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Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Cornhuskers football The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. Nebraska is one of only six football programs in NCAA Division I-A... – Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma Sooners football The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

History
First meeting	November 23, 1912
Last meeting	December 4, 2010
Number of meetings	86
All-Time Series	Oklahoma: 45–38–3
Largest victory	Nebraska: 62 (69–7 in 1997)
Current streak	Oklahoma: won 1
Longest Nebraska win streak	7 (1991–1997)
Longest Oklahoma win streak	16 (1943–1958)
At Lincoln	Nebraska leads 22–18
At Norman	Oklahoma leads 23–16
At neutral sites	Oklahoma leads 4–1

The "Nebraska–Oklahoma rivalry", also known as "OU–Nebraska", was an American college football

College football

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rivalry

College rivalry

Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically...

game played by the Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. Nebraska is one of only six football programs in NCAA Division I-A...

team of the University of Nebraska and the Oklahoma Sooners football

Oklahoma Sooners football

The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...

team of the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

. The rivalry continued in the Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

until 2010, though the rivalry was more prominent when both teams were members of the former Big Eight Conference

Big Eight Conference

The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University...

before 1996. The annual rivalry was effectively ended when Oklahoma

Oklahoma Sooners football

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. As a result, the 2009 meeting turned out to be the last regular-season scheduled meeting. As both teams won their respective divisions in 2010, they will meet one more time, in the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game

2010 Big 12 Championship Game

The 2010 Big 12 Championship Game was played at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 4, 2010, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas to determine the 2010 football champion of the Big 12 Conference. It was the final championship game for the conference as two members of the Big 12 had announced their...

. Following that match, they (at this time) do not have any future games scheduled.

This traditional college football rivalry between Nebraska

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

and Oklahoma, formed over the decades as these teams played annual contests in what would become the Big Eight Conference, 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. Prior to the beginning of Big 12 play in 1996, the Cornhuskers and Sooners had met for 71 consecutive seasons.

The 1923 game, only the fifth time these teams met, marked the first game played in Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium, Lincoln

Memorial Stadium is located on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It is the home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team....

in Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska

The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379....

.

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

Associated Press

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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.

The Sooners gave the Cornhuskers their only regular-season losses in the 1964, 1966, 1975, 1979, and 1987 seasons, while the Cornhuskers had done the same to Oklahoma in 1971 and 1978. In the 1978 season, Nebraska and Oklahoma met two times; once in the regular season with a Cornhusker victory, and then later at the 1979 Orange Bowl

1979 Orange Bowl

The 1979 edition of the Orange Bowl featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and the Oklahoma Sooners.This matchup was something of an anomaly, as it featured a rare rematch of two conference foes that had already played during the regular season. Nebraska had upset #1 ranked Oklahoma 17-14 on Nov. 11 in...

with an Oklahoma victory.

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

Current Nebraska Head Coach

Head coach

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Bo Pelini

Mark "Bo" Pelini is the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He had previously been defensive coordinator for the LSU Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers...

served as an assistant at Oklahoma in 2004, and Nebraska Linebackers Coach

Linebackers coach

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Mike Ekeler

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was a Graduate Assistant

Graduate assistant

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with the Sooners in 2003 and 2004.

End of the rivalry

On June 11, 2010, the Nebraska Cornhuskers announced that its regents unanimously voted to end the university's affiliation with the Big 12 Conference, and would be joining the Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

beginning with the 2011 season. The two teams had one final battle in the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game before NU joined the Big Ten, which OU won 23-20. Neither NU nor OU are scheduled to meet at any point in the foreseeable future.

2020-2021 proposed Oklahoma series

Oklahoma has offered to schedule Nebraska for a home-and-home series for 2020 and 2021, but Nebraska has not been able to commit to the games. Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne cited the unknown status of future Big Ten Conference future schedules as the cause, explaining that Nebraska could not commit to an away game in a year where there may not be enough conference home games. Although a two-game Nebraska-Oklahoma series in 2020-2021 cannot yet be confirmed, both schools have indicated that it remains a possibility.

Game results

Nebraska victories are shaded in ██ off-white. Oklahoma victories are shaded ██ red.

