1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1950 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 7 Conference in the 1950 college football season . The team was coached by Bill Glassford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln , Nebraska . Before the season . After the dark decade of the 1940s , where the Cornhusker program found only one winning season , second - year head coach Glassford had arrived and brought a faint hope to the Cornhusker faithful by fielding a 1949 team that appeared competitive . As coach Glassford settled in for his second year , he increased the coaching staff from seven to nine personnel , and the new decade opened with hopes that Nebraska could once again take its place among the best of the college football programs in the United States . Game notes . Indiana . Nebraska put a stop to Indiana ' s seven - game winning streak against the Cornhuskers by bringing a strong performance to the opening game of the season . The Hoosiers escaped a defeat only by a handful of fumbles lost by Cornhusker miscues . It was the first time since 1938 that Nebraska had fought a contest to a tie , a 0 - 0 scoreless affair which also happened to be against Indiana . The Cornhuskers pulled up to 3 - 7 - 3 against Indiana to date . Minnesota . Encouraged by the strong showing the week prior against the Hoosiers , Nebraska traveled to Minneapolis and refused to be intimidated by the Golden Gophers . By the time Minnesota managed to score , Nebraska was already enjoying a 26 - 0 lead and had the Gophers on their heels . Minnesota ' s adjustments after halftime brought some results , but not enough for them to escape the rare home field defeat . Minnesota ' s ten - game winning streak against Nebraska was snapped at last , and the Cornhuskers reveled in their first win in Minneapolis since a 6 - 0 decision against the Gophers dating back to 1902 . Nebraska now stood at 5 - 25 - 2 in the series and had much ground to cover if they ever hoped to catch up , but the momentous win was cause to celebrate . Perhaps Nebraska was finally on the way back . Colorado . Fresh from their triumph in Minneapolis , the Cornhuskers arrived in Boulder looking for another win to establish the return of the program to greatness . Colorado would have none of that , however , and dealt the uninspired Nebraska squad its first loss of the season to move to 3 - 6 - 3 in the series . Penn State . Nebraska bounced back from the flat performance of the week before , and was firing on all cylinders when Penn State arrived in Lincoln for the first time ever in the third meeting of these teams . Cornhusker HB Bobby Reynolds accounted for more personal yards on the day then the entire Nittany Lion team , and the Nebraska defense held strong to prevent Penn State from ever finding the scoreboard , securing the first Nebraska win in the series . So far , except for the aberration in Boulder , the season had opened with exceptional success as the Cornhuskers were undefeated against three powerhouse teams , two of which were longtime rivals . Kansas . The Cornhuskers continued to build on the season ' s rising tide of successes by defeating the Jayhawks in Lawrence , snapping their three - game skid against Kansas . Nebraska was now 41 - 12 - 3 against the Jayhawks all - time . Missouri . The 1950 homecoming game was attended by former Cornhusker football players who had battled in the 1941 Rose Bowl ten seasons prior , and the new decade ' s version of the Cornhuskers did not disappoint . For the first time since 1945 , Nebraska pulled in a homecoming victory , in an offensive shootout that amassed over 1 , 000 combined offensive yards by both teams . The defeat of Missouri ended a five - game Tiger winning streak , and put Nebraska ahead in the series at 25 - 15 - 3 . Kansas State . Kansas State found itself in the path of a rolling Cornhusker squad that was listed in the AP Poll for the first time since 1941 , and was unable to get out of the way as the Cornhuskers hung 49 points on the scoreboard before the final whistle , which was the most points scored in a single game by Nebraska since a 53 - 0 blanking of lowly South Dakota in 1945 . Nebraska had now defeated the Wildcats in eight straight meetings and continued to lead the series at 28 - 4 - 2 . Iowa State . Apparently the voters in the AP Poll were not adequately impressed with Nebraska ' s win over downtrodden Kansas State the previous week , as the Cornhuskers actually fell two spots in the poll before facing Iowa State in Lincoln . A single touchdown proved to be the difference in the game , as the Cyclones fought a fairly close game , holding Nebraska to under 30 points for the first time in four games . The Cornhuskers increased their commanding series lead to 35 - 8 - 1 . Oklahoma . Nebraska faced its stiffest test of the season when the Cornhuskers traveled to Norman to close the regular season , as the Sooners held a record seven - game winning streak over Nebraska and was the # 1 ranked team in the AP Poll going into the game . Nebraska fought in front of a substantial crowd , managing to put up 35 points against the number one team in the land on their own turf , but Oklahoma romped over the Cornhusker defenses and racked up 49 points of their own to finish the season on top of the conference and the nation . Nebraska ' s record single - team losing streak , held by Oklahoma , was extended to eight games . The Sooners finished the season undefeated at 9 - 0 - 0 , and closed the series record gap between the squads to 10 - 16 - 3 . After the season . Coach Glassford ' s second season was a resounding success , as Nebraska end its brutal nine - season losing skid , and notched high - profile wins against Penn State and Minneapolis in the process . The season - ending loss to national champion Oklahoma could be tolerated , leaving just the one letdown loss to Colorado to truly mar the season , though the positive turnaround of fortunes was so dramatic that few would complain . Nebraska ended the season ranked in the AP Poll for the first time in ten years . Coach Glassford ' s conference record improved to 7 - 5 - 0 ( . 583 ) , as his overall record climbed to 10 - 7 - 1 ( . 583 ) . The Cornhusker football program ' s overall record improved to 326 - 155 - 32 ( . 667 ) , though the conference record declined slightly to 127 - 42 - 11 ( . 736 ) .