1948 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1948 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Conference	Big Seven Conference
1948 record	2–8 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach	George Clark (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	T formation
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons « 1947 1949 »

1948 Big 7 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Oklahoma $	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Missouri	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Kansas	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Colorado	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 Total • Nebraska 19 Iowa State 15 Date: September 25 Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 34,514

1 2 Total Nebraska 13 • Minnesota 39 Date: October 2 Location: Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, Minnesota Game attendance: 57,206

1 2 Total Nebraska 6 • Colorado 19 Date: October 9 Location: Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado

1 2 Total • #2 Notre Dame 44 Nebraska 13 Date: October 16 Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 37,400

1 2 Total Nebraska 7 • Kansas 27 Date: October 23 Location: Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 36,500

1 2 Total • UCLA 27 Nebraska 15 Date: October 30 Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 36,000

1 2 Total Kansas State 0 • Nebraska 32 Date: November 6 Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 36,000

1 2 Total Nebraska 14 • #9 Oklahoma 41 Date: November 13 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 28,000

The 1948 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 7 Conference in the 1948 college football season. The team was coached by George Clark and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Nebraska athletic director and one-time head football coach Adolph J. Lewandowski brought back the coach he initially chose as his own replacement for 1945, George Clark, who had departed Nebraska after just that one season. With the unsuccessful tenure of previous head coach Bernie Masterson ended, Lewandowski was able to turn to the last, most recent coach that had provided a glimmer of hope to the Cornhuskers in nearly a decade. So it was that after seven straight losing seasons, the coaching staff once again suffered a shakeup in hopes of ending the downward spiral of Nebraska football as the Cornhuskers entered their first-ever 10-game season.

The 1948 season was the first to see Colorado's athletic teams participate in conference play, as the Big 6 Conference subsequently became known as the Big 7 Conference. Nebraska and Colorado were set to meet again on the field for the first time since 1907, now as part of regular season conference play.

The Cornhuskers opened the season and welcomed Coach Clark back with a win, the third straight over the Cyclones. The home opening victory snapped Nebraska's six-season opening game losing streak, and the Cornhuskers improved over Iowa State to 33-8-1.

Unsurprisingly, given Minnesota's historical dominance over Nebraska, even as the Cornhuskers continued to seek stability, the Golden Gophers had little trouble with Nebraska in Minneapolis. Minnesota had now defeated the Cornhuskers in nine straight games, and continued to pull away in the series, 24-4-2.

Although Nebraska and Colorado had met on the field six times before, this was the first since a 22-8 Nebraska victory from 1907, and the first time the teams had met as conference foes. The Buffaloes sent Nebraska back to Lincoln with a 6-19 loss, but still lagged in the series at 2-5.

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