Nebraska vs. Oklahoma

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

1. The Game of the Century (1971)1971: Nebraska 35, Oklahoma 31No. 1 Nebraska beat No. 2 Oklahoma 35–⁠31 in Norman on Thanksgiving Day.
2. Nebraska’s biggest win1997: Nebraska 69, Oklahoma 7by 62 points
3. Oklahoma’s biggest win1956: Oklahoma 54, Nebraska 6by 48 points
4. Upset1959: Nebraska 25, Oklahoma 21Nebraska had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1960: Nebraska 17, Oklahoma 14Nebraska had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Upset1984: Oklahoma 17, Nebraska 7Oklahoma had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
7. Ranked showdown1987: Oklahoma 17, Nebraska 7No. 2 Oklahoma at No. 1 Nebraska
8. Ranked showdown2000: Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 14No. 1 Nebraska at No. 3 Oklahoma

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nebraska’s side (Dawson 3–⁠1 against Owen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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).

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  1912 · The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Indiana, Nov 25, 1912

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  1919 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 27, 1919

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  1921 · The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, Oklahoma, Oct 30, 1921

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  1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 14, 1923

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  1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 12, 1924

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.

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game twice: 2001, 2000.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Nebraska vs. Kansas109 meetings, Nebraska 88–⁠18–⁠3
• Nebraska vs. Iowa State102 meetings, Nebraska 84–⁠16–⁠2
• Nebraska vs. Missouri96 meetings, Nebraska 60–⁠33–⁠3
• Nebraska vs. Kansas State95 meetings, Nebraska 77–⁠15–⁠3
• Oklahoma vs. Texas119 meetings, Oklahoma 52–⁠62–⁠5
• Oklahoma vs. Kansas114 meetings, Oklahoma 80–⁠28–⁠6
• Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State112 meetings, Oklahoma 85–⁠20–⁠7
• Oklahoma vs. Kansas State102 meetings, Oklahoma 76–⁠22–⁠4