Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry

Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry
SportFootball
First meetingNovember 29, 1900
Minnesota, 20–12
Latest meetingOctober 17, 2025
Minnesota, 24–6
Next meeting2027
Trophy$5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total65
All-time seriesMinnesota leads, 38–25–2 (.600)
Trophy seriesMinnesota leads, 8–3–0 (.727)
Largest victoryNebraska, 84–13 (1983)
Longest win streakNebraska, 16 (1963–2012)
Current win streakMinnesota, 6 (2019–present)
210km
130miles
Nebraska
Minnesota
Locations of Minnesota and Nebraska

The Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Nebraska Cornhuskers. The teams met regularly in the sport's early years and began an annual series when Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference in 2011.