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Syracuse at Nebraska

Saturday, October 29, 1927

Nebraska beat Syracuse 21–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 3–⁠2.

AwaySyracuse5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1927
0
HomeNebraska6–⁠2 in 1927
21

FinalHigh 74°F, low 62°F, 0.11 in. of rainAttendance 27,000

In the newspapers

  • The Seward daily gateway's story: MONDAY, OCTOBER, 31, 1927. FOOTBALL SCORES

    Seward daily gateway, October 31, 1927, page 1 (results column)

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    MONDAY, OCTOBER, 31, 1927. FOOTBALL SCORES Washington, 61; Whitman, 2. Oregon State 13; Stanford, 19. Washington State, 6, Oregon, O. Yale. 19; Dartmouth, 0. Nebraska. 21: Syracuse, 0. Navy, 12: Pennsylvania, 6. Harvard. 26; Indiana, Q. Princeton, 35; Cornell. Q. William and Mary. 2; Columbia, 0. Army. 34: Bucknell, 0. Illinois, IA; Michigan, 0. Minnesota, 3: Wisconsin, 2. Purdue. 3s; Montana State, 2. Norte Dame. 26: Georgia, Tech, 2. Southern California, 13: California, 6.

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Syracuse–Nebraska game

Syracuse leads 7–⁠5 in 12 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1984Syracuse 17, Nebraska 9
1983Nebraska 63, Syracuse 7
1961Syracuse 28, Nebraska 6
1958Syracuse 38, Nebraska 0
1957Syracuse 26, Nebraska 9
1929Nebraska 13, Syracuse 6

Around this game

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