Here's a look back at Matt Rhule's past turnarounds at Temple and Baylor from Year 1 to Year 2 as Nebraska football is out to its best start since 2016:

This article originally appeared on Cornhuskers Wire: What Nebraska coach Matt Rhule and Illinois coach Bret Bielema said after the Illini upset the Huskers No. 24 Illinois is off to a 4-0 start for the first time since 2011 after defeating No. 22 Nebraska in Lincoln, 31–24.

Things took an ugly turn for Matt Rhule’s Nebraska Cornhuskers. Coming off a heroic win against Northern Iowa, never in their wildest dreams the Huskers fans had imagined losing to Illinois. But fate got them really bad when their touchdown got snubbed and fell prey to what they believed was blatant referee bias.

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule was under fire after collapsing late in the game. In the fourth quarter, with less than two minutes to go in the contest, Rhule called a timeout while the Cornhuskers were on defense.

Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule has taken his teams to Conference Championship games and to a New Year's Six Bowl. When up against AP-ranked teams, though, Rhule's teams normally f

Nebraska (3-1) came into Friday night's game against the No. 24 Illinois Fighting Illini (4-0) with their first AP Top 25 ranking since 2019, sitting at No. 22. However, after a 31-24 loss in overtime, the Cornhuskers may find themselves unranked yet again.

Nebraska football suffered their first loss of the season on Friday night, dropping a shocker in Lincoln against No. 24 Illinois 31-24 in overtime. Matt Rhule and the Cornhuskers had plenty of chances to win the game in regulation,