Missouri at Nebraska

Saturday, October 29, 1938

Missouri beat Nebraska 13–⁠10. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 17–⁠4–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayMissouri6–⁠3 in 1938
13
HomeNebraska3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1938
10

FinalHigh 65°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Points FOOT BAIL m {a{3SW{5 IFS Me

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 31, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    Points FOOT BAIL m {a{3SW{5 IFS Me The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon on the principal grid fields in the Nation: Idaho 19; Montana 6. Oregon Frosh 0; University of Washington Frosh 6. Stanford 0; U.CLA. 6. Oregon State T. California 13. Oregon T; Southern California 31 Washington State IS; Gonzaga 13. Oklahoma 23; Tulsa 6. Centenary IT; Loyola G. Utah State 6; Colorado State 0. Amherst 35; Massachusetts State 0. Maryland IA; Virginia Military 47. Montana State 20; Portland 12. Grinnell 6; Drake 2l. Army ‘; Notre Dame 19. Michigan IA, Illinois 0. Colgate O; Holy Cross 0. Tufts 0: Brown 48. Dartmouth 24; Yale 6. Santa Clara ‘; Michigan State 6. Duke IA; North Carolina 0. Fordham 13; Pittsburgh 24. Cornell 23; Columbia T. Washington and Lee o; Richmond 6. Mississippi 25; George Washing ton 0. Cincinnati 12; Ohio 13 !, Ohio State 32; New York Uni versity 0. Alabama 26; Kentucky 6. North Carolina State 0; Virginia Tech ‘. William and Mary 0; Virginia 34. John Hopkins ‘; Haverford 6. Indiana O; Wisconsin 6. Iowa State T; Marquette J. Missouri 13; Nebraska 10. Purdue 0: Iowa 0. Minnesota 3; Northwestern 6. Louisiana State 6; Tennessee IA. Texas Christian 39; Baylor T. Kansas 27; Kansas State T. South Dakota ‘; South Dakota State 0. DePauw IA; Chicago 34. Mississippi State o; Tulane 27. Carnegie Tech 27; Akron 13. Miami 16; Wesleyan 20 Texas A and M 13; Arkansas ‘. Southern Methodist T; Texas 6. Georgia Tech 2; Vanderbilt 13. Auburn 0: Rice IA. Navy 0; Penn 0, tie. Harvard 26; Princeton ‘. Penn State B; Syracuse 6. St. Louis U 13; Catholic U 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 68% to win. Missouri pulled the upset.

Officially, Nebraska leads 65–⁠36–⁠3; as played, 60–⁠33–⁠3 in the 96 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 31, Missouri 17
2009Nebraska 27, Missouri 12
2008Missouri 52, Nebraska 17
2007Missouri 41, Nebraska 6
2006Nebraska 34, Missouri 20
2005Missouri 41, Nebraska 24

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