Iowa State at Nebraska

Saturday, October 3, 1942

Nebraska beat Iowa State 26–⁠0. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 29–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayIowa State3–⁠6 in 1942
0
HomeNebraska3–⁠7 in 1942
26

FinalHigh 68°F, low 53°F, 0.62 in. of rainAttendance 14,472

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAIL @ 5a[3SW{5 IFS Nn

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 5, 1942, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL @ 5a[3SW{5 IFS Nn The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Southern California 0; Univer- sity of Washington 0. Oregon 0; Washington State ‘, St. Mary’s Preflight IS; UCLA T. Santa Clara IA; Stanford 6. Oregon State 13; California 8. Fordham IA; Tennessee 40. Bernie Bierman’s Iowa Naval Seahawks ‘; Minnesota 6. Iowa State 0; Nebraska 26. Colorado 13; Missouri 26. Auburn 27; Tulane 13. Texas Tech 0; Texas A & M 19. Arkansas 6; Texas Christian 13. Mississippi State 6; Alabama 2l. Pittsburgh 20; Southern Metho- dist T. Miami T; Dartmouth 58. buChIltIl C I Cllli OVobC Ah. Lafayette 0; Army 14. Lehigh 6; Yaie 33. Texas 0; Northwestern 3. Great Lakes Naval Station 25; Iowa 0. Virginia 0; Navy 35. Colgate Is; Cornell 6. Penn IT; Harvard ‘. Indiana 21; Ohio State 32. Butler 0; Illinois 67. Michigan State o; Michigan 20. Rhode Island State 0; Brown 28. Furman T; Georgia 40. Maine 2; Columbia 34. Georgia Tech IS; Notre Dame 6. Williams 19; Princeton 2. South Carolina 6; North Carolina 18. Duke 2; Wake Forest 20.

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.

Officially, Nebraska leads 86–⁠17–⁠2; as played, 84–⁠16–⁠2 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 105 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 31, Iowa State 30
2009Iowa State 9, Nebraska 7
2008Nebraska 35, Iowa State 7
2007Nebraska 35, Iowa State 17
2006Nebraska 28, Iowa State 14
2005Nebraska 27, Iowa State 20

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