Nebraska vs. SMU
Nebraska and SMU first met in 1929 and have played 2 times; Nebraska leads the series 1–0–1. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Nebraska 1–0. Share
- Nebraska wins
- 1
- SMU wins
- 0
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1929
- Longest streak
- 1 Nebraska
- Current streak
- 1 Nebraska
- Last 10 meetings
- Nebraska 1–0
- Most recent
- 1932
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

1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 6, 1929
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
| Dec 3, 1932 | Nebraska 21, SMU 14 | at SMU | ||
| Oct 5, 1929 | Nebraska 0, SMU 0 | at Nebraska |
Every game is listed as played on the field.