Rivalry leaderboard
Minnesota-Nebraska Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 72/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 65
- Series record
- Minnesota 38-25-2 Nebraska
- Tracked years
- 1900-2025
- Trophy
- $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
15 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1936Week 4
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 0, Minnesota 7
Winner: Minnesota
No. 6 Nebraska vs. No. 2 Minnesota · 7-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
72
Game score
- 1940Week 4
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 7, Minnesota 13
Winner: Minnesota
No. 12 Nebraska vs. No. 2 Minnesota · 6-point margin
Ranking 38/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
- 1937Week 3
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 9, Nebraska 14
Winner: Nebraska
No. 14 Minnesota vs. No. 6 Nebraska · 5-point margin
Ranking 32/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
62
Game score
- 1968Week 3
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 17, Minnesota 14
Winner: Nebraska
No. 9 Nebraska vs. No. 17 Minnesota · 3-point margin
Ranking 26/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 1964Week 3
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 26, Minnesota 21
Winner: Nebraska
No. 8 Nebraska vs. Unranked Minnesota · 5-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1967Week 4
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 0, Nebraska 7
Winner: Nebraska
Unranked Minnesota vs. No. 7 Nebraska · 7-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1938Week 3
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 7, Minnesota 16
Winner: Minnesota
Unranked Nebraska vs. No. 12 Minnesota · 9-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1942Week 6
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 15, Nebraska 2
Winner: Minnesota
No. 10 Minnesota vs. Unranked Nebraska · 13-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1919Week 4
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 6, Nebraska 6
Result: Tie
Unranked Minnesota vs. Unranked Nebraska · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1908Week 5
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 0, Nebraska 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Minnesota vs. Unranked Nebraska · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1932Week 5
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 6, Minnesota 7
Winner: Minnesota
Unranked Nebraska vs. Unranked Minnesota · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1971Week 2
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 7, Nebraska 35
Winner: Nebraska
Unranked Minnesota vs. No. 1 Nebraska · 28-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 7/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1949Week 4
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 28, Nebraska 6
Winner: Minnesota
No. 7 Minnesota vs. Unranked Nebraska · 22-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 13/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1907Week 5
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 5, Minnesota 8
Winner: Minnesota
Unranked Nebraska vs. Unranked Minnesota · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1970Week 6
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 35, Minnesota 10
Winner: Nebraska
No. 5 Nebraska vs. Unranked Minnesota · 25-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 10/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1960Week 3
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 26, Nebraska 14
Winner: Minnesota
No. 18 Minnesota vs. Unranked Nebraska · 12-point margin
Ranking 8/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1904Week 7
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 12, Minnesota 16
Winner: Minnesota
Unranked Nebraska vs. Unranked Minnesota · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1935Week 4
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 12, Nebraska 7
Winner: Minnesota
Unranked Minnesota vs. Unranked Nebraska · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1984Week 4
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 7, Nebraska 38
Winner: Nebraska
Unranked Minnesota vs. No. 1 Nebraska · 31-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 4/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1952Week 10
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 13, Nebraska 7
Winner: Minnesota
Unranked Minnesota vs. Unranked Nebraska · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1950Week 4
Nebraska at Minnesota
Nebraska 32, Minnesota 26
Winner: Nebraska
Unranked Nebraska vs. Unranked Minnesota · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1939Week 4
Minnesota at Nebraska
Minnesota 0, Nebraska 6
Winner: Nebraska
Unranked Minnesota vs. Unranked Nebraska · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.