Army vs. Nebraska

Army and Nebraska have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1928; Nebraska leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Nebraska 3–⁠2, and Nebraska has won the last 3.

Army wins
2
Nebraska wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1928
Longest streak
3 Nebraska
Current streak
3 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
Nebraska 3–⁠2
Most recent
1972

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
1960s0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠2
Average margin
31 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
2–⁠1 Army’s record at home
At Nebraska
2–⁠0 Nebraska’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1957: Army 42, Nebraska 0by 42 points
  2. Nebraska’s biggest win1972: Nebraska 77, Army 7by 70 points
  3. Upset1960: Nebraska 14, Army 9Nebraska had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Nebraska, 1928 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1928 game: NEBRASKA VICTIM OF eagle & CO" ," Cornhuskers Defeated by Cadets on West Point Field by 13 to 3.

    1928 · Evening star, Nov 25, 1928

  • The Evening star's story of the 1957 game: BoURLAND, ANDERSON STAR Army Scores EosiIy Over Nebraska, 40

    1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 29, 1957

  • The Evening star's story of the 1960 game: Rebels Risk No. ! Spot In Game at Arkansas

    1960 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 17, 1960

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America (each under its holder’s rights statement).

Every game

Sep 23, 19729Nebraska 77, Army 7at Army
Sep 26, 19708Nebraska 28, Army 0at Nebraska
Oct 15, 1960Nebraska 14, Army 9at Nebraska
Sep 28, 1957Army 42, Nebraska 0at Army
Nov 24, 1928Army 13, Nebraska 3at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.