The loss is the Badgers’ fifth consecutive to finish the campaign. That streak is the program’s longest since 1991: Barry Alvarez’s second year as the coach. It also clinches the program’s first losing season since 2001, which will likely snap its record bowl streak at 22 years barring several long-shot upsets.

Big-picture, the defeat is Wisconsin’s first to Nebraska since 2012. The result also clinched Nebraska’s first bowl appearance since 2016, snapping a nine-game losing streak with a bowl appearance at stake. Finally, it handed the Cornhuskers the Freedom Trophy for the first time in its existence.