Lincoln High at Nebraska

Saturday, September 30, 1905

Nebraska beat Lincoln High 20–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; Nebraska leads the series 6–⁠0.

AwayLincoln High0–⁠1 in 1905
0
HomeNebraska9–⁠2 in 1905
20

FinalHigh 75°F, low 54°F, 0.24 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: LINCOLN HIGH HOLDS NEBRASKA DOWN WELL Journal Special Service.

    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.

Nebraska leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings.

Recent meetings
1905Nebraska 20, Lincoln High 0
1904Nebraska 17, Lincoln High 0
1903Nebraska 23, Lincoln High 6
1902Nebraska 27, Lincoln High 0
1901Nebraska 22, Lincoln High 0
1900Nebraska 17, Lincoln High 0

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