Colorado-Nebraska Football Game To Air On NBC

NEW YORK CITY – Colorado's football game at Nebraska on September 7 will air on NBC and kickoff at 5:30 p.m. MT/6:30 p.m. CT, the network announced as part of its Upfront, a presentation showcasing the network's concentrated portfolio of sports, entertainment, news and streaming platforms to advertisers.

As part of its Upfront presentation, NBC showcased two football games, the Colorado at Nebraska game in Week 2 to open the second season under Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders, and the Fresno State at Michigan game in Week 1.

This will be just the eighth game in CU history on a national broadcast on NBC, with six of the other seven being Bowl games, including the 1962, '77, '90 and '91 Orange Bowls and the 1993 and '95 Fiesta Bowls. The only regular season game shown nationally on NBC came when CU opened the 1990 season against Tennessee in the Pigskin Classic. CU has not played a game on NBC since the 1995 Fiesta Bowl.

One of the most watched teams in the nation last year, the Buffs were on network television five times and had eight games on network television or the flagship ESPN station and nine games overall not on regional or conference networks, all the most in CU history.

Colorado and Nebraska are closing out the second home-and-home series since the two discontinued as conference partners in 2010. The Buffs have won all three of those games to date, including both in the first home-and-home series in dramatic fasion. CU won 33-28 in Lincoln in 2018 on a last second Steven Montez-to-Laviska Shenault touchdown and 34-31 in 2019 in overtime on a James Stefanou field goal after being down 17-0 at halftime.

Last season in Boulder, CU dismantled the Huskers 36-14 in the second game of the Coach Prime Era. Shedeur Sanders was 31-of-42 for 393 yards and two touchdowns and the Buffs defense caused four turnovers, including a early interception from Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig that led to CU's first touchdown and a 10-0 lead.

Overall, Nebraska owns the series edge 49-21-2, including a 26-9 mark in Lincoln, but the Buffs are 3-3 against the Huskers the last six games at Memorial Stadium, dating back to 2002.

The Buffs were also part of the Upfront last season when FOX announced the season opener at TCU on Big Noon Kickoff as part of its presentation.

Players Mentioned

Shedeur Sanders

Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig

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