Nebraska at Kansas State

Saturday, November 21, 1959

Kansas State beat Nebraska 29–⁠14. It was their 44th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 32–⁠9–⁠3 as played.

AwayNebraska4–⁠6 in 1959
14
HomeKansas State2–⁠8 in 1959
29

FinalHigh 56°F, low 28°FAttendance 8,318

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Kansas State Pulls Upset

    Evening star, November 22, 1959, page 95

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    Kansas State Pulls Upset MANHATTAN, Kans., Nov Fl AP).-KanSas State ended an otherwise sour football season on a sweet note today, up setting Nebraska, 29–⁠14. The Wildcats, who had stumbled through their worst season in Coach Bus Mertes’ flve-year regime with only a victory over South Dakota State, came from behind to hand Nebraska its sixth loss in 10 games. Kansas State hadn’t scored a point in its last four games, but 1t collected three touch downs, three extra points, two field goals, and a safety today. kzSsAsks kANsAs STATE - 2 : 1S-aass Nebraska–Dyer 3, run Meade kick) Kansas State-Field goal, French, As. Blaylock (French kick). ‘ Nebraska-zaruba 10, run Meade Kansas state-Falk 1. run CFrench Kansas state-Evans 90, pass from Kansas stateEssfety, folly, tackled in end zone. Kansas stSte-Field goal, French, 81.

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 55% to win. Kansas State won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Nebraska leads 78–⁠15–⁠2; as played, 77–⁠15–⁠3 in 95 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 48, Kansas State 13
2009Nebraska 17, Kansas State 3
2008Nebraska 56, Kansas State 28
2007Nebraska 73, Kansas State 31
2006Nebraska 21, Kansas State 3
2005Nebraska 27, Kansas State 25

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