TCU at Nebraska
Saturday, September 29, 1951 Share
TCU beat No. 12 Nebraska 28–7. It was their first meeting; after it, TCU led the series 1–0.
FinalAttendance 38,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1951, page 1
Read the text
Texas Christian Whips Nebraska, % 10 7 LINCOLN. Nebr., Sept. 90 Texas Christian, a fine team Of opportunists, exploded a three touchdown barrage on Nebraska in the second quarter today to start the Texans on their way to a 28–7 football victory. A crowd of $4,000 saw the Texas club score twice in the first four and one-half minutes Of the second quarter to wipe out a TO Nebraska lead. The Nebraska score had come largely through a Texas Christian pass interference penalty in the end zone. But this break was erased on the second play of the second quarter. That was when Quarterback Johnny Bordogna fumbled the ball on the Nebraska eight, the ball rolling backward into the end zone where End Wayne Mar tin of TCU fell on it for the tie ing touchdown.
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 60% to win. TCU pulled the upset.
The series
Every TCU–Nebraska gameNebraska leads 6–1 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 2001 | Nebraska 21, TCU 7 | |
| 1976 | Nebraska 64, TCU 10 | |
| 1975 | Nebraska 56, TCU 14 | |
| 1967 | Nebraska 29, TCU 0 | |
| 1966 | Nebraska 14, TCU 10 | |
| 1965 | Nebraska 34, TCU 14 |
Around this game
TCU
- Next gameat ArkansasOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonTCU in 1951
- ProgramTCU history and records
Nebraska
- Next gameat Kansas StateOct. 6, 1951
- SeasonNebraska in 1951
- ProgramNebraska history and records

