Denver vs. Nebraska

Denver and Nebraska first met in 1903 and have played 4 times; Nebraska leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Nebraska 4–⁠0, and Nebraska has won the last 4.

Denver wins
0
Nebraska wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1903
Longest streak
4 Nebraska
Current streak
4 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
Nebraska 4–⁠0
Most recent
1910

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
1910s0–⁠1
Average margin
25.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Denver
0–⁠3 Denver’s record at home
At Nebraska
1–⁠0 Nebraska’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 Denver and Nebraska, 1903 on130015001700191019201930194019501960

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 1909 game: NEBRASKA, SIXjDENVER, FIVE Cornhuskers Play in Best Form Since Minnesota Contest. EVERY MAN PROVES TO BE STAR Rail Kept I'm Opponents Territory During Greater Part of Game Denver scores During Brace.

    1909 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Nov 21, 1909

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1910 game

    1910 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 27, 1910

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

Oct 22, 1910Nebraska 27, Denver 0at Nebraska
Nov 20, 1909Nebraska 6, Denver 5at Denver
Nov 16, 1907Nebraska 63, Denver 0at Denver
Oct 10, 1903Nebraska 10, Denver 0at Denver

Every game is listed as played on the field.