LINCOLN, NEB. ? Nebraska I-back Dahrran Diedrick isn’t shying away from questions about why the Cornhuskers haven’t played well on the road.

Nebraska’s last road victory was nearly a year ago, when the Huskers traveled to Kansas on Nov. 3 and beat the Jayhawks 51-7.

The next four trips away from Lincoln have been well documented.

There was the 62-36 loss at Colorado, followed by the 37-14 loss to Miami in the Rose Bowl. Then came Penn State’s 40-7 win in September and Iowa State’s 36-14 victory two weeks later.

“You can’t really get sick of it because it’s true,” Diedrick said.

The Huskers (5-2, 1-1 Big 12) get to try again today at Oklahoma State (2-4, 0-2), which has not beaten Nebraska since 1961.

“We need to prove ourselves as a road team. That’s obvious,” Nebraska coach Frank Solich said. “We have not played well in our previous so many games on the road. What we need to do is undertake this game in a manner that we’re going to play the way we’re capable of playing.”

The Cowboys are at home again after consecutive losses at Kansas State and Texas. Oklahoma State pushed the Longhorns, who were ranked No. 2 at the time, in a 17-15 loss. Last week it wasn’t so close. The Wildcats blew out the Cowboys 44-9.

“We were all a little disappointed in the way that we played and the outcome of the game,” Oklahoma State linebacker Paul Duren said. “We can not dwell on things and we have to move on. I feel like as a team we did that and we are getting ready for Nebraska.”

A big part of Nebraska’s struggle on the road has been the lack of a running game. The Huskers ran for 252 yards at Penn State, but 111 came from quarterback Jammal Lord, who was forced to scramble several times. At Iowa State, the Huskers rushed for just 81 yards, their lowest total since gaining 73 against Oklahoma State in 1998.

I-back Thunder Collins left the team this week after being suspended for four games for violating undisclosed NCAA rules and dropping from No. 2 on the depth chart.

Solich has added true freshman David Horne to the I-back lineup to try to spark the rushing attack, and it has worked well. In wins over McNeese State and Missouri, Horne averaged 84.5 yards. Diedrick, who led the Big 12 last year with 1,299 yards, has struggled. He is averaging 65.6 yards per game.

Solich said Diedrick will get the start today, but Horne is definitely the No. 2 running back and could be rising.

Diedrick, who spent his freshman and sophomore seasons backing up Dan Alexander and Correll Buckhalter, doesn’t relish the possibility of losing his starting job.

“Being able to win is way more important than any individual statistics that you can get,” Diedrick said. “It’s always going to be on your mind when you go home. Especially when you don’t do great and somebody else does and it kind of seems like things are turning on you. You’ve just got to keep your head up.”