The Nebraska Cornhuskers are getting primetime treatment for their 2025 season opener in one of the NFL’s most iconic stadiums with a couple of NFL icons promising to show up.
Nebraska’s matchup with the Cincinnati Bearcats in Kansas City on Thursday, Aug. 28, will be televised on ESPN with kickoff set for 8 p.m. CT. The Huskers and Bearcats will square off at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Nebraska’s first contest at the home of the Kansas City Chiefs since the 2006 Big 12 Championship Game.
The game promises to have some star power in the stands, as Cincy alums Jason and Travis Kelce have already said they’re going to the game. Travis, of course, plays for the Chiefs.
It’s also Nebraska’s first regular-season game in Kansas City since 1998. The matchup was originally scheduled as a Cincinnati home game before being moved to a neutral site. It marks just the second all-time meeting between the schools and the first since a 1906 matchup in Lincoln.
The Cincinnati game in Kansas City marks Nebraska’s second neutral-site opener in four seasons after opening the 2022 season against Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland. It also marks the fourth time in the past five seasons Nebraska has opened the season either in Week Zero or on a Thursday night. Nebraska opened the 2023 season at Minnesota in a Thursday night contest.
This is first kickoff time set for the Huskers’ 2025 season. Additional game times and television designations for the upcoming season are expected to be announced by the end of May.
