Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska
Saturday, October 6, 1917 Share
Nebraska beat Nebraska Wesleyan 100–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Nebraska led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 42°F
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1917, page 1
Read the text
Nebraska Makes Big Score. LINCOLN, Neb.. October 6.-The University of Nebraska won it’s first game of the season today. 100 to 0. from Nebraska Wesleyan University. The NebraskanS scored at will, relying almost entirely on straight foot ball. Wesleyan never threatened to score.
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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Nebraska Wesleyan–Nebraska gameNebraska leads 5–0 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1921 | Nebraska 55, Nebraska Wesleyan 0 | |
| 1917 | Nebraska 100, Nebraska Wesleyan 0 | |
| 1916 | Nebraska 21, Nebraska Wesleyan 0 | |
| 1915 | Nebraska 30, Nebraska Wesleyan 0 | |
| 1913 | Nebraska 42, Nebraska Wesleyan 7 |
Around this game
Nebraska Wesleyan
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- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 13, 1917
- SeasonNebraska in 1917
- ProgramNebraska history and records