Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot Herbie Husker during the game against the Fighting Illini at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 3, 2015, in Champaign, Illinois. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images) ...

The new Herbie Husker is inspired by the original version — embracing the Cornhusker tradition and Nebraska's agricultural background — and celebrates the 50th year of the logo and mascot.

Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot Herbie Husker is seen during the game against the Illinois Fighting Illini at Memorial Stadium on October 3, 2015 in Champaign, Illinois. Illinois defeated Nebraska 14-13.

Nebraska had previously redesigned Herbie Husker in 2003, shifting to the logo and mascot design that remained unchanged until 2021, when Nebraska tweaked Herbie’s hand gesture.

Nebraska athletics unveiled a new-look Herbie Husker logo on Monday, and the new mascot will make his debut during Saturday’s Red-White game, Nebraska athletics director Trev Alberts said in a ...

Nebraska's Herbie Husker is going back to his (blond) roots this season. The Cornhuskers unveiled a makeover of their mascot on Monday, giving him blond hair again after spending the past 20 years ...

Nebraska officials began moving to change that version of Herbie Husker in 2020 as protests following the murder of George Floyd sparked nationwide reckonings on racism and police brutality.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers gave its cartoon mascot an upgrade to make sure there were no associations between Herbie Husker and white supremacy. In the original logo, Herbie Husker is making an ...

Nebraska T-shirts featuring new cartoon mascot Herbie Husker, left, and the old Herbie, right, are displayed at the Husker Hounds store in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022.

Nebraska’s new Herbie Husker is actually not so new after all. The Nebraska Athletic Department released a redesign of the school’s Herbie Husker mascot on Tuesday, returning to a design that ...

The University of Nebraska has made a change to its cartoon mascot Herbie Husker to eliminate confusion about the meaning of a hand gesture he makes that some people connect with white supremacy ...