Chicago at Nebraska

Saturday, September 28, 1935

Nebraska beat Chicago 28–⁠7. It was their second meeting; the series is even at 1–⁠1.

AwayChicago4–⁠4 in 1935
7
HomeNebraska6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1935
28

FinalHigh 75°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: Along Big Ten Front

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 1, 1935, page 12

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    Along Big Ten Front Notre Dame plays they witnessed in scouting trips over the weekend. INDIANA-Reserves using Centre College plays were stopped by the varsity. Kelso, Zoll, Cecil and Sasso assigned to drills on kickoff and return. MINNESOTA-Coach Bierman in dicated he contemplated line changes as the result of ragged play ing in Minnesota’s victory over North Dakota State Saturday. Lew Midler, sophomore guard, may be advanced to the varsity. IOWA-Skipping rope occupied Iowa’s husky football candidates at the start of practice. Blocking and passing drills were ordered after the rope-skipping warmup. WISCONSIN-Coach Spears an nounced that Capt. Ray Davis, who suffered a wrenched knee on the opening play against South Dakota State, would be lost for the season. Players were shifted in an attempt to strengthen the lineup for Mar quette Saturday. CHICAGO-Preparing for the opening home game against Carroll College Saturday, Coach Shaughmessy ordered intensive tackling practice to correct errors in the 28–⁠7 defeat by Nebraska.

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1935Nebraska 28, Chicago 7
1906Chicago 38, Nebraska 5

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