Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry

Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry
	Nebraska Cornhuskers Oklahoma Sooners
First meeting	November 23, 1912; Nebraska 13, Oklahoma 9
Latest meeting	December 4, 2010; Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 20
Next meeting	September 18, 2021 ; (Norman, OK)
Statistics
Meetings total	86
All-time series	Oklahoma leads, 45–38–3
Largest victory	Nebraska, 69–7 (1997)
Longest win streak	Oklahoma, 16 (1943–58)

The Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team of the University of Nebraska and Oklahoma Sooners football team of the University of Oklahoma. The rivalry continued in the Big 12 Conference until 2010, though the rivalry was more prominent when both teams were members of the former Big Eight Conference before 1996. The annual rivalry effectively ended when Oklahoma was lined up in the Southern division of the newly formed Big 12 to maintain its rivalry with Texas and also its recruiting hotbeds in Texas.^[1]^[2]^[3] As both teams won their respective divisions in 2010, they met in the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game. Following the 2010 season, Nebraska left the Big 12 for the Big Ten Conference. As a result, the 2009 meeting turned out to be the last regular-season scheduled meeting. Nebraska's departure left the future of the rivalry in doubt. The two teams have agreed to play a home-and-home non-conference series scheduled for 2021 in Norman (to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 classic) and 2022 in Lincoln. They added games in 2029 and 2030 as well.^[4]

The rivalry had been less intense since the 1996 forming of the Big 12 Conference. This was due to the split-division nature of the Big 12 that scheduled the Cornhuskers and Sooners to meet only twice every four years. Before the beginning of Big 12 play in 1996, the Cornhuskers and Sooners had met for 71 straight years.

The 1923 game, only the fifth time these teams met, was the first game played in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

These teams have been involved in several historic match-ups, such as the Game of the Century, where the teams came into the game ranked one and two in the Associated Press Poll, often making these games of great importance in deciding the national championship. Historically, the rivalry's most distinguishing quality had been the grudging respect and appreciation between the two tradition-rich programs. Also of note is the game's former status as the premier Thanksgiving Day game for the middle of the country.

Oklahoma gave Nebraska their only regular-season losses in 1964, 1966, 1975, 1979, and 1987, while Nebraska did the same to Oklahoma in 1971 and 1978. In the 1978 season, Nebraska and Oklahoma met twice; once in the regular season with a Nebraska victory, and later at the 1979 Orange Bowl with an Oklahoma victory.

The 1959 meeting between these teams is often considered Nebraska’s biggest upset ever. On that day, unranked Nebraska defeated #19 Oklahoma 25–21 in Lincoln, ending Oklahoma's 74-game conference win streak and their 16-game win streak over Nebraska.

Former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini served as an assistant at Oklahoma in 2004.^[5]

End of the rivalry

On June 11, 2010, the University of Nebraska announced that its regents had unanimously voted to end the university's affiliation with the Big 12 Conference, and would be joining the Big Ten Conference beginning with the 2011 season.^[1]^[2]^[3] The two teams met one final time in the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game before Nebraska joined the Big Ten, which Oklahoma won 23–20.^[6]

In 2012 an agreement was reached between the two schools to play a home-and-home series during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.^[7] In 2016, the schools announced an additional home-and-home series for 2029 and 2030.^[8]

