Matchup Overview

The Nebraska and Northwestern have met 14 times in NCAAF since 2011. Nebraska hold a dominant all-time edge, leading the series 8–6. Nebraska have had the upper hand recently, going 3–2 in their last 5 meetings. Their most recent matchup ended 28–21 in favor of Nebraska on October 25, 2025.

Next Meeting

No upcoming game scheduled between these teams this season.

All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 14 games from available historical data.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Oct 25, 25	2025 W9	Nebraska	28–21	Northwestern
Oct 21, 23	2023 W8	Northwestern	9–17	Nebraska
Aug 27, 22	2022 W1	Nebraska	28–31	Northwestern
Oct 1, 21	2021	Northwestern	7–56	Nebraska
Nov 6, 20	2020	Nebraska	13–21	Northwestern
Oct 4, 19	2019	Northwestern	10–13	Nebraska
Oct 12, 18	2018	Nebraska	31–34	Northwestern
Nov 3, 17	2017	Northwestern	31–24	Nebraska
Sep 23, 16	2016	Nebraska	24–13	Northwestern
Oct 23, 15	2015	Northwestern	30–28	Nebraska
Oct 17, 14	2014	Nebraska	38–17	Northwestern
Nov 1, 13	2013	Northwestern	24–27	Nebraska
Oct 19, 12	2012	Nebraska	29–28	Northwestern
Nov 4, 11	2011	Northwestern	28–25	Nebraska

Games before the 2022 season: Data from SportsDataverse, used under CC BY 4.0.