Missouri at Nebraska

Saturday, November 10, 1917

Nebraska beat Missouri 52–⁠0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 6–⁠0 in the games on file.

AwayMissouri3–⁠5 in 1917
0
HomeNebraska5–⁠2 in 1917
52

FinalHigh 55°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Nebraska Beats Missouri,

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 11, 1917, page 48

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    Nebraska Beats Missouri, LINCOLN. Neb.. November 10.-The University of Nebraska foot ball team today won its first game in the Missouri, valley conference of the 1917 season by defeating the University of Missouri team. So to o. The game was Nebraska’s from the first and the Missourians were at no time dangerous

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Nebraska Wins Easily

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 11, 1917, page 21

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    Nebraska Wins Easily Lincoln, Neb.. November i0.--The University of Nebraska football team today won it’s first game in the Mis- soHri Valley conference of the 19li season by defeating the University of Missouri team today, 52 to 0. The Missourians were st no time danger ous.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Nebraska 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Nebraska leads 65–⁠36–⁠3; as played, 60–⁠33–⁠3 in the 96 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 90 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 31, Missouri 17
2009Nebraska 27, Missouri 12
2008Missouri 52, Nebraska 17
2007Missouri 41, Nebraska 6
2006Nebraska 34, Missouri 20
2005Missouri 41, Nebraska 24

Around this game

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