Kansas State at Nebraska

Saturday, October 9, 1954

Kansas State beat Nebraska 7–⁠3. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 30–⁠6–⁠3 as played.

AwayKansas State7–⁠3 in 1954
7
HomeNebraska6–⁠5 in 1954
3

FinalAttendance 34,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas State Tops Nebraska, Is, on |Lasi-P Period Score

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1954, page 61

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    Kansas State Tops Nebraska, Is, on |Lasi-P Period Score LINCOLN, Nebr.. Oct. g.. Kansas State showed over q fourth-period touchdown today to whip Nebraska, rs, In Q Big Seven game. evening the conference records Of both teams at 1–⁠1. The Wildcats, still irritated at q sound humping handed them q week ago by Missouri. marched 66 yards for the only touch down. Their second team launched the drive, but Ha4fback Corky Taylor of the first unit came through when the chips were down. 5 The Wildcats had fourth down and two to go on the Nebraska 10 when Taylor was sent into the game. He went wide on q 9-yard run to the 10. Then they called on him for q straight ahead punch to the |, and finally another punch over the goal line to wipe out q 80 Nebraska lead with about three minutes left. Kansas State ------- 0 o o TT Nebraska scoring: Field goal-Evans. Kansas State scoring: Touchdown Taylor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

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 52% to win. Kansas State won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Nebraska leads 78–⁠15–⁠2; as played, 77–⁠15–⁠3 in 95 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 48, Kansas State 13
2009Nebraska 17, Kansas State 3
2008Nebraska 56, Kansas State 28
2007Nebraska 73, Kansas State 31
2006Nebraska 21, Kansas State 3
2005Nebraska 27, Kansas State 25

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