It was somewhat consolidated with the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, which placed the two universities in the same six-team division and ended Nebraska's annual game with The Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Colorado Buffaloes and Nebraska Cornhuskers.

They first played in 1898, but the rivalry intensified in the 1980s as Colorado improved under head coach Bill McCartney.

25 Nebraska 34-31 in OT James Stefanou's 34-yard field goal in overtime gave Colorado its first lead and the Buffaloes beat No. The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the West Division of the Big Ten. Nebraska plays its home games at Memorial Stadium, where it has sold out every game since 1962. Colorado comes back to beat No.