Kansas at Nebraska

Saturday, October 24, 1931

Nebraska beat Kansas 6–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 24–⁠4–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayKansas5–⁠5 in 1931
0
HomeNebraska8–⁠2 in 1931
6

FinalHigh 75°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • The Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current's story: Nebraska Downs Kansas u. 6 to 0

    Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, October 25, 1931, page 1

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    Nebraska Downs Kansas u. 6 to 0 MEMORIAL STADIUM. Lincoln. Neb.. oct “a. R-Sweeping the well upholstered Jayhawk line before ~. the University Of Nebraska defeated the University OF Kansas 60 today and eliminated it from the 1881 Big Six conference race. The Kansans we’re beaten more decisively than indicated BY the score. At no time were the defending titleholders dangerous and the major portion or the game was play ed we’ll within Kansas territory. OF first downs Nebraska made Is while Kansas made 3. in net yardage Nebraska gained 237. and Kansas SO. Carrying the ball Nebraska covered 23l yards and Kansas IA. A first period offensive gave the huskers their lone touchdown.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 26, 1931, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS The following are final scores in principal football games played in various parts of the states last Saturday: Washington 0; Stanford o. Oregon Normal 0; Oregon State 37. Southern California 6; California O. Washington State College 13; Montana O.. Baltimore 6; Villanova 61. Iowa o; Minnesota 34. Drake O; Fordham 46. Michigan 35; Illinois 0. Indiana 32; Chicago 6. Rutgers 0; Holy Cross 27. Kansas 0; Nebraska 6. Vanderbilt 0; Georgia g. North Dakota 0; Oregon Univer- sity o. Army 6; Yale 6. Wisconsin IS; Pennsylvania 27 Northwestern 10; Ohio State 0. Navy as; Princeton O. Texas 2; Harvard 35. Purdue 13; Carnegie Tech 6. Notre Dame 25; Pittsburgh l2.

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 68% 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 79 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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