last 15 matchups in nebraska vs northwestern

The Nebraska Cornhuskers emerged victorious over the Northwestern Wildcats, 28 to 21, on October 25, 2025. With the win, Nebraska moved to 6-2 on the season.

	TEAM	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Nebraska	10/25/2025	NEB	vs	NW	W 28-21	4	18	296	331	50.0	66.7
2	Nebraska	10/21/2023	NEB	vs	NW	W 17-9	2	14	248	257	33.3
3	Nebraska	8/27/2022	NEB	@	NW	L 28-31	4	23	465	528	56.3
4	Nebraska	10/2/2021	NEB	vs	NW	W 56-7	8	29	657	293	55.6	50.0
5	Nebraska	11/7/2020	NEB	@	NW	L 13-21	1	28	442	317	25.0	66.7
6	Nebraska	10/5/2019	NEB	vs	NW	W 13-10	1	12	319	293	31.6
7	Nebraska	10/13/2018	NEB	@	NW	L 31-34	4	24	482	487	43.8	0.0
8	Nebraska	11/4/2017	NEB	vs	NW	L 24-31	3	21	337	475	33.3	66.7
9	Nebraska	9/24/2016	NEB	@	NW	W 24-13	3	26	556	388	50.0	100.0
10	Nebraska	10/24/2015	NEB	vs	NW	L 28-30	3	22	373	333	45.0	100.0
11	Nebraska	10/18/2014	NEB	@	NW	W 38-17	5	28	471	290	53.3
12	Nebraska	11/2/2013	NEB	vs	NW	W 27-24	4	30	472	326	31.3	100.0
13	Nebraska	10/20/2012	NEB	@	NW	W 29-28	4
14	Nebraska	11/5/2011	NEB	vs	NW	L 25-28	3
15	Nebraska	9/28/1974	NEB	vs	NW	W 49-7

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More Nebraska Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,297

Colandrea

RUSH

635

Rule

REC

603

Gilmer

Team Rankings

PPG

30.3

51st

OPP PPG

14.9

12th

RUSH YDS/G

187.2

38th

PASS YDS/G

238.2

62nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Washington	2-4	5-4
13	Michigan	2-4	5-4
14	Nebraska	3-4	6-4
15	Purdue	2-4	3-6
16	Rutgers	1-6	2-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/21	OSU	@	NEB	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	NEB	@	IOWA	12:00 PM

Last Game

Nebraska

6 - 4

Final

Rutgers

2 - 8

Sat 14 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

3,076

Mensah

2,973

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,241

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,317

Smith

1,209

Legree

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mensah

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

19

Sheppard

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Smith

14

Legree

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.1

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.7

44.1

43.9

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.6

14.0

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

518.1

517.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

331.0

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	2	.778
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	5	5	.500
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	6	.400
16	Kansas	3	6	.333