Nebraska is bowl-eligible for the first time since 2016 after a 44-25 win over Wisconsin on Saturday. The win snapped a four-game skid for the Cornhuskers after a 5-1 start to the season.  Nebraska jumped out to a 21-10 halftime lead and didn't look to get the blueblood program back to the postseason.

Nebraska scored 10 points in the last 17 seconds of the first half and Wisconsin couldn't recover, losing 44-25 in the Big Ten Conference matchup in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday

Nebraska improved to 6-5 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten in front of 86,923 fans in the 403rd consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium. Wisconsin falls to 5-6 on the season and 3-5 in the league. Emmett Johnson led the Husker offense,

Nebraska football entered its “Sea of Red” aiming to shed a title attached to them for too long. The Cornhuskers endured the longest such bowl drought for a school representing a power conference. The ‘Huskers now know their season will stretch to December.

Nebraska never trailed in a 44-25 win over Wisconsin on Saturday, securing the program’s first bowl game since the 2016 season.