Washington State at Nebraska

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 22, 1957, page 76

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  |CougarsUpsef Nebraska With Passes, 34–⁠11 LINCOLN, Nebr., Sept. II CHl. Washington State unleashed 4 dizzying air attack today to upend Nebraska. 34–⁠12. in an in tersectional football contest before $1,000 fans. Bob Newman. q 190-pound Junior quarterback, directed the aerial circus. He threw long passes. short passes and med Iium passes with dead-eye accuracy and Nebraska Just couldn’t check them. Twice in the first half, New mans losses to End Jack Fan ming brought touchdowns. Newman’s stand-in. Bunny Aldrich. connected another touchdown pass in the second quarter to Gail Cogdill for q 20–⁠6 halftime lead. The teams traded fumbles and touchdowns in the third quarter and Washington State iced the victory in the final Stanza. The Nebraska loss was Q gloomy sendoff for Bill Jennings, new Cornhusker head coach, but provided Coach Jim Sutherland q pleasing start for his second year at Washington State. The hint OF things to come appeared the first time the Cougars got the ball this sunny and comfortably warm after noon. Newman uncprked q long toss to Don Ellingson for Q 74-yard gain. A penalty nullified the effort, but it was the tipoR. wy!sshiHg.on State II 1s Z 3-S5 WashInston STATE seorlns-TCpehman; 3. pass from Newman; 10. pass from Newman; cogdiIl t20, pass from sions: stevens Aidrich. Newman. Jones. Nebraska scoring Touchdown: stinnett Il. runI: folly Il. rum.

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Washington State leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.