Breaking down and analyzing the 2021 Nebraska Cornhuskers football schedule with the best and worst case scenarios.
Nebraska Football Schedule 2021
Full schedule analysis with best and worst scenarios below
– 2021 Big Ten Football Schedule
Aug. 28 at Illinois
Sept. 4 Fordham
Sept. 11 Buffalo
Sept. 18 at Oklahoma
Sept. 25 at Michigan State
Oct. 2 Northwestern
Oct. 9 Michigan
Oct. 16 at Minnesota
Oct. 23 OPEN DATE
Oct. 30 Purdue
Nov. 6 Ohio State
Nov. 13 OPEN DATE
Nov. 20 at Wisconsin
Nov. 26 Iowa
Dec. 4 Big Ten Championship (in Indianapolis)
Games vs. The East: Michigan, at Michigan State, Ohio State
Missed Teams From The East: Indiana, Maryland, Penn State, Rutgers
Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Schedule Analysis: Starting the season off with a Big Ten game at Illinois isn’t going to be easy, but it’s a more-than-winnable game before getting a week off before facing Fordham and then Buffalo. Then it gets really, really interesting with a classic Big 8/Big 12 showdown against Oklahoma.
Here’s the bigger problem – Ohio State, Michigan, at Michigan State. There’s no real break from the scheduling types in the interdivisional matchups. there’s a massive payoff, though, with only one trip outside of Lincoln after October 16th.
Unfortunately it’s at Wisconsin.
Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Schedule Best Case Scenario: Through all of the traveling and all of the tough parts of the schedule, the Huskers get to October 4-1. They show this is a new team in a new season with home wins over Northwestern and Michigan, and they’re still in the Big Ten title chase when Ohio State comes to town.
It’s a great season with nine wins and a shot at ten going into the final two dates at Wisconsin and against Iowa.
Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Schedule Worst Case Scenario: They biff the Illinois game again. Making things worse is a loss at Oklahoma to put the pressure on before the trip to Michigan State – and they lose that, too. They get a few good wins, but it takes a win over Iowa to get to a bowl, and they don’t get it.