Game results

Nebraska victories	Oklahoma victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1	November 23, 1912	Lincoln	Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	9	Nebraska 1–0
2	October 25, 1919	Omaha	Tie	7	Tie	7	Nebraska 1–0–1
3	October 29, 1921	Lincoln	Nebraska	44	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 2–0–1
4	October 28, 1922	Norman	Nebraska	39	Oklahoma	7	Nebraska 3–0–1
5	October 13, 1923	Lincoln	Nebraska	24	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 4–0–1
6	October 11, 1924	Norman	Oklahoma	14	Nebraska	7	Nebraska 4–1–1
7	October 31, 1925	Lincoln	Nebraska	12	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 5–1–1
8	November 10, 1928	Norman	Nebraska	44	Oklahoma	6	Nebraska 6–1–1
9	November 16, 1929	Lincoln	Tie	13	Tie	13	Nebraska 6–1–2
10	October 11, 1930	Norman	Oklahoma	20	Nebraska	7	Nebraska 6–2–2
11	October 10, 1931	Lincoln	Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 7–2–2
12	November 19, 1932	Norman	Nebraska	5	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 8–2–2
13	October 28, 1933	Lincoln	Nebraska	16	Oklahoma	7	Nebraska 9–2–2
14	October 20, 1934	Norman	Nebraska	6	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 10–2–2
15	October 26, 1935	Lincoln	Nebraska	19	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 11–2–2
16	October 24, 1936	Norman	#15 Nebraska	14	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 12–2–2
17	October 16, 1937	Lincoln	Tie	0	Tie	0	Nebraska 12–2–3
18	October 22, 1938	Norman	#14 Oklahoma	14	Nebraska	0	Nebraska 12–3–3
19	November 25, 1939	Lincoln	Nebraska	13	#14 Oklahoma	7	Nebraska 13–3–3
20	November 26, 1940	Norman	#12 Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 14–3–3
21	November 29, 1941	Lincoln	Nebraska	7	Oklahoma	6	Nebraska 15–3–3
22	October 24, 1942	Norman	Nebraska	7	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska 16–3–3
23	November 27, 1943	Lincoln	Oklahoma	26	Nebraska	7	Nebraska 16–4–3
24	December 2, 1944	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	31	Nebraska	12	Nebraska 16–5–3
25	September 29, 1945	Lincoln	Oklahoma	20	Nebraska	0	Nebraska 16–6–3
26	November 23, 1946	Norman	#18 Oklahoma	27	Nebraska	6	Nebraska 16–7–3
27	November 22, 1947	Lincoln	Oklahoma	14	Nebraska	13	Nebraska 16–8–3
28	November 13, 1948	Norman	#9 Oklahoma	41	Nebraska	14	Nebraska 16–9–3
29	October 22, 1949	Lincoln	#4 Oklahoma	48	Nebraska	0	Nebraska 16–10–3
30	November 25, 1950	Norman	#1 Oklahoma	49	#16 Nebraska	35	Nebraska 16–11–3
31	November 24, 1951	Lincoln	#12 Oklahoma	27	Nebraska	0	Nebraska 16–12–3
32	November 22, 1952	Norman	#5 Oklahoma	34	Nebraska	13	Nebraska 16–13–3
33	November 21, 1953	Lincoln	#4 Oklahoma	30	Nebraska	7	Nebraska 16–14–3
34	November 20, 1954	Norman	#3 Oklahoma	55	Nebraska	7	Nebraska 16–15–3
35	November 19, 1955	Lincoln	#1 Oklahoma	41	Nebraska	0	Tied 16–16–3
36	November 24, 1956	Norman	#1 Oklahoma	54	Nebraska	6	Oklahoma 17–16–3
37	November 23, 1957	Lincoln	#6 Oklahoma	32	Nebraska	7	Oklahoma 18–16–3
38	November 22, 1958	Norman	#4 Oklahoma	40	Nebraska	7	Oklahoma 19–16–3
39	October 31, 1959	Lincoln	Nebraska	25	#19 Oklahoma	21	Oklahoma 19–17–3
40	November 19, 1960	Norman	Nebraska	17	Oklahoma	14	Oklahoma 19–18–3
41	November 25, 1961	Lincoln	Oklahoma	21	Nebraska	14	Oklahoma 20–18–3
42	November 24, 1962	Norman	#10 Oklahoma	34	Nebraska	6	Oklahoma 21–18–3
43	November 23, 1963	Lincoln	#10 Nebraska	29	#6 Oklahoma	20	Oklahoma 21–19–3
44	November 21, 1964	Norman	Oklahoma	17	#4 Nebraska	7	Oklahoma 22–19–3

