Nebraska reportedly parts ways with defensive coordinator John Butler
AND WELCOME TO BIG RED ZONE GAME DAY. I’M LAUREN MICHELSON, NOT THE SENIOR DAY. NEBRASKA WAS HOPING FOR. THE HEROES TROPHY ISN’T COMING BACK TO LINCOLN AS IOWA WINS AGAIN. THE HAWKEYES SEVEN STRAIGHT OVER THE HUSKERS. WHILE MAT DROPS TO TWO AND TEN IN NOVEMBER GAMES AS NEBRASKA’S HEAD COACH, FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK TJ LATEEF, MAKING HIS FIRST START AT MEMORIAL STADIUM. NOT WHAT HE WOULD HAVE WANTED IN HIS DEBUT THERE. FIRST QUARTER EMMITT JOHNSON, ONE OF THE LITTLE BRIGHT SPOTS OF THE DAY, A 71 YARD RUN MAKING IT LOOK EASY, THE LONGEST OF HIS CAREER, INITIALLY RULED A TOUCHDOWN CALLED BACK, SAYING HE WAS DOWN AT THE SIX INCH LINE. NEXT PLAY, EJ GOES UP AND OVER IN THE END ZONE AS HUSKERS TAKE A SEVEN NOTHING LEAD. LATER IN THE FIRST MARK, GRONOWSKI HITS A WIDE OPEN DJ VON MIAMI FOR A 35 YARD TOUCHDOWN. THE HAWKEYES TAKE A TEN SEVEN LEAD ON THE HUSKERS ENSUING DRIVE. TJ LATEEF FINDS JOHNSON AGAIN PHYSICAL CATCH AND RUN FOR A 13 YARD PICKUP. THE HUSKERS SETTLE FOR A FIELD GOAL TO CAP THE DRIVE. KYLE CUNANAN FROM 31 YARDS OUT, TIES IT AT TEN. CUNANAN WENT THREE FOR THREE TODAY. SECOND QUARTER NOW, QUARTERBACK RUN GAME HAS BEEN AN ISSUE ALL SEASON FOR THE HUSKERS, AND IOWA WAS NO DIFFERENT. GRONKOWSKI BREAKS FREE FOR A 29 YARD RUN. THEN JUST A FEW PLAYS LATER, KAMARI MOLTON FINISHES THE JOB. THE HAWKEYES ARE BACK IN FRONT, 1713. IOWA LED 2416, IN THE HALF OUT OF THE BREAK. NOTHING GOING NEBRASKA’S WAY AS JAKARI BARNEY FUMBLES THE RETURN. ISAIAH HUNTER RECOVERS IT IN THE END ZONE. SO IT’S AN IOWA HAWKEYES LEAD, 2616. BAD TURNS TO WORSE AS GRONOWSKI AND THE HUSKERS CONTINUE TO POUR IT ON SIX YARD TOUCHDOWN AS GRONOWSKI WAVES GOODBYE TO THE FANS, STARTING TO POUR OUT OF MEMORIAL STADIUM, THE HAWKEYES SHUT OUT THE HUSKERS IN THE SECOND HALF, KEEPING THE HEROES TROPHY 4016. THE FINAL. BY THE NUMBERS IOWA RACKED UP 379 YARDS, BUT DIDN’T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR BIG PLAYS FROM GRONOWSKI, BOTH ON THE GROUND AND THROUGH THE AIR. THE HUSKERS STRUGGLED IN THE PASSING GAME. TJ LATEEF COMPLETED JUST 38% OF HIS PASSES. AS YOU LOOK AT THE STATS HERE, TIME, POSSESSION, A LITTLE BIT OFF, THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY. STILL A GLARING ISSUE FOR NEBRASKA. JUST FIVE OF 15. NOW HERE’S ANDY KENNY WITH THE POSTGAME STORY FROM MEMORIAL STADIUM. WELL, THE DOMINANCE CONTINUES FOR THE IOWA HAWKEYES OVER THE NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS. THAT’S NOW THREE STRAIGHT WINS AND TEN OUT OF THE LAST 11 MEETINGS. THE HAWKEYES ARE TAKING HOME THE HEROES GAME TROPHY. BUT UNLIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, THIS ONE WASN’T DECIDED IN THE LAST COUPLE SECONDS. THIS ONE WAS DECIDED IN THE THIRD QUARTER AS THE HAWKEYES OUTSCORE THE HUSKERS 16 NOTHING IN THE SECOND HALF TO PULL AWAY AND WIN 40 TO 16. I’LL BE THE YOU KNOW, I’LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND. I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FEELS TO ALL THE GREAT FANS THAT WE HAVE. STUDENT SECTION THAT’S FULL. PEOPLE COME TO THE GAME AND. I’M I UNDERSTAND THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT. PLAY OF THE GAME EARLY THIRD QUARTER JA’COREY BARNEY BACK THE FIELD THE PUNT AND HE BOBBLES DROPS IT, PICKS IT UP, GETS HIT. BALLS LOOSE IN THE END ZONE. BALL’S FREE. JAMIR KHAN’S GOT IT. BALL IS STILL LOOSE IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. IT SHOULD BE A SAFETY. YEAH. YOU KNOW HE’S A GREAT GREAT GREAT RETURNER. THE SECOND RETURN HE HAD WAS A DYNAMIC RETURN. THEY CALLED YOU KNOW PERSONAL FOUL TO BRING IT BACK. BUT YOU KNOW. THAT I DON’T THINK THAT PLAY