1939 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game

First Televised College Football Homecoming Game
Nebraska vs. Kansas State

Kansas State Homecoming, 1939
Nebraska Cornhuskers Kansas State Wildcats
(3–0–1) (3–1)
Head coach: 
Biff Jones		 Head coach: 
Wesley Fry
AP
10
Date October 28, 1939
Season 1939
Stadium Memorial Stadium
Location Manhattan, Kansas
United States TV coverage
Network W9XAK (Manhattan, KS)

The 1939 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game was a college football game between the Kansas State Wildcats and Nebraska Cornhuskers played on October 28, 1939. This was the first college football homecoming game ever televised.[1][2]

Kansas State scored first with a field goal, but two minutes later Nebraska took the lead.[3] Nebraska won the game 25–9.[4]

Although Nebraska entered the game a 12–5 favorite,[5] the game itself was considered to a good test for Nebraska, who was undefeated at the time. The matchup was considered to be important to the outcome of the Big Six Conference championship.[6] Nebraska ended the game as one of ten college teams in the nation that were unbeaten up to that point.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Televised Game". Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas). October 28, 1939.
  2. ↑ Janssen, Mark (October 7, 2010). "Purple Pride vs. Big Red – 4-0 vs. 4-0". Kansas State Wildcats. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Nebraska Cornhusker (yearbook)". University of Nebraska. 1940. p. 176. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  4. ↑ DeLassus, David. "Coach: Wesley L. Fry-Coaching Records Game-by-Game (1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  5. ↑ Breitz, Eddie (October 27, 1939). "Roundup-Sports". The Fayetteville Observer. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Feature Big Six Tilt". St. Joseph News-Press. October 25, 1939. p. 8. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Nation's Football Teams Head Into Climax of Slate". St. Joseph News-Press. October 30, 1939. p. 4. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
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