Chicago vs. Nebraska

Chicago and Nebraska first met in 1906 and have played 2 times; the series is tied 1–⁠1. Over the last 2 meetings it’s even at 1–⁠1.

Chicago wins
1
Nebraska wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1906
Longest streak
1 Chicago
Current streak
1 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
even at 1–⁠1
Most recent
1935

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Chicago and Nebraska, 1906 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Omaha daily bee's story of the 1906 game: CORNHUSEERS SHOW WELL ScOre on Chicago BY Straight Foot Ball Through the Maroon Line. tCKtRsALrs GOOD FOOT A BIG FACTOR Maroon star Drops Five Field Goals. hut Line Was Not Equal TO Task Of Keeping Nebraska from Scoring. tFroni a staff CORRESPONDENT

    1906 · Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], Nov 25, 1906

  • The The Indianapolis times's story of the 1935 game: Along Big Ten Front

    1935 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 1, 1935

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

Sep 28, 1935Nebraska 28, Chicago 7at Nebraska
Nov 24, 1906Chicago 38, Nebraska 5at Chicago

Every game is listed as played on the field.