Colorado at Nebraska
Saturday, November 12, 1955 Share
Nebraska beat Colorado 37–20. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 7–5–1.
FinalHigh 46°F, low 33°FAttendance 34,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 13, 1955, page 64
Read the text
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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)
Colorado 63% to win. Nebraska won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Colorado–Nebraska gameNebraska leads 49–21–2 in 72 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.
| 2024 | Nebraska 28, Colorado 10 | |
| 2023 | Colorado 36, Nebraska 14 | |
| 2019 | Colorado 34, Nebraska 31 | |
| 2018 | Colorado 33, Nebraska 28 | |
| 2010 | Nebraska 45, Colorado 17 | |
| 2009 | Nebraska 28, Colorado 20 |
Around this game
Colorado
- Next gamevs. Iowa StateNov. 19, 1955
- SeasonColorado in 1955
- ProgramColorado history and records
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. OklahomaNov. 19, 1955
- SeasonNebraska in 1955
- ProgramNebraska history and records

