Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry

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Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry
The Heroes Game logo.svg
Iowa Hawkeyes wordmark.svg
Iowa Hawkeyes
Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg
Nebraska Cornhuskers
First meetingNovember 26, 1891
Iowa, 20–0
Latest meetingNovember 26, 2021
Iowa, 28–21
Next meetingNovember 25, 2022
TrophyHeroes Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total52
All-time seriesNebraska leads, 29–20–3[1]
Trophy seriesIowa leads, 8–3
Largest victoryNebraska, 57–0 (1980)
Longest win streakNebraska, 8 (1931–1941)
Current win streakIowa, 7 (2015–present)
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Locations of Iowa and Nebraska

The Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry[2][3][4] is an American college football rivalry between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Nebraska Cornhuskers. The rivalry is usually held on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

History[]

The proximity of the two teams played an important role in the early days of the game, with exclusive trains running between Iowa City and Lincoln to allow fans to travel.[5] The first meeting of the series, which occurred on Thanksgiving day in Omaha, Nebraska, was the first game Iowa had ever played outside of its home state.[3] Other notable games during the 20th century occurred during the 4-year renewal of the rivalry in 1979-1982.[6] In the 1979 meeting, #7 Nebraska prevailed over unranked Iowa after overcoming a two-touchdown deficit late in the third quarter, which resulted in a standing ovation from fans of both teams.[7] In the 1981 meeting, unranked Iowa upset #7 Nebraska at Kinnick Stadium in what legendary Iowa coach Hayden Fry called "the biggest win since I’ve been here."[8]

After Nebraska moved to the Big Ten Conference, the teams have played annually on the Friday following Thanksgiving. Starting in 2011, the game was referred to as the "Heroes Game" and the Heroes Trophy was awarded to the winner of the game. The Heroes game, which is sponsored by Hy-Vee, is used to recognize individuals from each state for acts of heroism in their communities.[9] In 2017 it was announced by the Big Ten Conference that in 2020 and 2021, the game would not take place on the Friday following Thanksgiving.[10] After significant opposition from fans, Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos made it a priority to restore the game to the Friday after Thanksgiving; accordingly, the Big Ten has scheduled the Iowa-Nebraska game for the Friday after Thanksgiving for all future post-2021 games through 2025.[4][11][12] In the end, due to schedule changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 games were ultimately rescheduled to Black Friday as well.[13]

On November 23, 2021 legendary former Nebraska linebacker Will Compton tweeted that when Nebraska played Iowa in 2011 and 2012 they were "the easiest game of the year." "I never took them seriously," he said. Compton also admitted "They've had our number recently...".[14] Compton has also stated on multiple occasions that he wished he would have committed to Iowa instead of Nebraska.[15]

Since joining the Big Ten, Nebraska has only beaten Iowa three times, twice on the road and once at home.

Game results[]

