Nebraska Wesleyan vs. Wyoming

Nebraska Wesleyan and Wyoming have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1910; the series is tied 3–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s even at 3–⁠3.

Nebraska Wesleyan wins
3
Wyoming wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1910
Longest streak
2 Wyoming
Current streak
1 Nebraska Wesleyan
Last 10 meetings
even at 3–⁠3
Most recent
1926

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠2
1920s1–⁠1
Average margin
10.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Nebraska Wesleyan
1–⁠1 Nebraska Wesleyan’s record at home
At Wyoming
2–⁠2 Wyoming’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Nebraska Wesleyan’s biggest win1915: Nebraska Wesleyan 20, Wyoming 0by 20 points
  2. Wyoming’s biggest win1911: Wyoming 21, Nebraska Wesleyan 0by 21 points
  3. Upset1926: Nebraska Wesleyan 14, Wyoming 7Nebraska Wesleyan had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1919: Nebraska Wesleyan 14, Wyoming 10Nebraska Wesleyan had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Nebraska Wesleyan and Wyoming, 1910 on13001500170019101920193019401950

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.

From the newspapers

  • The Douglas daily dispatch's story of the 1926 game: NEBRASKA WESLEYAN BEATS u. OF WYOMING, ii TO

    1926 · Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, Oct 7, 1926

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

Oct 6, 1926Nebraska Wesleyan 14, Wyoming 7at Wyoming
Nov 2, 1920Wyoming 14, Nebraska Wesleyan 7at Nebraska Wesleyan
Nov 8, 1919Nebraska Wesleyan 14, Wyoming 10at Wyoming
Nov 19, 1915Nebraska Wesleyan 20, Wyoming 0at Nebraska Wesleyan
Nov 13, 1911Wyoming 21, Nebraska Wesleyan 0at Wyoming
Nov 19, 1910Wyoming 5, Nebraska Wesleyan 0at Wyoming

Every game is listed as played on the field.