Creighton vs. Nebraska

Creighton and Nebraska first met in 1904 and have played 3 times; Nebraska leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Nebraska 3–⁠0, and Nebraska has won the last 3.

Creighton wins
0
Nebraska wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1904
Longest streak
3 Nebraska
Current streak
3 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
Nebraska 3–⁠0
Most recent
1906

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3
Average margin
52.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Creighton
0–⁠3 Creighton’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Creighton and Nebraska, 1904 on13001500170019051910191519201925193019351940

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 St. Louis Republic's story of the 1904 game: NEBRASKA 40, CREIGHTON o. VARSITY Scores at Will on h Collie Rfnn'S Team.

    1904 · The St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, Mo., Oct 16, 1904

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

Nov 10, 1906Nebraska 17, Creighton 0at Creighton
Oct 28, 1905Nebraska 102, Creighton 0at Creighton
Oct 15, 1904Nebraska 39, Creighton 0at Creighton

Every game is listed as played on the field.