Indiana vs. Nebraska

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

1. Indiana’s biggest win1944: Indiana 54, Nebraska 0by 54 points
2. Nebraska’s biggest win1978: Nebraska 69, Indiana 17by 52 points
3. Upset1941: Indiana 21, Nebraska 13Indiana had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1956: Indiana 19, Nebraska 14Indiana had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Indiana’s side (McMillin 1–⁠2–⁠2 against Jones). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

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  1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 19, 1936

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  1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 14, 1940

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  1941 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 22, 1941

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  1942 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 11, 1942

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  1945 · Evening star, Oct 15, 1945

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Indiana vs. Purdue125 meetings, Indiana 44–⁠75–⁠6
• Indiana vs. Ohio State100 meetings, Indiana 13–⁠82–⁠5
• Indiana vs. Northwestern85 meetings, Indiana 37–⁠47–⁠1
• Indiana vs. Iowa79 meetings, Indiana 29–⁠46–⁠4
• Nebraska vs. Kansas109 meetings, Nebraska 88–⁠18–⁠3
• Nebraska vs. Iowa State102 meetings, Nebraska 84–⁠16–⁠2
• Nebraska vs. Missouri96 meetings, Nebraska 60–⁠33–⁠3
• Nebraska vs. Kansas State95 meetings, Nebraska 77–⁠15–⁠3