Nebraska at Kansas State

Saturday, October 28, 1939

No. 10 Nebraska beat Kansas State 25–⁠9. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 20–⁠2–⁠2 as played.

Away10Nebraska7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1939
25
HomeKansas State4–⁠5 in 1939
9

FinalHigh 66°F, low 29°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 28, 1939, page 2 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ScoREs The following are final scores ol football games played this afternoon ard received up to press time: University of Washington 8; Stan ford 5. clemson 15; Navy T. Notre Dame T; Carnegie Tech 6 North Carolina 30; Penn G. Cornell 23; Ohio State IA. Yale T; Michigan 27 Dartmouth Is; Harvard o. Pitt 13; Fordham 27. Wake Forest o. Duke 6. Georgia 13; New York U IA. Arkansas 0; Villanova T. Virginia Military Institute ‘; Col umbia 26. Brown 12; Princeton 26. Florida T; Maryland 0. Maine 0; Bates 6. Colgate T; Holy Cross 27 Ursinius IS; Army 46. Penn State 6; Syracuse 6, tie. Virginia 26; William and Mary 6. Arizona 6; Marquette 13. Missouri 21; Iowa State G. Nebraska 25; Kansas State 9. Auburn 6; Georgia Tech ‘. Iowa 19; Wisconsin 13. Illinois 0; Northwestern 13. Alabama ‘; Mississippi State 0. Tulane Is; Mississippi 6.

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores October 28

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 30, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores October 28 October 28 Nebraska 25-Kansas State 9 Auburn 6-Georgia Tech T Iowa l9-Wisconsin 13 Illinois 0-Northwestern 13 Alabama 7-Mississippi State Tulane 18-Mississippa 6 Clemson 15-Navy 2 Notre Dame 7-Carnegie 6 North Carolina 30-Penn 6 Cornell 20-Ohio State 14 Yale 7-Michigan 27 Dartmouth 16-HarVard o Pitt 13-Fordham 27 Lake Forest O-Duke 6 Stanford 5-Washington 8 Washington State 0 Oregon State 13 Oregon G. UCLA 16 Southern Cal 26-California 0 Purdue 6-Santa Clara 13 Montana 13-Idaho 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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Nebraska leads 78–⁠15–⁠2; as played, 77–⁠15–⁠3 in 95 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 48, Kansas State 13
2009Nebraska 17, Kansas State 3
2008Nebraska 56, Kansas State 28
2007Nebraska 73, Kansas State 31
2006Nebraska 21, Kansas State 3
2005Nebraska 27, Kansas State 25

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