Nebraska is No. 1 in the Big Ten/Abbott Blood Drive

The Huskers extended their lead in the season-long contest.

Herbie Husker donating blood for the Abbott/Big Ten Blood Drive / Ellen Wichman - Abbott

Update 11/7: The Memorial Stadium was a success and Nebraska added to their league leading total with 2,479 donors which is more than double second place Wisconsin at 1,235. Listen to the interview below with Ellen Wichman of Abbott who happens to be a Nebraska grad. Remember that the winner gets a million dollars donated to their health services programs.

Update 11/4: Nebraska has over a 1,000 person lead in donors over second place Wisconsin. Let's beat those Badgers in the million dollar prize and on the field on November 23rd.

There is a blood drive this Wednesday, November 6th at Memorial Stadium from 8 AM to 4 PM. Let's extend our lead on our home turf. Here's the link.

University	Lives Saved	Donors
Nebraska	6690	2230
Wisconsin	3465	1155
UCLA	2568	856
Iowa	2127	709
Michigan	2109	703

Update 10/21: Nebraska continues their dominate lead going into Week 8. Here's the latest top 5 tally.

University	Lives Saved	Donors
Nebraska	4110	1370
UCLA	1437	479
Wisconsin	1380	460
Purdue	1173	391
Michigan	1083	361

Update 10/15: The Husker fans have donated three times more than the second place Bruins and are the only team with a four digit number of donors. Keep it going. Here's the latest top 5 tally.

University	Lives Saved	Donors
Nebraska	3081	1027
UCLA	999	333
Purdue	900	300
Wisconsin	885	295
Michigan	789	26

Update 10/8: Nebraska is running away from the pack and has what could be an insurmountable lead in the blood donation drive. In one week we went from 46 donors to 530. Let's keep it up. Here are the top five leaders as of this morning.

University	Lives Saved	Donors
Nebraska	1590	530
Michigan	399	133
Wisconsin	375	125
Indiana	357	119
Purdue	333	111

In the first week of competition Nebraska is ahead in the Abbott/Big Ten Blood Drive competition. We are on top of the leaderboard with 46-and-counting blood donations logged. There is $1 million on the line for the winning school to advance student or community health.

Students, alumni and fans can donate blood on behalf of Nebraska at blood centers across the country; donation totals will be tracked live at BigTen.Org/Abbott throughout the campaign.

Participants receive a free one-month subscription to the B1G+ streaming service and are entered to win two tickets and a trip to the Big Ten Football Championship Game.

The competition comes as the U.S. is experiencing one of the biggest blood shortages in a generation, in part due to the fact that the number of younger donors has declined sharply in recent years. The initiative aims to inspire young people to become life-long donors to ensure a stable blood supply, especially as older adults become unable to donate.

The X's and O's

"The We Give Blood Drive" blood donation competition will run during the college football season, from Sept. 26 through Dec. 6, with the winner announced at the Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 7 in Indianapolis.

Let's show the Big Ten that when we say Go Big RED! we mean it. Follow the leaderboard at this link and let's stay in the lead. You can sign up to donate here.

This article will be updated every Monday throughout the season to track our progress toward $1 million and the number of lives saved.

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