Carlisle at Nebraska
Wednesday, December 2, 1908 Share
Carlisle beat Nebraska 37–6. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 29°F, low 9°F
In the newspapers

Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], December 3, 1908, page 1
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WIN GAME BeIated Football Game Is Pulled Off at Lincoln, Nebraska Carlisle Cleans Up Nebraska Boys by a Score OF 81 to 6 Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 2.-Outclasslng Nebraska state university the Car Isle Indians this afternoon won a brilliant gridiron victory at Antelope park, the final score being 81 to 6 in favor of the visitors. The Indians made gains through the line and were aided at critical times by Haul ser’s kicking, The teams lined up on a frozen grid iron, cutting wind irritating the players. After a forward pass Balenti’s kick was blocked and Nebraska took the bali to Carlisle’s 10-yard line. Kroeger was pushed over for a touchdown when Hauser kicked goal Z. After two minutes of scrimmaging Hauser made place kick from the thrty-five-yard line. By line buck ing end end runs Carlisle carried the ball fifty yards foE a touchdown Hauser missed goal. A brillian exchange of punts end ed in Nebraska losing the ball to the Indians on Nebraska’s 50-yard line. Carlisle made series of spec tacular gains and Hauser scored a drop kick. t.. Thorpe secured the ball on Miners tumble and dashed So yards for a | touchdown. Hauser kicked goal and the first half ended. Score: Carlisle 10, Nebraska 5. ..ssr + The second half opened with a punting duel, in which Carlisle won a slight advantage and settled down to steady gains through Nebraska’s line. Nebraska weakened and Car Isle tore up the line. The Indians Continued On page ~

Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, December 3, 1908, page 1
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CAME A ROMP FOR INDIANS Nebraska First to Score and Hopes Of ROOters Are High. CARLISLE SOON TURNS TABLES FrOm that on the Indian Scoring Machine Keeps Busy, while There was Nothing More Doing for Nebraska. From a staff C”orrespondent) LINCOLN. Dec. 2-(Special 1.-THE Car Isle Indians simply romped away with the foot ball game here today with the Cornhuskers. who were not in the running after the first five minutes Of play, dur ing which time Nebraska scored the only touchdown and goal made by the lincoln team. The final score was 81 to 6, and that is just about indicative OF the way in which the Indians showed their SUI periority on Antelope field today. In spite of the extremely cold weather and the fact that the sun went out of sight about noon and did not shine during the game, about 1900 loyal supporters OF the Cornhuskers braved the inclemency OF the day and watched the Nebraska boys
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)
Carlisle 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Carlisle–Nebraska gameCarlisle leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Carlisle
- Next gameat DenverDec. 5, 1908
- SeasonCarlisle in 1908
- ProgramCarlisle history and records
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. South DakotaOct. 2, 1909
- SeasonNebraska in 1908
- ProgramNebraska history and records
