History Programs Kansas vs. Nebraska Kansas vs. Nebraska 109 of their 117 meetings are on file: they first met in 1892, and the earliest on file is 1900; officially, Nebraska leads 91–23–3; as played, 88–18–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Nebraska 8–2, and Nebraska has won the last 3. The official count covers every meeting. Share
Official series Nebraska leads 91–23–3
Kansas wins on file 18
Nebraska wins on file 88
Ties 3 Earliest on file 1900 first met 1892
Longest streak 36 Nebraska
Current streak 3 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings Nebraska 8–2
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1900s 3–5 1910s 1–9 1920s 0–8–2 1930s 0–9–1 1940s 4–6 1950s 4–6 1960s 4–6 1970s 0–10 1980s 0–10 1990s 0–10 2000s 2–8 2010s 0–1
Both ranked 5 meetings: Kansas 1, Nebraska 4; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin 21.6 points; 28 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas 7–46–1 Kansas’s record at home
At Nebraska 42–11–2 Nebraska’s record at home
Shutouts 35 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story Kansas’s biggest win 2007: Kansas 76, Nebraska 39 by 37 points Nebraska’s biggest win 1986: Nebraska 70, Kansas 0 by 70 points Upset 1952: Nebraska 14, Kansas 13 Nebraska had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Upset 1967: Kansas 10, Nebraska 0 Kansas had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Upset 1916: Kansas 7, Nebraska 3 Kansas had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Ranked showdown 1995: Nebraska 41, Kansas 3 No. 1 Nebraska at No. 10 Kansas Ranked showdown 1968: Kansas 23, Nebraska 13 No. 6 Kansas at No. 9 Nebraska Ranked showdown 1992: Nebraska 49, Kansas 7 No. 13 Kansas at No. 7 Nebraska
Coach against coach Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas’s side (Kennedy 2–2 against Cole). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas and Nebraska, 1900 on 1300 1500 1700 1900 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 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: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers 1900 , Nov 19, 1900
1902 , Nebraska , Nov 9, 1902
1903 , Mineral Point, Wis. , Nov 19, 1903
1906 , Topeka, Kansas , Nov 19, 1906
1907 , Norfolk, Neb. , Nov 15, 1907
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 Nov 13, 2010 9 Nebraska 20,Kansas 3 at Nebraska Nov 14, 2009 Nebraska 31, Kansas 17 at Kansas Nov 8, 2008 Nebraska 45, Kansas 35 at Nebraska Nov 3, 2007 8 Kansas 76,Nebraska 39 at Kansas Sep 30, 2006 21 Nebraska 39,Kansas 32 at Nebraska Nov 5, 2005 Kansas 40, Nebraska 15 at Kansas Oct 2, 2004 Nebraska 14, Kansas 8 at Nebraska Nov 8, 2003 19 Nebraska 24,Kansas 3 at Kansas Nov 9, 2002 Nebraska 45, Kansas 7 at Nebraska Nov 3, 2001 2 Nebraska 51,Kansas 7 at Kansas Nov 4, 2000 5 Nebraska 56,Kansas 17 at Nebraska Oct 30, 1999 8 Nebraska 24,Kansas 17 at Kansas Oct 17, 1998 8 Nebraska 41,Kansas 0 at Nebraska Oct 25, 1997 1 Nebraska 35,Kansas 0 at Kansas Oct 26, 1996 5 Nebraska 63,Kansas 7 at Nebraska Nov 11, 1995 1 Nebraska 41,10 Kansas 3at Kansas Nov 5, 1994 1 Nebraska 45,Kansas 17 at Nebraska Nov 6, 1993 6 Nebraska 21,Kansas 20 at Kansas Nov 7, 1992 7 Nebraska 49,13 Kansas 7at Nebraska Nov 9, 1991 11 Nebraska 59,Kansas 23 at Kansas Nov 10, 1990 13 Nebraska 41,Kansas 9 at Kansas Nov 11, 1989 6 Nebraska 51,Kansas 14 at Nebraska Oct 8, 1988 9 Nebraska 63,Kansas 10 at Kansas Oct 10, 1987 2 Nebraska 54,Kansas 2 at Nebraska Nov 15, 1986 6 Nebraska 70,Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 16, 1985 2 Nebraska 56,Kansas 6 at Nebraska Nov 10, 1984 2 Nebraska 41,Kansas 7 at Kansas Nov 12, 1983 1 Nebraska 67,Kansas 13 at Nebraska Oct 30, 1982 6 Nebraska 52,Kansas 0 at Kansas Oct 31, 1981 12 Nebraska 31,Kansas 15 at Nebraska Oct 11, 1980 10 Nebraska 54,Kansas 0 at Kansas Oct 13, 1979 5 Nebraska 42,Kansas 0 at Nebraska Nov 4, 1978 4 Nebraska 63,Kansas 21 at Kansas Nov 12, 1977 12 Nebraska 52,Kansas 7 at Nebraska Oct 30, 1976 9 Nebraska 31,Kansas 3 at Kansas Oct 11, 1975 4 Nebraska 16,Kansas 