Nebraska has lost its past 18 games in a row against teams ranked higher than 20th in the country:
Nov. 23, 2001: No. 14 Colorado 62, No. 2 Nebraska 36
Jan. 3, 2002: No. 1 Miami 37, No. 4 Nebraska 14
Sept. 28, 2002: No. 19 Iowa State 36, No. 20 Nebraska 14
Nov. 2, 2002: No. 7 Texas 27, Nebraska 24
Nov. 16, 2002: No. 11 Kansas State 49, Nebraska 13
Nov. 29, 2002: No. 13 Colorado 28, Nebraska 13
Nov. 1, 2003: No. 16 Texas 31, No. 12 Nebraska 7
Nov. 13, 2004: No. 2 Oklahoma 30, Nebraska 3
Oct. 8, 2005: No. 15 Texas Tech 34, Nebraska 31
Sept. 16, 2006: No. 4 USC 28, No. 19 Nebraska 10
Oct. 21, 2006: No. 5 Texas 22, No. 17 Nebraska 20
Dec. 2, 2006: No. 8 Oklahoma 21, No. 19 Nebraska 7
Jan. 1, 2007: No. 10 Auburn 17, No. 22 Nebraska 14
Sept. 15, 2007: No. 1 USC 49, No. 14 Nebraska 31
Oct. 6, 2007: No. 17 Missouri 41, No. 25 Nebraska 6
Oct. 27, 2007: No. 17 Texas 28, Nebraska 25
Nov. 3, 2007: No. 8 Kansas 76, Nebraska 39
Oct. 4, 2008: No. 4 Missouri 52, Nebraska 17
[via Omaha World Herald]
October 10th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
FU#K…… That just SUCKS.
I heard that NU is one of only a handful of teams in a BCS conf. that has not beat a team in the top 19 since 2001.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Yeah, it would be us and DUKE. We are SOOOO Iowa State right now. Well except for the fact that we have an AWESOME fan base with NATIONAL support and tons of MONEY to make things right.