Game notes: Washington at Nebraska
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The matchup
- Washington (4–3, 1–3 in conference) at Nebraska (5–2, 2–2 in conference), Saturday, October 31, kickoff time not yet set, Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 11th meeting; Nebraska leads the series 5–4–1.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, September 17, 2011: Nebraska 51, Washington 38.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1925: Nebraska 6, Washington 6.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Nebraska is 2–1–1 at home against Washington.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2011: Nebraska 51–38 (at Nebraska); 2010: Washington 19–7 (neutral site); 2010: Nebraska 56–21 (at Washington); 1998: Nebraska 55–7 (at Nebraska); 1997: Nebraska 27–14 (at Washington).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Washington
- Washington is 4–3 (1–3 in conference games), 0–2 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 24–10 vs. Washington State; W 16–14 vs. Utah State; W 48–16 vs. Eastern Washington; L 24–27 vs. Minnesota; L 21–25 at No. 18 USC; L 24–41 vs. No. 20 Iowa; W 38–26 at Purdue.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Washington is No. 33 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Jedd Fisch is 19–14 in his third season at Washington and 36–36 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Jedd Fisch faces Nebraska as a head coach for the first time.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Demond Williams Jr. (QB): 1,396 passing yards, 8 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Dezmen Roebuck (WR): 48 catches, 484 yards, 3 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Alex McLaughlin (S): 48 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Demond Williams Jr. needs 92 yards to pass Sonny Sixkiller (5,496, 1970–72) for ninth on Washington’s career passing yards list. He has 5,405 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 1992, Washington beat No. 15 Stanford 41–7.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Nebraska
- Nebraska is 5–2 (2–2 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 49–21 vs. Ohio; W 56–7 vs. Bowling Green; W 34–7 vs. North Dakota; W 31–13 at Michigan State; W 48–23 vs. Maryland; L 17–20 vs. No. 7 Indiana; L 14–17 at Oregon.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Nebraska has lost two straight, since beating Maryland 48–23 (Oct. 3, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Nebraska is No. 32 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Nebraska is one of five FBS teams that have led at halftime of every game this season, with Ohio State, SMU, Utah and Virginia Tech.resultsFBS teams ahead at halftime of each game this season, read from the score after every scoring play (four games or more).
- Matt Rhule is 24–21 in his fourth season at Nebraska and 71–64 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Matt Rhule faces Washington as a head coach for the first time.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Kwazi Gilmer (WR): 38 catches, 492 yards, 7 TD, No. 8 in FBS in receiving touchdowns.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Anthony Colandrea (QB): 1,569 passing yards, 14 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Owen Chambliss (LB): 46 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jacory Barney Jr. needs 7 catches to pass Marlon Lucky (135, 2005–08) for eighth on Nebraska’s career receptions list. He has 129 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 1992, Nebraska beat No. 8 Colorado 52–7.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- It is the first meeting of Jedd Fisch and Matt Rhule as head coaches.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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