A closer look at the Nebraska football players that made up the first unit of "Black Shirts" in 1964.

Before the music before the bones. Before the marketing, there was Mike Kennedy, an original black shirt being chased and he is put down on *** vicious Husker drive in the middle defensively ...

Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule handed out Blackshirts to 11 Husker defenders.

It would be unfair to say the Blackshirts are "back" just yet. That doesn't mean the group isn't close. The 2013 season was one filled with ups and downs for the Nebraska defense ...

George Flippin, the University of Nebraska's first Black athlete, was a member of the Nebraska football in the 1890s and also participated in basketball, wrestling and track and field.

Nebraska football true freshman linebacker Vincent Shavers posted on social media his first defensive Blackshirt honor prior to the Cornhuskers appearance in Saturday's Pinstripe Bowl.

Nebraska football punter Brian Buschini was one of two new Blackshirt recipients on Monday. Coach Matt Rhule explained why the punter got a Blackshirt.

A Nebraska football true freshman has joined the ranks of the Blackshirts. Vincent Shavers, a linebacker from Miami Central High School in Florida, claimed the coveted black practice jersey as the ...