Indiana at Nebraska

Saturday, October 17, 1936

Nebraska beat Indiana 13–⁠9. It was their first meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayIndiana5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1936
9
HomeNebraska7–⁠2 in 1936
13

FinalHigh 65°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL Ass1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 19, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL Ass1REsULTs The following are results of lead ing football games played in var ious parts of the country last Sat- urday afternoon: UCLA IT; California 6. Gonzaga 0; Montana (. Washington State C; Southern California 0. Oregon 13; Idaho O. Oregon State T; Washington 19. Texas Christian 2; Texas A. & M. Is. Georgia Tech 6; Duke 19 Tulane 28; Colgate 6. Western Maryland 0; Villanova 13. Michigan 0; Minnesota 26. Indiana 9; Nebraska 13. Kansas State O; Marquette 13. Manhattan T; Holy Cross 13. Virginia Military Institute 0; Co., lumbia 38 Syracuse T; Cornell 20. Auburn 6; Detroit 0. Army 32; Harvard 0. WyneSburg 6; Fordham 20. Bucknell O. Georgetown 19. DePaul T; Catholic University 12 Princeton 0; Penn T. Purdue 35. Chicago T. Yale 12; Navy 2. Duquesne T; Pittsburgh 0. Vanderbilt 0; Southern Methodist Is. SUNDAY GAME St. Mary’s 0; University of San Francisco 0.

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Indiana leads 12–⁠9–⁠3 in 24 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Indiana 20, Nebraska 17
2024Indiana 56, Nebraska 7
2022Nebraska 35, Indiana 21
2019Indiana 38, Nebraska 31
2016Nebraska 27, Indiana 22
1978Nebraska 69, Indiana 17

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