1957 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1957 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 7 Conference in the 1957 college football season . The team was coached by Bill Jennings and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln , Nebraska . Before the season . New Head Coach Jennings had only been on the Nebraska football staff for one year , as Backfield Coach , before ascending to the top spot . With three new assistants on staff , he faced a very difficult 1957 schedule . A home opener against Washington State would be followed by three straight road games , one of which was against longtime nemesis Pittsburgh . Upon the return to Lincoln there would be one more nonconference game against always - tough Syracuse , the first meeting of these teams since 1929 . Now in its 16th year , the long stretch of Nebraska futility would be difficult to halt against this slate . Game notes . Washington State . These teams had only met one time prior , a 21 - 20 defeat of the Cornhuskers in Lincoln in 1920 . The Cougars brought with them a reputation as an outstanding passing offense , and true to form used their game plan to roll up points by air faster than Nebraska could respond by ground . The Bill Jennings era opened with a loss . Army . In the first meeting of these teams , the Black Knights of West Point utterly obliterated the Cornhuskers in front of a relatively small Michie Stadium crowd . No matter which way they turned , by air or ground , all of Nebraska ' s attempts to at least avoid the shutout were thwarted . Army went on to finish the season ranked # 18 by the AP Poll . Kansas State . The Cornhuskers traveled to Manhattan for the first Big 7 contest of the season , again in front of a sparse crowd . While the Cornhuskers managed only two touchdowns on the day , the hapless Wildcats were unable to move the ball enough to score more than once . Nebraska had notched the first win of the year and improved to 32 - 7 - 2 in the Kansas State series to date , but there was little time to celebrate . The difficult road trip to Pittsburgh , now ranked # 20 by the AP Poll , was next up . Pittsburgh . For the second time of the season , Nebraska was dealt a punishing road game shutout defeat , this time at the hands of bitter rival Pittsburgh . The Panthers , who nearly always seemed to have Nebraska ' s number , improved to 15 - 3 - 3 over the Cornhuskers all time with their sixth straight win in the series . Nebraska had now stumbled out to a 1 - 3 start thanks in part to the grueling schedule , and the situation was not looking like it would improve . Syracuse . Renewing an old series last updated in 1929 , the Orangemen arrived in Lincoln as Nebraska ' s final nonconference foe of the year . Unfortunately for the struggling Cornhuskers , the slide continued as Syracuse handled the Big Red ' s efforts with relative ease . With the win , Syracuse also evened up the all - time series between the programs at 4 - 4 - 0 . Missouri . Returning to the Big 7 schedule , the downtrodden Cornhuskers traveled to Columbia to face Missouri , and to defend their custody of the Victory Bell . The tone of the season seemed to be set , however , and Nebraska ' s three - game winning streak against the Tigers was broken by a painful single - point 13 - 14 loss . Though the Cornhuskers still held a daunting series lead of 28 - 19 - 3 , the Bell was handed over to the Tigers . Kansas . Nebraska ' s hopes to put up a win for the homecoming crowd in Lincoln were dashed when Kansas arrived and dealt a two - point loss to the Cornhuskers , snapping Nebraska ' s five - game winning streak over the Jayhawks . The Cornhuskers still held a commanding 46 - 14 - 3 series edge , but were now just 1 - 6 on the season . Iowa State . If there was hope for a victory to break the slide , it would have most likely been placed against the Cyclones , over which the Cornhuskers had run off 11 straight wins . Iowa State was well aware of Nebraska ' s skid , and were not intimidated by the visitors from Lincoln . Not only did the Cyclones snap their losing streak , they also dealt the season ' s third shutout defeat to the Cornhuskers in front of a surprisingly sparse crowd . This loss was Nebraska ' s fifth in a row , tying an all - time losing streak record set in 1941 and tied in 1945 . The Cornhuskers still held a 41 - 9 - 1 lead in the series , but this loss was perhaps the lowest point of a very low season . Colorado . Nebraska had just one more game with any hope of a victory before facing the defending league champion Sooners . Even with home field advantage , however , the Cornhuskers fell again and were handed the year ' s fourth shutout loss , at the hands of the Buffaloes . Colorado ' s win narrowed the series to 9 - 7 - 0 , and set a new Nebraska all - time record of six consecutive losses . Oklahoma . Any fight that might have been left in Nebraska , as they marched onto the field at Memorial Stadium with only a 1 - 8 record to show for their work , was quickly expended shortly after the season - ending rivalry with Oklahoma was underway . The Sooners were in fact prevented from scoring in the first quarter , a noteworthy accomplishment when considering the opponent , but Nebraska soon folded under the onslaught and ended the 1957 campaign with another loss , the 15th in a row to Oklahoma . Nebraska ' s all - time losing streak record was extended to seven with the defeat , as the Sooners took over the series at 17 - 16 - 3 . Oklahoma went on to finish the season ranked # 4 by the AP Poll . After the season . It was known going in that Coach Jennings ' first year was going to be a tough season , but that did not soften the sting of a 1 - 9 final record , the most losses in a single season and the worst overall season record in program history . The only other prior year that the Cornhusker football squad had only pulled down a single win was 1899 ' s 1 - 7 - 1 campaign . Nebraska ' s overall program record tumbled to 352 - 198 - 34 ( . 009 ) , the seventh straight year to see a drop in winning percentage , as the Big 7 history also slipped , to 147 - 63 - 12 ( . 689 ) .