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series	Attendance
November 23, 1912	Lincoln	Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	9	NU 1-0-0
October 25, 1919	Omaha	Oklahoma	7	Nebraska	7	NU 1-0-1
October 29, 1921	Lincoln	Nebraska	44	Oklahoma	0	NU 2-0-1
October 28, 1922	Norman	Nebraska	39	Oklahoma	7	NU 3-0-1
October 13, 1923	Lincoln ¹	Nebraska	24	Oklahoma	0	NU 4-0-1
October 11, 1924	Norman	Oklahoma	14	Nebraska	7	NU 4-1-1
October 31, 1925	Lincoln	Nebraska	12	Oklahoma	0	NU 5-1-1
November 10, 1928	Norman	Nebraska	44	Oklahoma	6	NU 6-1-1
November 16, 1929	Lincoln	Oklahoma	13	Nebraska	13	NU 6-1-2
October 11, 1930	Norman	Oklahoma	20	Nebraska	7	NU 6-2-2
October 10, 1931	Lincoln	Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	0	NU 7-2-2
November 19, 1932	Norman	Nebraska	5	Oklahoma	0	NU 8-2-2
October 28, 1933	Lincoln	Nebraska	16	Oklahoma	7	NU 9-2-2
October 20, 1934	Norman	Nebraska	6	Oklahoma	0	NU 10-2-2
October 26, 1935	Lincoln	Nebraska	19	Oklahoma	0	NU 11-2-2
October 24, 1936	Norman	#15 Nebraska	14	Oklahoma	0	NU 12-2-2
October 16, 1937	Lincoln	Oklahoma	0	Nebraska	0	NU 12-2-3
October 22, 1938	Norman	#14 Oklahoma	14	Nebraska	0	NU 12-3-3
November 25, 1939	Lincoln	Nebraska	13	#14 Oklahoma	7	NU 13-3-3
November 26, 1940	Norman	#12 Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	0	NU 14-3-3
November 29, 1941	Lincoln	Nebraska	7	Oklahoma	6	NU 15-3-3
October 24, 1942	Norman	Nebraska	7	Oklahoma	0	NU 16-3-3
November 27, 1943	Lincoln	Oklahoma	26	Nebraska	7	NU 16-4-3
December 2, 1944	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	31	Nebraska	12	NU 16-5-3
September 29, 1945	Lincoln	Oklahoma	20	Nebraska	0	NU 16-6-3
November 23, 1946	Norman	#18 Oklahoma	27	Nebraska	6	NU 16-7-3
November 22, 1947	Lincoln	Oklahoma	14	Nebraska	13	NU 16-8-3	25,000
November 13, 1948	Norman	#9 Oklahoma	41	Nebraska	14	NU 16-9-3	28,000
October 22, 1949	Lincoln	#4 Oklahoma	48	Nebraska	0	NU 16-10-3	39,000
November 25, 1950	Norman	#1 Oklahoma	49	#16 Nebraska	35	NU 16-11-3	55,000
November 24, 1951	Lincoln	#12 Oklahoma	27	Nebraska	0	NU 16-12-3	30,000
November 22, 1952	Norman	#5 Oklahoma	34	Nebraska	13	NU 16-13-3	41,000
November 21, 1953	Lincoln	#4 Oklahoma	30	Nebraska	7	NU 16-14-3	30,000
November 20, 1954	Norman	#3 Oklahoma	55	Nebraska	7	NU 16-15-3	56,000
November 19, 1955	Lincoln	#1 Oklahoma	41	Nebraska	0	TIE 16-16-3	38,000
November 24, 1956	Norman	#1 Oklahoma	54	Nebraska	6	OU 16-17-3	50,039
November 23, 1957	Lincoln	#6 Oklahoma	32	Nebraska	7	OU 16-18-3	29,844
November 22, 1958	Norman	#4 Oklahoma	40	Nebraska	7	OU 16-19-3	44,740
October 31, 1959	Lincoln	Nebraska	25	#19 Oklahoma	21	OU 17-19-3	32,765
November 19, 1960	Norman	Nebraska	17	Oklahoma	14	OU 18-19-3	42,701
November 25, 1961	Lincoln	Oklahoma	21	Nebraska	14	OU 18-20-3	26,139
November 24, 1962	Norman	#10 Oklahoma	34	Nebraska	6	OU 18-21-3	58,268
November 23, 1963	Lincoln	#10 Nebraska	29	#6 Oklahoma	20	OU 19-21-3	38,362
November 21, 1964	Norman	Oklahoma	17	#4 Nebraska	7	OU 19-22-3	54,552
November 25, 1965	Lincoln	#3 Nebraska	21	Oklahoma	9	OU 20-22-3	52,533
November 24, 1966	Norman	Oklahoma	10	#4 Nebraska	9	OU 20-23-3	41,000
November 25, 1967	Lincoln	#5 Oklahoma	21	Nebraska	14	OU 20-24-3	59,792
November 23, 1968	Norman	#14 Oklahoma	47	Nebraska	0	OU 20-25-3	45,000
November 22, 1969	Norman	#16 Nebraska	44	Oklahoma	14	OU 21-25-3	53,500
November 21, 1970	Lincoln	#3 Nebraska	28	Oklahoma	21	OU 22-25-3	67,392
