Missouri at Nebraska
Saturday, October 25, 1902 Share
Nebraska beat Missouri 12–0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 3–0 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 55°F
In the newspapers

The Red Cloud chief, Nebraska, October 31, 1902, page 1
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NEBRASKA BEATS MISSOURI The 81. Joe tame Wa. q Humme -1g to u % Nebraska triumphed over Missouri on the gridiron. but the defeated tigers Hsged desperate defense. forcing the oornhuskers in achieving the victory TO be content with but two touchdowns. Benedict kicked both goals and the final o stood II 10 - in Sebraska’s favor. Nebraska deserved TO win BY playing a superio! game. but her partisans who expected a runaway score were wrong in their reckoning. The tiger fought back desperately az all sta com pelling their opponents 10 extend them selves 10 the Utmost. The halves we’re cut short. Missouri asking il and Ne braskA gladly acquiescing hat the men might husband their energies for next Saturdays crucial contest against the Haskell Indians.

The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 27, 1902, page 5
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KANSAS WON. Nebraska and Missouri Easily Defeated at Ten Pins. tri-state bowling match took place at the Elite hall Saturday might Neither Nebraska or Missouri were ever in the game at any stage. Kansas winning with many points to spare. Kirkpat trick BOWED 5e9SS pins better than his heaviest competitor Hayward made the high score for Nebraska, with a total of l79, while Schnaitman bowled over as pins for Missouri,. Topeka should be glad that though we may lose at football, we can win at tenplns Following are the scores:
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)
Nebraska 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Missouri–Nebraska gameOfficially, Nebraska leads 65–36–3; as played, 60–33–3 in the 96 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 93 since this game.
| 2010 | Nebraska 31, Missouri 17 | |
| 2009 | Nebraska 27, Missouri 12 | |
| 2008 | Missouri 52, Nebraska 17 | |
| 2007 | Missouri 41, Nebraska 6 | |
| 2006 | Nebraska 34, Missouri 20 | |
| 2005 | Missouri 41, Nebraska 24 |
Around this game
Missouri
- Next gamevs. WashburnNov. 1, 1902
- SeasonMissouri in 1902
- ProgramMissouri history and records
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. HaskellNov. 1, 1902
- SeasonNebraska in 1902
- ProgramNebraska history and records

