Penn State at Nebraska
Saturday, September 20, 1958 Share
Nebraska beat Penn State 14–7. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 4–2.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 57°F, 0.3 in. of rainAttendance 26,966
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 21, 1958, page 67
Read the text
92-Yard Dash Helps Huskers To 14–7 Upset LINCOLN. Nebr.. Sept. 20 (APl-Pat Fischer, l63-pound sophomore halfback. reeled-oif a 92-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter today and led Nebraska a lat upset over Penn State. All the action was packed in to a frantic fourth quarter sfter $4,000 fans had sat in on three quarters marked by poor
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)
Penn State 67% to win. Nebraska pulled the upset.
The series
Every Penn State–Nebraska gameNebraska leads 10–9 in 19 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
| 2025 | Penn State 37, Nebraska 10 | |
| 2020 | Nebraska 30, Penn State 23 | |
| 2017 | Penn State 56, Nebraska 44 | |
| 2013 | Nebraska 23, Penn State 20 | |
| 2012 | Nebraska 32, Penn State 23 | |
| 2011 | Nebraska 17, Penn State 14 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaSept. 27, 1958
- SeasonPenn State in 1958
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Nebraska
- Next gameat PurdueSept. 27, 1958
- SeasonNebraska in 1958
- ProgramNebraska history and records