Long before they had a fire t-shirt to go along with the nickname (read more about the origins of the nickname here), Nebraska's stingy defense had long been coined "the Blackshirts." It's a design ...

“Blackshirts” has long been known throughout college football as the alternate name for Nebraska’s defense. It started in 1964 under coach Bob Devaney, who wanted to make it easier to ...

LINCOLN — On a day when Nebraska wore alternate jerseys to honor the program’s famed Blackshirts defense, it’s safe to say things didn’t turn out as well as the Cornhuskers ...

Nebraska's alternate Adidas uniform for this season - an "away" version of the Blackshirts look worn against Indiana last season - debuted Tuesday afternoon in a horror movie trailer released by ...

"Blackshirts" is known throughout college football as an alternate name for Nebraska's defense. Players have been known to cry when awarded a Blackshirt.

For me, as I made my way to the game along my alternate route, it seemed like I too was doomed to failure. Friend #1 was not at McKinney’s, nor was he answering his phone.

Nebraska continued a program tradition on Tuesday. The team announced that it has awarded The Blackshirts for the upcoming 2024 football season. The Blackshirts are given to the starters of the ...

A dozen Nebraska Cornhuskers defenders have earned a coveted Blackshirt ahead of Saturday's season-opener against UTEP. The Blackshirts were handed out Tuesday morning to the 11 starters on ...

We know Nebraska chose to not do alts for 2024. Rhule said Adidas is currently working with NU (he specifically named equipment manager Jay Terry and NU's marketing team) on an alternate for 2026.

Nebraska has worn one alternate uniform per year since 2012. Due to design and production lead times needed to make the 125+ uniforms for the team, plus all of the retail merchandise, Nebraska and ...

From the on-field debut of the Blackshirt jerseys through the end of the 2020 season, Nebraska allowed an average of 29 points per game. Only one opponent (Maryland in 2019) was held below 21 ...