longest telegram in history being delivered to the Nebraska locker room shortly before kickoff. The telegram message was just three words: “Good luck, Cornhuskers”. Final score of that game? Nebraska 17, LSU 12. The Big Red brought home its first National Championship that year.

Memorial Stadium is home to the greatest fans in college football

Anyone attending a game quickly realizes that there is something special about the experience at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. In fact, etched over the stadium doors you’ll find the words, “Through these gates pass the greatest fans in college football.”

In the Traditions Lobby, there’s a huge mural dedicated to the fans who hold the record for the longest sellout streak in college football. Husker faithful have purchased every single ticket to every single game since 1962. And it’s not like this is an easy record; the stadium holds about 90,000 people. By the way, the next closest team’s sellout streak is more than 200 games (or 35 years!) behind.

Touch the lucky horseshoe

Nebraska fans all recognize the iconic horseshoe that hangs just outside the Huskers’ locker room.

Before every game, players and coaches alike reach up and touch the horseshoe for good luck. What you may not know is that the horseshoe tradition dates back to at least the 1930’s. Ever since then, it has been a part of every game day, moving to a place near each locker room the team has had over the years. It even travels with the team to road games.

What else you’ll see on guided Memorial Stadium tours in Nebraska

Weight room (but through glass doors) – Former Husker All-American Ndamukong Suh gave $2 million to help build a state-of-the-art weight room for Husker football. After learning how Nebraska pioneered strength training in football, take a peek inside and see how far the strength and conditioning program has come.

The hallways –  Along the walls in the football complex, you’ll find the hallways full of Husker football memories, records and statistics. Take some time and look at photos of past team captains, see the all-time statistical leaders for a variety of categories, and take in the paintings of Nebraska Football’s consensus All-Americans.

Tunnel walk / field / practice facilities –  These stops are included on a guided tour of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln unless there is practice or an event taking place.

What you won’t see on Memorial Stadium tours at Nebraska

Old Tunnel   Walk –  Before the completion of the current football complex, Nebraska’s locker room was in the South Stadium. Husker fans donated money for bricks to serve as a sort of red carpet for the path the team took from the locker room to the field. When the locker room moved to the North Stadium, the bricks did not. We learned that the visiting team now uses Nebraska’s old locker room but the special bricks are roped off and the opponent follows a different path to the field.

Old stadium facade  – With the completion of stadium expansions, the original facades of the stadium have been covered by the new construction. While visible inside the expanded area on game day, the facades are not included in the tour.

Locker room  – For privacy of players and security reasons, the locker room is not included on the tour.

For more information about Memorial Stadium tours, CLICK HERE . Have you been on a Memorial Stadium tour? What is your favorite feature of the home of the Nebraska Cornhusker football team? 

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We drove way out of our way to see the stadium. We did everything you said and after finding the parking lot and paying the meter Gate 23A was locked! This was 4:30 pm on Thursday. What a joke!!! And a waste of time.

Sorry to hear that happened to you. Almost every place has changed the times and dates they are open since the start of the worldwide pandemic. Hopefully the next time you’re in the area you’ll be able to get in.

Hello! I plan on doing the tour this weekend. Were you able to go into the stands during the self guided tour? I’d like to see where my season tickets are. Thanks!

We could not go into the stands, rather to just an entrance at the southeast corner of the stadium. There you can go inside and see the field and the stands (unless practice is going on, in which case it’s closed.)

If you call in advance and ask, they may have a person available who can take you to your seats.

I need help getting to a live tour to the husker stadium please and thank you?

Sorry, we can’t arrange that for you; we went on a tour but aren’t affiliated with the University of Nebraska. You’d have to call the stadium to set something up. Here is their number: (402) 472-3333.

Thanks for reading!

We are arriving on Friday afternoon , 11- 18 – 22 . Will it be available to take a tour since it’s a day before game time ?

So glad you’re coming to Lincoln for the game! It would be best to call the Husker athletic department to find out for sure. The website says “guided tours” are not available on Fridays before game day, but you can do a “self guided” tour. Here’s a LINK with more info.

