1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1925 college football season . The team was coached by Ernest Bearg and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln , Nebraska . Before the season . Nebraska once again had a change at the top , welcoming Illinois assistant , and Robert Zuppke protégé , Ernest Bearg as the program ' s 17th head coach . Bearg would start the season by coaching his new team against the very squad he had helped coach before coming to Lincoln . Game notes . Illinois . Coach Bearg ' s inaugural game was a smashing success , as Nebraska once again opened the season with an up - front challenge against powerhouse Illinois , twice the victor in the last two meetings of these teams . Cornhusker tackle Ed Weir was more than a match for Fighting Illini QB Red Grange , shutting him and the Illinois squad down like no one ever had before , and keeping Grange from scoring a rushing touchdown for the first of just two times in his college career . Nebraska ended the short two - game winning streak held by Illinois and improved in the series to 5 - 2 . Missouri . Nebraska traveled to meet reigning conference champion Missouri , upbeat and confident following the strong showing against Illinois . The Tigers , however , were not going to be brushed aside . Miscues and a back - breaking fumble late in the game cost the Cornhuskers , and sealed Missouri ' s victory . Nebraska ' s consolation after the fact was that they still held a commanding 14 - 4 - 1 lead in the series . Washington . Nebraska hosted the Washington Huskies in the first meeting of these teams , and the hard fought game resulted in few points for either side . Although Washington held the early lead , Nebraska was able to stop their push and finally matched their points in the fourth quarter before the final whistle . Washington began the long journey home as both teams looked to next season ' s game , to be held in Seattle , to settle affairs . Kansas . Kansas traveled to Nebraska hoping to chip away at the big series lead held by the Cornhuskers , and were initially successful in shutting down Nebraska as both teams were held off the scoreboard throughout the first half . The Cornhuskers were finally able to break down the Jayhawks and put up a touchdown in the third quarter , and eventually scoring again to seal the game and hand Kansas a shutout and another disappointing outcome . Nebraska ' s lead in the series was extended to 21 - 9 - 2 . Oklahoma . When the Sooners came to Lincoln , last year ' s surprise defeat to Oklahoma was on the minds of the Nebraska squad , as it had been the first time in all six games between these teams that Nebraska was sent away as the loser . The Cornhuskers came out in dominating fashion , stopping Oklahoma ' s attempts to advance at every turn and notching their second straight shutout win in the process . This was the 200th all - time win for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team , and advanced their record over the Sooners to 5 - 1 - 1 . Drake . After an eight year break , the series with Drake was resumed when the Cornhuskers traveled to Des Moines to play in the new Drake Stadium for its dedication event . The Bulldogs were no longer to be overlooked as a pushover team , as they had finished second or third place in the previous three years in conference play . Heavy snow moved in , creating difficult conditions for both teams . Although Nebraska gained more yards and obtained more first downs , it was Drake who took advantage of multiple Cornhusker fumbles and twice found the end zone . Nebraska ' s two - game shutout win streak was snapped when they were themselves shut out , for their second loss in the seven contests between the teams . Kansas State . Kansas State and Nebraska fought an evenly matched game , with neither squad able to find the end zone as the line was moved back and forth on the sloppy , wet field . Finally , as each team ' s defense figured the other out , the game ended with a series of back and forth punts in the fourth quarter when neither team could even get first downs , and the final whistle sounded with no points scored on the day . The Aggies won a small victory for their efforts , however , as this was the first time in all ten games they had played with Nebraska that they had not lost , though they had a long way to go to catch up with Nebraska ' s 9 - 0 - 1 series lead . Notre Dame . Notre Dame was a force to be reckoned with for sure , coming to Lincoln with a 6 - 1 - 1 season record ( five of the wins by shutout ) , and in position to claim the western title . However , the Four Horsemen had graduated , and even considering their success on the season so far , the Fighting Irish team of 1925 was not its former self . Memorial Stadium was designed to host 38 , 000 fans , but 45 , 000 were in the stadium for this game . Nebraska struck first and decisively , jumping right out to a 14 - 0 lead in the first quarter before the shocked Irish were able to adjust and stop further scoring attempts in the half . Nebraska ' s brutal plan for an onslaught of running attacks proved effective , as Notre Dame ' s roster was exhausted of fresh players able to keep up . In the third quarter , the Cornhuskers managed to score again on a field goal , and the crowd was sent again into loud celebrations . No one scored again , and the Irish were sent home with a bitter shutout defeat made all the worse for the harsh anti - Catholic treatment many of the Nebraska locals rained down on the team and their fans . Knute Rockne himself wrote harshly - worded responses to many of the area papers in response to the indignities suffered by the Irish off the field . As a result of those events , and also in part due to reductions in the income gained by Notre Dame on their trips to Lincoln , the Athletic Board at Notre Dame chose to end the series . Rockne himself felt that this was an overreaction and argued to continue the series , but the decision stood and the 1926 game was canceled , and communications between the schools regarding future games was terminated . Rockne made several unsuccessful attempts in the following years to revive the series , but it would be 22 years before the teams would meet again , leaving the record fittingly tied for now at 5 - 5 - 1 . After the season . Coach Bearg finished his first season no worse than his predecessor ' s last season , but had won impressive victories against Notre Dame and Illinois in the process , and also shepherded the Cornhuskers through the program ' s 200th win . His first year record was 4 - 2 - 2 ( . 625 ) , causing a slight drop in the program ' s overall record , to 201 - 69 - 19 ( . 728 ) , while the conference record to date slipped to 40 - 6 - 5 ( . 833 ) .