Washington State at Nebraska
Thursday, November 25, 1920 Share
Washington State beat Nebraska 21–20. It was their first meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 39°F, low 32°F, 0.01 in. of rain
In the newspapers

East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, Oregon, November 26, 1920, page 9
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OREGON LOSES WHILE WASHINGTON STATE IS WINNER BY ONE POINT Southern California Runs Up 21-o Score Against Lemon Yellow; Cougars overtake Nebraska in Final Period. PASADENA, Cal, Nov. 2G-fA r., -Ihe University OF oregon football team went down TO defeat al the hand. oi the University OF Southern Califor. bia, playing on Tournament field here put II was q fight TO the final whistle. me score; Y. =. c. 81: Oregon. 0. was hil earned points and while most OF the game was played In oregon terri. tory. there was not moment that u ,. {. could slacken either defense or onset. crowd estimated by the game management at about $4,000 persons was gathered under cloudless sky. in temperature that initiated against oregon. used TO “A cooler climate ana heavier field. The northern visltoia never succeeded In forcing the ball over the needed yardage for downs and their gains were nearly all made by Kicking. They did not complete a for ward pass while the Trojans succeeded with two. one netting the last touch down. There was small choice In line strength. neither team being able 10 gain consistently by smashcs. although the Trojans forced the ball through on downs several times. The interference was less evident than the strength OF the teams would have led the spectators to expect. Many times runners had no protection and especially when backfield men stopped kicks.

Amarillo daily news. (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, Texas, November 26, 1920, page 5
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Washington State Defeats Nebraska ~ Nssor’ aifd Press. LINCOLN. Ncb.. Nov 25-Comin,. from behind In the last period. Wash nrto1 state College defeated the Uni. torslty 81 Nebraska q Co 20 In the h.. ter sectional football game here TO-DAY IN the Last porlod McAvor Il Washlng. Tom. shot forward pass 10 Skadan g., gain 81 ~ yards 10 Ncbraska’s tw yard line. ellis went through for 4 touchdown and Sknadan kicked goal. In the last few minutes ot play Gillis drove through Tor his third touchdown of th, game Sl,adan kicking gual.

The Alaska daily empire, Alaska, November 26, 1920, page 5 (results column)
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WASHINGTON STATE GRABS HOT GRID CONTEST FROM NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY IN FINAL PERIOD LINCOLN, Neb., Nov 26.-Wash- ington State College defeated the University of Nebraska’s eleven here yesterday 21 to 20 after the Corn huskers apparently han cinched the game. With the score standing 20 to iE favor of Nebraska at the end of the third period, Gillis, Washington States star halfback was sent az ross the line for two touchdowns in the last period. Gillis also scored the Westerners’ previous touchdown in an earlier period. Skadan kicked all three goals for the winners. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 26- The University of Southern Califor- nia’s eleven won it’s Thanksgiving Day game against the University of Oregon 21 to on Bovafd Field here yesterday The last years Pacific Coast conference winners, outweiehed the Southerners by an average of several pounds to the man, but were far outclassed in speed and brlliancy of play The local team hoped to establish their right to represent the West at Pasadena New Years Day in the Tournament of Roses contest if successful againt Oregon but the Tournament of Roses Football Com mittee in weighing their claims against the University of California undefeated 1920 conference winners evidently took cognizance of the Southerners’ sole defeat of the sea son early in October by Stanford. Results of other important Thanks giving Day games throughout the country follow: Oregon Agricultural College 19, Multnomah Athletic Club ‘. Whitman ‘, Willamette Q. University of Missouri 16 Univer- sity of Kansas :. Pennsylvania 2S. Cornell Q Detroit University 27, Rutgers 0. Pennsylvania State 0, Pittsburgh c. Washington Jefferson 2S, West Vir- ginia 0. Notre Dame g, Michigan Aggies 0. Colorado Aggies IA, Denver Univer- sity 0. Colorado College 13, Colorado Mines ‘. University of Colorado 4O Okla homa A. & M. T. Everett High School 67, Salt Lake High 0.

The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, November 26, 1920, page 13 (results column)
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Football Results Indiana. .... Marquette, 81; Wabash, Z. @ Valparaiso. “a; North Dakota, 10. interseetional. Detroit, q; Rutgers, 0. West. Notre Dame, 25; Michigan Aggies, O. Washington State, 21; Nebraska, 20 Wittenberg, Z; Denison, 0. Cincinnati, Z; Miami, 0. st. Xavier, 81; Haskell Indians, Z. Oklahoma, “A; Drake, Z. Missouri, 16; Kansas, Z. Wooster, 7; Mount Union, 3. Western Reserve, 2; Case, 0. East. Penn State, 0; Pittsburgh, 0. Penn, %; Cornell, O. Washington and Jefferson, %; West o. Franklin and Marshall. 0; Gettys burg, 0. Bucknell, 20; Dickinson. s. South. Georgia Tech, “a; Alabama Poly, O. Georgia, 55; Clemson, 0. Alabama, “a; Mississippi A. and NJ Tulane, q: Louisiana State, 0. Centre, 1903; Georgetown, 0. Tennessee, IA; Kentucky, J. Vanderbilt 81: Sewanee, ). Virginia, IA; North Carolina, 0. Great Lakes, 2S; Navy Base, I.
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 53% to win. Washington State won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Washington State–Nebraska gameWashington State leads 3–1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1995 | Nebraska 35, Washington State 21 | |
| 1977 | Washington State 19, Nebraska 10 | |
| 1957 | Washington State 34, Nebraska 12 | |
| 1920 | Washington State 21, Nebraska 20 |
Around this game
Washington State
- Next gameat GonzagaOct. 15, 1921
- SeasonWashington State in 1920
- ProgramWashington State history and records
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. Nebraska WesleyanOct. 1, 1921
- SeasonNebraska in 1920
- ProgramNebraska history and records

