Lincoln High vs. Nebraska

Lincoln High and Nebraska have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1900; Nebraska leads the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Nebraska 6–⁠0, and Nebraska has won the last 6.

Lincoln High wins
0
Nebraska wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1900
Longest streak
6 Nebraska
Current streak
6 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
Nebraska 6–⁠0
Most recent
1905

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠6
Average margin
20 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Nebraska
6–⁠0 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. Nebraska’s biggest win1902: Nebraska 27, Lincoln High 0by 27 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lincoln High and Nebraska, 1900 on13001500170019001905

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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1904 game: PLAYED SECOND HALF Nebraska Varsity Team Scored Three Touchdowns on Lincoln High,

    1904 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Sep 28, 1904

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1905 game: LINCOLN HIGH HOLDS NEBRASKA DOWN WELL Journal Special Service.

    1905 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 1, 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

Sep 30, 1905Nebraska 20, Lincoln High 0at Nebraska
Sep 27, 1904Nebraska 17, Lincoln High 0at Nebraska
Sep 19, 1903Nebraska 23, Lincoln High 6at Nebraska
Sep 20, 1902Nebraska 27, Lincoln High 0at Nebraska
Sep 21, 1901Nebraska 22, Lincoln High 0at Nebraska
Sep 29, 1900Nebraska 17, Lincoln High 0at Nebraska

Every game is listed as played on the field.