Lil' Red

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Lil' Red
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University	University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Conference	Big Ten
Description	WalkAround Inflatable Mascot
Origin of name	A state wide contest in 1993
First seen	1994 ^[1]
Related mascot(s)	Herbie Husker
Hall of Fame	2007 ^[2]

Lil' RedD is one of two mascots at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's athletics teams. Lil' Red is the newest mascot, having been created for the 1993 season after a statewide contest run for that purpose. Associate athletic director Dr. Barbara Hibner was the driving force behind Lil' Red.^[3]

He can be seen on the sideline of a Nebraska football game at Memorial Stadium, at the Pinnacle Bank Arena during basketball games and at volleyball games. The mascot is currently produced by Signs and Shapes International, Inc. based in Omaha, Nebraska. The wearer of the costume wears a "PowerBelt," a belt with an air circulation system, which brings in over 100 cubic feet (2.8 m³) of fresh outside air per minute. This is enough fresh air to accommodate roughly 1,000 people. Due to the mascot's incredibly light weight, the larger-than-life mascot can run, dance, crowd surf and shake hands.

Since its installment, Lil' Red has won two major awards. The first was the national championship at the NCAA National Mascot Competition in 1999. The second one was an induction into the 2007 Mascot Hall of Fame, which selected its winners by an online vote.^[4]

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v t e University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Academics	College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources College of Architecture College of Arts and Sciences College of Business Administration College of Education and Human Sciences College of Engineering and Technology Hixson–Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Graduate Studies College of Journalism and Mass Communications College of Law
Athletics	Football Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Volleyball Soccer Men's gymnastics Women's gymnastics Rifle Crew Club Curling Memorial Stadium Bob Devaney Sports Center Haymarket Park Nebraska Coliseum Pinnacle Bank Arena Herbie Husker Lil' Red
Campus	City Campus East Campus Innovation Campus Behlen Observatory Great Plains Art Museum Howell Theatre International Quilt Study Center Lied Center for Performing Arts Don L. Love Memorial Library Maxwell Arboretum Midwest Roadside Safety Facility Jeffrey S. Raikes School Ross Media Arts Center University of Nebraska Press Prairie Schooner Sheldon Museum of Art University of Nebraska State Museum
Student life	Cornhusker Marching Band Daily Nebraskan Dear Old Nebraska U (There Is No Place Like Nebraska) Hail Varsity Innocents Society KRNU Alumni

v t e Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Venues	Lincoln Park (1890–95) "M" Street Park (1894–96) Antelope Field (1897–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–22) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado Iowa Kansas Miami Minnesota Missouri Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin
Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Marching band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" 1939 Kansas State game 1971 Oklahoma game Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 1 Second Left
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball
Venues	Grant Memorial Hall (1896–1926, 1924–1926) State Fairgrounds Coliseum (1921–1923) Nebraska Coliseum (1926–1976) Bob Devaney Sports Center (1976–2013) Pinnacle Bank Arena (2013–present)
Rivalries	Creighton
Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e Mascots of the Big Ten Conference
East Division	No mascot (Indiana) Sparty (Michigan State) Brutus Buckeye (Ohio State) Testudo (Maryland) No mascot (Michigan) Nittany Lion (Penn State) Scarlet Knight (Rutgers)
West Division	No mascot (Illinois) Herky the Hawk (Iowa) Goldy Gopher (Minnesota) Herbie Husker / Lil' Red (Nebraska) Willie the Wildcat (Northwestern) Boilermaker Special / Purdue Pete (Purdue) Bucky Badger (Wisconsin)