Nebraska vs. Wisconsin

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

1. Nebraska’s biggest win1965: Nebraska 37, Wisconsin 0by 37 points
2. Wisconsin’s biggest win2012: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31by 39 points
3. Upset1974: Wisconsin 21, Nebraska 20Wisconsin had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown2011: Wisconsin 48, Nebraska 17No. 8 Nebraska at No. 7 Wisconsin
5. Ranked showdown2016: Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 17No. 7 Nebraska at No. 11 Wisconsin
6. Ranked showdown2014: Wisconsin 59, Nebraska 24No. 11 Nebraska at No. 22 Wisconsin

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Nebraska’s side (Pelini 1–⁠2 against Bielema). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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).

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  1901 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Nov 3, 1901

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.

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2011.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

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  The 2016 game

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  The 2016 game

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  The 2016 game

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  The 2016 game

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  The 2012 game

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  The 2012 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Nebraska vs. Kansas109 meetings, Nebraska 88–⁠18–⁠3
• Nebraska vs. Iowa State102 meetings, Nebraska 84–⁠16–⁠2
• Nebraska vs. Missouri96 meetings, Nebraska 60–⁠33–⁠3
• Nebraska vs. Kansas State95 meetings, Nebraska 77–⁠15–⁠3
• Wisconsin vs. Minnesota133 meetings, Wisconsin 63–⁠62–⁠8
• Wisconsin vs. Northwestern103 meetings, Wisconsin 62–⁠37–⁠4
• Wisconsin vs. Iowa99 meetings, Wisconsin 49–⁠48–⁠2
• Wisconsin vs. Purdue91 meetings, Wisconsin 54–⁠29–⁠8