BC is off to a 4-1 start this season and earned a spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time since 2018. The Eagles lost three straight, then defeated Syracuse, North Carolina and Pittsburgh to cement their first seven-point win. Winning the regular season since 2018. A win on Saturday would give BC its first eight-win season since 2009.

Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between BC and Nebraska in football. In previous trips to the Pinstripe Bowl, the Eagles lost to Penn State (2014) and Iowa (2017).

BC is bowl eligible for the eighth time in nine years and the 32nd time in program history. The Eagles are 15-13 in bowl games; Their bowl games in 2018 and 2021 were canceled and BC forgo the 2020 bowl season due to COVID concerns.

The Cornhuskers finished 12th in the Big Ten and lost five of their last six games after starting 5-1. Nebraska lost by single digits to Ohio State, USC and Iowa late in the year, but managed enough to secure its first bowl berth since 2016.

“Of course I know the Big Ten,” BC coach Bill O’Brien said. “Nebraska’s history in college football in this country is fantastic. Being able to go to Yankee Stadium is a great opportunity for our guys. It means a lot.”

Globe correspondent Trevor Hass contributed reporting.

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