1910: Nebraska athletic director R.G. Clapp says football must be made safer to save the game.

1915: Former Cornhusker Fred Nielsen is seen as a prime candidate for the coaching job at Catholic University. (He would get the job and coach there for two seasons, following stints at Maryland, George Washington and Georgetown.)

1925: Former Nebraska lineman Wayne “Big” Munn becomes world champion in pro wrestling by beating Ed “Strangler” Lewis in Kansas City. Murmers that the match was fixed didn’t take long to surface, and Munn is now regarded as the sport’s first “performer” to win a championship belt, serving as “the bridge from wrestling as sport to wrestling as entertain­ment.”

1995: Quarterback Scott Frost decides to transfer to Nebraska after two seasons at Stanford.

2005: Fabian Washington says family concerns were a big part of his decision to turn pro early.

2010: Nebraska finishes 14th in the coaches' and AP polls, the Huskers’ highest finish in eight years. Stats-wise, the Huskers finish No. 1 in scoring defense and pass-efficiency defense.

2015: Trev Alberts is selected for enshrinement in the College Football Hall of Fame. Also, running back Devine Ozigbo flips his commitment from Iowa State to Nebraska.

2020: Jovan Dewitt, Nebraska’s outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator, leaves to join the staff at North Carolina.