Nebraska vs. Virginia Tech

Nebraska and Virginia Tech have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1996; Virginia Tech leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Virginia Tech 2–⁠1, and Virginia Tech has won the last 2.

Nebraska wins
1
Virginia Tech wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1996
Longest streak
2 Virginia Tech
Current streak
2 Virginia Tech
Last 10 meetings
Virginia Tech 2–⁠1
Most recent
2009

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s1–⁠0
2000s0–⁠2
Both ranked
2 meetings: Nebraska 1, Virginia Tech 1; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
8.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Nebraska
0–⁠1 Nebraska’s record at home
At Virginia Tech
1–⁠0 Virginia Tech’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Nebraska first

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Nebraska and Virginia Tech, 1996 on1300150017001900200020052010201520202025

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

Nebraska RB Damon Benning and1996
Virginia Tech RB Ken Oxendine1996

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Sep 19, 200913Virginia Tech 16, 19Nebraska 15at Virginia Tech
Sep 27, 2008Virginia Tech 35, Nebraska 30at Nebraska
Dec 31, 19966Nebraska 41, 10Virginia Tech 21Neutral siteOrange Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.