Iowa State at Nebraska

Saturday, October 5, 1963

Nebraska beat Iowa State 21–⁠7. It was their 58th meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 44–⁠10–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayIowa State4–⁠5 in 1963
7
HomeNebraska10–⁠1 in 1963
21

FinalHigh 94°F, low 65°FAttendance 37,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Nebraska Rolls To 21-7 Victory Over Iowa State

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1963, page 1

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    Nebraska Rolls To 21–⁠7 Victory Over Iowa State LINCOLN. Neb.. Oct. S CAP) Nebraska wore down lows State by hammering out two second-half touchdowns in 3d. degree heat today for a 21-T victory in the opening Big Eight Conference football game for both clubs. After being out-played and held to a TT deadlock in the first two periods. Nebraska marched “a yards In IL plays with the opening kickoff OF the second half for the clincher. Quarterback Dennis Claridge carried it over from the 4 and added the insurance touch down early in the final quarter Dick Hoover of iowa State ran 70 yards for a score on a fake punt play in the second quarter.

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Nebraska leads 86–⁠17–⁠2; as played, 84–⁠16–⁠2 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 105 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Nebraska 31, Iowa State 30
2009Iowa State 9, Nebraska 7
2008Nebraska 35, Iowa State 7
2007Nebraska 35, Iowa State 17
2006Nebraska 28, Iowa State 14
2005Nebraska 27, Iowa State 20

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