Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry

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Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry
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Nebraska Cornhuskers Oklahoma Sooners
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 23, 1912 Nebraska 13, Oklahoma 9
Latest meeting	September 17, 2022 Oklahoma 49, Nebraska 14
Next meeting	September 15, 2029 (Norman, OK)
Meetings total	88
All-time series	Oklahoma leads, 47–38–3^[1]
Largest victory	Nebraska, 69–7 (1997)
Longest win streak	Oklahoma, 16 (1943–1958)
Current win streak	Oklahoma, 3 (2010–present)

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The Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry is 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 series 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.^[2]^[3]^[4] 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 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. Additional games have also been scheduled for 2029 and 2030.^[5]

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 (November 25, 1971), 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 (or Friday) 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, when they met twice; once in the regular season with a Nebraska home win (to stop a six-game Sooner streak),^[6]^[7] and at the Orange Bowl with an Oklahoma victory.^[8]^[9]

The 1959 meeting is often considered Nebraska’s biggest upset ever. On that Halloween day, the unranked Cornhuskers defeated No. 19 Oklahoma 25–21 in Lincoln, ending the Sooners' 74-game conference win streak and their 16-game win streak over Nebraska.^[10]

The 1963 matchup was almost canceled because of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the day before, but ultimately both schools agreed to go ahead with the game. It was one of only 6 played that day (the others were Tulane-LSU, Texas Tech-Arkansas, Florida State-Auburn, Florida-Miami and Kentucky-Tennessee) as all others around the country were canceled.

Former Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini served as an assistant at Oklahoma in 2004.^[11]

End of the rivalry

When the Big 8 Conference merged with Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Texas, and Baylor to form the Big XII, Oklahoma sided with the majority of conference members and voted against having an annual division-crossover rivalry game. The new conference was split into divisions, with Nebraska in the North and Oklahoma in the south, where they would play one another twice every four years.

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.^[2]^[3]^[4] 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.^[12]

The two teams would renew their rivalry with a home-and-home series in 2021 and 2022. In 2016, the schools announced another home-and-home series, this time for 2029 and 2030.^[5]

