Nebraska vs. Southern Miss

Nebraska and Southern Miss have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1999; Nebraska leads the series 5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Nebraska 5–⁠1, and Nebraska has won the last 3. Share

Nebraska wins: 5
Southern Miss wins: 1
Ties: 0
Earliest on file: 1999
Longest streak: 3 Nebraska
Current streak: 3 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings: Nebraska 5–⁠1
Most recent: 2015

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1990s											1–⁠0
2000s											1–⁠1
2010s											3–⁠0

Average margin: 19.2 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Nebraska: 4–⁠1 Nebraska’s record at home
At Southern Miss: 0–⁠1 Southern Miss’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

Nebraska’s biggest win2013: Nebraska 56, Southern Miss 13by 43 points
Southern Miss’s biggest win2004: Southern Miss 21, Nebraska 17by 4 points

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Taylor Martinez Nebraska

26 of 34, 354 yards, 5 TD

2012 Passing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 26, 2015	Nebraska 36, Southern Miss 28	at Nebraska
Sep 7, 2013	22Nebraska 56, Southern Miss 13	at Nebraska
Sep 1, 2012	17Nebraska 49, Southern Miss 20	at Nebraska
Sep 11, 2004	Southern Miss 21, Nebraska 17	at Nebraska
Sep 25, 2003	15Nebraska 38, Southern Miss 14	at Southern Miss
Sep 18, 1999	4Nebraska 20, Southern Miss 13	at Nebraska

Every game is listed as played on the field.