Arizona vs. Nebraska
Arizona and Nebraska have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1961; the series is tied 1–1–1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s even at 1–1. Share
2028 at Nebraska Sept. 16; 2031 at Arizona Sept. 13. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Arizona wins
- 1
- Nebraska wins
- 1
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1961
- Longest streak
- 1 Arizona
- Current streak
- 1 Nebraska
- Last 10 meetings
- even at 1–1
- Most recent
- 2009
The series at a glance
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Arizona 1, Nebraska 1
- Average margin
- 12 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Nebraska
- 0–0–1 Nebraska’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–1 Arizona first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Niles Paul Nebraska | 2009 |
| Matt O’Hanlon Nebraska | 2009 |
| Keith Smith Arizona | 1998 |
| Mike Rucker Nebraska | 1998 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1961 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1961
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Dec 30, 2009 | 20Nebraska 33, 22Arizona 0 | Qualcomm Stadium | Holiday Bowl | |
| Dec 30, 1998 | 5Arizona 23, 14Nebraska 20 | Neutral site | Holiday Bowl | |
| Sep 30, 1961 | Nebraska 14, Arizona 14 | at Nebraska |
Every game is listed as played on the field.