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Nebraska vs. South Dakota

Nebraska and South Dakota have 16 meetings on file, the first in 1903; Nebraska leads the series 14–⁠0–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Nebraska 9–⁠0, and Nebraska has won the last 9.

Nebraska wins
14
South Dakota wins
0
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1903
Longest streak
9 Nebraska
Current streak
9 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
Nebraska 9–⁠0
Most recent
1964

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s4–⁠0–⁠1
1910s1–⁠0–⁠1
1920s2–⁠0
1930s1–⁠0
1940s2–⁠0
1950s2–⁠0
1960s2–⁠0
Average margin
30.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Nebraska
14–⁠0–⁠2 Nebraska’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Nebraska’s biggest win1922: Nebraska 66, South Dakota 0by 66 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Nebraska and South Dakota, 1903 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 The Norfolk weekly news-journal's story of the 1903 game: NEBRASKA WINS EASILY. Takes First Collegiate Football Game From South Dakota Without Appreciable Opposition.

    1903 · The Norfolk weekly news-journal, Nebraska, Oct 9, 1903

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1906 game: DROP KICK WINS TIE CANE Only scors in Nebraska South Dakota Contest Made BY Mcdonald. NEITHER ELEVEN SHOWS UP IN GOOD FORM FumbIes Plentiful on Both sides sud Cornhuskers weak In Passing the Ball from Center to Quarterback. lrrnm a san Correspondent

    1906 · Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], Oct 7, 1906

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1909 game: LRASKA MAKES POOR SHOWING ould Do Was to Hold South akota to a Six to Six Score. lees MEN REALLY 0UTPLAYED nj - Off as Though They Were Going to Make it a Walkaway. JMBLEs PUN THE CHANCES Frank Saves the Game by a Good Tackle in Closing Minutes. HARTE AND TEMPLE THE STARS Nebraska Line Unable

    1909 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 3, 1909

  • The Bismarck daily tribune's story of the 1914 game: Football Scores

    1914 · Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], Oct 11, 1914

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1920 game: Cornhuskers Beat South Dakota, 200 Forward Pass and Line Plunges Bring Nebraska Victory Over Coyotes.

    1920 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 25, 1920

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, 1964Nebraska 56, South Dakota 0at Nebraska
Sep 22, 1962Nebraska 53, South Dakota 0at Nebraska
Sep 22, 1956Nebraska 34, South Dakota 6at Nebraska
Sep 20, 1952Nebraska 46, South Dakota 0at Nebraska
Sep 24, 1949Nebraska 33, South Dakota 6at Nebraska
Nov 17, 1945Nebraska 53, South Dakota 0at Nebraska
Sep 26, 1931Nebraska 44, South Dakota 6at Nebraska
Oct 7, 1922Nebraska 66, South Dakota 0at Nebraska
Oct 23, 1920Nebraska 20, South Dakota 0at Nebraska
Oct 10, 1914Nebraska 0, South Dakota 0at Nebraska
Oct 8, 1910Nebraska 12, South Dakota 9at Nebraska
Oct 2, 1909Nebraska 6, South Dakota 6at Nebraska
Oct 5, 1907Nebraska 39, South Dakota 0at Nebraska
Oct 6, 1906Nebraska 4, South Dakota 0at Nebraska
Oct 7, 1905Nebraska 42, South Dakota 6at Nebraska
Oct 3, 1903Nebraska 23, South Dakota 0at Nebraska

Every game is listed as played on the field.