The Nebraska Cornhuskers had decided to cancel their home-and-home football series with the Tennessee Volunteers.
That decision will end up being costly for the Huskers. Brett McMurphy of Action Network is reporting that there’s a buyout involved, and it’s going to cost Nebraska $500,000 for each game that got canceled.
Nebraska must pay $1 million buyout; it’s $500,000 for each game https://t.co/IjLuW9JFp4
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) February 21, 2025
That’s a ton of money for a program to just cancel a series, but to be fair to the Huskers, it’s not like they’re simply trying to dodge Josh Heupel’s Tennessee squad.
According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, one of the reasons Nebraska canceled the series is because it wants an extra home game in 2027. The program expects there to be reduced capacity at Memorial Stadium because of planned renovations. The first game of the series was scheduled to be played in Lincoln in 2026, which would have had Nebraska on the road at Rocky Top in 2027.
The Huskers are essentially looking for one more opportunity get fans to games in 2027 since space is going to be limited.
Sources: Tennessee and Nebraska are canceling their upcoming football series, which was schedule for 2026 in Lincoln and 2027 in Knoxville. A driver of the move was Nebraska wanting eight home games in 2027 when they expected reduced stadium capacity because of renovations.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) February 21, 2025
Still, you don’t just find $1 million in change in the couch, and that’s important money for a program like Nebraska that’s trying to build back to relevancy — especially in the NIL era.
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