1929 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1929 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1929 college football season . The team was coached by Dana X . Bible and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln , Nebraska . Before the season . New Nebraska head coach Bible arrived after having served eleven years as head football coach at Texas A & M University and winning six Southwest Conference titles along the way . The 1929 Cornhusker squad was fresh off winning the 1928 conference title in the first season of the Big 6 , but had to quickly learn the new system brought in by Bible with a tough set of games scheduled to open the season . Game notes . SMU . The 1929 season started with a tall challenge for the Nebraska squad , as they were still installing the new style of play brought in by coach Bible , and faced the reigning Southwest Conference champion Southern Methodist team as their first test . Many injuries were suffered on the field , including the loss of one Cornhusker player for the year , but the two championship teams were well - matched and ultimately fought to a scoreless draw in their first ever meeting . Syracuse . Without much time to recover from the battle against SMU , Nebraska traveled to meet Syracuse for the season ' s first eastern game . Syracuse was favored to win and seemed to have the edge due to the number of hobbled Cornhusker players , and by the end of the first half those predictions seemed to be coming true as the squads left the field with the Orangemen holding a 6 - 0 lead . In the second half , however , Nebraska ' s adjustments were able to successfully shut down further Syracuse scoring , and the Cornhuskers found a way to score 13 of their own to secure the upset win , making this the third straight Nebraska win over Syracuse and moving the Cornhuskers ahead in the series to 4 - 3 . Pittsburgh . Coming off the upset win over Syracuse , Nebraska entered the second eastern game of the season when Pitt came calling in Lincoln . The contest started slowly as both teams struggled to come up with points , but the Panthers found a way to get in a couple of touchdowns before the half , though both kicks after failed . After that , Pittsburgh was done scoring as the Cornhuskers successfully bottled the Panthers up for the rest of the game . Nebraska was only able to manage a single fourth quarter touchdown and so failed to take the game , but did hold the Pittsburgh squad to the lowest total points it would score in any game of 1929 . The edge in the series went to Pittsburgh , 2 - 1 - 1 . Missouri . Missouri was seeking revenge for the humiliating 0 - 24 loss in front of a Nebraska homecoming crowd last year , where the Husker - Tiger Bell was taken from their possession after only a few hours and held by the Cornhuskers since then . This time , the game was in Columbia , and it was the Missouri homecoming crowd that the battle would be held in front of . Missouri made the first strike early before both teams settled down into a grind . The Cornhuskers were frustrated at every turn , unable to move the ball , while Missouri repeatedly gashed Nebraska for gains before sputtering out . Finally , with about four minutes left , Nebraska managed to get into the end zone and evened up the score . A last Tiger push for the win fell short , and Missouri was denied the revenge win and possession of the bell . Nebraska remained firmly in control of the series , 15 - 6 - 2 . Kansas . Kansas had a strong offense , but Nebraska ' s defense proved up to the challenge . The Jayhawks tried many approaches but were time and again turned away without points , including one series where the Kansas squad started 1st and goal from the Cornhusker 5 - yard line and went away empty - handed . Nebraska ' s win streak over the Jayhawks was now at five games as Kansas slipped to 9 - 25 - 2 against the Cornhuskers in the 36 consecutive series games dating back to 1892 . Oklahoma . The Cornhuskers were weakened by injuries following the Kansas victory , including the loss of a key backfield runner for the season . The Sooners pulled out first and made Nebraska fight back for the rest of the game . Late in the contest , Nebraska scored the tying touchdown and had an opportunity to take the win with the kick after , but the ball was booted too low and the game ' s scoring would hold at the 13 - 13 tie until time expired . This was the first and only time that the Cornhuskers would wind up with three tied games in a single season , and Nebraska retained a 6 - 1 - 2 edge over Oklahoma . Kansas State . Kansas State had a shot at a league title if they could come out in front of Nebraska , and the Aggies came with a strong aerial attack that dazzled the spectators . It was all the Cornhuskers could do to keep up and fight back to try to hold Kansas State off the scoreboard . The Cornhuskers pulled out the win with two safeties , the four points resulting thus deciding the game , which denied the title sought by the Aggies while keeping Nebraska unbeaten on conference play so far for the year . Kansas State once again was held winless against the Cornhuskers , having never come closer than one tied game in their fourteen tries . Iowa State . The freezing weather did not slow Nebraska down for the final game of the year , though the start was sluggish enough to keep the event somewhat in doubt until the second half . By the end of the game , the Cornhuskers were rolling and leading by enough that coach Bible played everyone on the roster before the final gun . Iowa State was sent back to Ames in disappointment and lagging in the series 4 - 19 - 1 . After the season . Coach Bible , in his first season , installed his new system amidst a challenging schedule , and nonetheless led the Cornhuskers to repeat as Big 6 champions in the conference ' s second year . The program ' s overall record now stood at 224 - 75 - 23 ( . 731 ) , while Nebraska ' s league record slipped slightly to 57 - 8 - 7 ( . 840 ) . The Dickinson System ' s final national rankings for 1929 placed Nebraska at # 7 .