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Nebraska Cornhuskers to bring in FCS Fordham Rams for Sept. 4 home football game

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska finalized its 2021 football schedule with the addition of a home game against Fordham on Sept. 4, replacing a previously scheduled November game against Southeastern Louisiana.

The game against the Rams, a Football Championship Subdivision member in New York City, was announced Monday and gives Nebraska two home dates in September.

Fordham will be playing an opponent from a Power Five conference for the first time since 1954, the last season before the program went on hiatus for nine years. Nebraska will pay a $500,000 guarantee.

The Cornhuskers open Aug. 29 at Illinois.