Nebraska at Iowa State
Saturday, November 7, 1953 Share
Nebraska beat Iowa State 27–19. It was their 48th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 37–7–1 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 20°FAttendance 12,116
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 8, 1953, page 71
Read the text
Nebraska Grinds Down Iowa State, 27–19 AMES, Iowa, Nov. 7.-Grinding out three touchdowns drives of n yards or better and taking back a pass interception for 80 yards and another, Nebraska defeated Iowa State 27–19 today. Quarterback and safety man John Bordogna and fleet Jon McWilliams each accounted for two husker touchdowns. Nebraska r IL O-o1 Iowa State q & q 12Io
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)
Iowa State 51% to win. Nebraska won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Nebraska–Iowa State gameOfficially, 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 57 since this game.
| 2010 | Nebraska 31, Iowa State 30 | |
| 2009 | Iowa State 9, Nebraska 7 | |
| 2008 | Nebraska 35, Iowa State 7 | |
| 2007 | Nebraska 35, Iowa State 17 | |
| 2006 | Nebraska 28, Iowa State 14 | |
| 2005 | Nebraska 27, Iowa State 20 |
Around this game
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. ColoradoNov. 14, 1953
- SeasonNebraska in 1953
- ProgramNebraska history and records
Iowa State
- Next gameat OklahomaNov. 14, 1953
- SeasonIowa State in 1953
- ProgramIowa State history and records

