Nebraska at Army

Saturday, September 28, 1957

Army beat Nebraska 42–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Army led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayNebraska1–⁠9 in 1957
0
HomeArmy7–⁠2 in 1957
42

FinalHigh 65°F, low 40°FAttendance 20,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: BoURLAND, ANDERSON STAR Army Scores EosiIy Over Nebraska, 40

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 29, 1957, page 1

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    BoURLAND, ANDERSON STAR Army Scores EosiIy Over Nebraska, 40 WEST POINT, N. Y, Sept. % up. - Dave Bourland and Bob Anderson paced a smooth running Army football team to a 42–⁠0 victory over Nebraska today. Anderson. q 200-pound sophomore, scored Army’s first touchdown Of the game in two minutes and 20 seconds on a 6-yard plunge after ne had put the ball in scoring position with a 27-yard dash around rig4 end. Another more. 158pound Bonnie billiard. was the unexpected star for Nebraska. He made the longest run Of the day for his team, rs yards. and in the second period swept Army’s end for IL and what appeared to be a touchdown only to have the play called back for offside. The game. played in spark ling sunshine, drew 20,500 TO Niche Stadium. Army used four teams in the free-wheeling contest. and the scoring was widely distributed In addition to Anderson, Pete Dawkins tailed on a yard plunge. Vince Barta went over from a half yard away, Bill Graf took a 17-yard pass from Bourland over the goal line, Bourland counted on a 11-yard sweep. and Harry Walters an left end for Z. First-PeriOd March The third touchdown Of the game, scored by, Barta on a brief plunge. was set up by a first-period march that was stopped at the goal by the pc riod whistle. Nebraska had final chance to score at the very end of the game when Joe Caldwell of

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.

On the newsreel

  • ARMY 42, NEBRASKA 0At West Point, Army's big guns blast the Cornhuskers. Coach Blaik's new team gets off to an auspicious startUniversal Newsreel, September 30, 1957. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Army 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Nebraska leads 3–⁠2 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1972Nebraska 77, Army 7
1970Nebraska 28, Army 0
1960Nebraska 14, Army 9
1957Army 42, Nebraska 0
1928Army 13, Nebraska 3

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