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This week · Week 9Halloween Blackout

WashingtonatNebraska

Sat., Oct. 31, 2026 · 7:00 PM CT · BTN · Memorial Stadium

Washington lives on quick, short throws, with 4 of every 10 snaps being quick passes.

Source: [1][2][3][4][7]

Washington is a shotgun, quick-game team (89% shotgun, 41% of snaps are quick throws) with a bottom-10 run game (rush offense rank 130) and leaky protection (22 sacks allowed, rank 127). Nebraska owns the nation's No. 1 third-down defense (19.3%). Make them live on 3rd & 5+, where they succeed 28% of the time on film. On offense, run it at a defense Iowa ran over for 263 yards, and finish in the red zone, where UW's defense ranks 119th.

448 plays · 7 games · 2026 to date

· As of Wed Oct 28 morning, news reports had Washington QB Williams Jr. dealing with a fractured rib; no official availability report was out, and the numbers don't adjust for it.

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The Breakdown · Week 9The Blackout Blueprint: How Nebraska Beats WashingtonWashington (4-3) comes to Memorial Stadium Saturday night for the Halloween Blackout, 7 PM CT on BTN. Nebraska is 5-2. I went through Washington's film snap by snap, 314 of 442 defensive snaps and all 448 offensive snaps, to figure out what they want to do and where they crack.Read The Breakdown →

The full Week 9 scouting report & call sheet (PDF) →

Washington offense: success rate by field zoneTap in →
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  • Goal line 64%
  • Red zone 37%
  • Opp 21-35 55%
  • Opp 36-50 45%
  • Own 35-50 54%
  • Own 25-34 47%
  • Backed up 46%

448 charted snaps, 7 games. Source: Husker Film Room charting [7].

Top plays to stop

Washington's 6 biggest gains on film. Tap one to watch the chalkboard replay.

6 plays · biggest gain · 448 charted snaps

Source: Husker Film Room charting [7]. All 448 plays in the film room →

Latest report card · Week 9

1 vs 119
3rd-down ranks
NU defense vs UW offense [3]
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22
Sacks UW has allowed
rank 127 of 138 [1][3]
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28%
UW success on 3rd & 5+
film, 7 games [7]
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263
Iowa rush yds vs UW
38 carries [4]
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22 of 24
UW opp. red-zone scores
rank 119 [1][3]
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0-3
Cunanan from 50+
Robles 9-11, long 48 [4]
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Sources are numbered on the Week 9 page. Summary above: [1][2][3][4][7]

The archive

One film room per game week.

2026 · Week 9 · Halloween Blackout

Washington at Nebraska

448 plays · 7 games · 2026 to date

Sat., Oct. 31, 2026 · 448 charted snaps · interactive field · Fan Edition report

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2026 · Week 7 · Road night in Eugene

Nebraska at Oregon

251 plays · 4 games · 2026, before the Nebraska game

Sat., Oct. 17, 2026 · 251 charted snaps, film charts · interactive field · Fan Edition report

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2026 · Week 6 · Big Noon in Lincoln

Indiana at Nebraska

308 plays · 5 games · 2026, before the Nebraska game

Sat., Oct. 10, 2026 · 308 plays, ESPN play-by-play · interactive field · Fan Edition report

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2026 · Week 5 · Homecoming-week film

Maryland at Nebraska

210 plays · 3 games · 2026, before the Nebraska game

Sat., Oct. 3, 2026 · 210 plays, ESPN play-by-play · interactive field · Fan Edition report

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2026 · Week 4 · Road trip to East Lansing

Nebraska at Michigan State

199 plays · 3 games · 2026, before the Nebraska game

Sat., Sept. 26, 2026 · 199 plays, ESPN play-by-play · interactive field · Fan Edition report

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2026 · Week 3 · FCS visit, Lincoln

North Dakota at Nebraska

213 plays · 3 games · 2026, before the Nebraska game

Sat., Sept. 19, 2026 · 213 plays, ESPN play-by-play · interactive field · Fan Edition report

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2026 · Week 2 · Home night vs. the Falcons

Bowling Green at Nebraska

66 plays · 1 game · 2026, before the Nebraska game

Sat., Sept. 12, 2026 · 66 plays, ESPN play-by-play · interactive field · Fan Edition report

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2026 · Week 1 · Season opener

Ohio at Nebraska

255 plays · 4 games · end of 2025 season

Sat., Sept. 5, 2026 · 255 plays, ESPN play-by-play · interactive field · Fan Edition report

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A fan's film room for Nebraska football. We chart the opponent snap by snap, tie every number to a public source, and turn it into the stuff a coordinator would want on a laminated card: tendencies by field zone and down & distance, the looks that beat them, and suggested calls.

Charted, not guessed. Down, distance, spot and result come from official play-by-play, reconciled to the box score.

Sourced. Every section cites its sources. If it isn't in a source, it isn't on the site.

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