South Dakota at Nebraska

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  The Norfolk weekly news-journal, Nebraska, October 9, 1903, page 2

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  NEBRASKA WINS EASILY. Takes First Collegiate Football Game From South Dakota Without Appreciable Opposition. Lincoln Oct. 5.-Before crowd of from 1900 to 1,500 Nebraska uni versity took the first collegiate game of football from South Dakota on the home grounds by score of % to 0, scoring four touchdowns and three goals. Coach Booth kept a lineup of the old war horses until the Wis itors’ line had been badly battered and then placed substitutes to finish the game and secure practice in a real battle. This accounts for Ne braska’s score being so low, but will be of value in future games when the substitutes are called upon to participate.

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.

Nebraska leads 14–⁠0–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.