1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
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Date: October 21
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 38,000
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33 |
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26 |
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Date: November 4
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 38,000
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Date: November 11
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 29,000
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Date: November 18
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Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 37,193
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The 1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 7 Conference in the 1950 college football season. The team was coached by Bill Glassford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
After the dark decade of the 1940s, where the Cornhusker program found only one winning season, second-year head coach Glassford had arrived and brought a faint hope to the Cornhusker faithful by fielding a 1949 team that appeared competitive. As coach Glassford settled in for his second year, he increased the coaching staff from seven to nine personnel, and the new decade opened with hopes that Nebraska could once again take its place among the best of the college football programs in the United States.
On April 8, 1950, Nebraska held its first ever Spring Game scrimmage (later known as the Red-White Game) against a team of Nebraska alumni players (supplemented by a handful of varsity members). The two teams played to a 13-13 tie.
Bob Tritsch- Student Manager 1948-1951, Senior Student Manager 1950-51
Nebraska put a stop to Indiana's seven-game winning streak against the Cornhuskers by bringing a strong performance to the opening game of the season. The Hoosiers escaped a defeat only by a handful of fumbles lost by Cornhusker miscues. It was the first time since 1938 that Nebraska had fought a contest to a tie, a 0-0 scoreless affair which also happened to be against Indiana. The Cornhuskers pulled up to 3-7-3 against Indiana to date.
Encouraged by the strong showing the week prior against the Hoosiers, Nebraska traveled to Minneapolis and refused to be intimidated by the Golden Gophers. By the time Minnesota managed to score, Nebraska was already enjoying a 26-0 lead and had the Gophers on their heels. Minnesota's adjustments after halftime brought some results, but not enough for them to escape the rare home field defeat. Minnesota's ten-game winning streak against Nebraska was snapped at last, and the Cornhuskers reveled in their first win in Minneapolis since a 6-0 decision against the Gophers dating back to 1902. Nebraska now stood at 5-25-2 in the series and had much ground to cover if they ever hoped to catch up, but the momentous win was cause to celebrate. Perhaps Nebraska was finally on the way back.
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