Kansas State at Nebraska
Saturday, October 9, 1954 Share
Kansas State beat Nebraska 7–3. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 30–6–3 as played.
FinalAttendance 34,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Kansas State–Nebraska gameOfficially, Nebraska leads 78–15–2; as played, 77–15–3 in 95 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.
Around this game
Kansas State
- Next gameat TulsaOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonKansas State in 1954
- ProgramKansas State history and records
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. Oregon StateOct. 16, 1954
- SeasonNebraska in 1954
- ProgramNebraska history and records

