Illinois Illinois vs  Nebraska Nebraska

14 Meetings since 1962
  • Wins 9
    Losses 5
    Ties 0
  • Ranked Matchups: 6 Last Meeting: Sep 20, 2024
Record by Location
  • Location Champaign
    Wins 4
    Losses 2
    Ties 0
  • Location Lincoln
    Wins 5
    Losses 3
    Ties 0
Ranked Matchups
  • Highest Nebraska Rank: 6 (09/20/86 )
    Highest Opponent Rank: 17 (10/29/22 )
Largest Margin of Victory
  • Margin 45
    Result W 59-14
    Date 09/20/86
Current Streak
  • Streak Type Losing
    Streak Length 1
    Last Win/Tie 10/06/23 (W)
Longest Streaks

Winning Streak

  • Games 4
    From 09/21/85
    To 09/27/14

Losing Streak

  • Games 3
    From 11/21/20
    To 10/29/22
Record in 1 Score Games
  • Wins 1
    Losses 3
    Ties 0
    Win Percentage 25.00%
Record in Blowouts
  • Blowout Wins 6
    Blowout Losses 2
Blowouts defined as a win/loss by 17 or more points
Record by Coach
  • Mike Riley
    Wins 2
    Losses 1
    Ties 0
    Win Percentage 67%
  • Bo Pelini
    Wins 2
    Losses 0
    Ties 0
    Win Percentage 100%
  • Scott Frost
    Wins 2
    Losses 2
    Ties 0
    Win Percentage 50%
  • Tom Osborne
    Wins 2
    Losses 0
    Ties 0
    Win Percentage 100%
  • Matt Rhule
    Wins 1
    Losses 1
    Ties 0
    Win Percentage 50%
  • Mickey Joseph
    Wins 0
    Losses 1
    Ties 0
    Win Percentage 0%
Date Opponent Location Win/Loss Nebraska Opponent Score Diff Neb Rank Opp Rank Attendance Coach Name Bowl Name
09/21/85 Illinois Lincoln W 52 25 27 18 20 76,149 Tom Osborne -
09/20/86 Illinois Champaign W 59 14 45 6 - 75,865 Tom Osborne -
10/05/13 Illinois Lincoln W 39 19 20 - - 91,458 Bo Pelini -
09/27/14 Illinois Lincoln W 45 14 31 21 - 91,255 Bo Pelini -
10/03/15 Illinois Champaign L 13 14 1 - - 40,138 Mike Riley -
10/01/16 Illinois Lincoln W 31 16 15 15 - 90,374 Mike Riley -
09/29/17 Illinois Champaign W 28 6 22 - - 43,058 Mike Riley -
11/10/18 Illinois Lincoln W 54 35 19 - - 88,316 Scott Frost -
09/21/19 Illinois Champaign W 42 38 4 - - 44,512 Scott Frost -
11/21/20 Illinois Lincoln L 23 41 18 - - 0 Scott Frost -
08/28/21 Illinois Champaign L 22 30 8 - - 41,064 Scott Frost -
10/29/22 Illinois Lincoln L 9 26 17 - 17 86,691 Mickey Joseph (i)** -
10/06/23 Illinois Champaign W 20 7 13 - - 46,703 Matt Rhule -
09/20/24 Illinois Lincoln L (O)* 24 31 7 22 24 86,936 Matt Rhule -
*(O) Overtime Game; **(i) Interim Coach