November 25, 1971	Norman	#1 Nebraska	35	#2 Oklahoma	31	OU 23-25-3	61,826
November 23, 1972	Lincoln	#4 Oklahoma	17	#5 Nebraska	14	OU 23-26-3	76,587
November 23, 1973	Norman	#3 Oklahoma	27	#10 Nebraska	0	OU 23-27-3	61,826
November 23, 1974	Lincoln	#1 Oklahoma	28	#6 Nebraska	14	OU 23-28-3	76,636
November 22, 1975	Norman	#7 Oklahoma	35	#2 Nebraska	10	OU 23-29-3	70,286
November 26, 1976	Lincoln	#8 Oklahoma	20	#10 Nebraska	17	OU 23-30-3	76,247
November 25, 1977	Norman	#3 Oklahoma	38	#11 Nebraska	7	OU 23-31-3	71,184
November 11, 1978	Lincoln	#4 Nebraska	17	#1 Oklahoma	14	OU 24-31-3	76,015
January 1, 1979	Miami ²	#4 Oklahoma	31	#6 Nebraska	24	OU 24-32-3	66,365
November 24, 1979	Norman	#8 Oklahoma	17	#3 Nebraska	14	OU 24-33-3	71,187
November 22, 1980	Lincoln	#9 Oklahoma	21	#4 Nebraska	17	OU 24-34-3	76,322
November 21, 1981	Norman	#5 Nebraska	37	Oklahoma	14	OU 25-34-3	74,807
November 26, 1982	Lincoln	#3 Nebraska	28	#11 Oklahoma	24	OU 26-34-3	76,398
November 26, 1983	Norman	#1 Nebraska	28	Oklahoma	21	OU 27-34-3	75,008
November 17, 1984	Lincoln	#4 Oklahoma	17	#1 Nebraska	7	OU 27-35-3	76,323
November 23, 1985	Norman	#5 Oklahoma	27	#2 Nebraska	7	OU 27-36-3	75,008
November 22, 1986	Lincoln	#3 Oklahoma	20	#5 Nebraska	17	OU 27-37-3	76,198
November 21, 1987	Lincoln	#2 Oklahoma	17	#1 Nebraska	7	OU 27-38-3	76,663
November 19, 1988	Norman	#7 Nebraska	7	#9 Oklahoma	3	OU 28-38-3	75,004
November 18, 1989	Lincoln	#6 Nebraska	42	Oklahoma	25	OU 29-38-3	76,404
November 23, 1990	Norman	Oklahoma	45	#10 Nebraska	10	OU 29-39-3	74,910
November 29, 1991	Lincoln	#11 Nebraska	19	#19 Oklahoma	14	OU 30-39-3	76,386
November 27, 1992	Norman	#12 Nebraska	33	Oklahoma	9	OU 31-39-3	69,770
November 26, 1993	Lincoln	#2 Nebraska	21	#16 Oklahoma	7	OU 32-39-3	75,674
November 25, 1994	Norman	#1 Nebraska	13	Oklahoma	3	OU 33-39-3	70,216
November 24, 1995	Lincoln	#1 Nebraska	37	Oklahoma	0	OU 34-39-3	75,662
November 2, 1996	Norman	#5 Nebraska	73	Oklahoma	21	OU 35-39-3	75,004
November 1, 1997	Lincoln	#1 Nebraska	69	Oklahoma	7	OU 36-39-3	75,926
October 28, 2000	Norman	#3 Oklahoma	31	#1 Nebraska	14	OU 36-40-3	75,989
October 27, 2001	Lincoln	#3 Nebraska	20	#2 Oklahoma	10	OU 37-40-3	78,031
November 13, 2004	Norman	#2 Oklahoma	30	Nebraska	3	OU 37-41-3	84,916
October 29, 2005	Lincoln	Oklahoma	31	Nebraska	24	OU 37-42-3	77,438
December 2, 2006	Kansas City ³	#8 Oklahoma	21	#19 Nebraska	7	OU 37-43-3	80,031
November 1, 2008	Norman	#4 Oklahoma	62	Nebraska	28	OU 37-44-3	85,212
November 7, 2009	Lincoln	Nebraska	10	#20 Oklahoma	3	OU 38-44-3	86,115
December 4, 2010	Arlington ⁴	#13 Nebraska	20	#9 Oklahoma	23	OU 38-45-3	78,802

¹ First game played at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln

Memorial Stadium, Lincoln

Memorial Stadium is located on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It is the home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team....

² 1979 Orange Bowl

1979 Orange Bowl

from 1978 season

³ 2006 Big 12 Championship Game

2006 Big 12 Championship Game

The 2006 Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 2, 2006 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, and pit the divisional winners from the Big 12 Conference: the Nebraska Cornhuskers, winner of the North division against the Oklahoma Sooners, winner of the South division. The...

⁴ 2010 Big 12 Championship Game

2010 Big 12 Championship Game

End of the rivalry

2020-2021 proposed Oklahoma series

Game results

See also