Sellout of Illinois Game Keeps Husker Streak Alive

Saturday will mark Nebraska football's 387th consecutive sold-out home contest

Joe Hudson | Oct 26, 2022

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Nebraska football's home sellout streak will survive at least another week. All tickets to Saturday's game in Lincoln against the Illinois Fighting Illini have been sold.

A week ago, about 120 seats for the Illinois game remained available on the Nebraska Athletics ticket site. Over the ensuing days, the number steadily dropped, and by Tuesday evening it was down to 37. Then, on Wednesday morning, voila! The game was listed as sold out.

From 37 to zero overnight? While a sudden surge in general ticket buying might have happened with a top-20 opponent coming to town, one can't help but suspect that someone swooped in and bought three dozen or so tickets to secure sellout status.

Of course, that doesn't mean you're out of luck if you want to be inside Memorial Stadium for Saturday's 2:30 p.m. CDT kickoff. Seats for less than $40 are not difficult to find on the resale market.

As for Nebraska's two other remaining 2022 home games, the number of unsold tickets has been whittled down over the past week. A look at the figures:

Minnesota, Nov. 5
• Wed. p.m.: 147
• A week ago: ~198

Wisconsin, Nov. 19
• Wed. p.m.: 60
• A week ago: ~268

The Wisconsin game appears to be a lock for sold-out status after more than 150 tickets were sold in the past 24 hours — another burst of activity that might not be entirely organic. The Minnesota game ten days from now is shaping up as more of a down-to-the-wire situation.

The game against Illinois will be the Huskers' 387th consecutive home sellout, an NCAA-record streak that began in November 1962 during Bob Devaney's first season as head coach.

The Huskers have posted a 317-69 record at home during the sellout streak. On Saturday, they will try to make it 318-69 while going for their first win over an Associated Press-ranked opponent, home or away, in a little over six years.

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Published Oct 26, 2022

JOE HUDSON

Joe Hudson has operated a Husker-related website since 1995 and joined forces with David Max to form HuskerPedia (later renamed HuskerMax) in 1999. It began as a hobby during his 35 years as a newspaper editor and reporter, a career that included stints at the Lincoln Star, Omaha World-Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer and Denver Post. In Denver, Joe was chief of the copy desk during his final 16 years at the Post. He is proud to have been involved in Pulitzer Prize-winning projects in both Philadelphia and Denver. Joe has been a Nebraska football fan since the mid-1960s during his childhood in Omaha. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in journalism and economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1976. He resides a few freeway exits north of Colorado Springs and enjoys bicycling and walking his dogs in his spare time. You can reach him at joeroyhud@outlook.com.