Syracuse at Nebraska

Saturday, October 19, 1957

Syracuse beat Nebraska 26–⁠9. It was their eighth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 4–⁠4.

AwaySyracuse5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1957
26
HomeNebraska1–⁠9 in 1957
9

FinalHigh 58°F, low 39°FAttendance 37,582

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: .SyracuseDowns Nebraska, 26-9.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1957, page 1

    Read the text

    .SyracuseDowns Nebraska, 26–⁠9. LINCOLN. Nebr.. Oct. 10 RA-Undefeated Syracuse shook OF an early TO deficit with a two-touchdown surge in the second quarter today and went on to crush Nebraska, 1853. in their first football meeting since 1929. Although confined fairly we’ll on the ground. Syracuse threw

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)

Syracuse 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 7–⁠5 in 12 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1984Syracuse 17, Nebraska 9
1983Nebraska 63, Syracuse 7
1961Syracuse 28, Nebraska 6
1958Syracuse 38, Nebraska 0
1957Syracuse 26, Nebraska 9
1929Nebraska 13, Syracuse 6

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