Social Media Reacts to Husker Alternate Uniforms, the Call for a Memorial Stadium Blackout

With anything related to Nebraska football, especially the uniforms and tradition, everyone has an opinion and hardly any of those are kept quiet.

Fans reacted to the new all-black alternate uniforms that were unveiled Friday morning. The program also called for those fans to black out Memorial Stadium for the USC game, when the alternates will be worn, giving more discussion fodder ahead of the second-to-last week before the season kicks off.

You can run, but you can't hide. pic.twitter.com/WrfZJp2E8r
— Nebraska Football (@HuskerFootball) August 15, 2025

Adidas has been the apparel sponsor for Nebraska since 1995. Earlier this year, Husker quarterback Dylan Raiola entered into an NIL partnership with the athletic apparel and footwear company.

Check out the fan reactions for and against the alternates themselves, as well as the call for a blackout game, below.

In favor of the alternates

These are so tuff
— Blackshirts (@blvckshirts) August 15, 2025

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— Celtic Husker ☘️🎈 (@celtic_husker) August 15, 2025

🔥🔥🔥
— Vincent Shavers Sr (@VinceShay1) August 15, 2025

Excellent! LG!!!!!
— Douglas Decker (@Douglasddecker) August 15, 2025

Against the alternates

Just threw up in my mouth a little. https://t.co/sYN1Fpck5T
— Dr. Rob Zatechka (@DocTalkSports) August 15, 2025

Ehhhh idk about these https://t.co/VroG7hyhm1
— Michael Rose-Ivey (@CoachRoseIvey) August 15, 2025

These are not great. Not bad. Just Meh.
— Jared Silvey (@Jared__Silvey) August 15, 2025

Sweet black outs, but I would have preferred the classics against fellow blueblood USC
— Jase (@huskerjj21) August 15, 2025

Wishing for alterations

Can we get some red accents on these? Outline the numbers? Sleeve stripe? Something??
— Jonathan Jaworski (@jaworskijp) August 15, 2025

I personally think the N should still be red. And be the only red.
— P.V. (@PlushVader) August 15, 2025

In favor of the blackout

Memorial Stadium in all black for USC? That's going to be absolutely intimidating.

First blackout uniforms since 2020 and they're bringing them out for a marquee matchup. The visual alone will give us an edge - nothing like 85,000 Husker fans creating that atmosphere under the…
— Run The Damn Ball (@RTDB_95) August 15, 2025

Can we execute an actual blackout this time? How about handing a shirt out at the gate? @HuskerFootball

A sea of black for one game, to honor the Blackshirts tradition!
— Cards 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@HitTheGass_) August 15, 2025

The sea of black 👀
— Ohitssyfer (@ohitssyfer) August 15, 2025

I am painting my whole body black for this game!!!!!
— Ralphie Dampson (@ralphdampson) August 15, 2025

Against the blackout

🤣 be creative for once.

Classic huskers just copying what other schools do. I guess that’s what happens when you are below average for multiple years in a row 🤷🏿
— Kentavion Hassleback (@KHassleback) August 15, 2025

School colors?
— Brody Myers (@brody_myers15) August 15, 2025

Fans can't even wear Red to the Sea of Red. Good luck with all Black!
— Crazy Husker (@Crazy_Husker) August 15, 2025

Complaints about older fans

Oh boy the olds are NOT gonna like this. 😆
— Braski Pants (@BraskiPants) August 15, 2025

“We only wear red to the games” -some stubborn boomers pic.twitter.com/DBiwXC3A0D
— 🌽Liam Jones🌽 (0-0) (@LiamJones410) August 15, 2025

Cue the 60-70 year olds who complain that they can’t take off the same Scarlet & Crème jacket they’ve worn to every game since 1981
— Big Red Takes (@B1GRedTakes) August 15, 2025

Won't happen, nobody 70 years old and above is wearing black. Even if you put shirts on their seat, they'll wear red and be pissed you even asked.
— Tyson Crosby (@Vermithrax21) August 15, 2025

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— Joel Poland (@JRP_Photo) August 15, 2025

Apparently another Big Red has something to say

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You’re taking a stroll in a corn maze and see this, wyd? pic.twitter.com/fw1rn1FUdS
— WKU Sports (@WKUSports) August 15, 2025

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Do you like that Nebraska is wearing all-black uniforms for the USC game? #huskers
— Unsportsmanlike Conduct (@USC1620) August 15, 2025

History of alternates

Nebraska has worn alternate uniforms 13 times since 2009. The Huskers are 7-6 in those alternates, including a loss the last time the Big Red wore black.

In black alternates, Nebraska is 0-4. One of those games was against UCLA, making the Huskers winless against teams from Los Angeles when wearing any alternates.

Nebraska did not wear alternates in 2024. Coach Matt Rhule did not go into detail at the time on why "there was nothing planned for this year", simply saying it "was just sort of a philosophical decision."

You can view the alternates from 2009-23 below.