Game week in Lincoln arrives with a clean slate and a familiar feeling: Memorial Stadium full, an early kick, and a Nebraska team that is no longer introducing a rebuild so much as asking whether Year 4 looks like progress you can measure on Saturdays.
Nebraska opens the 2026 season Saturday, September 5, against Ohio at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is 11:00 a.m. CDT, and the game is scheduled for FS1, according to the university’s official Aug. 31 release and the posted 2026 football schedule.
| TV | FS1 | Same 
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| Nebraska record | 0–0 | Schedule page |
Everything else below is context for that kickoff — not a prediction of the final score.
Rhule Year 4: the official framing
Matt Rhule enters his fourth season at Nebraska in 2026. The Aug. 31 notes list his
| Site | Memorial Stadium, Lincoln | Same / [schedule](https://huskers.com/sports/football/schedule/season/2026) |
| TV | FS1 | Same |
| Nebraska record | 0–0 | Schedule page |
Everything else below is context for that kickoff — not a p
| Site | Memorial Stadium, Lincoln | Same / [schedule](https://huskers.com/sports/football/schedule/season/2026) |
| TV | FS1 | Same |
| Nebraska record | 0–0 | Schedule page |
Everything else below is
This is not a deep historical series feature. It is a game-week guide: how the Huskers are built right now, who is lined up under center, what Ohio brings under a new head coach, and how the next few weeks of the schedule shape the early season.
The basics: time, place, broadcast
| Item | Detail | Source |
| — | — | — |
| Date | Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 | [huskers.com Aug. 31](https://huskers.com/news/2026/08/31/huskers-host-ohio-to-open-season) |
| Kickoff | 11:00 a.m. CDT | Same |