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team		Series
45	November 25, 1965	Lincoln	#3 Nebraska	21	Oklahoma	9	Oklahoma 22–20–3
46	November 24, 1966	Norman	Oklahoma	10	#4 Nebraska	9	Oklahoma 23–20–3
47	November 25, 1967	Lincoln	#5 Oklahoma	21	Nebraska	14	Oklahoma 24–20–3
48	November 23, 1968	Norman	#14 Oklahoma	47	Nebraska	0	Oklahoma 25–20–3
49	November 22, 1969	Norman	#16 Nebraska	44	Oklahoma	14	Oklahoma 25–21–3
50	November 21, 1970	Lincoln	#3 Nebraska	28	Oklahoma	21	Oklahoma 25–22–3
51	November 25, 1971	Norman	#1 Nebraska	35	#2 Oklahoma	31	Oklahoma 25–23–3
52	November 23, 1972	Lincoln	#4 Oklahoma	17	#5 Nebraska	14	Oklahoma 26–23–3
53	November 23, 1973	Norman	#3 Oklahoma	27	#10 Nebraska	0	Oklahoma 27–23–3
54	November 23, 1974	Lincoln	#1 Oklahoma	28	#6 Nebraska	14	Oklahoma 28–23–3
55	November 22, 1975	Norman	#7 Oklahoma	35	#2 Nebraska	10	Oklahoma 29–23–3
56	November 26, 1976	Lincoln	#8 Oklahoma	20	#10 Nebraska	17	Oklahoma 30–23–3
57	November 25, 1977	Norman	#3 Oklahoma	38	#11 Nebraska	7	Oklahoma 31–23–3
58	November 11, 1978	Lincoln	#4 Nebraska	17	#1 Oklahoma	14	Oklahoma 31–24–3
59	January 1, 1979	Miami¹	#4 Oklahoma	31	#6 Nebraska	24	Oklahoma 32–24–3
60	November 24, 1979	Norman	#8 Oklahoma	17	#3 Nebraska	14	Oklahoma 33–24–3
61	November 22, 1980	Lincoln	#9 Oklahoma	21	#4 Nebraska	17	Oklahoma 34–24–3
62	November 21, 1981	Norman	#5 Nebraska	37	Oklahoma	14	Oklahoma 34–25–3
63	November 26, 1982	Lincoln	#3 Nebraska	28	#11 Oklahoma	24	Oklahoma 34–26–3
64	November 26, 1983	Norman	#1 Nebraska	28	Oklahoma	21	Oklahoma 34–27–3
65	November 17, 1984	Lincoln	#4 Oklahoma	17	#1 Nebraska	7	Oklahoma 35–27–3
66	November 23, 1985	Norman	#5 Oklahoma	27	#2 Nebraska	7	Oklahoma 36–27–3
67	November 22, 1986	Lincoln	#3 Oklahoma	20	#5 Nebraska	17	Oklahoma 37–27–3
68	November 21, 1987	Lincoln	#2 Oklahoma	17	#1 Nebraska	7	Oklahoma 38–27–3
69	November 19, 1988	Norman	#7 Nebraska	7	#9 Oklahoma	3	Oklahoma 38–28–3
70	November 18, 1989	Lincoln	#6 Nebraska	42	Oklahoma	25	Oklahoma 38–29–3
71	November 23, 1990	Norman	Oklahoma	45	#10 Nebraska	10	Oklahoma 39–29–3
72	November 29, 1991	Lincoln	#11 Nebraska	19	#19 Oklahoma	14	Oklahoma 39–30–3
73	November 27, 1992	Norman	#12 Nebraska	33	Oklahoma	9	Oklahoma 39–31–3
74	November 26, 1993	Lincoln	#2 Nebraska	21	#16 Oklahoma	7	Oklahoma 39–32–3
75	November 25, 1994	Norman	#1 Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	3	Oklahoma 39–33–3
76	November 24, 1995	Lincoln	#1 Nebraska	37	Oklahoma	0	Oklahoma 39–34–3
77	November 2, 1996	Norman	#5 Nebraska	73	Oklahoma	21	Oklahoma 39–35–3
78	November 1, 1997	Lincoln	#1 Nebraska	69	Oklahoma	7	Oklahoma 39–36–3
79	October 28, 2000	Norman	#3 Oklahoma	31	#1 Nebraska	14	Oklahoma 40–36–3
80	October 27, 2001	Lincoln	#3 Nebraska	20	#2 Oklahoma	10	Oklahoma 40–37–3
81	November 13, 2004	Norman	#2 Oklahoma	30	Nebraska	3	Oklahoma 41–37–3
82	October 29, 2005	Lincoln	Oklahoma	31	Nebraska	24	Oklahoma 42–37–3
83	December 2, 2006	Kansas City²	#8 Oklahoma	21	#19 Nebraska	7	Oklahoma 43–37–3
84	November 1, 2008	Norman	#4 Oklahoma	62	Nebraska	28	Oklahoma 44–37–3
85	November 7, 2009	Lincoln	Nebraska	10	#20 Oklahoma	3	Oklahoma 44–38–3
86	December 4, 2010	Arlington³	#9 Oklahoma	23	#13 Nebraska	20	Oklahoma 45–38–3
¹ 1979 Orange Bowl ² 2006 Big 12 Championship Game ³ 2010 Big 12 Championship Game

