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Nebraska vs Northwestern Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Nebraska and Northwestern.

PROGRAM ONENebraska11 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD11–7WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWONorthwestern7 recorded wins
18Recorded meetings
1902Earliest documented
2025Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

18 games
  1. 1902
    Nebraska12 — 0Northwestern
    Nov 27, 1902Nebraska won
  2. 1931
    Nebraska7 — 19Northwestern
    Oct 3, 1931Northwestern won
  3. 1974
    Nebraska49 — 7Northwestern
    Sep 28, 1974Nebraska won
  4. 2000
    Nebraska66 — 17Northwestern
    Dec 30, 2000Nebraska won
  5. 2011
    Nebraska25 — 28Northwestern
    Nov 5, 2011Northwestern wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  6. 2012
    Nebraska29 — 28Northwestern
    Oct 20, 2012Nebraska wonRyan Field
  7. 2013
    Nebraska27 — 24Northwestern
    Nov 2, 2013Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  8. 2014
    Nebraska38 — 17Northwestern
    Oct 18, 2014Nebraska wonRyan Field
  9. 2015
    Nebraska28 — 30Northwestern
    Oct 24, 2015Northwestern wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  10. 2016
    Nebraska24 — 13Northwestern
    Sep 24, 2016Nebraska wonRyan Field
  11. 2017
    Nebraska24 — 31Northwestern
    Nov 4, 2017Northwestern wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  12. 2018
    Nebraska31 — 34Northwestern
    Oct 13, 2018Northwestern wonRyan Field
  13. 2019
    Nebraska13 — 10Northwestern
    Oct 5, 2019Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  14. 2020
    Nebraska13 — 21Northwestern
    Nov 7, 2020Northwestern wonRyan Field
  15. 2021
    Nebraska56 — 7Northwestern
    Oct 2, 2021Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  16. 2022
    Nebraska28 — 31Northwestern
    Aug 27, 2022Northwestern wonAviva Stadium
  17. 2023
    Nebraska17 — 9Northwestern
    Oct 21, 2023Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  18. 2025
    Nebraska28 — 21Northwestern
    Oct 25, 2025Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Nebraska vs Northwestern28–21Nebraska won
2023Nebraska vs Northwestern17–9Nebraska won
2022Nebraska vs Northwestern28–31Northwestern won
2021Nebraska vs Northwestern56–7Nebraska won
2020Nebraska vs Northwestern13–21Northwestern won
2019Nebraska vs Northwestern13–10Nebraska won
2018Nebraska vs Northwestern31–34Northwestern won
2017Nebraska vs Northwestern24–31Northwestern won
2016Nebraska vs Northwestern24–13Nebraska won
2015Nebraska vs Northwestern28–30Northwestern won
2014Nebraska vs Northwestern38–17Nebraska won
2013Nebraska vs Northwestern27–24Nebraska won
2012Nebraska vs Northwestern29–28Nebraska won
2011Nebraska vs Northwestern25–28Northwestern won
2000Nebraska vs Northwestern66–17Nebraska won
1974Nebraska vs Northwestern49–7Nebraska won
1931Nebraska vs Northwestern7–19Northwestern won
1902Nebraska vs Northwestern12–0Nebraska won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.