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1951 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1951 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Conference Big Seven Conference
1951 record 2–8 (2–4 Big 7)
Head coach Bill Glassford (3rd year)
Offensive scheme T formation / Spread offense
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Big 7 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#10 Oklahoma $ 6 – 0 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Colorado 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Kansas 4 – 2 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 1
Missouri 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 4 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 6 – 0     0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 Total
• TCU 28
#12 Nebraska 7
1 2 3 4 Total
Nebraska 6 0 0 0 6
Kansas State 0 0 6 0 6
1 2 Total
• Penn State 15
Nebraska 7
  • Date: October 13
  • Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 39,000
1 2 Total
Nebraska 20
• Minnesota 39
1 2 Total
Nebraska 19
• Missouri 35
1 2 Total
• Kansas 27
Nebraska 7
  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 34,500
  • Game weather: Windy
1 2 Total
• Nebraska 34
Iowa State 27
  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Clyde Williams Field • Ames, Iowa
  • Game attendance: 15,519
1 2 Total
• Colorado 36
Nebraska 14
  • Date: November 17
  • Location: Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 31,000
  • Game weather: Cold

The 1951 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 7 Conference in the 1951 college football season. The team was coached by Bill Glassford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Coach Glassford's third year at the helm commenced with hopeful expectations after the turnaround season of 1950 that produced Nebraska's first winning record in ten years. The Cornhuskers had finished out the previous season ranked #17 by the AP Poll, following a competitive 35-49 loss to the national champion Oklahoma Sooners, and it looked like the train was finally back on the tracks in Lincoln. Returning for 1951 was the entire coaching staff of the previous season, and the AP shined favorably on Nebraska by introducing the Cornhuskers at #12 to open the 1951 slate.

Bob Tritsch- Student Manager 1948-1951, Senior Student Manager 1950-51

The 1951 Cornhuskers stumbled out of the gate, falling to Texas Christian in Lincoln in the first-ever meeting of these teams. The combination of a new and innovative TCU offensive formation with ill-timed Nebraska turnovers gave the Horned Frogs a relatively easy win. TCU went on the finish the season 6-4-0 and ranked #11 by the AP Poll.

A large contingent of Cornhusker fans traveled to Manhattan for the season's road-opening game, braving the wet weather and with hopes of another easy win over the beleaguered Kansas State team. The Wildcats succeeded in slowing the Nebraska attack following the first touchdown of the day, and managed to tie the game after the half and hold on the finish the game at an even 6-6. Nebraska returned to Lincoln without an outright win in the series for the first time in the last nine meetings, but the Wildcats were later penalized for using an ineligible player for the game and had to forfeit the resulting tie. The official final recorded score for the game was later revised, to a 1-0 Nebraska victory, moving the Cornhuskers to 29-4-2 against Kansas State to date.

After a lackluster opening to the season, Coach Glassford reorganized his personnel in preparation for the visit by Penn State. The Nittany Lions scored first, but the Cornhuskers made it a battle by firing right back to go up 7-6. Scoring was sparse on the day, but Nebraska was unable to answer a later touchdown by Penn State and fell to 1-3 in the series.


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