Nebraska athletic director Troy Dannen confirms sellout for football game against Michigan
The Huskers have sold out 403 consecutive home football games, a streak that dates back to 1962. The streak is over twice as long as the country's second-longest (Oklahoma at 153 games).
Dannen confirmed that the Huskers have already sold out the home football game against Michigan on September 20. He explained that games sell differently from one another, but the streak is not under threat as the Huskers prepare to begin the 2025 season.
"Some games will sell faster than that. Then, the Monday before a game, the three thousand that the visiting team gets get returned to us if they didn't sell them all. And nobody sells them all. Then it's game week, we often have tickets. That sellout streak is a sellout streak. One of the things I didn't mention – our ticket office, we've been very passive because everybody bought their tickets. Now we're actually trying to sell tickets. The sellout streak isn't going to be threatened, but the only game I know where everything is out right now is Michigan.'
Dannen also gave an update on the current state of ticket sales for the season opener in Kansas City. Nebraska will open the 2025 college football season on Thursday, August 28, when the Huskers face the Cincinnati Bearcats at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The kickoff is set for 8:00 p.m. CT.
'I think 66 thousand is the number that they've sold. Near as we can tell, about six thousand of those were what I would call Ohio, Kentucky - type Cincinnati addresses. That's what we've been told. That doesn't mean it's 60 thousand vs. six thousand. I said it yesterday, it's a virtual home game. We think we're about 60 thousand and I think they expect to sell out before game day. Thursday night, eight o'clock doesn't help that in the stadium on Labor Day weekend, but we'll be close, especially if the weather the week of turns out well.'
Nebraska will open Memorial Stadium for the 2025 season on September 6, when the Huskers host the Akron Zips.
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