Kansas State vs. Nebraska
Kansas State and Nebraska first met in 1911 and have played 95 times; officially, Nebraska leads 78–15–2; as played, 77–15–3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Nebraska 7–3, and Nebraska has won the last 6. Kansas State forfeited the 1951 game. This page counts every game as it was played. Share
- Official series
- Nebraska leads 78–15–2
- Kansas State wins on file
- 15
- Nebraska wins on file
- 77
- Ties
- 3
- First meeting
- 1911
- Longest streak
- 29 Nebraska
- Current streak
- 6 Nebraska
- Last 10 meetings
- Nebraska 7–3
- Most recent
- 2010
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–6 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–7–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–7–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–9 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 8 meetings: Kansas State 2, Nebraska 6; 2 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 21.8 points; 20 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kansas State
- 7–34–3 Kansas State’s record at home
- At Nebraska
- 43–8 Nebraska’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 28
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Kansas State’s biggest win2002: Kansas State 49, Nebraska 13by 36 points
- Nebraska’s biggest win1911: Nebraska 59, Kansas State 0by 59 points
- Upset1968: Kansas State 12, Nebraska 0Kansas State had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1942: Kansas State 19, Nebraska 0Kansas State had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1930: Kansas State 10, Nebraska 9Kansas State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1995: Nebraska 49, Kansas State 25No. 8 Kansas State at No. 2 Nebraska
- Ranked showdown1999: Nebraska 41, Kansas State 15No. 5 Kansas State at No. 7 Nebraska
- Ranked showdown1998: Kansas State 40, Nebraska 30No. 11 Nebraska at No. 2 Kansas State
Coach against coach
| Years | Kansas State | Series | Nebraska |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912–1914 | Guy Lowman | 0–3 | Jumbo Stiehm |
| 1922–1924 | Charlie Bachman | 0–3 | Fred Dawson |
| 1925–1927 | Charlie Bachman | 0–2–1 | Ernest Bearg |
| 1929–1933 | Bo McMillin | 1–4 | Dana Bible |
| 1937–1939 | Wesley Fry | 0–3 | Biff Jones |
| 1951–1954 | Bill Meek | 2–1–1 | William Glassford |
| 1957–1959 | Bernard Mertes | 2–1 | William Jennings |
| 1962–1966 | Doug Weaver | 0–5 | Bob Devaney |
| 1967–1972 | Vince Gibson | 1–5 | Bob Devaney |
| 1975–1977 | Ellis Rainsberger | 0–3 | Tom Osborne |
| 1978–1984 | Jim Dickey | 0–7 | Tom Osborne |
| 1986–1988 | Stan Parrish | 0–3 | Tom Osborne |
| 1989–1997 | Bill Snyder | 0–9 | Tom Osborne |
| 1998–2003 | Bill Snyder | 4–2 | Frank Solich |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas State’s side (Lowman 0–3 against Stiehm). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Joe Ganz Nebraska | 30 of 40, 510 yards, 7 TD | 2007 Passing | |
| Taylor Martinez Nebraska | 15 carries, 241 yards, 4 TD | 2010 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers
1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 30, 1932
1933 · Evening star, Oct 22, 1933
1934 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Nov 30, 1934
1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 21, 1935
1936 · The Nome daily nugget, Alaska, Nov 21, 1936
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 1998.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
Every game is listed as played on the field; a game one side later forfeited is marked “forfeited”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.