Game results

Nebraska victories	Oklahoma victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
1	November 23, 1912	Lincoln	Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	9
2	October 25, 1919	Omaha	Tie	7	Tie	7
3	October 29, 1921	Lincoln	Nebraska	44	Oklahoma	0
4	October 28, 1922	Norman	Nebraska	39	Oklahoma	7
5	October 13, 1923	Lincoln	Nebraska	24	Oklahoma	0
6	October 11, 1924	Norman	Oklahoma	14	Nebraska	7
7	October 31, 1925	Lincoln	Nebraska	12	Oklahoma	0
8	November 10, 1928	Norman	Nebraska	44	Oklahoma	6
9	November 16, 1929	Lincoln	Tie	13	Tie	13
10	October 11, 1930	Norman	Oklahoma	20	Nebraska	7
11	October 10, 1931	Lincoln	Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	0
12	November 19, 1932	Norman	Nebraska	5	Oklahoma	0
13	October 28, 1933	Lincoln	Nebraska	16	Oklahoma	7
14	October 20, 1934	Norman	Nebraska	6	Oklahoma	0
15	October 26, 1935	Lincoln	Nebraska	19	Oklahoma	0
16	October 24, 1936	Norman	No. 15 Nebraska	14	Oklahoma	0
17	October 16, 1937	Lincoln	Tie	0	Tie	0
18	October 22, 1938	Norman	No. 14 Oklahoma	14	Nebraska	0
19	November 25, 1939	Lincoln	Nebraska	13	No. 14 Oklahoma	7
20	November 2, 1940	Norman	No. 12 Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	0
21	November 29, 1941	Lincoln	Nebraska	7	Oklahoma	6
22	October 24, 1942	Norman	Nebraska	7	Oklahoma	0
23	November 27, 1943	Lincoln	Oklahoma	26	Nebraska	7
24	December 2, 1944	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	31	Nebraska	12
25	September 29, 1945	Lincoln	Oklahoma	20	Nebraska	0
26	November 23, 1946	Norman	No. 18 Oklahoma	27	Nebraska	6
27	November 22, 1947	Lincoln	Oklahoma	14	Nebraska	13
28	November 13, 1948	Norman	No. 9 Oklahoma	41	Nebraska	14
29	October 22, 1949	Lincoln	No. 4 Oklahoma	48	Nebraska	0
30	November 25, 1950	Norman	No. 1 Oklahoma	49	No. 16 Nebraska	35
31	November 24, 1951	Lincoln	No. 12 Oklahoma	27	Nebraska	0
32	November 22, 1952	Norman	No. 5 Oklahoma	34	Nebraska	13
33	November 21, 1953	Lincoln	No. 4 Oklahoma	30	Nebraska	7
34	November 20, 1954	Norman	No. 3 Oklahoma	55	Nebraska	7
35	November 19, 1955	Lincoln	No. 1 Oklahoma	41	Nebraska	0
36	November 24, 1956	Norman	No. 1 Oklahoma	54	Nebraska	6
37	November 23, 1957	Lincoln	No. 6 Oklahoma	32	Nebraska	7
38	November 22, 1958	Norman	No. 4 Oklahoma	40	Nebraska	7
39	October 31, 1959	Lincoln	Nebraska	25	No. 19 Oklahoma	21
40	November 19, 1960	Norman	Nebraska	17	Oklahoma	14
41	November 25, 1961	Lincoln	Oklahoma	21	Nebraska	14
42	November 24, 1962	Norman	No. 10 Oklahoma	34	Nebraska	6
43	November 23, 1963	Lincoln	No. 10 Nebraska	29	No. 6 Oklahoma	20
44	November 21, 1964	Norman	Oklahoma	17	No. 4 Nebraska	7
45	November 25, 1965	Lincoln	No. 3 Nebraska	21	Oklahoma	9
46	November 24, 1966	Norman	Oklahoma	10	No. 4 Nebraska	9

