Miami vs. Nebraska

Miami and Nebraska have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1951; the series is tied 6–⁠6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5.

Miami wins
6
Nebraska wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1951
Longest streak
4 Nebraska
Current streak
1 Miami
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2015

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠1
1960s0–⁠1
1970s0–⁠2
1980s2–⁠0
1990s1–⁠1
2000s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠1
Both ranked
5 meetings: Miami 4, Nebraska 1; 4 both in the top 10
Average margin
10.6 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Miami
2–⁠0 Miami’s record at home
At Nebraska
4–⁠0 Nebraska’s record at home
Neutral sites
4–⁠2 Miami first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Miami’s biggest win2001: Miami 37, Nebraska 14by 23 points
  2. Nebraska’s biggest win1975: Nebraska 31, Miami 16by 15 points
  3. Ranked showdown1994: Nebraska 24, Miami 17No. 1 Nebraska at No. 3 Miami
  4. Ranked showdown2001: Miami 37, Nebraska 14No. 4 Nebraska at No. 1 Miami
  5. Ranked showdown1983: Miami 31, Nebraska 30No. 1 Nebraska at No. 5 Miami
  6. Ranked showdown1988: Miami 23, Nebraska 3No. 6 Nebraska at No. 2 Miami

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Miami and Nebraska, 1951 on13001500170019001960197019801990200020102020

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

Ameer Abdullah Nebraska35 carries, 229 yards, 2 TD2014 Rushing

Named most valuable

Ken Dorsey Miami2001
Larry Jones Miami1991
Steve Walsh Miami1988
Charles Fryer Nebraska1988
Bernie Kosar Miami1983
Jack Fernandez Miami1983
George Mira Miami1962

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Favored Nebraska Collars Hurricanes For First Victory

    1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 18, 1953

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 19, 2015Miami 36, Nebraska 33at Miami
Sep 20, 201424Nebraska 41, Miami 31at Nebraska
Jan 3, 20021Miami 37, 4Nebraska 14Rose BowlRose Bowl
Jan 1, 19951Nebraska 24, 3Miami 17Neutral siteOrange Bowl
Jan 1, 19921Miami 22, 11Nebraska 0Neutral siteOrange Bowl
Jan 2, 19892Miami 23, 6Nebraska 3Neutral siteOrange Bowl
Jan 2, 19845Miami 31, 1Nebraska 30Neutral siteOrange Bowl
Oct 2, 19765Nebraska 17, Miami 9at Nebraska
Oct 4, 19754Nebraska 31, Miami 16at Nebraska
Dec 15, 1962Nebraska 36, Miami 34Neutral siteGotham Bowl
Oct 17, 1953Nebraska 20, Miami 16at Nebraska
Nov 30, 1951Miami 19, Nebraska 7at Miami

Every game is listed as played on the field.