Nebraska extends record streak vs AP ranked opponents with loss to Oklahoma

An interesting week for Nebraska culminated with a blowout loss to Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon. In the process, the Cornhuskers extended a program record losing streak.

Nebraska has now lost 19 consecutive games against AP-ranked opponents — the longest streak in school history, according to SEC Network’s Cole Cubelic. Saturday’s game didn’t go well despite a hot start as the Cornhuskers fell to Oklahoma 49-14 at Memorial Stadium in the first game of the Mickey Joseph Era.

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Joseph is serving as Nebraska’s interim head coach after the university fired Scott Frost following last week’s loss to Georgia Southern at home. With the loss to the Sooners, the Cornhuskers are now 1-3 to start the season.

Report: Urban Meyer contacted as part of Nebraska coaching search

It’s fortuitous that the week after Nebraska finally jettisoned now-former head coach Scott Frost, three-time national champion coach Urban Meyer would be on campus. Now, the explicit reason for Meyer’s visit is obvious: He’s on Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff pregame show, which was broadcasting live from Lincoln before the Cornhuskers embarked on the post-Frost era against Oklahoma.

A few hours after Meyer basked in front of a red-clad crowd chanting “We Want Urban!” during the broadcast, CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd reported that Meyer has been “contacted” by Nebraska regarding the job. While Meyer is not expressly a candidate, per the report, he was pinged to help as the search for a new coach takes shape.

“It was not made clear whether Meyer was asked about his interest in holding the job,” Dodd wrote.

Meyer’s name has frequently come up when college head coaching jobs have come open since he retired from coaching Ohio State after the 2018 season. He’s won a national championship there (2014) and two at Florida (2006, 2008).