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Illinois vs Nebraska Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEIllinois8 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD8–14–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWONebraska14 recorded wins
23Recorded meetings
1892Earliest documented
2026Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

23 games
  1. 1892
    Illinois0 — 6Nebraska
    Oct 24, 1892Nebraska won
  2. 1903
    Illinois0 — 16Nebraska
    Nov 26, 1903Nebraska won
  3. 1904
    Illinois10 — 16Nebraska
    Nov 24, 1904Nebraska won
  4. 1905
    Illinois6 — 24Nebraska
    Nov 30, 1905Nebraska won
  5. 1923
    Illinois24 — 7Nebraska
    Oct 6, 1923Illinois won
  6. 1924
    Illinois9 — 6Nebraska
    Oct 4, 1924Illinois won
  7. 1925
    Illinois0 — 14Nebraska
    Oct 3, 1925Nebraska won
  8. 1953
    Illinois21 — 21Nebraska
    Sep 26, 1953Tie
  9. 1985
    Illinois25 — 52Nebraska
    Sep 21, 1985Nebraska won
  10. 1986
    Illinois14 — 59Nebraska
    Sep 20, 1986Nebraska won
  11. 2013
    Illinois19 — 39Nebraska
    Oct 5, 2013Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  12. 2014
    Illinois14 — 45Nebraska
    Sep 28, 2014Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  13. 2015
    Illinois14 — 13Nebraska
    Oct 3, 2015Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  14. 2016
    Illinois16 — 31Nebraska
    Oct 1, 2016Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  15. 2017
    Illinois6 — 28Nebraska
    Sep 30, 2017Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  16. 2018
    Illinois35 — 54Nebraska
    Nov 10, 2018Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  17. 2019
    Illinois38 — 42Nebraska
    Sep 22, 2019Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  18. 2020
    Illinois41 — 23Nebraska
    Nov 21, 2020Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  19. 2021
    Illinois30 — 22Nebraska
    Aug 28, 2021Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  20. 2022
    Illinois26 — 9Nebraska
    Oct 29, 2022Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  21. 2023
    Illinois7 — 20Nebraska
    Oct 7, 2023Nebraska wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
  22. 2024
    Illinois31 — 24Nebraska
    Sep 21, 2024Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
  23. 2026
    Illinois24 — 13Nebraska
    Nov 7, 2026Illinois wonMemorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2026Illinois vs Nebraska24–13Illinois won
2024Illinois vs Nebraska31–24Illinois won
2023Illinois vs Nebraska7–20Nebraska won
2022Illinois vs Nebraska26–9Illinois won
2021Illinois vs Nebraska30–22Illinois won
2020Illinois vs Nebraska41–23Illinois won
2019Illinois vs Nebraska38–42Nebraska won
2018Illinois vs Nebraska35–54Nebraska won
2017Illinois vs Nebraska6–28Nebraska won
2016Illinois vs Nebraska16–31Nebraska won
2015Illinois vs Nebraska14–13Illinois won
2014Illinois vs Nebraska14–45Nebraska won
2013Illinois vs Nebraska19–39Nebraska won
1986Illinois vs Nebraska14–59Nebraska won
1985Illinois vs Nebraska25–52Nebraska won
1953Illinois vs Nebraska21–21Tie
1925Illinois vs Nebraska0–14Nebraska won
1924Illinois vs Nebraska9–6Illinois won
1923Illinois vs Nebraska24–7Illinois won
1905Illinois vs Nebraska6–24Nebraska won
1904Illinois vs Nebraska10–16Nebraska won
1903Illinois vs Nebraska0–16Nebraska won
1892Illinois vs Nebraska0–6Nebraska 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.