TCU at Nebraska

Saturday, September 29, 1951

TCU beat No. 12 Nebraska 28–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, TCU led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayTCU6–⁠5 in 1951
28
Home12Nebraska1–⁠8–⁠1 in 1951 (2–⁠8 official)
7

FinalAttendance 38,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Texas Christian Whips Nebraska, % 10 7

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1951, page 1

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    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.

Nebraska leads 6–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
2001Nebraska 21, TCU 7
1976Nebraska 64, TCU 10
1975Nebraska 56, TCU 14
1967Nebraska 29, TCU 0
1966Nebraska 14, TCU 10
1965Nebraska 34, TCU 14

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