Miami at Nebraska
Saturday, October 17, 1953 Share
Nebraska beat Miami 20–16. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–1.
FinalAttendance 39,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1953, page 65
Read the text
Favored Nebraska Collars Hurricanes For First Victory LINCOLN, Nebr., Oct. IT, Miami’s Hurricanes ran head-on into the pent-up fury of a ia vored Nebraska football team that had failed to win in four games and were hurled aside today, 20–16. 1t was a grinding ground game that turned the trick for the
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)
Miami 55% to win. Nebraska won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Miami–Nebraska gameTied 6–6 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.
| 2015 | Miami 36, Nebraska 33 | |
| 2014 | Nebraska 41, Miami 31 | |
| 2001 | Miami 37, Nebraska 14 | Rose Bowl |
| 1994 | Nebraska 24, Miami 17 | Orange Bowl |
| 1991 | Miami 22, Nebraska 0 | Orange Bowl |
| 1988 | Miami 23, Nebraska 3 | Orange Bowl |
Around this game
Miami
- Next gamevs. MarylandOct. 23, 1953
- SeasonMiami in 1953
- ProgramMiami history and records
Nebraska
- Next gameat MissouriOct. 24, 1953
- SeasonNebraska in 1953
- ProgramNebraska history and records

