Nebraska vs. Oregon State

Nebraska and Oregon State have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1916; Nebraska leads the series 9–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Nebraska 8–⁠2, and Nebraska has won the last 4.

Nebraska wins
9
Oregon State wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1916
Longest streak
5 Nebraska
Current streak
4 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
Nebraska 8–⁠2
Most recent
1990

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1920s1–⁠0
1930s3–⁠0
1940s0–⁠2
1950s2–⁠0
1980s1–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
Average margin
16.4 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Nebraska
7–⁠1 Nebraska’s record at home
At Oregon State
1–⁠2 Oregon State’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Nebraska’s biggest win1989: Nebraska 35, Oregon State 7by 28 points
  2. Oregon State’s biggest win1947: Oregon State 27, Nebraska 6by 21 points

Coach against coach

YearsNebraskaSeriesOregon State
1933–⁠1936Dana Bible3–⁠0Lon Stiner

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nebraska’s side (Bible 3–⁠0 against Stiner). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Nebraska and Oregon State, 1916 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Ashland tidings's story of the 1916 game: Klamath Wins from Grants Pass $50

    1916 · Ashland tidings, Ashland, Or., Oct 23, 1916

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1924 game: NEBRASKA WINS LATE IN GAME Oregon Is Beaten By COrnhusk- CTS IA To 0

    1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 28, 1924

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1933 game: CORNKUSkERS BEAT OREGON STATE z 70 . Nebraska Outfit, Outweigh ed Ten Pounds to Man Fights Hard

    1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Dec 1, 1933

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: Nebraska Beats Oregon State In Spectacular Grid Battle

    1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 29, 1936

  • The Evening star's story of the 1947 game: |Gray's Aeria|s Lead Pacific Coast Team To 27-6 Triumph

    1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 30, 1947

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 29, 19908Nebraska 31, Oregon State 7at Nebraska
Sep 30, 19893Nebraska 35, Oregon State 7at Nebraska
Oct 3, 1959Nebraska 7, Oregon State 6at Nebraska
Oct 16, 1954Nebraska 27, Oregon State 7at Nebraska
Nov 27, 1948Oregon State 28, Nebraska 12at Oregon State
Nov 29, 1947Oregon State 27, Nebraska 6at Nebraska
Nov 28, 193610Nebraska 32, Oregon State 14at Oregon State
Nov 28, 1935Nebraska 26, Oregon State 20at Nebraska
Nov 30, 1933Nebraska 22, Oregon State 0at Nebraska
Nov 27, 1924Nebraska 14, Oregon State 0at Nebraska
Oct 21, 1916Nebraska 17, Oregon State 7at Oregon State

Every game is listed as played on the field.