WAS PROBABLY THE END ALL BE ALL. BUT IT CERTAINLY DIDN’T HELP THE HUSKERS WASTE A CAREER DAY FROM EMMETT JOHNSON, WHO RUNS FOR A CAREER HIGH 217 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. WE CAN TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT, BUT IF WE IF WE DIDN’T WIN THE GAME, I’M NOT REALLY GOING TO BE HAPPY. SO ME, MY JOB IS JUST TO HELP THIS TEAM WIN. AND THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALWAYS BEEN. AND SO I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ALL ABOUT ME. I WANT TO WIN FOR THIS PROGRAM. I WANT NEBRASKA TO WIN FOOTBALL GAMES. AND THAT’S ALL I CARE ABOUT. SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON THE HUSKERS LOSE THREE OF THEIR FINAL FOUR GAMES, ALL IN NOVEMBER, AND THEY FALL TO THEIR BIGGEST RIVAL. I FEEL LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS MY FAULT. I HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE PLAYS, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE THE GAME AND IMPACT THE TEAM IN A POSITIVE WAY. AND I DIDN’T MAKE THOSE PLAYS. I JUST PLEASE DON’T BE LIKE SUPER TOXIC AT THE PLAYERS BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO PUT IT ON ME LIKE I’M IN CHARGE OF THIS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TROY AND HIM, THEY EXTENDED ME LIKE THEY BELIEVE IN WHAT WE’RE DOING. AND THEN ALL SUDDEN WE COME DOWN, WE LOSE THESE LAST TWO GAMES. I’M — AT MYSELF LIKE I DON’T, YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW WHERE WE’RE HEADED. I KNOW WHAT WE’RE DOING. I KNOW WHERE WE’RE MOVING FORWARD. AND SO I JUST. I BELIEVE IN WHAT WE’RE DOING. I BELIEVE IN THE RECRUITS THAT ARE BOUGHT INTO US. I BELIEVE IN THE SIGNING CLASS WEDNESDAY. AND SO I DON’T WANT TO OVERREACT. SO NOW THE HUSKERS PLAY THE WAITING GAME. THEY FINISH THE SEASON SEVEN AND FIVE. THEY’LL LEARN THEIR FATE NEXT SUNDAY. BUT ALL SIGNS POINT TO LAS VEGAS REPORTING FROM MEMORIAL STADIUM IN LINCOLN. ANDY KENDEIGH. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN SPORTS ANDY THANKS IOWA ENTERED THE DAY RANKED EIGHTH NATIONALLY IN TOTAL DEFENSE AND SCORING DEFENSE, WHILE THE HAWKEYES OFFENSE STOLE THE SHOW TODAY, THE GAME BALL WENT TO ONE OF THEIR DEFENSIVE STARS, THOUGH AFTER A MILESTONE WEEK, HERE’S OUR MATT SOTTILE NOW WITH THE FINAL DRIVE FROM LINCOLN. WHAT A WHIRLWIND FOR IOWA DEFENSIVE LINEMAN AARON GRAVES ON THANKSGIVING, HIS WIFE AUBREE GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR FIRST BABY BOY, GREYSON. 24 HOURS LATER, AARON WAS STANDING AT THE PODIUM AFTER BEING AWARDED THE GAME BALL FOLLOWING IOWA’S DOMINANT 4216 WIN OVER NEBRASKA. SORRY. YEAH, I MEAN, I TOLD AUBREE WHEN I LEFT, I WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE’RE I’M NOT LEAVING YOU HERE IN THE HOSPITAL. SO I WAS LIKE, WE BETTER WIN THIS FREAKING GAME. TO ME, TODAY’S GAME IS REALLY REPRESENT THE KIND OF GUYS THAT WE HAVE ON THIS FOOTBALL TEAM. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO GO OUT AND FIGHT AND COMPETE FOR THE FULL 60. AND THAT’S REALLY WHAT THE GAME IS ALL ABOUT. THE HAWKEYES CELEBRATED IN FRONT OF A NEAR EMPTY MEMORIAL STADIUM, INCLUDING SOUTH DAKOTA STATE TRANSFER MARK GRONOWSKI, WHO LED THE CHARGE ON OFFENSE IN HIS FIRST HEROES GAME. YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING GOODBYE TO THEM AND KIND OF BURIED THE GAME AWAY. