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1939 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game

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Date
  
October 28, 1939

Stadium
  
Memorial Stadium

Network
  
W9XAK (Manhattan, KS)

Season
  
1939

Location
  
Manhattan, Kansas

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.

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

Although Nebraska entered the game a 12–5 favorite, 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. Nebraska ended the game as one of ten college teams in the nation that were unbeaten up to that point.

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1939 Nebraska vs. Kansas State football game Wikipedia