Iowa State at Nebraska
Saturday, November 1, 1919 Share
Iowa State beat Nebraska 3–0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 10–3–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 53°F, low 24°F
In the newspapers

Omaha daily bee, November 2, 1919, page 31
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Cornhuskers Lose Fifth Game to Iowa State 3 to 0 Coach Schultz Alleges Mid-Season Slump and Heavy Early Schedule Responsible For Poor Showing OF Nebraska Team-Drop Kick Wins Contest Lincoln, Neb., Nov. Especial Telegram. Fighting with a for lorn hope fostered vainly of the belief that perhaps some Nebraska star would shine once more, the University of Nebraska foot ball team went down to defeat before the Iowa State college of Ames, by score of TO 0. A drop kick by Davis, half-back, in the second quarter tailed a score that remained final. From the start the breaks of the game were with the visitors. No one of the 1000 rooters, who wit messed the game believed for one moment that the drop kick by the Ames half-back would be the final count of the day. Until late in the third quarter when the Huskers missed chance to score by bare four yards, did the crowd know that Nebraska was beaten. There is jubilation in Lincoln. Four hundred rooters and the cadet band, which accompanied Ames, paraded the streets Of the city centering their jubilee before the Hotel Lincoln. Bontires were started in the main street and the students pranced to their hearts delight for iowa State had beaten Ne braska. A heart-rending tiredness characterized the Nebraska play through out. Schulte’s men tried hard to do their best and at times got away for brilliant runs, but the visiting defense and pluck was too much for them. Schellenberg’s 65-yard run at the opening of the second hall was real thrill. Notre Dame Stuff. The play was identical to that worked by Notre Dame against Ne braska two weeks ago, when Berg man ran 81 yards for a touchdown | Davis kicked off for McGlasson, | Husker pilot, on Nebraska’s 28-yard line. The latter skirted to the right and by a clever maneuver passed to Schellenberg. With the ball on Iowa States 49, yard line Immediately after the opening of the quarter. a score was looked for. Schellenberg, who made | the brilliant run, was thrown for no gain twice on the next two plays. Hubka bucked through center for four yards, but the Huskers lost the ball, an attempted pass, Dobson to | Swanson, failing on the fourth down. Score on Drop Kick. The Cyclones tucked away their Rscore with seeming indifference. II the second quarter, with “Bill” Da- Wis, star halfback, who has been laid up for three weeks, back in the play, the visitors essayed at vari. / Gus dropkicks. A third attempt from the Nebraska 25-yard line shortly before the end of the period Went true. The Iowans played with utmost steadiness. A brilliant run by Dob son for % yards failed to faze the visitors, for the captain-was tackled so severely that he fumbled the ball Iowa State regaining. The Iowa line, announced in press reports tc have averaged 158 pounds, eventu ally qualified at III pounds per man end to end. Attempt to Come Back. Early in the third Quarter the Huskers again assayed to score | tLine-smas tactics combined with excellent generalship by Quarter back McGlasson brought the ball te the Iowa 12-yard line On the thirc down McGlasson called for a for ward pass, Dobson to Swanson With an open field and six yard. from goal the latter stumbled anc missed. Iowa held on the next play The outcome was a distinct sur. prise to Nebraska followers. A,

Pine Bluff daily graphic, November 2, 1919, page 6
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Iowa Beats Nebraska. Loncoln, Neb., Nov. 1.-Iowa State college football team of Ames hum- bled the University of Nebraska squad here today by 3 to 0. Day, Nebraska’s center suffered a frac- tured ankle bone in this period.

Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., November 3, 1919, page 13 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES Eastern Games EuSttFH NuIheH Penn state, 10; Penn, 0. West Virginia, rs; Princeton, o. Pittsburgh. IA; Lehigh, o. Dartmouth. Z; Colgate, Z. Harvard, 20; Springfield. o. Yale, 81; Maryland State, o. Lafayette, 21; Cornell, 2. Navy, 20; w. Va. Wesleyan, 6. Syracuse, 13: Brown. 0. Army, “a; Tufts. 13. Wesleyan, 16; Williams, o. Georgetown, 46; Delaware, Z. Bucknell. 27; st. Bonaventura, 0 Carnegie. 3; Allegheny, 0. Columbia, O; Union, 0. Columbia, 0; Union, 0. Villanova, 6; Muhlenberg, 0. Penn Fresh, 0; Va. Fresh, 33. Swarthmore, 10; Ursinus, IL. Amhurst, AZ; Worcester. 0. Haverford, 10; F. and NJ. Z. Holy Cross, 20; Rhode Island, 3. Gettysburg. Z; Dickinson, 0. Middlebury, 8; Norwich, 0. Maine. Is; Colby, 0. Gallaudet, G; Catholic Univ. 6. Western Games Michigan, 16; Northwestern, Is. Purdue, 13; Mich. Aggies, z. Illinois. 10; Chicago, 0. Case, 80; Hiram. 8. Oberlin, As; West. Reserve, o. Univ. of Detroit, 2S; Kalamazoo, o, Southern Games Alabama. 40; Univ. of South, %. Tennessee, 0; North Carolina. 0. Alabama Poly, Z; Georgia, 0. Marquette, 80; Great Lakes, O. Iowa State. 3; Nebraska, 0. Drake, 6; Grinnel, 0. Washington, 20; Rollo School of Mines, 0. st. Louis Univ. 3; Valparaiso. o. Kansas. 166 Kansas Aggies, 3, Iowa. 26; South Dakota, IS. Missouri. Z; Oklahoma, 6.

The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., November 3, 1919, page 1 (results column)
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Football Results Notre Dame. 16; Indiana, 3. Indiana. Butler, O.; Hanover, Q. Purdue, 10; Michigan Aggies, 7. DePauw, z; Franklin, 0. Big Ten. Illinois, 10; Chicago. 0. Michigan. 16; Northwestern, 10. Minnesota, 10; Wisconsin, Z. West. St. Louis, s; Valparaiso, 0. Iowa State, 3: Nebraska, 0. Kansas, 16; Kansas Aggies, 3. Missouri, 6: Oklahoma, 6. Whittenberg, 0; Cincinnati. 0. Detroit, %; Kalamazoo College, 0. Oberlin, 4S; Western Reserve, 0. Heidelberg, Is: Baldwin, West Virginia. %; Princeton, 0. Pittsburgh, IA; Lehigh, 0. Syracuse, IS; Brown, 0. Harvard. 20; Springfield, 0. Penn State, 10; Pennsylvania, 0. Army. “a; Tufts, Is. Colgate, Z; Dartmouth, 7. Yale, 81; Maryland State. 0.
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 58% to win. Iowa State won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Iowa State–Nebraska gameOfficially, Nebraska leads 86–17–2; as played, 84–16–2 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 105 meetings, counting the 88 since this game.
| 2010 | Nebraska 31, Iowa State 30 | |
| 2009 | Iowa State 9, Nebraska 7 | |
| 2008 | Nebraska 35, Iowa State 7 | |
| 2007 | Nebraska 35, Iowa State 17 | |
| 2006 | Nebraska 28, Iowa State 14 | |
| 2005 | Nebraska 27, Iowa State 20 |
Around this game
Iowa State
- Next gamevs. Kansas StateNov. 15, 1919
- SeasonIowa State in 1919
- ProgramIowa State history and records
Nebraska
- Next gameat MissouriNov. 8, 1919
- SeasonNebraska in 1919
- ProgramNebraska history and records