Iowa victoriesNebraska victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
1 November 26, 1891 Omaha, NE Iowa 22 Nebraska 0
2 November 24, 1892 Omaha, NE Tie10Tie10
3 November 30, 1893 Omaha, NE Nebraska 20 Iowa 18
4 November 29, 1894 Omaha, NE Nebraska 36 Iowa 0
5 November 28, 1895 Omaha, NE Nebraska 6 Iowa 0
6 November 26, 1896 Omaha, NE Tie0Tie0
7 November 28, 1896 Omaha, NE Iowa 6 Nebraska 0
8 November 25, 1897 Council Bluffs, IA Nebraska 6 Iowa 0
9 November 24, 1898 Council Bluffs, IA Iowa 6 Nebraska 5
10 November 4, 1899 Omaha, NE Iowa 30 Nebraska 0
11 October 31, 1903 Iowa City, IA Nebraska 17 Iowa 6
12 November 5, 1904 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 17 Iowa 12
13 October 31, 1908 Iowa City, IA Nebraska 11 Iowa 8
14 October 23, 1909 Lincoln, NE Tie6Tie6
15 November 22, 1913 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 12 Iowa 0
16 November 21, 1914 Iowa City, IA Nebraska 16 Iowa 7
17 November 20, 1915 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 52 Iowa 7
18 November 25, 1916 Iowa City, IA Nebraska 34 Iowa 17
19 October 13, 1917 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 47 Iowa 0
20 October 5, 1918 Lincoln, NE Iowa 12 Nebraska 0
21 October 4, 1919 Iowa City, IA Iowa 18 Nebraska 0
22 November 22, 1930 Iowa City, IA Iowa 12 Nebraska 7
23 November 7, 1931 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 7 Iowa 0
24 November 5, 1932 Iowa City, IA Nebraska 14 Iowa 13
25 November 25, 1933 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 7 Iowa 6
26 October 13, 1934 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 14 Iowa 13
27 November 20, 1937 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 28 Iowa 0
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
28 November 19, 1938 Iowa City, IA Nebraska 14 Iowa 0
29 November 9, 1940 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 14 Iowa 6
30 November 22, 1941 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 14 Iowa 13
31 September 26, 1942 Iowa City, IA Iowa 27 Nebraska 0
32 November 20, 1943 Lincoln, NE Iowa 33 Nebraska 13
33 November 4, 1944 Iowa City, IA Iowa 27 Nebraska 6
34 November 24, 1945 Lincoln, NE Nebraska 13 Iowa 6
35 October 10, 1946 Iowa City, IA Iowa 21 Nebraska 7
36 September 22, 1979 Iowa City, IA #7 Nebraska 24 Iowa 21
37 September 20, 1980 Lincoln, NE #6 Nebraska 57 Iowa 0
38 September 12, 1981 Iowa City, IA Iowa 10 #7 Nebraska 7
39 September 11, 1982 Lincoln, NE #3 Nebraska 42 Iowa 7
40 September 4, 1999 Iowa City, IA #5 Nebraska 42 Iowa 7
41 September 23, 2000 Lincoln, NE #1 Nebraska 42 Iowa 13
42 November 25, 2011 Lincoln, NE #22 Nebraska 20 Iowa 7
43 November 23, 2012 Iowa City, IA #17 Nebraska 13 Iowa 7
44 November 29, 2013 Lincoln, NE Iowa 38 Nebraska 17
45 November 28, 2014 Iowa City, IA Nebraska 37 Iowa 34OT
46 November 27, 2015 Lincoln, NE #3 Iowa 28 Nebraska 20
47 November 25, 2016 Iowa City, IA Iowa 40 #16 Nebraska 10
48 November 24, 2017 Lincoln, NE Iowa 56 Nebraska 14
49 November 23, 2018 Iowa City, IA Iowa31 Nebraska 28
50 November 29, 2019 Lincoln, NE #17 Iowa 27 Nebraska 24
51 November 27, 2020 Iowa City, IA #24 Iowa 26 Nebraska 20
52 November 26, 2021 Lincoln, NE #16 Iowa 28 Nebraska 21
Series: Nebraska leads 29–20–3[1]

See also[]

  • List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Winsipedia - Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers football series history". Winsipedia.
  2. ^ "Rivalry results: Iowa-Nebraska football". Sioux City Journal. November 24, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Looking back at the Nebraska-Iowa rivalry". Daily Nebraskan. Lincoln, Nebraska. November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Nebraska's Black Friday rivalry game with Iowa will return in 2022". Omaha World-Herald. August 30, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "A Battle Royal Thanksgiving Day". Omaha Daily Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. November 12, 1893. p. 10. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  6. ^ "Huskers stand tall over Hawkeyes in all-time series". Omaha World-Herald. November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "NU-Iowa Grit Gets Standing Ovation". Omaha World-Herald. September 22, 1979. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  8. ^ "Hawkeyes Paint the Big Red Blue". Omaha World-Herald. September 12, 1981. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  9. ^ "Heroes Game". Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  10. ^ "NU-Iowa leaving Black Friday after 2019; rivalry rotation likely". Lincoln Journal Star. September 12, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  11. ^ "Moos says of NU-Iowa becoming permanent on Black Friday: 'Not quite there but close'". Lincoln Journal Star. May 6, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  12. ^ "Bill Moos Wants Iowa, Black Friday Game to Remain a Husker Tradition". Hail Varsity. November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  13. ^ "Revised 2021 Big Ten football schedule returns Iowa-Nebraska to Black Friday".
  14. ^ @_willcompton (November 22, 2021). "Iowa week. They've had our number recently but back in my day they were the easiest game of the year & I never took…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ When Nebraska lost to Iowa, Will Compton was compelled by George Kittle to make a video... YouTube. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021.

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