Drake at Nebraska

Saturday, October 7, 1916

Nebraska beat Drake 53–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayDrake3–⁠5 in 1916
0
HomeNebraska6–⁠2 in 1916
53

FinalHigh 88°F, low 62°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    The Birmingham age-herald, October 8, 1916, page 14 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS At Cambridge Mass: Harvard 3, Tufts z. At Columbia: Newberry 10. South Caro- lima 0. At West Point: Army If, Washington and Lee 2. Franklin and Marshall 0. At Chattanooga: Chattanooga 49, Mer- cer 0. At Nashville, Tenn: Vanderbilt 42. Pennsylvania O. At Tuscaloosa: Alabama 80. Southern 0. At Knoxville: Tennessee g, Mary At Anderson. S. G.: Georgia 2s, Clem- son 0. At Atlanta: Georgia Tech 222, Cumber3 land 0. At Champaign, Ill.,: Illinois 30. Kan sas 0. At Chicago: University of Chicago o, Carleton T. At Fayetteville, Ark: University of Arkansas 20, Hendrix O. At Evanston, H.. Northwestern Uni versity %, Lake Forest T. At Syracuse. N. r.: University of Ohio 0. Syracuse 73. At Pittsburg, Pa.: Westminster O. Uni- versity of Pittsburg 5S. At Hanover, N. H.: Dartmouth 47. Lebanon O. At Washington, D. G.: Richmond Coi- lege 6, Catholic University S4. At Hamilton, N. Y. Colgate 28, Uni- versity of Maine o. At Pittsburg, Pa.: Carnegie Institute 31, Bethany College 2. At Lexington, Va: Military Institute 66. William and Mary O. At East Lansing, Mich: M. A. c. 20, Carroll College O. At Charlotte: Davidson 16 North Caro- lima A. and M. 0. At Lincoln, Neb.: Nebraska 53. Drake 0. At Minneapolis: Minnesota fl, South Dakota State college ‘. At Aberdeen, s. D.; Montana Il, South Dakota g. At Madison, Wis: Wisconsin TO- Law renee 0. At State College. Pa Penn State 50. Bucknell 2. At Washington and Jefferson: Wes- 1eyan 0, Washington and Jefferson N. At South Bethlehem, Pa. Lehigh 61, Albright 6. At Homewood, Md: Johns Hopkins sA Mount St. Marys 6. At waterville, Me: Colby 1s. New Hampshire State o. At Lafayette, Ind: Purdue 13, De- Pauw o. At Columbia: Columbia ‘, Hamilton IA At New York: Columbia ‘, Hamilton IA At New York: Fordham 20, Western Maryland 0. At Providence. R. T.: Brown 42, Trin- ity o. lege o. At Lexington: Kentucky ss Center Col At Baton Rouge: A. H. l.. 59, Jeffer- son 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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Nebraska leads 5–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Nebraska 21, Drake 0
1925Drake 14, Nebraska 0
1916Nebraska 53, Drake 0
1915Nebraska 48, Drake 13
1906Nebraska 5, Drake 0
1900Nebraska 8, Drake 0

Around this game

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