The game is the first of nine Big Ten Conference games in 2016 , marking the first year of a nine - game league schedule .
Nebraska will begin the Big Ten portion of its 2016 schedule at Northwestern on Saturday night .
The game is the first of nine Big Ten     games in 2016 , marking the first year of a nine - game league schedule .
Nebraska will begin the Big Ten portion of its 2016 schedule at Northwestern on Saturday night .