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Self-Guided Tours These flexible tours can be taken seven days a week (excluding home football games), these tours are generally accessible from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Self-Guided tour brochures, including maps and site information can be printed by clicking on this LINK , or they are available at the North Stadium Guest Relations Office located in the Osborne Athletic Complex. Visitor Parking is subject to UNL Parking Policies, please see the following website for parking information: https://parking.unl.edu/visitors . The self-guided tour takes fans into the Stadium with designated stops at:

• Osborne Athletic Complex (North Stadium) features the National Championship and Bowl Trophies, Heisman and Major Award Trophies, and the Nebraska Football Experience Room
• West Stadium Lobby features several Academic Displays
• Gate 23A for limited field access

Self-Guided Tours These flexible tours can be taken seven days a week (excluding home football games), and these tours are generally accessible from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.  Self-Guided tour brochures, including maps and site information can be printed by clicking on this link , or they are available at the North Stadium Guest Relations Office located in the Osborne Athletic Complex. Visitor Parking is subject to UNL Parking Policies, please see the following website for parking information: https://parking.unl.edu/visitors . The self-guided tour takes fans into the Stadium with designated stops at:

• Gate 23A for limited field access (Availability subject to change depending on the day/time)
• Tuesday – Sunday beginning at 12 PM – 5 PM (CT) (except for home football weekends)
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• Osborne Athletic Complex (North Stadium)
• National Championship and Bowl Trophies
• Heisman and Major Award Trophies
• Nebraska Football Experience Room
• View of Weight Room
• Hawks Championship Center
• Tunnel Walk out onto the Tom Osborne Field
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LOS ANGELES- May 12th, 2021-  The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour is coming to Lincoln, Nebraska. The concert will be Saturday, August 14th, 7:00 PM at Memorial Stadium. This will be the first music event at Memorial Stadium in 34 years! This will be the only Nebraska appearance on the tour.

Tickets will be on sale Friday, May 21st at 10:00 AM CDT.

It will be in-the-round seating. There will be an eight ticket limit per purchase.  There are only 3 ways to purchase tickets: at ticketmaster.com/garthbrooks or on the Garth Brooks line at Ticketmaster, 1-877-654-2784 or through the Ticketmaster App on your phone. Please note there will be no ticket sales at the venue box office or Ticketmaster outlets on Friday, May 21st. Tickets will cost $94.95, all inclusive.  *PURCHASER ASSUMES COVID RISK *ALL COVID RULES APPLY

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Nebraska is set to host Illinois on Friday night in Memorial Stadium's 400th consecutive sellout .

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NU (3-0) moved up in the AP Top 25 after defeating Northern Iowa, and Illinois (3-0) entered the poll for the first time this season.

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Dave Feit: The Nebraska Football Sellout Streak at 400

Dave feit | 19 hours ago.

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When Nebraska plays Illinois on Friday night, it will be the 400th consecutive sellout of Memorial Stadium.   

 It is an amazing achievement that should be celebrated.   

 But let's face it:  the Streak also comes with some baggage and legitimate concerns about its future. 

 Let's start by resetting the narrative regarding the Sellout Streak: 

 The Sellout Streak, in a literal and technical sense, still exists. 

Every single home football game ticket available to the general public since Nov. 3, 1962, has been sold.  This is factual and undeniable.   

 Nebraska's Sellout Streak has never been about perfect attendance, scanned-ticket counts, students or fans who didn't show up, or how many people stayed until the clock hit 0:00.   

 It has always been about selling all of the available tickets.  And by that definition, Nebraska has sold out 400 straight games. 

 The Sellout Streak has needed help to get to 400. 

The Streak - possibly in the past, definitely in recent years - has only survived due to administrators, donors, corporate sponsors, and others doing whatever was needed to keep it alive.  I would hope this is indisputable as well. 

 The Sellout Streak may not end anytime soon. 

If the Streak was not allowed to end during the last three years of the Scott Frost era - when Bill Moos and Trev Alberts had multiple off ramps available - it may not end anytime soon.  More on that in a bit. 

 The Sellout Streak has taken on symbolic meaning. 

There was a time when the Streak was simply a factual reality.  Nebraska had tickets.  Nebraska fans bought every single one for every single game, every single year, since 1962. 

 But in the last 5-10 years, the Streak has evolved into a symbol of the passion, dedication, and loyalty that Nebraska fans have displayed across multiple generations.  It is the only remaining tie to the days of Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne, and glorious past that we love to celebrate.  The reverence for that symbolism has only grown as the legitimacy of the Streak itself has become harder to defend. 

