Lincoln High at Nebraska
Saturday, September 30, 1905 Share
Nebraska beat Lincoln High 20–0. It was their sixth meeting; Nebraska leads the series 6–0.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 54°F, 0.24 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 1, 1905, page 33
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LINCOLN HIGH HOLDS NEBRASKA DOWN WELL Journal Special Service. Journal Special Service. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 3O.-Playing on q muddy field with the rain falling at intervals, Lincoln high school held Ne braska university better than any team this season has been able to do. Ne braska won, however, 20 to o. Working the ball down to the 5-yard ine,. Nebraska was held for downs, but regained the ball on a series Of line plunges. Taylor was pushed over for the first touchdown. Morse missed goal. Score at. end of first half, Nebraska, s.; Lincoln high school, O.. The high school Sc weakened in the second half, pleased. Cotton went over for touch down in five minutes Of play Goal was missed. Eager made the third touchdown for Nebraska, and Weller the fourth. Goal was missed both times, Eager and Cot ton making the attempts. Final score Nebraska, 20; Lincoln high school, O.
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 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lincoln High–Nebraska gameNebraska leads 6–0 in six meetings.
Around this game
Lincoln High
- SeasonLincoln High in 1905
- ProgramLincoln High history and records
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. South DakotaOct. 7, 1905
- SeasonNebraska in 1905
- ProgramNebraska history and records
