Nebraska at Kansas

Saturday, November 8, 1952

Nebraska beat No. 7 Kansas 14–⁠13. It was their 59th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 39–⁠9–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayNebraska5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1952
14
Home7Kansas7–⁠3 in 1952
13

FinalHigh 58°F, low 40°FAttendance 33,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: NEBRASKA Upsets Kansas, 74to7 IS, onL ate Score

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 9, 1952, page 65

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    NEBRASKA Upsets Kansas, 74to7 IS, onL ate Score Kansas touchdown. Don Hess conjverted after Leoni’S touchdown to end the Kansas scoring. A roughing penalty was costly to Kansas In Nebraska,s winning drive In the last quarter. The Cornhuskers’ Dan Brown recovered Jerry Robertson’s fum- BILE on the ~ and in two plays

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)

Kansas 81% to win. Nebraska pulled the upset.

Officially, Nebraska leads 91–⁠23–⁠3; as played, 88–⁠18–⁠3 in the 109 games on file; the official count covers all 117 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 20, Kansas 3
2009Nebraska 31, Kansas 17
2008Nebraska 45, Kansas 35
2007Kansas 76, Nebraska 39
2006Nebraska 39, Kansas 32
2005Kansas 40, Nebraska 15

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