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Minnesota-Nebraska
Minnesota and Nebraska have met 65 times since 1900. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 38-25-2
- Current streak
- Minnesota 6 games
- Longest streak
- Nebraska 16 games (1963-2012)
- Avg. margin / points
- 19.0 / 35.9
Series overview
Minnesota 38-25-2 Nebraska. Current streak: Minnesota 6 games.
Last five meetings
Minnesota 5 | Nebraska 0
Largest margin
71 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 1900 through 2025.
- 65 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Oct 18, 2025.
Related pages
Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.
Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
Minnesota and Nebraska have a tracked series that starts in 1900 and spans 65 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 1900-2025
- Busiest era
- 1940s, 10 games
- Longest pause
- 20 years (1990-2011)
- 1940s10 games
- 1900s9 games
- 2010s9 games
- 1930s7 games
Biggest games and recent trend
Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.
3 featured games
Latest meeting
2025 - Oct 18, 2025
Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
1919 - Oct 11, 1919
Minnesota 6, Nebraska 6. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
1983 - Sep 17, 1983
Minnesota 13, Nebraska 84. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- Minnesota 5, Nebraska 0 across 5 games
- Last ten
- Minnesota 7, Nebraska 3 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Lower-scoring recent history; average total 35.9, average margin 19.0.
- Current streak
- Minnesota 6 games
Players and coaches from recent chapters
Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.
Darius Taylor
Minnesota, 2025
Rushing Yards: 670
Drake Lindsey
Minnesota, 2025
Passing Yards: 2382
Lemeke Brockington
Minnesota, 2025
Receiving Yards: 484
Dylan Raiola
Nebraska, 2025
Passing Yards: 2000
Emmett Johnson
Nebraska, 2025
Rushing Yards: 1451
Nyziah Hunter
Nebraska, 2025
Receiving Yards: 617
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
P.J. Fleck
Minnesota - 2020-2025 - 27-19
Scott Frost
Nebraska - 2020-2022 - 7-16
Matt Rhule
Nebraska - 2023-2025 - 5-7
Mickey Joseph
Nebraska - 2022 - 3-6
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 54F, 1 windy.
Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.
Minnesota team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Nebraska team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Minnesota season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Nebraska season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Minnesota weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Nebraska weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Game stats archive
Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.
Rankings
Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.
College football records
National record and history context.
Historical comparison
Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.
Recent rivalry results
The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.
10 most recent tracked games
| Date | Matchup | Score | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2025 | Nebraska at Minnesota | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6 | Huntington Bank Stadium | Minnesota |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Nebraska at Minnesota | Minnesota 13, Nebraska 10 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Nov 5, 2022 | Minnesota at Nebraska | Minnesota 20, Nebraska 13 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Oct 16, 2021 | Nebraska at Minnesota | Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Dec 12, 2020 | Minnesota at Nebraska | Minnesota 24, Nebraska 17 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Oct 12, 2019 | Nebraska at Minnesota | Minnesota 34, Nebraska 7 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Oct 20, 2018 | Minnesota at Nebraska | Minnesota 28, Nebraska 53 | Venue unavailable | Nebraska |
| Nov 11, 2017 | Nebraska at Minnesota | Minnesota 54, Nebraska 21 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Nov 13, 2016 | Minnesota at Nebraska | Minnesota 17, Nebraska 24 | Venue unavailable | Nebraska |
| Oct 17, 2015 | Nebraska at Minnesota | Minnesota 25, Nebraska 48 | Venue unavailable | Nebraska |
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