Will the Nebraska football team give their fans a trick or a treat on Saturday night against Washington? If the program’s history on October 31 is any indication, Husker fans have no reason to fear the outcome.
Over the years, the Cornhuskers have been very, very good on Halloween. Saturday night marks the Huskers’ 20th Halloween game. Nebraska is 17-2 all-time when playing on Oct. 31. The last time NU played on Halloween night was in 1992, when they absolutely routed Koy Detmer and Colorado, 52-7.
Nebraska ended Oklahoma’s 74-game conference unbeaten streak in NU’s 25-21 home win in 1959. NU hadn’t lost on October 31 in program history until they lost to Texas in 1998. NU’s only other loss was at Purdue in 2015, the last time Oct. 31 fell on a Saturday…