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
47	November 25, 1967	Lincoln	No. 5 Oklahoma	21	Nebraska	14
48	November 23, 1968	Norman	No. 14 Oklahoma	47	Nebraska	0
49	November 22, 1969	Norman	No. 16 Nebraska	44	Oklahoma	14
50	November 21, 1970	Lincoln	No. 3 Nebraska	28	Oklahoma	21
51	November 25, 1971	Norman	No. 1 Nebraska	35	No. 2 Oklahoma	31
52	November 23, 1972	Lincoln	No. 4 Oklahoma	17	No. 5 Nebraska	14
53	November 23, 1973	Norman	No. 3 Oklahoma	27	No. 10 Nebraska	0
54	November 23, 1974	Lincoln	No. 1 Oklahoma	28	No. 6 Nebraska	14
55	November 22, 1975	Norman	No. 7 Oklahoma	35	No. 2 Nebraska	10
56	November 26, 1976	Lincoln	No. 8 Oklahoma	20	No. 10 Nebraska	17
57	November 25, 1977	Norman	No. 3 Oklahoma	38	No. 11 Nebraska	7
58	November 11, 1978	Lincoln	No. 4 Nebraska	17	No. 1 Oklahoma	14
59	January 1, 1979	Miami	No. 4 Oklahoma	31	No. 6 Nebraska	24
60	November 24, 1979	Norman	No. 8 Oklahoma	17	No. 3 Nebraska	14
61	November 22, 1980	Lincoln	No. 9 Oklahoma	21	No. 4 Nebraska	17
62	November 21, 1981	Norman	No. 5 Nebraska	37	Oklahoma	14
63	November 26, 1982	Lincoln	No. 3 Nebraska	28	No. 11 Oklahoma	24
64	November 26, 1983	Norman	No. 1 Nebraska	28	Oklahoma	21
65	November 17, 1984	Lincoln	No. 4 Oklahoma	17	No. 1 Nebraska	7
66	November 23, 1985	Norman	No. 5 Oklahoma	27	No. 2 Nebraska	7
67	November 22, 1986	Lincoln	No. 3 Oklahoma	20	No. 5 Nebraska	17
68	November 21, 1987	Lincoln	No. 2 Oklahoma	17	No. 1 Nebraska	7
69	November 19, 1988	Norman	No. 7 Nebraska	7	No. 9 Oklahoma	3
70	November 18, 1989	Lincoln	No. 6 Nebraska	42	Oklahoma	25
71	November 23, 1990	Norman	Oklahoma	45	No. 10 Nebraska	10
72	November 29, 1991	Lincoln	No. 11 Nebraska	19	No. 19 Oklahoma	14
73	November 27, 1992	Norman	No. 12 Nebraska	33	Oklahoma	9
74	November 26, 1993	Lincoln	No. 2 Nebraska	21	No. 16 Oklahoma	7
75	November 25, 1994	Norman	No. 1 Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	3
76	November 24, 1995	Lincoln	No. 1 Nebraska	37	Oklahoma	0
77	November 2, 1996	Norman	No. 5 Nebraska	73	Oklahoma	21
78	November 1, 1997	Lincoln	No. 1 Nebraska	69	Oklahoma	7
79	October 28, 2000	Norman	No. 3 Oklahoma	31	No. 1 Nebraska	14
80	October 27, 2001	Lincoln	No. 3 Nebraska	20	No. 2 Oklahoma	10
81	November 13, 2004	Norman	No. 2 Oklahoma	30	Nebraska	3
82	October 29, 2005	Lincoln	Oklahoma	31	Nebraska	24
83	December 2, 2006	Kansas City	No. 8 Oklahoma	21	No. 19 Nebraska	7
84	November 1, 2008	Norman	No. 4 Oklahoma	62	Nebraska	28
85	November 7, 2009	Lincoln	Nebraska	10	No. 20 Oklahoma	3
86	December 4, 2010	Arlington	No. 9 Oklahoma	23	No. 13 Nebraska	20
87	September 18, 2021	Norman	No. 3 Oklahoma	23	Nebraska	16
88	September 17, 2022	Lincoln	No. 6 Oklahoma	49	Nebraska	14
89	September 15, 2029	Norman
90	September 14, 2030	Lincoln
Series: Oklahoma leads 47–38–3^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Winsipedia - Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Oklahoma Sooners football series history". Winsipedia.
^ ^a ^b "Perlman hopes to begin Big Ten athletics by 2011". Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Nebraska to the Big Ten". Omaha World-Herald. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "It's unanimous: Nebraska to the Big Ten". Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Staff, S. I. "Oklahoma, Nebraska to play in 2029, 2030". Sports Illustrated.
^ "Grid frustration ends in Huskers' triumph". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 12, 1978. p. C4.
^ Looney, Douglas S. (November 20, 1978). "Nebraska was on the loose". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
^ "...But Oklahoma makes its case for No. 1, too". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 2, 1979. p. 29.
^ Putnam, Pat (January 8, 1979). "Orange Bowl". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
^ "Huskers end Sooners' Big 8 string". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 1, 1959. p. 3, sports.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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v t e Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Venues	Lincoln Park (1891–1893) Antelope Field (1894–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Colorado (Buffalo Head) Iowa (Heroes Trophy) Kansas Kansas State Miami (FL) Minnesota ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Missouri (Victory Bell) Oklahoma Wisconsin (Freedom Trophy)
Culture and lore	History Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Cornhusker Marching Band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" nickname 1939 Kansas State game Game of the Century (1971 Oklahoma game) Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 2009 Big 12 Championship Game Yes Man
People	Head coaches All-Americans Athletic directors College Football Hall of Famers NFL draftees Pro Football Hall of Famers 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 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Oklahoma Sooners football
Venues	Boyd Field (1905–1923) Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma State: Bedlam Series Texas: Red River Rivalry
Culture & lore	T formation Wishbone formation 1971 Nebraska game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 2016 Texas Tech game Oklahoma drill Sooner Schooner RUF/NEKS Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass Boomer and Sooner "Boomer Sooner" Marching band The Kick 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 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Big Ten Conference football rivalries
Protected conference rivalries	Illinois–Northwestern Illinois–Purdue Indiana–Purdue Iowa–Minnesota Iowa–Nebraska Iowa–Wisconsin Maryland–Rutgers Michigan–Michigan State Michigan–Ohio State Minnesota–Wisconsin Oregon–Washington UCLA–USC
Other conference rivalries	Illinois–Indiana Illinois–Michigan Illinois–Ohio State Indiana–Michigan State Maryland–Penn State Michigan–Minnesota Michigan–Northwestern Michigan–Penn State Michigan State–Penn State Minnesota–Nebraska Minnesota–Penn State Nebraska–Wisconsin Ohio State–Penn State
Non-conference	Alabama–Penn State Chicago–Michigan Chicago–Purdue California–UCLA Colorado–Nebraska Illinois–Missouri Indiana–Kentucky Iowa–Iowa State Kansas–Nebraska Kansas State–Nebraska Maryland–Navy Maryland–Virginia Maryland–West Virginia Miami–Nebraska Michigan–Notre Dame Michigan State–Notre Dame Missouri–Nebraska Nebraska–Oklahoma Northwestern–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Purdue Notre Dame–USC Oregon–Oregon State Northwest Championship (Oregon–Oregon State–Washington–Washington State) Oregon–Saint Mary's Penn State–Pittsburgh Penn State–Syracuse Penn State–West Virginia Old Ironsides (Penn State–Pittsburgh–West Virginia) Princeton–Rutgers Stanford–USC Washington–Washington State

