Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry

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Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry
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The Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Nebraska Cornhuskers.

History

The rivalry can be separated into distinct eras, the first two being Minnesota's glory days, followed by Nebraska's rise to prominence. These match-ups took place when the schools were non-conference rivals, facing each other on a semi-regular basis from 1900 to 1974, then on a more intermittent basis until 1990. The Big Ten era started in 2011, when Nebraska joined the conference and played in the Legends Division (now the West Division) with Minnesota.[1]

Minnesota leads the series 32–24–2. From 1900 to 1960, they went 29–6–2. Minnesota gave Nebraska their worst home loss ever with a 61–7 win in 1945. However, since 1960, Nebraska has gone 18–3 against Minnesota, winning 16 straight from 1963 to 2012, with an average margin of victory over 30 points.

1983

On September 17, 1983, No. 1 Nebraska, coming off a 44–7 week one win over No. 4 Penn State, traveled to Minneapolis. Nebraska racked up 790 yards of offense, nearly 600 of them rushing, en route to an 84–13 win over the Gophers, the worst loss in Minnesota history. Nebraska wide receiver Irving Fryar, who would go on to be the top pick in the 1984 NFL Draft, managed 230 yards of offense on five touches (three carries for 92 yards; two receptions for 138 yards). Future Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier carried 15 times for 196 yards and three touchdowns.[2] Nebraska's entire 60-man travel roster had entered the game before the end of the third quarter.[citation needed]

The Cornhuskers would go on to set the all-time NCAA scoring record, while the Gophers lost their final ten games and finished 1–10.

Game results

Minnesota victoriesNebraska victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 November 29, 1900 Lincoln Minnesota 20–12
2 October 12, 1901 Minneapolis Minnesota 19–0
3 October 18, 1902 Minneapolis Nebraska 6–0
4 October 29, 1904 Minneapolis Minnesota 16–12
5 November 18, 1905 Minneapolis Minnesota 35–0
6 November 3, 1906 Minneapolis Minnesota 13–0
7 October 19, 1907 Minneapolis Minnesota 8–5
8 October 17, 1908 Minneapolis Tie0–0
9 October 16, 1909 Omaha Minnesota 14–0
10 October 16, 1910 Minneapolis Minnesota 27–0
11 October 21, 1911 Minneapolis Minnesota 21–3
12 October 19, 1912 Minneapolis Minnesota 13–0
13 October 18, 1913 Lincoln Nebraska 7–0
14 October 11, 1919 Minneapolis Tie6–6
15 October 15, 1932 Minneapolis Minnesota 7–6
16 October 6, 1934 Minneapolis Minnesota 20–0
17 October 12, 1935 Lincoln Minnesota 12–7
18 October 10, 1936 Minneapolis Minnesota 14–9
19 October 2, 1937 Lincoln Nebraska 14–9
20 October 1, 1938 Minneapolis Minnesota 16–7
21 October 7, 1939 Lincoln Nebraska 6–0
22 October 5, 1940 Minneapolis Minnesota 13–7
23 November 8, 1941 Minneapolis Minnesota 9–0
24 October 17, 1942 Lincoln Minnesota 15–2
25 October 2, 1943 Minneapolis No. 9 Minnesota 54–0
26 September 30, 1944 Minneapolis Minnesota 39–0
27 October 6, 1945 Lincoln Minnesota 61–7
28 September 28, 1946 Minneapolis Minnesota 33–6
29 October 4, 1947 Lincoln Minnesota 28–13
30 October 2, 1948 Minneapolis Minnesota 39–13
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
31 October 1, 1949 Lincoln Minnesota 28–6
32 October 7, 1950 Minneapolis Nebraska 32–26
33 October 20, 1951 Minneapolis Minnesota 39–20
34 November 15, 1952 Lincoln Minnesota 13–7
35 September 25, 1954 Minneapolis Minnesota 19–7
36 September 26, 1959 Minneapolis Nebraska 32–12
37 September 24, 1960 Lincoln Minnesota 26–14
38 September 28, 1963 Minneapolis Nebraska 14–7
39 September 26, 1964 Minneapolis Nebraska 26–21
40 September 30, 1967 Lincoln No. 7 Nebraska 7–0
41 September 28, 1968 Minneapolis No. 9 Nebraska 17–14
42 October 4, 1969 Minneapolis Nebraska 42–14
43 October 3, 1970 Minneapolis No. 6 Nebraska 35–10
44 September 18, 1971 Lincoln No. 1 Nebraska 35–7
45 September 30, 1972 Lincoln No. 7 Nebraska 49–0
46 October 6, 1973 Minneapolis No. 2 Nebraska 48–7
47 October 5, 1974 Lincoln No. 6 Nebraska 54–0
48 September 17, 1983 Minneapolis No. 1 Nebraska 84–13
49 September 15, 1984 Lincoln No. 1 Nebraska 38–7
50 September 23, 1989 Minneapolis No. 3 Nebraska 48–0
51 September 22, 1990 Lincoln No. 8 Nebraska 56–0
52 October 22, 2011 Minneapolis No. 13 Nebraska 41–14
53 November 17, 2012 Lincoln No. 16 Nebraska 38–14
54 October 13, 2013 Minneapolis Minnesota 34–23
55 November 22, 2014 Lincoln No. 25 Minnesota 28–24
56 October 17, 2015 Minneapolis Nebraska 48–25
57 November 12, 2016 Lincoln No. 21 Nebraska 24–17
58 November 11, 2017 Minneapolis Minnesota 54–21
Series: Minnesota leads 32–24–2

See also

References

  1. ^ Wehling, Mike (September 12, 2017). "Nebraska Cornhuskers Renew Old-School Rivalry with Minnesota Gophers". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Gophers-Nebraska series goes from rivalry to rout-fest". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 12, 2017.


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