Kansas at Nebraska

Saturday, November 5, 1927

Nebraska beat Kansas 47–⁠13. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 20–⁠4–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayKansas3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1927
13
HomeNebraska6–⁠2 in 1927
47

FinalHigh 46°F, low 28°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Iinp-,,p and Summary. NEBRASKA OvERWHELMS KANSAS IN Alb GAME

    Evening star, November 6, 1927, page 81

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    Iinp-,,p and Summary. NEBRASKA OvERWHELMS KANSAS IN Alb GAME LINCOLN, Nebr.. November S LP. The University of Nebraska Corn huskers. primed for their intersectional clash with Pittsburgh next week end, passed and smashed their way to At tolls victory over the University of Kansas Jay Hawkers before home1 coming crowd of $4,000 persons today. The feature of the game came in the final period when Sloan. substitute for Fresnell, took Schmidt’s kickoff and ran 30 yards through the Kansas team for a touchdown.

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 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Nebraska leads 91–⁠23–⁠3; as played, 88–⁠18–⁠3 in the 109 games on file; the official count covers all 117 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 20, Kansas 3
2009Nebraska 31, Kansas 17
2008Nebraska 45, Kansas 35
2007Kansas 76, Nebraska 39
2006Nebraska 39, Kansas 32
2005Kansas 40, Nebraska 15

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