1926 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1926 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1926 college football season . The team was coached by Ernest Bearg and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln , Nebraska . Before the season . Coach Bearg started his second year with a substantially increased roster , up to 60 players from the 35 players on the 1925 roster . No specific game was recorded as the season ' s Homecoming game . Game notes . Drake . Nebraska opened the 1926 season by trouncing conference foe Drake in Lincoln , in a game where nearly every player on the large roster found playing time , as the Cornhuskers avenged the surprise loss handed to them by Drake in 1925 . This was the last game played between Nebraska and Drake , closing out one of the oldest series in Nebraska football history , dating back to 1898 , with Nebraska dominating the matchup 6 - 2 all - time . Missouri . Nebraska stumbled early in the season when Missouri came into Lincoln and shut down the Cornhuskers despite their quick jump to an early 7 - 0 lead . Those would be the last points scored in the game , as Missouri managed 14 in response . Nebraska produced respectable offensive output over the course of the game , but was unable to create any points for their efforts . Missouri ' s win helped them chip away at the series lead held by the Cornhuskers , moving them to 5 - 14 - 1 . Washington University . This game amounted to a win for both teams . Nebraska scored the points to carry the outcome in their third conference game of the season , while the Washington Bears were pleased to have scored points at all against conference heavyweight Nebraska . Although the Washington Bears and Nebraska Cornhuskers had shared the same conference since 1907 ( except for 1919 - 1920 when Nebraska was an independent ) , this was only the second game played between these programs . It was also the last , with a split final record of 1 - 1 after accounting for Nebraska ' s loss to the Bears back in 1918 . Kansas . After a slow start where Nebraska was only able to come up with a single score in the first half , the Cornhuskers pulled away to notch another conference win for the year , and padded their series lead over Kansas to 22 - 9 - 2 . Iowa State . The Cornhuskers scored first early on in the opening minutes of the game , but a lost Nebraska fumble not long after made it look like a battle was forming up . Iowa State capitalized on the turnover for what would be their only score of the day , as the Cornhuskers eventually rolled up 31 points to secure their fourth win of the season . The Cyclones slid further behind in the series , to 4 - 16 - 1 . Kansas State . The Kansas State Aggies gave Nebraska the biggest battle of the season , perhaps emboldened by nearly winning against the Cornhuskers in 1925 for the first time prior to settling for a tie that year . Somehow the Cornhuskers were able to hang on to the game and fight back . Repeatedly , Kansas State attempted field goals which were summarily blocked by Nebraska , and the Cornhuskers themselves were frequently on their heels and forced to punt out of trouble . Nebraska managed one field goal in the third quarter , which was the only score of the game for either side . Kansas State was sent back to Manhattan in disappointment and still winless against the Cornhuskers in eleven tries . New York University . New York University , in their first ever game against Nebraska , drew first blood with an early touchdown , but the game was controlled by the Cornhuskers for the rest of the contest as Nebraska closed out the last home game of 1926 with a win . Washington . Reciprocating for last year , the Cornhuskers traveled to Seattle to play there for the first time . Both teams had been waiting for this rematch of the 1925 game which had ended in a 6 - 6 tie . With the Huskies barely holding a four point lead in the final minutes , Nebraska marched down the field in a series recorded as one of the best ever to date put together by the Cornhuskers . As the seconds ticked away , Nebraska arrived at the Washington 8 - yard line with a first down . On their fourth subsequent attempt to steal the win , time ran out as Nebraska ' s last effort fell short at the 3 . Washington sent Nebraska home with their victory denied , and was left holding a tenuous 1 - 0 - 1 lead in the series . After the season . Coach Bearg ' s second season was an improvement over 1925 , as Nebraska finished 2nd in the conference , and his career record improved to 10 - 4 - 2 ( . 688 ) . The program ' s overall record was nudged slightly upward to 207 - 71 - 19 ( . 729 ) , while Nebraska ' s conference winning percentage all - time remained unchanged at 45 - 7 - 5 ( . 833 ) .