| First Televised College Football Homecoming Game Nebraska vs. Kansas State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State Homecoming, 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | October 28, 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.[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[]
- College football on television
- 1939 college football season
- List of historically significant college football games
References[]
- ↑ "Televised Game". Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas). October 28, 1939.
- ↑ 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. http://web.archive.org/web/20110215224819/http://www.kstatesports.com/blog/2010/10/purple-pride-vs-big-red---4-0-vs-4-0.html. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Nebraska Cornhusker (yearbook)". University of Nebraska. 1940. p. 176. http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1940&page=176. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Coach: Wesley L. Fry-Coaching Records Game-by-Game (1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=820&year=1939. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ Breitz, Eddie (October 27, 1939). "Roundup-Sports". The Fayetteville Observer. p. 10. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4mw5AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eykMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2731,5074337&dq=nebraska+kansas+football&hl=en. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Feature Big Six Tilt". St. Joseph News-Press. October 25, 1939. p. 8. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eQZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1778,5173643&dq=nebraska+kansas+football&hl=en. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Nation's Football Teams Head Into Climax of Slate". St. Joseph News-Press. October 30, 1939. p. 4. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fgZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1285,5679063&dq=nebraska+kansas+football&hl=en. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
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