1942 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Nebraska at Iowa
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
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0 |
| • Iowa
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27 |
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Indiana at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Indiana
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0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
12 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Date: October 10
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 24,000
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#14 Minnesota at Nebraska
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Date: October 17
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska at Kansas
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
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0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
14 |
| Kansas |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
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Missouri at Nebraska
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Date: November 7
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska at Pittsburgh
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Pittsburgh
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6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
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Nebraska at Iowa Pre-Flight
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Template:1942 Big hero 6 football standings The 1942 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 6 Conference in the 1942 college football season. The team was coached by Glenn Presnell and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Former assistant coach Glenn Presnell was promoted to the top spot after the departure of Lawrence Mcceney "Biff" Jones, who was recalled to active military duty when the United States was drawn into World War II following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Wartime conditions had drastically altered life across the nation, with travel restrictions, blackouts, and rationing. Football teams were made threadbare by the mass volunteer enlistment of young men into the armed services. It was against this backdrop, and with a roster that included at least two players recovering from broken legs sustained in the previous year, that a new head coach would attempt to carry a Nebraska team still reeling over the disappointing 1941 season that saw a new record set for consecutive losses at five straight.
Nebraska opened their season with their first wartime game, traveling to Iowa City to meet the Hawkeyes. Hopes to open the season with victory were quickly deflated as Iowa had little difficulty getting around the Cornhusker line. By the final whistle, Iowa had posted 27 unanswered points to shut out Nebraska, and had snapped their skid of eight straight losses to the Cornhuskers. It was the first time that Nebraska had been held scoreless to open the season since the 1929 0–0 tie opener against Southern Methodist, and their first shutout loss to open a season since a 0–18 blanking handed down by the Hawkeyes in 1919. Iowa made a move to narrow their series deficit, going to 8–20–3.
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