 The Sellout Streak is polarizing within the Nebraska fan base. 

Husker fans tend to fall into one of two camps regarding the Streak: 

• The Streak is a sacred, unbreakable record that perfectly illustrates the passion, loyalty, and dedication of Nebraska fans.  All the tickets were sold, and that’s the only thing that matters.
• The once proud accomplishment has devolved into a "Weekend at Bernie's"-esque facade, artificially propped up by donors and/or corporate sponsors buying unused tickets at deep discounts. 

 Personally, I live in both camps.  I'm on record that the Streak, which has long been a source of pride now comes with a very visible asterisk .  I've also expressed frustration with NU selling tickets for pennies on the dollar to maintain the Streak, while loyal season ticket holders are not getting any such discounts. 

 But if I had a dollar for every time I've defended the Streak in my lifetime, I could afford to buy up the unsold tickets that remain over the next few seasons.  And I continue to do my part to maintain the Streak beyond arguing with trolls on the Internet.  The first Husker ticket I bought was for consecutive sellout #189.  Aside from the COVID season in 2020, I've held a ticket for every game since, attending all but four games.  I’ll be there for #400 and have no plans to stop going to home games.   

 I've made my peace with the life support system the Streak has been on.  I don't like it, but it is what it is.  I know the Streak remains sacred to many people.  But I also understand the multitude of things working against the Streak each and every week.  These are the reasons why the Streak won't last forever. 

 Strip out the passion, loyalty, dedication, and fanfare.  Get rid of the donors and corporate sponsors. 

 At its core, the Sellout Streak is a basic economics question:  Is the demand for tickets greater than the supply of tickets?  For 400 straight home games, the answer has been yes. 

 But as I learned when I took Microeconomics at UNL (circa Sellout #200), there are a lot of things that factor into the supply and demand equation.  Demand is impacted by price point, quality of product, perceived value for the money, customer experience, secondary markets and other alternatives (i.e., TV), and so much more.  Those things are absolutely critical to maintaining a loyal base and drawing new customers. 

 Tickets from the NU Ticket Office are expensive - especially if you tack on the "donation" required to be a season ticket holder.  For most games, a person can easily find seats at a discount on the various secondary markets (including the "official" one promoted by NU).  Why pay face value for a nosebleed seat - especially for a matchup like UTEP or Northern Iowa - when there are hundreds of better tickets available on the secondary market, often at a deep discount? 

 Meanwhile, the at-home experience has never been better - or cheaper - than it is today.  For what I paid for a single season ticket, I could buy a 75" 4K Smart TV, and use my "donation" to cover the cost of BTN and Peacock.  Memorial Stadium is one of the great cathedrals of the sport, but it does not have the amenities or comforts of many other stadiums - especially for fans who are taller (or wider) than people were when the Streak began in 1962. 

 And last - but certainly not least - the product on the field has declined.  Husker fans want to support a winner (Nebraska has won 81% of the 399 games in the Streak's history), but recent years (28-28 at home between 2015 and 2023, even with a 7-0 mark in 2016) have made it tough to justify the time and expense involved with buying tickets.  All of these things - and more - impact demand. 

 Meanwhile, Nebraska's supply of tickets has (with a few exceptions) risen steadily since 1962.  Attendance at Sellout #1 was 36,501.  Sellout #398 (Colorado) had 86,905 fans.  That's a lot of tickets to sell, especially when the majority of opponents don't bring the name recognition, rivalry, and revenge factor of the Deion Sanders Buffaloes. 

 There were three moments in the last few years where the Streak could have ended:   

 2020:  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the cardboard cutouts greatly outnumbered the humans in the stands.  Nebraska said those games would not be applicable to the Streak (you can't have a sellout if tickets aren't sold).  Technically, it was accurate, but it was a golden opportunity to gracefully end the Streak.  Bill Moos chose not to take advantage of a faceless scapegoat, and the Streak lived on. 

 2021:  The start of the Red Carpet Experience*, where people could buy up unused tickets - often at a discount - and donate them to young fans who may not otherwise get to attend a game.  This is the point where Nebraska decided it was better to publicly acknowledge an asterisk than to let the Streak end. 

 *Once again, I'll get ahead of your hate mail by restating for the record (as I've said here and here ) that the Red Carpet Experience is a great program that allows the next generation of Husker fans to see NU in person. 

