Creighton–Nebraska men's basketball rivalry

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Creighton–Nebraska
men's basketball rivalry
Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Creighton Bluejays wordmark.svg
Creighton Bluejays
SportBasketball
First meetingMarch 3, 1923
Creighton 46, Nebraska 24
Latest meetingDecember 11, 2020
Creighton 98, Nebraska 74
Next meetingNovember 16, 2021 in Lincoln
StadiumsCHI Health Center
Pinnacle Bank Arena
TrophyNone
Statistics
Meetings total54
All-time seriesCreighton, 29–26
Largest victoryNebraska, 86–46 (1981)
Longest win streakCreighton, 7 (2011–17)
Nebraska, 7 (1990–97)
Current win streakCreighton, 3 (2019–present)
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Locations of Creighton and Nebraska

The Creighton–Nebraska men's basketball rivalry is an intrastate college basketball rivalry between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Creighton Bluejays. The two programs represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Creighton University, located just 50 miles apart.[1][2][3]

Nebraska is a member of the Big Ten Conference and Creighton is a member of the Big East Conference. The teams have met annually since 1977, usually in the early part of December.

Series history[]

The series began on March 3, 1923, a 46–23 Creighton victory. The first seven games of the series took place sporadically across the 1920s and 1930s, and was then put on hold until the late 1970s. Since 1977, Nebraska and Creighton have met at least once annually, a stretch of 43 consecutive seasons. The schools have met twice in postseason tournaments, both Nebraska wins in the opening round of the 1984 and 2004 NIT.

Since Creighton has not had a football program since 1942, there are a significant number of Creighton basketball fans who also support Nebraska's football program. These fans are often derisively referred to by Nebraska fans as "Jayskers," a portmanteau of "Bluejays" and "Cornhuskers."[4]

Game results[]

Nebraska victoriesCreighton victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 Mar. 3, 1923 Omaha Creighton 46–24
2 Feb. 2, 1924 Omaha Nebraska 25–21
3 Feb. 28, 1925 Omaha Nebraska 15–11
4 Jan. 9, 1926 Omaha Nebraska 20–15
5 Feb. 15, 1926 Lincoln Creighton 15–11
6 Mar. 4, 1932 Omaha Creighton 47–18
7 Mar. 7, 1932 Lincoln Creighton 28–26
8 Dec. 9, 1977 Lincoln Nebraska 65–58
9 Dec. 9, 1978 Omaha Creighton 78–61
10 Dec. 8, 1979 Lincoln Nebraska 64–55
11 Dec. 6, 1980 Omaha Creighton 66–61OT
12 Dec. 5, 1981 Lincoln Nebraska 86–46
13 Dec. 4, 1982 Omaha Nebraska 65–62
14 Dec. 3, 1983 Lincoln Nebraska 65–56
15 Mar. 15, 1984 Omaha Nebraska 56–54
16 Dec. 8, 1984 Omaha Nebraska 78–73
17 Dec. 7, 1985 Lincoln Nebraska 71–52
18 Dec. 6, 1986 Omaha Creighton 78–66
19 Jan. 3, 1987 Lincoln Nebraska 70–65OT
20 Dec. 9, 1987 Omaha Creighton 88–73
21 Nov. 26, 1988 Lincoln Nebraska 86–77
22 Dec. 14, 1989 Omaha Creighton 86–83
23 Dec. 6, 1990 Lincoln Nebraska 97–63
24 Dec. 7, 1991 Omaha Nebraska 90–85
25 Dec. 10, 1992 Lincoln #25 Nebraska 100–83
26 Dec. 9, 1993 Omaha Nebraska 67–53
27 Dec. 7, 1994 Lincoln Nebraska 85–57
28 Dec. 6, 1995 Omaha Nebraska 88–67
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
29 Jan. 8, 1997 Lincoln Nebraska 71–52
30 Dec. 10, 1997 Omaha Creighton 81–73
31 Dec. 9, 1998 Lincoln Nebraska 76–60
32 Dec. 9, 1999 Omaha Creighton 89–72
33 Jan. 2, 2001 Lincoln Creighton 62–51
34 Dec. 12, 2001 Omaha Creighton 76–70
35 Dec. 21, 2002 Lincoln #20 Creighton 81–73
36 Dec. 10, 2003 Omaha Creighton 61–54
37 Mar. 16, 2004 Omaha Nebraska 71–70
38 Dec. 11, 2004 Lincoln Creighton 50–48
39 Dec. 11, 2005 Omaha Creighton 70–44
40 Nov. 18, 2006 Lincoln Nebraska 73–61
41 Nov. 24, 2007 Omaha Creighton 74–62
42 Nov. 29, 2008 Lincoln Nebraska 54–52
43 Dec. 6, 2009 Omaha Creighton 67–61
44 Dec. 5, 2010 Lincoln Nebraska 59–54
45 Dec. 4, 2011 Omaha Creighton 76–66
46 Dec. 6, 2012 Lincoln Creighton 64–42
47 Dec. 8, 2013 Omaha Creighton 82–67
48 Dec. 7, 2014 Lincoln Creighton 65–55
49 Dec. 9, 2015 Omaha Creighton 83–67
50 Dec. 7, 2016 Lincoln #10 Creighton 77–62
51 Dec. 9, 2017 Omaha Creighton 75–65
52 Dec. 8, 2018 Lincoln #24 Nebraska 94–75
53 Dec. 7, 2019 Omaha Creighton 95–76
54 Dec. 11, 2020 Omaha #8 Creighton 98–74
55 Nov. 16, 2021 Lincoln Creighton 77–69
Series: Creighton leads 29–26

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References[]

  1. ^ Nyatawa, Jon (July 11, 2017). "Men's basketball: Date set for Creighton-Nebraska rivalry game". Omaha World-Herald.
  2. ^ Shatel, Tom (December 8, 2017). "Nebraska-Creighton hoops rivalry should withstand leagues increasing conference games". Omaha World-Herald.
  3. ^ Rosenthal, Brian (December 6, 2013). "Nebraska-Creighton yet another rivalry for Miles to embrace". Lincoln Journal-Star.
  4. ^ Grace, Erin (December 6, 2019). "Jayskers vs. haters? For some fans, Creighton-Nebraska basketball rivalry isn't win-win". Omaha World-Herald.
  5. ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".
  6. ^ "Men's Basketball".
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