References

1 2 "Perlman hopes to begin Big Ten athletics by 2011". Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
1 2 "Nebraska to the Big Ten". Omaha World-Herald. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
1 2 "It's unanimous: Nebraska to the Big Ten". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
↑ https://www.si.com/college-football/2016/01/20/oklahoma-nebraska-future-games
↑ http://www.huskers.com//pdf7/135049.pdf
↑ "Osborne: Nebraska has offer to play OU in 2020-21". The Macon Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
↑ "Oklahoma And Nebraska Rivalry Renewed". News9.com. November 29, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
↑ Oklahoma, Nebraska to renew rivalry with games in 2029, 2030

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[Lincoln_Journal_Star-1] 1 2 "Perlman hopes to begin Big Ten athletics by 2011". Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-11.

[Nebraska_to_the_Big_Ten-2] 1 2 "Nebraska to the Big Ten". Omaha World-Herald. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-11.

[huskerextra.com-3] 1 2 "It's unanimous: Nebraska to the Big Ten". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 2010-06-11.

[4] ttps://www.si.com/college-football/2016/01/20/oklahoma-nebraska-future-games

[5] ttp://www.huskers.com//pdf7/135049.pdf

[6] "Osborne: Nebraska has offer to play OU in 2020-21". The Macon Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-07.

[Rivalry_renewed-7] "Oklahoma And Nebraska Rivalry Renewed". News9.com. November 29, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012.

[8] Oklahoma, Nebraska to renew rivalry with games in 2029, 2030

Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Venues	Lincoln Park (1890–95) "M" Street Park (1894–96) Antelope Field (1897–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–22) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado (Buffalo Head) Iowa (Heroes Trophy) Kansas Kansas State Miami Minnesota ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Missouri (Victory Bell) Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin (Freedom Trophy)
Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Marching band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" 1939 Kansas State game 1971 Oklahoma game Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 1 Second Left "The Cornhusker Vortex" (The Big Bang Theory)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
National championship seasons in bold

Oklahoma Sooners football
Venues	Boyd Field (1905–23) Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–present) Barry Switzer Center
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe) Nebraska Oklahoma State: Bedlam Series Texas: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat)
Culture & lore	T formation Wishbone formation Oklahoma drill Sooner Schooner Boomer and Sooner "Boomer Sooner" Marching band The Kick The Oklahoma Heismen Play Like a Champion Today
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
National championship seasons in bold

Nebraska Cornhuskers rivalries
Football	Colorado Iowa Kansas Kansas State Miami Minnesota Missouri Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin
Basketball	Creighton
Other	Creighton (Baseball)

Statistics
Nebraska Cornhuskers Oklahoma Sooners
First meeting	November 23, 1912 Nebraska 13, Oklahoma 9
Latest meeting	December 4, 2010 Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 20
Next meeting	September 18, 2021 (Norman, OK)
Meetings total	86
All-time series	Oklahoma leads, 45–38–3
Largest victory	Nebraska, 69–7 (1997)
Longest win streak	Oklahoma, 16 (1943–58)

Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry

End of the rivalry

Game results

See also

References