Colorado at Nebraska

Saturday, November 12, 1955

Nebraska beat Colorado 37–⁠20. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 7–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayColorado6–⁠4 in 1955
20
HomeNebraska5–⁠5 in 1955
37

FinalHigh 46°F, low 33°FAttendance 34,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Nebraska Crushes Colorado, 10 GreenIow Sturs

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 13, 1955, page 64

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    Nebraska Crushes Colorado, 10 GreenIow Sturs LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. IL tR1.- Nebraska. drawing heavily on the long g-distance sprinting Of Halfback Willie Greenlaw, crushed Colorado. 37–⁠20. today To stay even with Oklahoma II the Big Seven Conference race. Three quick touchdowns In q riotous first quarter made the difference AS Nebraska ran It’s league victory string to five games for the best conference record In is years. Oklahoma meets Nebraska here next Sattirday. Colorado Nebraska yr-5sssi COLORADO scorifls Touchd0wns. Beckei Is. lateral-rnn). Conversions: Lamont 81 NsbrSska SaSas scorins rouchdowns; Erway q n, piunees I, plungeG GfeenlaW f47 run: as intercepted pass-ftinl McWillinms IS, pass from HaEshmenl Field noai: Erway CD. Conversions ETUm =

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.

Nebraska leads 49–⁠21–⁠2 in 72 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Nebraska 28, Colorado 10
2023Colorado 36, Nebraska 14
2019Colorado 34, Nebraska 31
2018Colorado 33, Nebraska 28
2010Nebraska 45, Colorado 17
2009Nebraska 28, Colorado 20

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