 2022:  If the Sellout Streak was ever going to end, the 2022 season was the time.  There was record low demand for tickets.  The NU Ticket Office ran numerous promotions, packages, and mini plans to entice people to buy tickets.  Any chance of momentum or hope for the season was (onside) kicked away in Ireland, defeated by Georgia Southern, and/or blown out by Oklahoma.  The only reason the Streak survived was a donor buying $21,000 worth of tickets at a bulk rate of $10 each . 

 Trev Alberts could have allowed the Streak to end.  He could have deflected most of the blame to the head coach he fired.  He could have spoken glowingly - and honestly - about how the passion that Nebraskans have for the program is bigger than some number.    

 It's hard to believe today (when Alberts is almost universally despised by Nebraska fans), but I believe the Trev of 2022 could have spun the end of the Streak as a positive step in Nebraska's rebuilding process… or at a minimum, something that would ultimately be okay.  We would have rightfully mourned the end of the Streak, but we would have moved forward. 

 How long can the Streak realistically go? 

 A year ago - when Trev Alberts announced his ambitious plans for Memorial Stadium renovations, it was very easy to see a path to the Streak hitting 450 or beyond: 

 South stadium goes away, temporarily dropping capacity by 20,000 for two or three seasons.  By the time the rebuilt South opened, Matt Rhule would have built the team into a consistent winner.  With a lower supply (70-75,000 seats) and higher demand, the Streak for could survive for years to come. 

 But with no changes coming to South Stadium any time soon, selling 85,000 tickets every week goes back to that original Econ 101 challenge:  How can NU get the demand (either from on-field success or cutting ticket prices) to be greater than the massive supply?   

 Even with an exciting freshman quarterback, a Top 10 defense, and more optimism than we've seen in almost a decade, getting the last few tickets sold in 2024 has been an on-going challenge. 

 Tickets for the season opener against UTEP could be had for $24 each if you had a kid enrolled in the free Huskers Kids Club.  Other discount deals - including a widely advertised "three game mini plan" - were promoted into September.  I feel confident that the rest of the 2024 season will be sold out (even though, as of this writing, tickets remain for the UCLA and Wisconsin games).   

 Moving forward, I see a bigger question beyond the supply and demand proposition:  When does the Athletic Director and/or NU brass stop green lighting the various efforts to keep the Streak alive?   

 I've long said that nobody wants to be the AD when the Streak ends.  But at some point, do we get to a place where other things - such as paying players - take priority over discounting tickets to prop up a streak?  Nebraska's current AD, Troy Dannen, strikes me as somebody who will pick winning over the Streak. 

 Ultimately I think the question of the Sellout Streak's future will come back to something Dannen said in his introductory press conference:  " Does it help us win? "  If he - and Matt Rhule - believe a true sellout helps NU win, then the Streak will continue, even if it means a hit to revenue.   

But if Dannen is serious about "monetizing" Memorial stadium to help defray the future costs of paying players, can he afford to take a revenue loss (and possibly alienate donors and season ticket holders by devaluing their tickets) just to prop up the Streak?   

If the answer is no… well, we made it past 400, which is one hell of an achievement that nobody will ever surpass.  There should be no shame if and when the Streak ends. 

 As for me, I'm okay with the Streak continuing for years and decades to come.  But I'd prefer to do it the right way.  I want integrity, not asterisks and backroom discounts.  Selfishly, if ticket prices have to be slashed to get them all sold, I'd like for me and fellow season ticket holders to get some of those discounts too. 

I think we all agree that the easiest way to keep the Streak going legitimately is putting a competitive and entertaining team on the field.  The excitement that comes from fielding a winning team will always help drive ticket sales.  I love that Nebraska is finally moving in that direction again. 

I still think the stadium is too big, by several thousand seats.  The current stadium experience is not likely to draw the "I prefer to watch at home" fans back consistently - and selling $9 beers won't change that.   

At some point, Nebraska will have to make some hard decisions on Memorial Stadium's short- and long-term futures, both of which will definitely impact the Streak.  But that's a different conversation for a different day. 

For now, let's use the 400th consecutive sellout as an opportunity to pat ourselves on the back and give each other a round of well-earned applause. 

We’ve earned it. 

Soak in the accomplishment, confident in the knowledge that no other fan base can match our passion, dedication, and loyalty through good times and bad. 

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