Oklahoma at Nebraska
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Date: October 10
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Kansas at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Kansas |
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0 |
| • Nebraska
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6 |
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Date: October 24
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 20,000
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Nebraska at Missouri
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
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3 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
| Missouri |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
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Iowa at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Iowa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Nebraska
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0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
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Date: November 7
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Iowa State at Nebraska
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Date: November 21
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 11,977
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The 1931 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1931 college football season. The team was coached by Dana X. Bible and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Coach Bible was coming off his second season with the bitter taste of a humbling 4-3-2 record from 1930, Nebraska's worst in over a decade. Although his first season had brought home a league title, it now wasn't clear if that was a one-off success or if he could reproduce the feat. In addition, the coaching staff was reduced to five from the seven on staff in 1930.
It had been nine years since Nebraska had faced the Coyotes in a 66-0 trouncing, and the 1931 season was opened with a similar performance. South Dakota managed a single touchdown in the third quarter on a passing play, but the day was otherwise owned by the Cornhuskers, tuning up with 44 points of their own to advance the series to 8-1-2.
Another dormant series was revived when Nebraska traveled to Evanston for the first time ever to face Northwestern after a 29-year hiatus. The Nebraska defense successfully shut down the Wildcats after the first quarter, keeping them scoreless for the rest of the game, but the 7 points put up by the Cornhuskers on the day was not enough to overcome the 19 Northwestern points scored before being shut down by Nebraska. The series was now evened out at 1-1-0.
The wet conditions at Lincoln prevented either team from accomplishing much throughout most of the game, but finally in the fourth quarter Nebraska found the end zone. A short time later the Cornhuskers snagged an interception and quickly converted it into another touchdown to secure the outcome of the game and advance their lead in the series to 7-2-2.
Reigning conference champion Kansas brought the Cornhuskers to Lawrence with sights to avenge their only conference loss of the previous season, but Nebraska extended the futility of the Jayhawks, to sixteen straight winless games against the Cornhuskers. The game was mostly a ground affair with minimal passing, and despite the low score Nebraska held the edge for most of the day, getting fifteen first downs on the day compared to the three obtained by the Jayhawks. Nebraska now had an 18-game lead in the series, the longest of all records with other ongoing opponents, at 27-9-2.
Missouri had dropped their previous two games before hosting Nebraska, and came out with a vengeance, perhaps motivated by their failure to recapture the Nebraska-Missouri Bell after numerous attempts. The Cornhuskers had to fight to scratch up their 10-point halftime lead, and were unable to score again after the break. As the game waned, the Tigers put up seven points and eventually got the ball back again. Promptly moving up to Nebraska's 1-yard line, the first Missouri attempt to score was repelled by the Cornhuskers. On 2nd and goal, the Tigers lined up for another attempt but were denied the chance as time expired before the snap. Missouri's heartbreaking loss put them farther back in the series to 6-16-3.
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