1930 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1930 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1930 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 . Nebraska had secured both league titles since the MVIAA had evolved into the Big 6 , once under departing coach Bearg and then again under new coach Bible even while adapting to a new playing style . With coach Bible ' s system now in place , expectations were high to continue holding sole ownership of the Big 6 championship in 1930 . Game notes . Texas A & M . Nebraska met Texas A & M for the first time , in Lincoln , to open the 1930 schedule . Neither team was able to impress greatly in the first half , though the Aggies did pull within three yards of the Nebraska end zone at the end of the half , failing in two attempts to score before the break . The Cornhuskers punched in a third quarter touchdown to finally get rolling , and pulled the starters out of the game after another touchdown in the fourth . Even against the backups , Texas A & M was unable to get on the scoreboard . Oklahoma . Nebraska opened conference play in Norman by facing a Sooner team that had succeeded in putting away the Cornhuskers only once in all nine of their attempts . Events looked to repeat at first , but a 15 - yard penalty in the first quarter deflated Nebraska ' s momentum and the team never quite recovered . By the time the Cornhuskers found the personnel and the schemes to get some points it was the fourth quarter and too late to catch up . Hopes for a league title were severely dampened by the 0 - 1 conference start , but Nebraska still owned the series at 6 - 2 - 2 . Iowa State . Nebraska came out strong and jumped to an early lead , padding a second touchdown on to hold a comfortable 14 - 0 lead by halftime . The Cyclones were undaunted and managed to shut down further scoring by Nebraska while putting up a couple touchdowns of their own to catch up , though both kicks after failed . Down by two points , Iowa State was driving and had all the momentum after a 55 - yard pass put them close to scoring when they were subsequently intercepted at the Nebraska 3 - yard line and the game was decided . Iowa State was losing sight of the series now , lagging behind the Cornhuskers 4 - 20 - 1 . Montana State . Nebraska ' s second meeting with the Bobcats of Montana State did not start well , as the Bobcats struck first and had the Cornhuskers down 7 - 0 at the end of the first quarter , seemingly ready to avenge their 6 - 26 loss from 1928 . It was not to be their day , however , as Nebraska unleashed a scoring onslaught of 53 unanswered points to entirely humble the visiting team . Nebraska ' s scoring total was the highest since a 58 - 0 blanking of Grinnell in 1927 . Montana State and Nebraska never again met on the football field , leaving the Bobcats winless in their two attempts against the Cornhuskers . Pittsburgh . Nebraska brought a history of pent up frustration to the field when Pittsburgh arrived in Lincoln , as the Cornhuskers owned only one victory against the Panthers in four tries , the single win from their first meeting in 1921 . The task would be tall this year as well , as Pitt stood as the reigning east champions and had lost only to Notre Dame so far in 1930 . The battle was evenly matched through the first half , but Pitt began to find the edge afterwards . The Cornhuskers mounted an excellent defensive stand and twice turned the Panthers back from inside the Nebraska 5 yard line in the third quarter before the Cornhuskers regained some better defensive control and fought Pitt to a scoreless standoff until time ran out . The record still stood slightly in Pittsburgh ' s favor , at 2 - 1 - 2 . Kansas . Kansas was unbeaten in conference play and gaming for the 1930 league title when Nebraska arrived , looking as beatable as it could be in recent memory . Once the game started though , Kansas was frustrated at every turn , unable to get much accomplished except for one big 50 - yard pass play in a drive that ultimately reached the Nebraska 10 before the Cornhuskers repelled the threat . Nebraska was up by 13 at the half and capped the effort with a fourth quarter field goal to shut out the Jayhawks in what would be their only conference loss . Kansas went on to claim the league title despite the blanking handed to them by the Cornhuskers , who improved to 26 - 9 - 2 over the Jayhawks . Missouri . Missouri was still sore over last year ' s tie that denied them custody of the Missouri - Nebraska Bell , and came to Lincoln to get it back . Both teams fought to a virtual standstill for the entire game , neither team ever getting beyond the opposite 10 - yard line before being turned away . Blocked punts , incompletions , fumbles and other miscues contributed to the scoreless affair . Yet again , Missouri was denied taking home the Bell , and had much ground to cover if they hoped to chip away at their 6 - 15 - 3 record against the Cornhuskers . Iowa . The Cornhuskers were visibly lacking spirit when they met old rival Iowa for the first time in ten years , yet still managed to score first and keep the 7 - 0 lead at the end of the first quarter . The lack of spark hampered Nebraska going forward from there , as Iowa managed to respond with 12 straight before the break . A weak rally by the Cornhuskers in the final quarter was their last chance to extract the win , starting with a first down on the Iowa 5 - yard line , but came away empty handed and were sent home on the losing end of the score . Iowa drew up to within five games of Nebraska overall , bringing the series to 7 - 12 - 3 . Kansas State . After two disappointing games , the Cornhusker squad could at least look to close the season with a win against Kansas State with some confidence , as Nebraska had never lost a game to the Aggies . But the Cornhuskers came out flat in the first half , and the single Kansas State field goal was enough for the lead by halftime . Nebraska came back in the third quarter to take the lead with a touchdown , only to be soon answered by the Aggies with their own touchdown . Nebraska had a chance to put the pressure on Kansas State , but the Aggies willingly allowed Nebraska to score the safety instead of taking over on downs or turnover , and thereby held a one point lead when kicking back off to Nebraska as the game waned . The final Cornhusker attempt to pull out a win was snuffed by an interception , and Kansas State ended Nebraska ' s season by winning against them for the first time in 15 attempts , adding insult to injury by pulling off the defeat in Lincoln . This game marked just the 10th Nebraska conference defeat since the 1907 formation of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association . After the season . After taking the league title in his first season , coach Bible ' s 1930 squad took a harsh turn for the worse , ending the season with a painful 4 - 3 - 2 ( . 556 ) record , the worst since the abbreviated and stunted 1918 season , and the post - war , post - pandemic recovery season of the following year . Still , overall it was a winning season , though it brought coach Bible ' s career record down to 8 - 4 - 5 ( . 618 ) . The program ' s overall record fell to 228 - 78 - 25 ( . 727 ) while Nebraska ' s Big 6 record fell severely , to 59 - 10 - 8 ( . 818 ) . Even though all records took a significant hit relative to Nebraska ' s typical performance , the Cornhuskers clearly still held winning percentages well above average and envied by programs nationwide .