Nebraska vs. Texas A&M
Nebraska and Texas A&M have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1930; Nebraska leads the series 10–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Nebraska 7–3, and Texas A&M has won the last 2. Share
- Nebraska wins
- 10
- Texas A&M wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1930
- Longest streak
- 5 Nebraska
- Current streak
- 2 Texas A&M
- Last 10 meetings
- Nebraska 7–3
- 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 | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 5 meetings: Nebraska 3, Texas A&M 2; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 19.4 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Nebraska
- 6–2 Nebraska’s record at home
- At Texas A&M
- 2–2 Texas A&M’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–0 Nebraska first
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Nebraska’s biggest win1997: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15by 39 points
- Texas A&M’s biggest win1955: Texas A&M 27, Nebraska 0by 27 points
- Upset1998: Texas A&M 28, Nebraska 21Texas A&M had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1988: Nebraska 23, Texas A&M 14No. 10 Texas A&M at No. 2 Nebraska
- Ranked showdown1998: Texas A&M 28, Nebraska 21No. 2 Nebraska at No. 18 Texas A&M
- Ranked showdown1997: Nebraska 54, Texas A&M 15No. 20 Texas A&M at No. 2 Nebraska
- Ranked showdown2010: Texas A&M 9, Nebraska 6No. 9 Nebraska at No. 18 Texas A&M
Coach against coach
| Years | Nebraska | Series | Texas A&M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2002 | Frank Solich | 2–1 | R.C. Slocum |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nebraska’s side (Solich 2–1 against Slocum). 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
Named most valuable
| Ahman Green Nebraska | 1997 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 5, 1930
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
| Nov 20, 2010 | 18Texas A&M 9, 9Nebraska 6 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 20, 2007 | Texas A&M 36, Nebraska 14 | at Nebraska | ||
| Nov 11, 2006 | Nebraska 28, 24Texas A&M 27 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 18, 2003 | 18Nebraska 48, Texas A&M 12 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 26, 2002 | Nebraska 38, Texas A&M 31 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 6, 1999 | 9Nebraska 37, 21Texas A&M 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 10, 1998 | 18Texas A&M 28, 2Nebraska 21 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Dec 6, 1997 | 2Nebraska 54, 20Texas A&M 15 | Neutral site | Big 12 Championship Game | |
| Aug 27, 1988 | 2Nebraska 23, 10Texas A&M 14 | Neutral site | ||
| Sep 16, 1972 | 10Nebraska 37, Texas A&M 7 | at Nebraska | ||
| Sep 25, 1971 | 1Nebraska 34, Texas A&M 7 | at Nebraska | ||
| Sep 27, 1969 | Nebraska 14, Texas A&M 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 8, 1955 | Texas A&M 27, Nebraska 0 | at Nebraska | ||
| Oct 4, 1930 | Nebraska 13, Texas A&M 0 | at Nebraska |
Every game is listed as played on the field.