 With only 135 miles separating the two schools, they were the closest cross-border rivals in the Big 8 and Big 12 conferences.The two schools played for the first time in 1911, and then played every year from 1922, making it one of the longest uninterrupted series in college football, until Nebraska moved to the Big Ten Conference in 2011.All-time, Nebraska leads the series 78–15–2.