Washburn at Nebraska

Saturday, October 4, 1913

Nebraska beat Washburn 19–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWashburn0–⁠2–⁠1 in 1913
0
HomeNebraska8–⁠0 in 1913
19

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.

  • The Arizona republican's story: COLLEGE FOOTBALL

    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.

Nebraska leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1920Nebraska 14, Washburn 0
1915Nebraska 47, Washburn 0
1914Nebraska 14, Washburn 7
1913Nebraska 19, Washburn 0

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