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A look at the Creighton-Nebraska games at Rosenblatt since the state's two Division I programs began playing annually at the stadium in 1999:
Date, Score, Att.
April 20, 2010, CU 8, NU 5, 4,386
Robbie Knight's pinch-hit, RBI double broke a 5-5 tie in the eighth inning as the Bluejays overcame a four-run deficit to secure their first season series win over NU since 2007.
April 21, 2009, NU 4, CU 3, 4,071
Nebraska scored three runs in the top of the 12th inning, and Creighton's rally came up just short in the bottom half. Before the smallest crowd to watch a CU-NU game at Rosenblatt in more than a decade, Cody Neer and Jeff Tezak ignited the 12th-inning rally with consecutive doubles off Jonas Dufek. Robbie Knight's two-out double off NU reliever Michael Mariot scored Carson Vitale and Scott Thornburg, but Mariot got Eliott Soto on a foul pop to NU first baseman Tyler Farst for the final out.
May 13, 2008, NU 8, CU 1, 14,650
Mitch Abeita blasted a three-run homer off Greg Hellhake before CU recorded an out as the fifth-ranked Huskers rolled.
April 23, 2008, NU 16, CU 7, 9,044
Trailing 4-3, No. 8 Nebraska sent 17 batters to the plate and scored 13 runs in the fifth to match its biggest inning in nine years.
May 15, 2007, CU 9, NU 2, 18,316
Chris Gradoville's two-run single highlighted a decisive, three-run second inning for Creighton, which won its eighth straight game.
April 3, 2007, NU 12, CU 10, 6,524
Playing in below-freezing conditions with a howling north wind, Nebraska's Andrew Brown doubled in the eighth inning to score the winning run against closer Andy Masten. The Jays erased a 9-0 deficit after Nebraska scored seven runs in the second inning. CU tied it with a four-run sixth inning and loaded the bases against closer Steve Edlefsen in the ninth. Third baseman Jake Mort made a diving stab of a Steve Winklemann shot, throwing him out to end it.
May 16, 2006, NU 4, CU 1, 21,158
NU swept the season series, going ahead for good in the seventh inning against ambidextrous CU reliever Pat Venditte before the largest crowd in series history.
April 4, 2006, NU 6, CU 4, 12,276
The eighth-ranked Huskers beat No. 21 CU on Brandon Buckman's two-run, ninth-inning homer in the first regular-season series matchup of ranked teams.
May 10, 2005, CU 5, NU 3, 20,011
Tony Roth and Zach Daeges produced run-scoring doubles off Nebraska reliever Ryan Bohanan to break a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning.
April 5, 2005, CU 4, NU 3, 7,012
Matt Daeges' pinch-hit double off Nebraska reliever Dustin Timm scored Gabe Lapito with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Bluejays snapped a six-game NU winning streak. CU tied it with runs in the third, sixth and seventh inning after the fourth-ranked Huskers jumped to a 3-0 lead. All-American Alex Gordon finished 3 for 4 for Nebraska, which lost the regular-season series to Creighton but later would beat the Jays twice in NCAA regional play in Lincoln en route to the CWS.
May 18, 2004, NU 12, CU 1, 10,261
NU pitcher Justin Pekarek dominated the Bluejays, striking out nine over seven scoreless innings.
May 13, 2003, NU 9, CU 5, 11,014
The 19-31 Bluejays stormed back from an 8-0 deficit, scoring twice in the sixth and three runs in the seventh before reliever Pat O'Neil fanned Matt Daeges with the bases loaded.
May 15, 2002, NU 9, CU 1, 18,758
Shane Komine, Nebraska's All-America senior ace, threw five scoreless innings in his first start in six weeks before the then-third-largest crowd in NCAA history.
May 9, 2001, NU 8, CU 4, 13,862
No. 1-ranked Nebraska got a complete game from pitcher Jamie Rodrigue in a contest shortened to six innings as a thunderstorm halted action in the bottom of the seventh. CU had cut the lead to 9-6 and placed two runners on base with one out before the skies opened. The game reverted to the end of the final inning played. Jeff Leise finished 4 for 4, and the Huskers got a taste of Omaha on the way to their first College World Series appearance a month later.
May 10, 2000, NU 10, CU 2, 15,436
Sophomore pitcher R.D. Spiehs threw a complete game before the fourth-largest regular-season crowd to watch a college baseball game.
May 12, 1999, NU 10, CU 9, 6,735
Creighton stormed back with seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and nearly won it in walk-off fashion as Dan Lawler flew out to Jamal Strong in deep center field with Peyton Lewis on first base to end the game. Senior Jay Sirianni recorded the final out for his first career save in a battle of NCAA regional teams. Nebraska first baseman Ken Harvey finished 2 for 4 with his 20th homer en route to hitting a nation-best .478 in coach Dave Van Horn's second season.
— Mitch Sherman
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