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Haskell vs. Nebraska

Haskell and Nebraska first met in 1901 and have played 9 times; Nebraska leads the series 7–⁠2. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Nebraska 7–⁠2, and Nebraska has won the last 3.

Haskell wins
2
Nebraska wins
7
Ties
0
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
3 Nebraska
Current streak
3 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
Nebraska 7–⁠2
Most recent
1921

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠4
1910s0–⁠2
1920s0–⁠1
Average margin
26.9 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Haskell
1–⁠0 Haskell’s record at home
At Nebraska
7–⁠1 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

  1. Haskell’s biggest win1909: Haskell 16, Nebraska 5by 11 points
  2. Nebraska’s biggest win1910: Nebraska 119, Haskell 0by 119 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Haskell and Nebraska, 1901 on1300150017001905191019151920192519301935

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 Topeka state journal's story of the 1901 game: NEBRAsKA's VICTORY. Beat the Haskell Indians at Lincoln Is to 10.

    1901 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 29, 1901

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1903 game: NEBRASKA WON EASILY. Defeated Haskell by Score of IS to o.

    1903 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 19, 1903

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1904 game: SPORTING NEWS. Haskell Indians Win the Foot ball Championship. The Red Men Clearly OutpIayed the Nebraska Eleven. CROWD WAS NOTLARGE C0rnhuskers Failed to Show Up as Well as Expected. Bendsr's Playing Was the Most Spectacular Feature.

    1904 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 14, 1904

  • The East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current's story of the 1908 game: Football in the Northwest

    1908 · East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, Oregon, Oct 24, 1908

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1909 game: INDIANS DEFEAT NEBRASKA. Haskell Proves Too Fast for Heavy COrnhuSkerS.

    1909 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 26, 1909

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, 1921Nebraska 41, Haskell 0at Nebraska
Oct 25, 1913Nebraska 7, Haskell 6at Nebraska
Nov 24, 1910Nebraska 119, Haskell 0at Nebraska
Nov 25, 1909Haskell 16, Nebraska 5at Nebraska
Oct 24, 1908Nebraska 10, Haskell 0at Nebraska
Nov 12, 1904Haskell 14, Nebraska 6at Haskell
Oct 17, 1903Nebraska 16, Haskell 0at Nebraska
Nov 1, 1902Nebraska 28, Haskell 0at Nebraska
Nov 28, 1901Nebraska 18, Haskell 10at Nebraska

Every game is listed as played on the field.