Nebraska at Kansas State
Saturday, November 21, 1959 Share
Kansas State beat Nebraska 29–14. It was their 44th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 32–9–3 as played.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 28°FAttendance 8,318
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 22, 1959, page 95
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Nebraska–Kansas State gameOfficially, Nebraska leads 78–15–2; as played, 77–15–3 in 95 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
Around this game
Nebraska
- Next gameat TexasSept. 17, 1960
- SeasonNebraska in 1959
- ProgramNebraska history and records
Kansas State
- Next gamevs. South Dakota StateSept. 17, 1960
- SeasonKansas State in 1959
- ProgramKansas State history and records

