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Late schedule change: Nebraska finds new opponent, alters date of home opener
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Husker fans will be able to get back into Memorial Stadium a little earlier than expected for the 2021 season.
On Monday, Nebraska announced that it has made a late schedule change and has found an opponent for Saturday, Sept. 4, which had previously been scheduled as a bye week. The Huskers will take on Illinois in Champaign on Saturday, Aug. 28.
Nebraska will host FCS opponent Fordham on Sept. 4, pushing the home opener up by one week. Previously, the team was scheduled to have its first game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 11 when Buffalo came to Lincoln.
🚨SCHEDULE UPDATE🚨
We will take on Fordham in our home opener.#GBR /// #TheGoodLifehttps://t.co/ELZw4wjK2b pic.twitter.com/eerlkacHfy
— Nebraska Football (@HuskerFootball) May 3, 2021
Fordham will replace Southeastern Louisiana on the schedule. The Huskers were scheduled to play that game on Saturday, Nov. 13. That date will now be the bye week.
The Huskers will now play Fordham, Buffalo and Oklahoma in consecutive weekends as part of the nonconference schedule in 2021.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB