Buncha Sellouts

[knapplc]

Nebraska plays Northwestern at home this Saturday, marking the 360th straight sellout* in a continuing, nation-leading sellout streak. It will be one day past the 55th anniversary of the first sellout in the streak, 11/3/1962. 

 

Some stats about the streak:

 

• The streak began with a loss. Nebraska was defeated 16-7 by Missouri when the streak began in 1962.
• Counting by 25s, there have been 14 milestone games in the streak (25 games, 50 games, 75 games, etc). Nebraska is 13-1 in milestone games. The lone loss was to Colorado in 1990, 27-12.
• More than 27 million people have attended games at Memorial Stadium during the streak.
• The first million-fan milestone occurred in 1966, when Nebraska defeated Kansas State 21-10 during Homecoming.
• The ten-millionth fan to watch a game saw Nebraska defeat Oregon in 1986, 48-14.
• The twenty-millionth fan during that streak saw Nebraska defeat Kansas State 27-25 in the last home game of the 2005 season.
• The most recent million-fan milestone occurred this year during the season opener against Arkansas State, when the 27-millionth fan walked through the gates. Nebraska won that game, too.
• The Huskers are 306-53 at home during the streak, good for an .853 winning percentage.
• Twenty-eight of those 53 home losses have occurred since 2000. Twenty-five of them have occurred since we fired Frank Solich. Nebraska has a .743 winning percentage at home since 2004.
• The longest home losing streak since 1962 is four games, from the last three games of 1968 to the first home game of 1969.
• Nebraska only lost twice at home in the 1990s: To Washington in 1991 and to Texas in 1998.
• Notre Dame currently holds the nation's 2nd-longest sellout* streak. With an average of seven home games per season, the Irish would need more than a decade of continuous sellouts to break Nebraska's ongoing record.
• The Green Bay Packers hold the NFL's longest sellout* streak at over 325 games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Like Nebraska, both the Fighting Irish and the Packers have had "assistance" in buying tickets during their streak. People like to say Nebraska's streak isn't legitimate - it's as legitimate as anyone else's.

 

[BoNeyard]

It's all this program has left. It is a really cool thing and something that makes me proud to be a Nebraska fan, but it's also unfortunate, because this is it.

[grandpasknee]

Very interesting info, thanks for researching and sharing.  Have a lot of awfully fond memories in the stadium during that streak, and a few absolute heartbreaks.

[TonyStalloni]

Husker fans helped ND keep their streak back in 2001 or 2002 when Big Red stormed ND Stadium with a Red Out.

[B.B. Hemingway]

55 years.... Yeah, this is our (the fans') program.

[10_point_buck]

Last Friday I looked and UNL has tickets available for the Northwestern and Iowa games.  Only about 30 for Northwestern but over 100 vs Iowa.  $75 a pop for crappy seats is tough when the secondary market is so much cheaper for better seats.  I am sure the donors will pull through again to keep the streak alive.  Hip Hip Hooray 

[lo country]

I know it's trivial as far as records, but lets keep this one...

[knapplc]

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, 10_point_buck said:

Last Friday I looked and UNL has tickets available for the Northwestern and Iowa games.  Only about 30 for Northwestern but over 100 vs Iowa.  $75 a pop for crappy seats is tough when the secondary market is so much cheaper for better seats.  I am sure the donors will pull through again to keep the streak alive.  Hip Hip Hooray 

 

 

 

And this, kids, is why I put the preemptive asterisk notation on the OP. Reading is FUNdamental.

 

1 hour ago, knapplc said:

* Like Nebraska, both the Fighting Irish and the Packers have had "assistance" in buying tickets during their streak. People like to say Nebraska's streak isn't legitimate - it's as legitimate as anyone else's.

 

[10_point_buck]

2 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this, kids, is why I put the preemptive asterisk notation on the OP. Reading is FUNdamental.

 

 

I get that and I was not trying to make any point, other than tickets are gonna be available and the streak will need help.  Don’t look Ethel 

[Stumpy1]

I will be there, cheering on the Skers