Colorado State vs. Nebraska

Colorado State and Nebraska have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1920; Nebraska leads the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Nebraska 6–⁠0, and Nebraska has won the last 6.

Colorado State wins
0
Nebraska wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1920
Longest streak
6 Nebraska
Current streak
6 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
Nebraska 6–⁠0
Most recent
1996

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠2
1930s0–⁠1
1990s0–⁠3
Average margin
38.5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado State
0–⁠1 Colorado State’s record at home
At Nebraska
5–⁠0 Nebraska’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Nebraska’s biggest win1921: Nebraska 70, Colorado State 7by 63 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado State and Nebraska, 1920 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 The Morning Tulsa daily world's story of the 1921 game: Nebraska Wins Easily From Colorado Aggies

    1921 · The Morning Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Okla., Nov 25, 1921

  • The Evening star's story of the 1931 game: NEBRASkA'S BELATED DRIVE WINS, 20 TO 7 Colorado Aggies Bow to Big Six Champs After Getting Lead in Charity Tilt.

    1931 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 6, 1931

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, 19968Nebraska 65, Colorado State 9at Nebraska
Sep 25, 19936Nebraska 48, Colorado State 13at Nebraska
Sep 14, 199113Nebraska 71, Colorado State 14at Nebraska
Dec 5, 1931Nebraska 20, Colorado State 7at Colorado State
Nov 24, 1921Nebraska 70, Colorado State 7at Nebraska
Oct 9, 1920Nebraska 7, Colorado State 0at Nebraska

Every game is listed as played on the field.