NU Completes 2012 Schedule; Adds Future Games

Nebraska has completed its 2012 football schedule, and has also announced the addition of future non-conference home games with Brigham Young, Florida Atlantic and South Alabama.

Nebraska completed its 2012 non-conference schedule with the addition of a game against Idaho State at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 22. Idaho State is coming off a 2-9 season in 2011, and the Bengals are no strangers to top competition. In the past three seasons alone, Idaho State has traveled to BYU, Washington State, Georgia, Arizona State and Oklahoma.

The addition of Idaho State completes a non-conference schedule that also features home games against Southern Miss (Sept. 1) and Arkansas State (Sept. 15), along with a road trip to UCLA (Sept. 8). Overall, Nebraska's 2012 schedule features games against 10 teams that participated in a bowl game in 2011, including four home games against teams that won at least 10 games in 2011.

Nebraska has also announced single non-conference games with Florida Atlantic in 2014 and BYU in 2015 in Lincoln, and two games at Memorial Stadium against South Alabama in 2015 and 2019.                                                        

The Huskers will take on FAU and head coach Carl Pelini on Aug. 30, 2014, in the season opener in Lincoln. Pelini took over the program in December after four seasons as Nebraska's defensive coordinator. The matchup will be the second all-time between the two schools, with Nebraska defeating the Owls in the 2008 season opener at Memorial Stadium.  Florida Atlantic joins a 2014 Nebraska schedule that includes a road game at Fresno State (Sept. 13) and a home contest with Miami (Sept. 20).

Nebraska is scheduled to begin the 2015 season in Lincoln against BYU on Sept. 5. The meeting with the Cougars, a football independent, will be the first-ever meeting between Nebraska and BYU.

BYU is coming off a 10-3 season in 2011, capped by a 24-21 victory over Tulsa in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. The Cougars finished the year ranked No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, earning a spot in the final top-25 poll for the fifth time in the last six seasons. The Cougars have participated in a bowl game in each of Bronco Mendenhall's seven seasons as head coach in Provo.

South Alabama will visit Memorial Stadium on Sept. 12, 2015. The Jaguars are completing a transition to Football Bowl Subdivision in 2012 and 2013, and will compete in the Sun Belt Conference beginning this fall. South Alabama posted a 6-4 record in 2011, and played games against FBS foes Kent State and North Carolina State. The Jaguars are scheduled to play Mississippi State, North Carolina State, Hawaii, Tennessee, Navy, Georgia and Tulane over the next three seasons.

In addition to the 2015 game, South Alabama will also visit Memorial Stadium on Aug. 31, 2019, in the season opener.

The games announced on Thursday complete the Huskers' 2012 and 2015 non-conference schedules. In addition to BYU and South Alabama, the 2015 non-conference slate also includes a trip to Miami (Sept. 19) and a home game against Southern Miss (Sept. 26). Nebraska's 2013 schedule was completed last fall, and Nebraska has three non-conference games scheduled in both 2014 and 2016.

2012 Nebraska Football Schedule
Date              Opponent                  2011 Record (Bowl Game)
Sept. 1           Southern Miss            12-2 (Sheraton Hawaii Bowl)
Sept. 8           at UCLA                     6-8  (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl)
Sept. 15         Arkansas State           10-3 (GoDaddy.com Bowl)
Sept. 22         Idaho State                  2-9
Sept. 29         Wisconsin                  11-3 (Rose Bowl)
Oct. 6             at Ohio State              6-7 (Gator Bowl)
Oct. 13           BYE
Oct. 20           at Northwestern          6-7 (Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas)
Oct. 27           Michigan                    11-2 (Sugar Bowl)
Nov. 3             at Michigan State       11-3 (Outback Bowl)
Nov. 10           Penn State                 9-4 (TicketCity Bowl)
Nov. 17           Minnesota                  3-9         
Nov. 23 (Fri.)   at Iowa                       7-6 (Insight Bowl)

2012 Season Ticket Prices Set
Season ticket prices for the 2012 football season have been set. Season ticket holders and UNL faculty and staff will each pay the same price for their tickets as in 2011. Public season ticket holders will pay $56 per ticket for seven home games in 2012 ($392 total) and UNL faculty and staff will be charged $53 per game ($371 total). Nebraska students will pay $161 for seven home games ($23 per game) in 2012.

Nebraska will enter the 2012 season with an NCAA record streak of 318 consecutive home sellouts.