Knox vs. Nebraska
Knox and Nebraska first met in 1902 and have played 5 times; Nebraska leads the series 5–0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Nebraska 5–0, and Nebraska has won the last 5. Share
- Knox wins
- 0
- Nebraska wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 5 Nebraska
- Current streak
- 5 Nebraska
- Last 10 meetings
- Nebraska 5–0
- Most recent
- 1909
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 23.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Nebraska
- 5–0 Nebraska’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Nebraska’s biggest win1909: Nebraska 34, Knox 0by 34 points
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
1902 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Nov 16, 1902
1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 9, 1903
1904 · Waterbury evening Democrat, Oct 24, 1904
1905 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 15, 1905
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 9, 1909 | Nebraska 34, Knox 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 14, 1905 | Nebraska 16, Knox 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 22, 1904 | Nebraska 34, Knox 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 7, 1903 | Nebraska 33, Knox 5 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 15, 1902 | Nebraska 7, Knox 0 | at Nebraska |
Every game is listed as played on the field.