Washburn at Nebraska
Saturday, October 4, 1913 Share
Nebraska beat Washburn 19–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 64°F, 0.3 in. of rain
In the newspapers
The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, October 5, 1913
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NEBRASKA WINS FROM WASHBURN, 19 TO @ LINCOLN, Neb.. Oct 4.-The university Of Nebraska football season was burn college team Of Topeka. Kan, which Nebraska won by a score Of 10 to o, The game was fought on field heavy with mud, which aided the heavy Neoraskans and enabled them to seep through the line Of their opponents al most at will, Captain Purdy went over for the first touchdown. but fumbled the ball. Quarterback Towle fell on IT., but failed to kick goal. The local eleven centered their attack on the Washburn line. MAX ing long gains through center and tackle and occasionally sweeping around the backs Hardy and Bearg of Washburn. by plunging through the Nebraska for wards. assisted by penalties. carried the ball to the Nebraska three-yard line. but could not score.

Arizona republican, Arizona, October 5, 1913, page 11 (results column)
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Harvard 14, Bates 0. Yale 0, Maine 0. Michigan AS, Case 0. Purdue 26, Wabash 0. Iowa 45, Normal 3. University of Kansas ‘, William Jewell College 0. University of Colorado 6, University of wyoming 0. Nebraska 19. Washburn 0. Colgate 21, Amherst 0. Princeton 69. F’ordham 0. Minnesota 25, Ames 0. ohio State 5S, Ohio Wesleyan O. Carlisle 21 Lehigh ‘. Dartmouth 5, Colby 0. Wisconsin 5S, Lawrence College z. Northwestern 10, Lake Forest O. West Point 34, Stevens Institute O.. Chicago 21, Indiana :. Williams 20, Vermont 0. Annapolis 0, University of Pitts burg 0. AEs. Pennsylvania 10, Lafayette o. Cornell 37. Oberlin 12. Washington and Jefferson 26’ Dickinson 0.
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 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Washburn–Nebraska gameNebraska leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1920 | Nebraska 14, Washburn 0 | |
| 1915 | Nebraska 47, Washburn 0 | |
| 1914 | Nebraska 14, Washburn 7 | |
| 1913 | Nebraska 19, Washburn 0 |
Around this game
Washburn
- Next gameat KansasNov. 8, 1913
- SeasonWashburn in 1913
- ProgramWashburn history and records
Nebraska
- Next gamevs. Kansas StateOct. 11, 1913
- SeasonNebraska in 1913
- ProgramNebraska history and records
