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.

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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Nebraska and SMU, 1929 on130015001700190019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1929 game: SOUTHERN METHODIST, NEBRASKA SCORELESS

    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, 1932Nebraska 21, SMU 14at SMU
Oct 5, 1929Nebraska 0, SMU 0at Nebraska

Every game is listed as played on the field.