1938 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Nebraska at Minnesota
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
| • Minnesota
|
7 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
|
Iowa State at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Iowa State
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0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
|
Indiana at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Indiana |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Date: October 15
-
Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska at #14 Oklahoma
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • #14 Oklahoma
|
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
|
Missouri at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Missouri
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0 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
13 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
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Date: October 29
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska at Kansas
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
7 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
16 |
| Kansas |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
|
#3 Pittsburgh at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • #3 Pittsburgh
|
0 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
19 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Date: November 12
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska at Iowa
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
|
|
14 |
| Iowa |
|
|
0 |
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The 1938 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1938 college football season. The team was coached by Biff Jones and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Coach Jones returned for his second season since taking over for the popular and successful Dana X. Bible, and the transition seemed to have been completed without difficulty as he had brought another league title to Lincoln in his first season. However, a large number of starters had graduated or otherwise left after 1937, and the depth chart established for 1938 was made up mainly of underclassmen, especially sophomores, making for a young and inexperienced team.
Minnesota was not happy at having their long winning streak over the Cornhuskers broken in 1937, and was ready to pounce on Nebraska in Minneapolis to open the season. Scoring once in each of the first two quarters, the Golden Gophers were in command 14-0 by the half. Undaunted, the young Husker team managed a touchdown to answer in the third quarter to make it a one-possession game, but near the end of the game, and pressed against their own end zone, Nebraska suffered a blocked shovel pass. The Huskers recovered it in the end zone to hand Minnesota two more points, putting the game out of reach. The Gophers had restored what had become the typical order, and moved to 15-3-2 against Nebraska all time.
Both teams held each other scoreless for the first half, but the Cyclones broke away with a touchdown and a safety to move up in the third. Nebraska answered near the end of the game, but still fell short by one point. Iowa State celebrated snapping the longest winning streak the Cornhuskers had ever held over another team at 15 straight, and it was the first 0-2 start to a Nebraska season since 1924. Still, the Cyclones had a long way to go to ever catch Nebraska overall, as they lagged against the Huskers 5-27-1.
Nebraska outplayed Indiana and kept the ball on the visitors' side of the field for most of the game, and even recovered seven of the nine Indiana fumbles, but was still unable to ever put the ball over the line. The Hoosiers to their credit never gave up, and managed to hold the Cornhuskers to a scoreless game. Nebraska remained undefeated in the series after two previous wins against Indiana to date.
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