[Husker] Huskers to Face Huskies on ABC

[Richard K Alloway]

>From Media Relations this morning.

Rick
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Huskers to Face Huskies on ABC

Lincoln - Nebraska's non-conference clash at Washington on Saturday, Sept. 
18, has been selected for an ABC telecast. The announcement was made 
Tuesday by ABC and the Pac-10 Conference. 
The game is set for a 2:30 p.m. CT (12:30 p.m. PT) kickoff from Husky 
Stadium (capacity 72,500) in Seattle. Nebraska's game with Washington will 
mark the first meeting between the two teams since Sept. 26, 1998, at 
Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, when the second-ranked Huskers rolled to a 
55-7 win over the ninth-ranked Huskies in front of 76,372 fans and an ABC 
television audience.
The previous season, No. 7 Nebraska pounded its way to a 27-14 win over 
the No. 2 Huskies in front of 74,023 fans in Seattle and an ABC audience. 
The Huskers went on to win the 1997 national championship in Coach Tom 
Osborne's final season on the sideline.
In a historically competitive series, Nebraska and Washington are tied 
3-3-1, including a pair of wins by the Huskies in 1991 and 1992. Nebraska 
added a win at Washington in 1967. The first meeting between the two 
schools dates all the way back to a 6-6 tie in Lincoln in 1925, before the 
Huskies defeated NU in the first showdown in Seattle in 1926.
Head coach Bo Pelini will lead the Huskers to Washington after guiding 
Nebraska to a 10-4 campaign that included a 33-0 win over Arizona in the 
Holiday Bowl. The Huskers, who won the Big 12 North, finished the season 
14th in the final Associated Press Poll.
Washington is coming off a 5-7 campaign in Coach Steve Sarkisian's first 
season at the helm. The Huskies, who were 5-2 at home, finished seventh in 
the Pac-10 with a 4-5 mark that included home wins over USC, Arizona, 
Washington State and California.
The telecast of the Nebraska-Washington matchup is the second announced TV 
game with kickoff time for the Huskers in 2010 season. NU will face Kansas 
State in Manhattan on Thursday, Oct. 7, in an ESPN nationally televised 
game set for 6:30 p.m.