College football · all-time series
Nebraska vs. Northwestern
Nebraska
Big Ten
Northwestern
Big Ten11–7
18 meetings
Series leaderNebraska by 4
Series span1902–2025
Current streakNebraska 2
Largest marginNebraska by 49
Score archive
Recent meetings
2025Oct 25, 2025
Northwestern21
Nebraska28
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
2023Oct 21, 2023
Northwestern9
Nebraska17
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
2022Aug 27, 2022
Nebraska28
Northwestern31
Neutral site
2021Oct 2, 2021
Northwestern7
Nebraska56
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
2020Nov 7, 2020
Nebraska13
Northwestern21
Ryan Field
2019Oct 5, 2019
Northwestern10
Nebraska13
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
2018Oct 13, 2018
Nebraska31
Northwestern34
Ryan Field
2017Nov 4, 2017
Northwestern31
Nebraska24
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
2016Sep 24, 2016
Nebraska24
Northwestern13
Ryan Field
2015Oct 24, 2015
Northwestern30
Nebraska28
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
2014Oct 18, 2014
Nebraska38
Northwestern17
Ryan Field
2013Nov 2, 2013
Northwestern24
Nebraska27
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
2012Oct 20, 2012
Nebraska29
Northwestern28
Ryan Field
2011Nov 5, 2011
Northwestern28
Nebraska25
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
2000Dec 30, 2000
Northwestern17
Nebraska66
Neutral site
1974Sep 28, 1974
Northwestern7
Nebraska49
Nebraska home
1931Oct 3, 1931
Nebraska7
Northwestern19
Northwestern home
1902Nov 27, 1902
Northwestern0
Nebraska12
Nebraska home