Nebraska’s porous streak
As pointed out by Sports on Earth’s Matt Brown, Nebraska’s three-game streak of allowing at least 54 points is something that’s happened only 19 other times since the start of college football in 1869.
STREAKS WITH OPPONENT POINTS >= 54, FROM 1869 TO 2017
| Rk | School | First | Last | Games |
| 1 | Temple | 1993-09-18 | 1993-10-16 | 5 |
| 2 | Wesleyan (CT) | 1885-11-14 | 1886-10-09 | 4 |
| 3 | Washington State | 2008-10-11 | 2008-11-08 | 4 |
| 4 | Ball State | 2017-10-21 | 2017-11-09 | 4 |
| 5 | Stevens | 1885-10-03 | 1885-10-14 | 3 |
| 6 | Wesleyan (CT) | 1887-10-29 | 1887-11-12 | 3 |
| 7 | Wesleyan (CT) | 1891-10-31 | 1891-11-07 | 3 |
| 8 | Virginia Military Institute | 1970-10-24 | 1970-11-07 | 3 |
| 9 | Kansas State | 1987-10-17 | 1987-10-31 | 3 |
| 10 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 1995-09-23 | 1995-10-07 | 3 |
| 11 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 1995-11-18 | 1996-09-07 | 3 |
| 12 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1997-11-01 | 1997-11-15 | 3 |
| 13 | Tulsa | 2001-10-27 | 2001-11-10 | 3 |
| 14 | Eastern Michigan | 2001-11-24 | 2002-09-07 | 3 |
| 15 | Nevada | 2004-11-20 | 2005-09-09 | 3 |
| 16 | Southern Mississippi | 2013-10-19 | 2013-11-02 | 3 |
| 17 | Eastern Michigan | 2013-10-19 | 2013-11-02 | 3 |
| 18 | Kansas | 2015-10-24 | 2015-11-07 | 3 |
| 19 | San Jose State | 2017-09-09 | 2017-09-23 | 3 |
| 20 | Nebraska | 2017-11-11 | 2017-11-24 | 3 |
Data courtesy CFB at Sports-Reference.com.
Nebraska is the 20th team in the entire history of college football to give up 54+ points in three straight games https://t.co/318aWtg3Pz
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownCFB) November 26, 2017