1937 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1937 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1937 college football season . The team was coached by Biff Jones and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln , Nebraska . Before the season . After the record eight - year tenure held by previous head coach Dana X . Bible , new head coach Jones stepped in to take over and attempt to continue the dominating success Nebraska had enjoyed over the past decade . Jones had a long resume , having coached his alma mater Army , Louisiana State and most recently Big 6 foe Oklahoma , totaling nine seasons , before arriving in Lincoln . Chosen with input from Bible , Jones inherited a strong and experienced team that had no reason to doubt that they would continue to be the team to beat in the Big 6 . Game notes . Minnesota . Coach Jones entered the Nebraska record books in his first game with a statement victory over longtime rival Minnesota in Lincoln , keeping intact his record of never having lost a season - opening game . The Golden Gophers scored first in a bid to continue their string of victories over the Cornhuskers , but a chink in the armor appeared when they missed the point after . From then on out both teams exchanged the lead , thanks in part to a pair of crucial Minnesota fumbles recovered by Nebraska and converted to points on the board . Nebraska ' s winless streak against Minnesota was snapped at five games , but the Cornhuskers were still far behind in the series , at 3 - 14 - 2 . Minnesota went on to finish their season 6 - 2 - 0 and ranked # 5 by the AP . Iowa State . The Cyclones presented Nebraska with some looks that took a while to figure out , managing to hold off the Cornhusker machine and go up 7 - 0 by the halftime break . Upon the return to the field , Nebraska applied the adjustments learned from the first half to run off 20 unanswered points for the win to extend their record series winning streak to 15 games , improving over Iowa State to 27 - 4 - 1 . Oklahoma . The sloppy , rainy conditions made the passing game unmanageable for either team , and ground attacks proved equally ineffective . The day was spent passing possession back and forth by turnovers and punts until time expired with no points on the board . Oklahoma ' s winless streak against Nebraska was extended to seven games , and they stood at 2 - 12 - 3 against the Huskers all time . The Cornhuskers subsequently appeared in the AP Poll at # 8 . Missouri . Missouri had not won against Nebraska for nearly a decade , failing to take home the Missouri - Nebraska Bell even once since the prize was established . The Tigers made a determined effort to end the futility , managing to hold back the Cornhuskers from the usual running up of points , but Nebraska ' s first half touchdown was all that was needed to carry the day . Missouri had now failed to take a game from the Cornhuskers in ten straight contests , and fell to 6 - 22 - 3 against Nebraska all time . Despite the win , Nebraska fell to # 11 . Indiana . Indiana was stunned on the first play of the game as Nebraska went 65 yards on the ground to score at the opening of the contest . Those seven points ended up being the sum of the day ' s scoring between the teams in an evenly - matched battle of the defenses . Nebraska remained perfect against the Hoosiers in both meetings of the squads . The victory moved Nebraska up to # 6 in the AP Poll . Kansas . Kansas looked like it had finally been blessed by the football gods and was going to take down Nebraska after thirteen years of frustration . The Jayhawks scored early on , were matched by the Cornhuskers , and then scored again . It looked like the one touchdown lead might hold , but as the minutes ticked to the final gun , Nebraska put together an 80 - yard march down the field to tie the game again and deny either team the win . Kansas had the moral victory , but still was without a win over Nebraska in fourteen straight tries , and was far back in their shared series at 9 - 32 - 3 . Due to the tie , the Cornhuskers stumbled to # 11 in the AP Poll . Pittsburgh . Nebraska traveled to Pittsburgh to face the nemesis Panthers in the now well - established grudge match . Both teams prevented the other from scoring throughout the first half , yet not long after the teams returned , Nebraska scored and for a while it looked like victory was within reach . Pittsburgh returned the favor but missed the point after , leaving the Cornhuskers with a tenuous 1 - point edge . Mistakes cannot be made in games like this by teams who want to win , however , and a crucial lost Cornhusker fumble was soon converted by Pittsburgh into seven points for the takeaway win . Pittsburgh ' s win streak over Nebraska was pushed to five , while the Huskers remained winless in the last eleven attempts and stood at 1 - 8 - 3 against the Panthers to date . Despite the loss , Nebraska held their # 11 spot , and Pittsburgh went on to finish their season 9 - 0 - 1 and ranked # 1 by the AP . Iowa . After a two - year intermission , Iowa and Nebraska met again in a contest where the Hawkeyes bore the brunt of Nebraska ' s frustration from the previous week ' s loss to Pittsburgh . Iowa ' s first punt was blocked and then shortly after converted into a touchdown , and from there on out the day belonged to Nebraska . Iowa dropped its fifth straight to the Cornhuskers and was now 7 - 17 - 3 against Nebraska all time . The win over a weaker team did not move the Cornhuskers up from their # 11 ranking . Kansas State . Kansas State was intent on revenge after the painful 40 - 0 drubbing handed them to close last year ' s slate by Nebraska , and indeed their efforts to hold Nebraska back succeeded for almost the entire game , though they could not produce points of their own . Finally in the second half , the Cornhuskers eked out a field goal , the three points being all that was necessary to deny the Wildcats a win , secure another Big 6 title for Nebraska , and move the Cornhuskers to 18 - 2 - 2 in their series against the Kansas State . The narrow margin win was not enough to move Nebraska up from their # 11 spot in the final poll . After the season . Coach Jones finished his first year at Nebraska by bringing yet another Big 6 title to Lincoln , Nebraska ' s eighth league championship over the last ten years , and a postseason ranking of # 11 in the AP Poll . While the Cornhusker offense was not as prolific as in years past , the defense was outstanding , allowing all opponents only 42 points on the season and shutting out five teams outright . In his first year , coach Jones helped Nebraska improve to 276 - 90 - 29 ( . 735 ) all time and 90 - 11 - 11 ( . 853 ) in conference history to date .