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE TALKING TRASH ALL DAY. YOU CAN HEAR HIM FROM BEHIND US. AND IT WAS KIND OF GOOD TO PUT HIM AWAY. IT’S JUST AWESOME MAN. LIKE I SAID CLEARING THE CLEARING THE FANS OUT IN THE THIRD QUARTER, EVERYBODY WAS ROLLING AND IT WAS JUST AWESOME TO SEE THE TEAM KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND GET THE VICTORY THAT WE DID. IOWA HAS NOW WON EIGHT REGULAR SEASON GAMES IN EVERY FULL SEASON SINCE 2015. THEY’RE JUST ONE OF FOUR PROGRAMS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO DO SO. JOINING ALABAMA, GEORGIA AND OHIO STATE. THE DEFINITION OF CONSISTENCY COVERING THE HUSKERS AND HAWKEYES IN LINCOLN, MATT SOTTILE KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN SPORTS. THANK YOU MATT. DESPITE THE LOSS, EMMA JOHNSON IS THE UNDENIABLE BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE HUSKERS. RUSHED FOR A CAREER HIGH 217 YARDS, ONE TOUCHDOWN, THE MOT YARDS IN A GAME BY HUSKER BACK SINCE AMEER ABDULLAH AGAINST RUTGERS. MORE THAN 11 YEARS AGO. JOHNSON, THOUGH, WITH SOME BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE. WILL HE PLAY IN THE BOWL GAME? STAY AT NEBRASKA OR DECLARE FOR THE NFL DRAFT? NO DECISIONS SHARED TODAY, BUT JOHNSON SAYS HE’LL TALK IT OUT WITH HIS FAMILY. NOW HERE’S ANDY KENDEIGH AND SEAN CALLAHAN WITH THE EXTRA POINT. ALL RIGHT, EXTRA POINT TIME. SEAN, THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE. THE HUSKERS WERE BEAT UP FRONT PHYSICALLY, ESPECIALLY IN THAT SECOND HALF AFTER A BUNCH OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES EARLY ON. THE STORY OF THE GAME WAS TOUCHDOWNS VERSUS FIELD GOALS. IOWA HAD THREE CONSECUTIVE TOUCHDOWN DRIVES. NEBRASKA HAD THREE CONSECUTIVE FIELD GOAL DRIVES, AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE EARLY MARGIN. BUT THEN FROM THAT POINT ON, THERE WASN’T A LOT OF MARGIN FOR ERROR. AND I FELT LIKE THE POINT THAT TURNED THE GAME WAS THE FUMBLE IN THE END ZONE, WHICH LED TO A SAFETY. AND THEN FROM THAT POINT ON, THE GAME JUST NEVER FELT THE SAME. YEAH, MADE IT A TWO SCORE GAME. AND HOW ABOUT KIRK FERENTZ? GIVE HIM HIS FLOWERS. THE GUY OWNS OWNS NEBRASKA SEVEN STRAIGHT IN LINCOLN ANDY. AND TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, NO OTHER HEAD COACH IN THE HISTORY OF NEBRASKA FOOTBALL HAS WON SEVEN STRAIGHT AS AN OPPOSING HEAD COACH. BUD WILKINSON, THE LEGENDARY OKLAHOMA HEAD COACH, WON SIX STRAIGHT. NOW, KIRK FERENTZ HAS TOPPED THAT WITH SEVEN STRAIGHT. YEAH, KIRK FERENTZ NOW 11 AND SIX ALL TIME AGAINST NEBRASKA. HIS IOWA HAWKEYES FINISHED THE SEASON AT EIGHT AND FOUR. NEBRASKA, SEVEN A
Nebraska reportedly parts ways with defensive coordinator John Butler
The Huskers have parted ways with their defensive coordinator after one season, according to a report.Big Red Zone Insider Sean Callahan reported for On3 that John Butler was relieved of his duties with Nebraska. An official announcement is expected Monday, Callahan said.Butler replaced Tony White after the 2024 season. He was previously the secondary coach and pass game coordinator for the Huskers.Butler received a two-year contract from Nebraska after his promotion to defensive coordinator. According to his contract, Butler’s salary was $1 million for the 2025 season, increasing to $1.1 million for 2026.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
The Huskers have parted ways with their defensive coordinator after one season, according to a report.
Big Red Zone Insider Sean Callahan reported for On3 that John Butler was relieved of his duties with Nebraska. An official announcement is expected Monday, Callahan said.
Butler replaced Tony White after the 2024 season. He was previously the secondary coach and pass game coordinator for the Huskers.
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Butler received a two-year contract from Nebraska after his promotion to defensive coordinator. According to his contract, Butler’s salary was $1 million for the 2025 season, increasing to $1.1 million for 2026.
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