LINCOLN, NEB. ? Nebraska’s players and coaches agree that the program’s 35-game win streak over Kansas is impressive, but it will mean nothing when the teams meet Saturday.

The Cornhuskers’ string of victories over the Jayhawks is the second-longest in Division I-A. The all-time record is Notre Dame’s current 40-game streak against Navy.

The last time Nebraska lost to Kansas was Oct. 12, 1968, when a sixth-ranked Jayhawks team came into Memorial Stadium in Lincoln and beat the No. 9 Huskers, 23-13.

Since then, Nebraska has dominated the series, scoring 40 or more points in 26 of 35 games and holding the Jayhawks to fewer than 10 points 23 times.

“With all due respect, that’s a great accomplishment, but that’s for the former players and former coaches,” first-year coach Bill Callahan said. “We’ve got our work cut out. We’ve got to set our own tradition.”

The last 10 times Kansas has visited Lincoln, the Huskers have won by an average score of 53-9.

Having grown up in Omaha, defensive tackle Titus Adams knows all about the tradition of Nebraska beating KU.

Adams remembers the Huskers of his childhood as the “bully” that would pound on the 98-pound weakling of the Big Eight, now the Big 12.

“Somebody said we’ve been losing a lot of streaks, so don’t lose this one,” Adams said.

A loss to Kansas would be another punch to the gut for a Nebraska program that has seen a number of its impressive streaks end the last two years.

The signature streak — winning nine games for 33 straight years — ended with the 7-7 campaign in 2002. That also ended the run of 40 consecutive above-.500 seasons.

A 2002 loss at Oklahoma State was Nebraska’s first in that series since 1961. The Huskers’ streak of 348 straight weeks in the Associated Press poll also ended in 2002.

Last year, the Huskers lost to Missouri for the first time in 24 years and lost at home to Kansas State for the first time since 1968.

Only two significant streaks remain: the NCAA record of 35 consecutive bowls and the 35-game win streak over Kansas.

Offensive lineman Jake Andersen said long runs of dominance over a single opponent was a thing of the past in college football.

“You can’t look at that anymore because parity in college football is so good,” Andersen said. “We know Kansas is going to come here looking for a win.”