2025 Nebraska Cornhuskers Week 2 Betting Lines
Week 1 saw the Nebraska Cornhuskers meet the Cincinnati Bearcats at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. A large contingent of Nebraska fans made Arrowhead a sea of red. Expectations have not been this high for the Big Red in over a decade. Head coach Matt Rhule and the Huskers won a game that they would usually lose, but gamblers and Husker Nation were expecting more. Still, a win is a win and beats the alternative. This week brings the home opener for Nebraska. The Huskers are hosting the Akron Zips in a game they should win handily.
Nebraska vs. Akron Week 2 Betting Lines
Spread: Nebraska -34.5
Total: 48
Money Line: TBA
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Nebraska Cornhuskers Weekly Matchup
On Saturday, September 6, 2025, the Nebraska Cornhuskers will host the Akron Zips at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Kickoff time is 7:30 p.m. ET, with television coverage on BTN.
In their last game, the Akron Zips lost 10-0 against the Wyoming Cowboys as 4.5-point home dogs. The game went under the total of 47.5.
The Zips and Cowboys played a scoreless first quarter before Wyoming struck first on a 25-yard field goal with 5:20 left in the second quarter. Wyoming would find the end zone in the fourth quarter to take its 10-0 lead on a 35-yard strike with 4:21 left in the final frame of action.
The Zips' defense kept them within striking distance, holding the Cowboys to just a field goal through three quarters, but the offense struggled to sustain drives. Akron managed 228 total yards and finished just 3 of 15 on third down. The unit forced an interception and held Wyoming to just one red-zone score on two trips. QB Ben Finley went 16 of 38 for 139 yards and one interception.
Nebraska Cornhuskers Weekly Recap
Last game, the Nebraska Cornhuskers won 20-17 against the Cincinnati Bearcats as 6-point favorites. The game went under the total of 51. Malcolm Hartzog Jr. made an acrobatic one-handed interception in the end zone with 34 seconds remaining, sealing Nebraska’s win over Cincinnati on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo. The game was the season opener for both teams.
The Bearcats got the ball with 1:36 left at their own 9-yard line after a Nebraska punt. Quarterback Brendan Sorsby guided Cincinnati to the Cornhuskers' 33-yard line before Hartzog’s clinching pick.
It was a tight game the entire night, with the teams relying on methodical approaches to move the ball. Cornhuskers quarterback Dylan Raiola was accurate and decisive throughout the night, throwing for 243 yards and two touchdowns while completing 33 of his 42 passes.
Five Cornhuskers had at least five receptions, with running back Emmett Johnson leading the way with seven receptions. Nyziah Hunter topped the team with 65 receiving yards and added a touchdown grab among his six catches.
Nebraska’s secondary held Sorsby in check. He had just 20 passing yards at halftime and then threw for a meager four yards in the third quarter. He finished 13 of 25 for 69 yards.
However, with the passing lanes not open, Sorsby used his legs to move the Bearcats down the field in the second half. Cincinnati’s second-year quarterback led the team in rushing with 96 yards on 13 attempts and scored both of his touchdowns on the ground in the second half.
After not running a single play in the red zone in the first half, the Bearcats took two of their first three drives in the second half all the way to the end zone for touchdowns. Those two drives covered 57 and 75 yards. Cincinnati, however, has now lost six straight games dating back to last season and is 8-17 under Scott Satterfield as the head coach.
2025 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Schedule
| DATE |
OPPONENT |
SCORE |
RECORD |
| Aug 28 |
vs. Cincinnati Bearcats |
W 20-17 |
1-0 |
| Sep 6 |
vs. Akron Zips |
- |
- |
| Sep 13 |
vs. HCU Huskies |
- |
- |
| Sep 20 |
vs. Michigan Wolverines |
- |
- |
| Sep 27 |
OFF |
| Oct 4 |
vs. Michigan State Spartans |
- |
- |
| Oct 11 |
at Maryland Terrapins |
- |
- |
| Oct 17 |
at Minnesota Golden Gophers |
- |
- |
| Oct 25 |
vs. Northwestern Wildcats |
- |
- |
| Nov 1 |
vs. USC Trojans |
- |
- |
| Nov 8 |
at UCLA Bruins |
- |
- |
| Nov 15 |
OFF |
| Nov 22 |
at Penn State Nittany Lions |
- |
- |
| Nov 29 |
vs. Iowa Hawkeyes |
- |
- |
Once, it seemed as though the Nebraska football program had always been good, and it’s because they had been. They won 10 or more games 26 times, had five unbeaten seasons, and claimed five national championships. They played in 51 bowl games in those 55 years and were also ranked in the top 25 of every AP poll from 1970 to 2001.
The success didn’t start in 1961; it happened long before that. The Huskers enjoyed 17 straight winning campaigns at the beginning of the 20th century. Nebraska appeared in its first bowl game with a Rose Bowl loss following the 1940 season and wouldn’t get its first win until 1960. Bob Devaney led the Huskers to back-to-back national championships in 1970 and 1971 by going a combined 24-0-1.
Tom Osborne took over in 1972 and led the program to unprecedented success. The Huskers won at least nine games every season, were ranked in the AP poll every week, and appeared in a bowl at the conclusion of each season. Osborne retired following a perfect 13-0 record and the program’s fifth national championship in 1997. Nebraska ended its affiliation with the Big 12 Conference to join the Big Ten in 2011. The success hasn’t come as easily in the past decade or so, but Nebraska is hoping to take the next step forward in 2024.
After favorite son Scott Frost failed miserably as head coach from 2018-2022, Matt Rhule was hired. Rhule rebuilt programs at Temple and Baylor and has Nebraska on the right track. Ironically, Nebraska’s renaissance will be led by a native New Yorker who has become the ultimate Nebraska citizen.
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