Kansas State–Nebraska football rivalry
The Kansas State–Nebraska football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the Kansas State Wildcats and Nebraska Cornhuskers as members of the same conference. The rivalry dissolved when Nebraska left the Big 12 Conference for the Big Ten Conference.
First meeting | October 14, 1911 Nebraska 59, Kansas State 0 |
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Latest meeting | October 7, 2010 Nebraska 48, Kansas State 13 |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 95 |
All-time series | Nebraska leads, 78–15–2 |
Largest victory | Nebraska, 59–0 (1911) |
Longest win streak | Nebraska, 29 (1969–97) |
Locations of Kansas State and Nebraska |
The rivalry was a border rivalry, and was a long non-interrupted rivalry with 89 straight games from 1922 to 2010. With only 135 miles separating the two schools, Nebraska and Kansas State were the closest cross-border rivals in the Big 8 and Big 12 conferences. The 1939 contest between the two teams was televised in Manhattan, and it was only the second ever televised college football game. The 1992 contest was played in Tokyo, Japan, as the Coca-Cola Classic. The series is unusual for the fact that over the 100 years of this rivalry, there were 28 shut-out victories. Throughout the career of Nebraska coach Tom Osborne, Nebraska was undefeated by Kansas State. The rivalry began to heat up, however, when the Big 12 Conference was established in 1996 and Nebraska and Kansas State were both placed in the North Division, meaning that both schools were regularly in contention for the Big 12 North Division title. The last game between the two schools was played on October 7, 2010. There has been talk of scheduling non-conference games between the two teams to renew the rivalry.[1]
Game results
Kansas State victories | Nebraska victories | Tie games |
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References
- Barfknecht, Lee. "Former Big 12 foe Kansas State willing to schedule Nebraska in the future". Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- "Winsipedia - Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Kansas State Wildcats football series history games list". Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- "Nebraska-Kansas State football series - HuskerMax". www.huskermax.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.