Nebraska at Oregon State

Saturday, November 28, 1936

No. 10 Nebraska beat Oregon State 32–⁠14. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 5–⁠0.

Away10Nebraska7–⁠2 in 1936
32
HomeOregon State4–⁠6 in 1936
14

FinalHigh 42°F, low 20°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Nebraska Beats Oregon State In Spectacular Grid Battle

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 29, 1936, page 25

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    Nebraska Beats Oregon State In Spectacular Grid Battle well ran So yards through . broken field to the goal. Gray Passes for Touchdown. THEN the Beavers opened their passing attack. Gray threw to Mountain on the Nebraska ! and Elmer Kolberg plunged over. With less than five minutes to play, the Beavers continued to rifle passes and smashed and ran to the Corn huskers’ 81. Gray dropped back and threw q bullet pass to Mountain over the goal line,

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: CORNHUSKERS HAND BEAVERS 32-14 DEFEAT

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 30, 1936, page 1

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    CORNHUSKERS HAND BEAVERS 32–⁠14 DEFEAT PORTLAND, Ore, Nov 30-Although making only seven first downs to fifteen by the Beavers, the University of Nebraska Corn huskers defeated Oregon State Col lege for the fifth time, here last Saturday afternoon. The Cornhuskers made their first downs good for touchdowns, and handed the Beavers a 80 to IA wal Looping, in a wide open game.

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Nebraska leads 9–⁠2 in 11 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1990Nebraska 31, Oregon State 7
1989Nebraska 35, Oregon State 7
1959Nebraska 7, Oregon State 6
1954Nebraska 27, Oregon State 7
1948Oregon State 28, Nebraska 12
1947Oregon State 27, Nebraska 6

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