Grinnell vs. Nebraska
Grinnell and Nebraska first met in 1899 and have played 7 times; Nebraska leads the series 6–1. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Nebraska 6–1, and Nebraska has won the last 6. Share
- Grinnell wins
- 1
- Nebraska wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1899
- Longest streak
- 6 Nebraska
- Current streak
- 6 Nebraska
- Last 10 meetings
- Nebraska 6–1
- Most recent
- 1927
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 29.6 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Nebraska
- 6–1 Nebraska’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Grinnell’s biggest win1899: Grinnell 12, Nebraska 0by 12 points
- Nebraska’s biggest win1927: Nebraska 58, Grinnell 0by 58 points
- Upset1899: Grinnell 12, Nebraska 0Grinnell had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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
1899 · Omaha daily bee, Dec 1, 1899
1907 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 14, 1907
1908 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 11, 1908
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 15, 1927 | Nebraska 58, Grinnell 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 10, 1908 | Nebraska 20, Grinnell 5 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 12, 1907 | Nebraska 30, Grinnell 4 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 1, 1904 | Nebraska 46, Grinnell 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 11, 1902 | Nebraska 17, Grinnell 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 10, 1900 | Nebraska 33, Grinnell 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 30, 1899 | Grinnell 12, Nebraska 0 | at Nebraska |
Every game is listed as played on the field.