Nebraska vs. Utah State

Nebraska and Utah State have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1966; Nebraska leads the series 8–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Nebraska 8–⁠0, and Nebraska has won the last 8.

Nebraska wins
8
Utah State wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1966
Longest streak
8 Nebraska
Current streak
8 Nebraska
Last 10 meetings
Nebraska 8–⁠0
Most recent
2003

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠0
1970s2–⁠0
1980s2–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
2000s2–⁠0
Average margin
32.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Nebraska
8–⁠0 Nebraska’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Nebraska’s biggest win1988: Nebraska 63, Utah State 13by 50 points

Coach against coach

YearsNebraskaSeriesUtah State
1987–⁠1991Tom Osborne3–⁠0Chuck Shelton

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nebraska’s side (Osborne 3–⁠0 against Shelton). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Nebraska and Utah State, 1966 on1300150017001900197019801990200020102020

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.

Every game

Sep 6, 200323Nebraska 31, Utah State 7at Nebraska
Sep 7, 20029Nebraska 44, Utah State 13at Nebraska
Sep 7, 199114Nebraska 59, Utah State 28at Nebraska
Sep 3, 19882Nebraska 63, Utah State 13at Nebraska
Sep 5, 19872Nebraska 56, Utah State 12at Nebraska
Sep 15, 19798Nebraska 35, Utah State 14at Nebraska
Oct 2, 19711Nebraska 42, Utah State 6at Nebraska
Sep 24, 19664Nebraska 28, Utah State 7at Nebraska

Every game is listed as played on the field.