Game Week: at Minnesota

NEBRASKA at MINNESOTA
Oct. 17, 2025 | HUNTINGTON BANK STADIUM
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. | 7 PM CT

HUSKERS
Record: 5-1, 2-1 B1G
Last Game: at Maryland (W, 34-31)
Rankings: AP-25/Coaches-RV
Head Coach: Matt Rhule
Career/NU Record: 64-57 (10th Year)/17-14 (3rd Year)
Record vs. Minnesota: 0-1

GOPHERS
Record: 4-2, 2-1 B1G
Last Game: vs. Purdue (W, 27-20)
Rankings: NR
Head Coach: P.J. Fleck
Career/MINN Record: 92-63 (13th Year)/62-41 (9th Year)
Record vs. Nebraska: 6-1

SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Series: Minnesota leads, 37-25-2
In Minneapolis: Minnesota leads, 25-13-2
As Big Ten Foes: Minnesota leads, 8-5
Current Win Streak: Minnesota, 5 games
Last Meeting: Minnesota 13-10, 2023

BROADCAST INFO
TV – Fox (Tim Brando, Devin Gardner, Josh Sims)
RADIO NETWORK – (Kyle Crooks, Damon Benning, Jessica Coody)
INTERNET AUDIO – Huskers.com
APP AUDIO – Official Huskers App

The Matchup
Nebraska returns to the road for a second consecutive week in Big Ten play, as the Huskers travel to Minneapolis to take on Minnesota in a Friday night contest. Game time from Huntington Bank Stadium is set for 7 p.m. CT and the game will be televised by FOX. The contest can also be heard on the Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com and the official Huskers App. 

Nebraska is 5-1 overall and 2-1 in Big Ten Conference play after a dramatic 34-31 comeback victory at Maryland on Saturday. The victory pushed Nebraska into the national polls for the first time this season. NU is ranked No. 25 in the AP poll and is just outside of the top 25 in the Coaches Poll. This week against the Gophers, Nebraska will look for back-to-back road victories in consecutive weeks for the first time since 2006, and a win would give Nebraska its first 6-1 start since winning its first seven games in 2016. 

The Huskers trailed 31-24 in the fourth quarter at Maryland before rallying with 10 points in the final 7:47 to pull out the three-point victory. The win was Nebraska's first when trailing entering the fourth quarter since 2022. The Huskers relied on a balanced offensive attack in the win, rolling up 193 yards on the ground, while throwing for 260 yards. Nebraska gained 187 yards in the fourth quarter and had scoring drives of 83 and 81 yards. 

Minnesota enters the game at 4-2 overall and 2-1 in Big Ten action. The Gophers also had a fourth-quarter rally last week in a 27-20 win over Purdue. Minnesota outscored the Boilermakers 14-0 in the final quarter to pull out the win. Minnesota relies on a strong defense that allows just over 300 yards per game, and has recorded 10 takeaways on the season, including three defensive touchdowns. Minnesota is a perfect 4-0 at home this season.

Huskers Look to End Gopher Win Streak in Series
Friday's game in Minneapolis is the first meeting between the schools since Matt Rhule's first game as the Huskers' head coach in August of 2023. 

• Minnesota owns a five-game winning streak in the series, dating back to a win in Minneapolis in 2019. Each of the past four Gopher victories have been by seven or fewer points, including a walk-off 13-10 victory in 2023. 

• Nebraska won four of the first six meetings between the schools after joining the Big Ten, but Minnesota has won six of the past seven games to hold an 8-5 advantage since 2011. 

• Before Nebraska joined the Big Ten, Minnesota was the most frequent opponent among Big Ten schools. The Huskers and Gophers met 51 times between 1900 and 1990, including 19 consecutive seasons between 1934 and 1952 and eight straight years from 1967 to 1974.

Nebraska Heads Back on the Road
After opening the season with a neutral site victory over Cincinnati on Aug. 28 at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium, Nebraska enjoyed the comforts of home for four games, before playing its first true road game at Maryland last Saturday. Nebraska stays on the road this week for back-to-back conference road tests. 

• This marks the fourth straight season the Huskers have faced back-to-back road games in consecutive weeks. Last year, Nebraska faced back-to-back ranked opponents on the road in October (Indiana, Ohio State). In 2023 Nebraska opened at Minnesota and at Colorado. 

• Nebraska last won back-to-back road games in consecutive weeks in 2006, when the Huskers won at Iowa State and Kansas State in mid-October. Nebraska last won consecutive road games in 2017 with wins at Illinois and Purdue, but those were separated by a month.

Nebraska Set for Second 2025 Weeknight Game
The Huskers' Friday Night Lights matchup at Minnesota is their second weeknight game of 2025. Nebraska opened the season with a 20-17 victory over Cincinnati in a Thursday night matchup at Arrowhead Stadium. 

• The Minnesota matchup marks the second of three weekday games for Nebraska in 2025. The Huskers conclude the regular season with their traditional Black Friday matchup with Iowa in Lincoln. 

• Nebraska is one of seven teams from a power conference who play three weekday games in 2025 (also Cal, Houston, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Rutgers). 

• Nebraska is playing a weeknight Big Ten game for the fourth consecutive season, following a 2024 Friday night home game against Illinois, the 2023 Thursday night opener at Minnesota and a 2022 road Friday tilt at Rutgers. 

• Overall this is Nebraska's sixth Friday night conference game (non-Black Friday) since 2017, and its seventh weeknight Big Ten game since 2017.

Nebraska Enters Rankings for First Time in 2025
Following its dramatic comeback road victory at Maryland, Nebraska entered the national polls for the first time in the 2025 season. 

• The Huskers are ranked No. 25 in this week's Associated Press Poll and are just outside of the Top 25 in the Coaches poll. Nebraska's 90 points in the coaches poll are the second-most among teams outside of the Top 25. 

• This is Nebraska's first ranking in either poll since being ranked No. 25 in the coaches poll after a 5-1 start last season and before a loss at Indiana. 

• It is the Huskers' first ranking in the AP poll since being ranked No. 22 after a 3-0 start to the 2024 season. 

• Nebraska's 5-1 start this year marks the second straight year the Huskers have achieved that record at the midway point of the season. This is the first time Nebraska has started 5-1 in consecutive seasons since the 2013 and 2014 campaigns.

This Week’s Numbers
3 - Nebraska has a trio of receivers with at least three touchdown catches this season, including Nyziah Hunter (4), Dane Key (4) and Jacory Barney Jr. (3). This is the first time Nebraska has had three wideouts catch three or more TD passes in a season since 2015.

4 - Nebraska is one of four schools in the country to have a player ranked in the top 20 nationally in rushing yards per game (Emmett Johnson) and passing yards per game (Dylan Raiola). The other three schools are Baylor, Rutgers and USC.

10 - Nebraska led Maryland 24-17 at the half, marking the 10th straight game Nebraska has led or been tied at the half dating back to last season. The previous time Nebraska had a streak of 10 consecutive games without trailing at the half was a 12-game streak spanning the 2000 and 2001 seasons.