The two teams agreed to play a home-and-home non-conference series scheduled for 2021 in Norman (to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 classic) and 2022 in Lincoln.

This was due to the split-division nature of the Big 12 that scheduled the Cornhuskers and Sooners to meet only twice every four years.

Historically, the rivalry's most distinguishing quality had been the grudging respect and appreciation between the two tradition-rich programs.

[10] The 1963 matchup was almost canceled because of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the day before, but ultimately both schools agreed to proceed with the game.

It was one of only six played that day (the others were Tulane-LSU, Texas Tech-Arkansas, Florida State-Auburn, Florida-Miami and Kentucky-Tennessee) as all others around the country were canceled.

The new conference was split into divisions, with Nebraska in the North and Oklahoma in the south, where they would play one another twice every four years.