Southeastern Conference football rivalry games

Conference

Iron Bowl (Alabama–Auburn)
Alabama–Florida
Alabama–Georgia
Alabama–LSU
Alabama–Mississippi State
Alabama–Ole Miss
Third Saturday in October (Alabama–Tennessee)
Arkansas–LSU
Battle Line Rivalry (Arkansas–Missouri)
Arkansas–Ole Miss
Arkansas–Texas
Arkansas–Texas A&M
Auburn–Florida
Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (Auburn–Georgia)
Auburn–LSU
Auburn–Ole Miss
Auburn–Tennessee
Florida–Georgia
Florida–Kentucky
Florida–LSU
Florida–Tennessee
Georgia–South Carolina
Georgia–Tennessee
Georgia–Vanderbilt
Kentucky–Tennessee
Kentucky–Vanderbilt
LSU–Mississippi State
Magnolia Bowl (LSU–Ole Miss)
LSU–Texas A&M
Egg Bowl (Mississippi State–Ole Miss)
Missouri–Oklahoma
Red River Rivalry (Oklahoma–Texas)
Ole Miss–Vanderbilt
South Carolina–Tennessee
Tennessee–Vanderbilt
Texas–Texas A&M

Non-conference

Alabama–Clemson
Alabama–Georgia Tech
Alabama–Penn State
Arkansas–Texas Tech
Auburn–Clemson
Auburn–Georgia Tech
Auburn–Tulane
Battle of the Brazos (Baylor–Texas A&M)
Centre–Kentucky
Clemson–Georgia
Clemson–South Carolina
Florida–Florida State
Florida–Miami
Florida Cup (Florida–Florida State–Miami)
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech)
Georgia Tech–Tennessee
Georgia Tech–Vanderbilt
Illinois–Missouri
Indiana–Kentucky
Iowa State–Missouri
Border War (Kansas–Missouri)
Kentucky–Louisville
Battle On Broadway (Kentucky–Transylvania)
Battle for the Rag (LSU–Tulane)
Memphis–Ole Miss
Missouri–Nebraska
Nebraska–Oklahoma
North Carolina–South Carolina
Bedlam Series (Oklahoma–Oklahoma State)
Ole Miss–Tulane
Rice–Texas
Sewanee–Vanderbilt
TCU–Texas
TCU–Texas A&M
Texas–Texas Tech
Texas A&M–Texas Tech

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