0 at Nebraska Oct 19, 1974 12 Nebraska 56,13 Kansas 0at Kansas Oct 20, 1973 11 Nebraska 10,18 Kansas 9at Nebraska Oct 21, 1972 5 Nebraska 56,Kansas 0 at Kansas Oct 16, 1971 1 Nebraska 55,Kansas 0 at Nebraska Oct 17, 1970 5 Nebraska 41,Kansas 20 at Kansas Oct 18, 1969 Nebraska 21, Kansas 17 at Nebraska Oct 12, 1968 6 Kansas 23,9 Nebraska 13at Nebraska Oct 14, 1967 Kansas 10, 8 Nebraska 0at Kansas Nov 5, 1966 6 Nebraska 24,Kansas 13 at Kansas Nov 6, 1965 3 Nebraska 42,Kansas 6 at Nebraska Nov 7, 1964 5 Nebraska 14,Kansas 7 at Kansas Nov 9, 1963 Nebraska 23, Kansas 9 at Nebraska Nov 10, 1962 Nebraska 40, Kansas 16 at Kansas Nov 4, 1961 Kansas 28, Nebraska 6 at Nebraska Nov 5, 1960 Kansas 31, Nebraska 0 at Kansas Oct 10, 1959 Kansas 10, Nebraska 3 at Nebraska Nov 8, 1958 Kansas 29, Nebraska 7 at Kansas Nov 2, 1957 Kansas 14, Nebraska 12 at Nebraska Nov 10, 1956 Nebraska 26, Kansas 20 at Kansas Oct 29, 1955 Nebraska 19, Kansas 14 at Nebraska Nov 6, 1954 20 Nebraska 41,Kansas 20 at Kansas Oct 31, 1953 Nebraska 9, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Nov 8, 1952 Nebraska 14, 7 Kansas 13at Kansas Nov 3, 1951 Kansas 27, Nebraska 7 at Nebraska Oct 28, 1950 Nebraska 33, Kansas 26 at Kansas Nov 5, 1949 Kansas 27, Nebraska 13 at Nebraska Oct 23, 1948 Kansas 27, Nebraska 7 at Kansas Nov 8, 1947 Kansas 13, Nebraska 7 at Nebraska Oct 19, 1946 Nebraska 16, Kansas 14 at Kansas Nov 3, 1945 Nebraska 27, Kansas 13 at Nebraska Oct 21, 1944 Kansas 20, Nebraska 0 at Kansas Oct 23, 1943 Nebraska 7, Kansas 6 at Nebraska Oct 31, 1942 Nebraska 14, Kansas 7 at Kansas Oct 11, 1941 Nebraska 32, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Oct 19, 1940 Nebraska 53, Kansas 2 at Kansas Nov 11, 1939 Nebraska 7, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Nov 5, 1938 Nebraska 16, Kansas 7 at Kansas Nov 6, 1937 6 Nebraska 13,Kansas 13 at Nebraska Nov 7, 1936 8 Nebraska 26,Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 9, 1935 Nebraska 19, Kansas 13 at Nebraska Nov 17, 1934 Nebraska 3, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 11, 1933 Nebraska 12, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Oct 22, 1932 Nebraska 20, Kansas 6 at Kansas Oct 24, 1931 Nebraska 6, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Nov 8, 1930 Nebraska 16, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 2, 1929 Nebraska 12, Kansas 6 at Nebraska Nov 3, 1928 Nebraska 20, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 5, 1927 Nebraska 47, Kansas 13 at Nebraska Oct 23, 1926 Nebraska 20, Kansas 3 at Kansas Oct 24, 1925 Nebraska 14, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Oct 25, 1924 Nebraska 14, Kansas 7 at Kansas Oct 20, 1923 Nebraska 0, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Nov 11, 1922 Nebraska 28, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 12, 1921 Nebraska 28, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Nov 13, 1920 Kansas 20, Nebraska 20 at Kansas Nov 15, 1919 Nebraska 19, Kansas 7 at Nebraska Nov 16, 1918 Nebraska 20, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Nov 17, 1917 Nebraska 13, Kansas 3 at Kansas Nov 18, 1916 Kansas 7, Nebraska 3 at Nebraska Nov 13, 1915 Nebraska 33, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 14, 1914 Nebraska 35, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Nov 15, 1913 Nebraska 9, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 16, 1912 Nebraska 14, Kansas 3 at Nebraska Nov 18, 1911 Nebraska 29, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 5, 1910 Nebraska 6, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 6, 1909 Kansas 6, Nebraska 0 at Nebraska Nov 14, 1908 Kansas 20, Nebraska 5 at Nebraska Nov 9, 1907 Nebraska 16, Kansas 6 at Kansas Nov 17, 1906 Kansas 8, Nebraska 6 at Nebraska Nov 14, 1903 Nebraska 6, Kansas 0 at Kansas Nov 8, 1902 Nebraska 16, Kansas 0 at Nebraska Nov 16, 1901 Nebraska 29, Kansas 5 at Nebraska Nov 17, 1900 Nebraska 12, Kansas 0 at Kansas
Every game is listed as played on the field.
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