1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Nebraska at Iowa
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| • Iowa
|
0 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
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Nebraska at Kansas
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
0 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
16 |
| Kansas |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
|
Indiana at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Indiana
|
0 |
14 |
0 |
13 |
27 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
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Date: October 26
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Missouri at Nebraska
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Date: November 2
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 34,000
|
Iowa State at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| Iowa State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Nebraska
|
6 |
13 |
7 |
7 |
33 |
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Date: November 16
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 25,749
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The 1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 6 Conference in the 1946 college football season. The team was coached by Bernie Masterson and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
After the unexpected departure of head coach George Clark after just one year, Nebraska athletic director and former head coach Adolph J. Lewandowski hired Bernie Masterson, considered well-learned in running the T formation offense popular at the time. Masterson retained only one of Clark's assistant coaches, yet brought back former Nebraska head football coach Glenn Presnell as an assistant with his new staff. After the remarkable turnaround of Nebraska's fortunes in 1945, the Cornhuskers looked to continue their climb up from the depths of the war years.
It was another in a long string of disappointing losses as Nebraska once again was overmatched and outplayed by longtime nemesis Minnesota in Minneapolis. The Cornhuskers managed a single touchdown to avoid the shutout, but found that implementing coach Masterson's schemes would be a work in progress. It was the sixth win in a row in the series for the Golden Gophers, as they extended their mastery over Nebraska to 22-4-2.
Every player on the Nebraska roster saw playing time as the Cornhuskers easily bounced the Wildcats in the Lincoln home opener. Kansas State never found the scoreboard while also failing to prevent Nebraska from putting points up in all four quarters. It was Nebraska's fourth straight win over the Wildcats as they improved to 25-4-2 all time.
Iowa brought the Cornhuskers to Iowa City for Nebraska's second non-conference game of the year, and dealt a blow to the Cornhuskers with the help of repeated Nebraska miscues. Although Iowa allowed the first points of the game to be scored by Nebraska, the rest of the day belonged to the Hawkeyes. The Cornhuskers could have made it a game, but fumbles and stalled drives were too much to overcome, and their series lead slipped to 24-11-3.
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