Nebraska vs. Texas
Nebraska and Texas have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1933; Texas leads the series 10–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas 9–1, and Texas has won the last 6. Share
- Nebraska wins
- 4
- Texas wins
- 10
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1933
- Longest streak
- 6 Texas
- Current streak
- 6 Texas
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas 9–1
- Most recent
- 2010
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 7 meetings: Nebraska 2, Texas 5
- Average margin
- 9.8 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Nebraska
- 1–5 Nebraska’s record at home
- At Texas
- 3–1 Texas’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–2 Nebraska first
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Nebraska’s biggest win1933: Nebraska 26, Texas 0by 26 points
- Texas’s biggest win2003: Texas 31, Nebraska 7by 24 points
- Upset1998: Texas 20, Nebraska 16Texas had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1960: Nebraska 14, Texas 13Nebraska had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1996: Texas 37, Nebraska 27Texas had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1999: Nebraska 22, Texas 6No. 14 Texas at No. 3 Nebraska
- Ranked showdown1973: Nebraska 19, Texas 3No. 8 Texas at No. 12 Nebraska
- Ranked showdown1999: Texas 24, Nebraska 20No. 3 Nebraska at No. 18 Texas
Coach against coach
| Years | Nebraska | Series | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2003 | Frank Solich | 1–4 | Mack Brown |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nebraska’s side (Solich 1–4 against Brown). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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
| Jamaal Charles Texas | 33 carries, 290 yards, 3 TD | 2007 Rushing |
Named most valuable
| Ndamukong Suh Nebraska | 2009 |
| DeAngelo Evans Nebraska | 1996 |
| T.B. Tony Davis Nebraska | 1973 |
| Wade Johnston Texas | 1973 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 1999.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Oct 16, 2010 | Texas 20, 5Nebraska 13 | at Nebraska | ||
| Dec 5, 2009 | 3Texas 13, 21Nebraska 12 | Neutral site | Big 12 Championship Game | |
| Oct 27, 2007 | 17Texas 28, Nebraska 25 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 21, 2006 | 5Texas 22, 17Nebraska 20 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 1, 2003 | 16Texas 31, 12Nebraska 7 | at Texas | ||
| Nov 2, 2002 | 7Texas 27, Nebraska 24 | at Nebraska | ||
| Dec 4, 1999 | 3Nebraska 22, 14Texas 6 | Neutral site | Big 12 Championship Game | |
| Oct 23, 1999 | 18Texas 24, 3Nebraska 20 | at Texas | ||
| Oct 31, 1998 | Texas 20, 7Nebraska 16 | at Nebraska | ||
| Dec 7, 1996 | 20Texas 37, 6Nebraska 27 | Neutral site | Big 12 Championship Game | |
| Jan 1, 1974 | 12Nebraska 19, 8Texas 3 | Neutral site | Cotton Bowl | |
| Sep 17, 1960 | Nebraska 14, 4Texas 13 | at Texas | ||
| Sep 19, 1959 | 17Texas 20, Nebraska 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 7, 1933 | Nebraska 26, Texas 0 | at Nebraska |
Every game is listed as played on the field.