1933 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1933 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1933 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 was coming off of yet another very successful season , coach Bible having won his third league championship in four years , and the program had taken four of the last five conference titles . The Cornhuskers were on a roll and were beginning to look unstoppable at any time in the foreseeable future . Game notes . Texas . Nebraska entirely smashed the Texas Longhorns as these teams met for the first time , delivering a sound shutout defeat that left no doubt as to Nebraska ' s aspirations for the 1933 season . Not once during the previous 7 - 1 - 1 season was coach Bible able to play everyone on the roster , but against Texas on this day the backups began to cycle onto the field in the third quarter . The Cornhuskers outgained the Longhorns 320 to 85 , and Texas never got closer than the Nebraska 30 - yard line . Iowa State . If the Texas game had been a statement during the previous week , coach Bible ' s team apparently felt like it needed to be said again , and louder . The Cornhuskers opened the 1933 conference slate by entirely smashing the Cyclones in Ames , in their second consecutive shutout victory . This time , Nebraska outyarded Iowa State 444 to 22 , allowing the Cyclones a single first down through the entire game as once again all players on the Cornhusker roster found playing time . Iowa State ' s futility against Nebraska all time now reached 4 - 23 - 1 . Kansas State . Nebraska , after rolling over the opposition in the first two games , delivered yet another shutout victory in a contest that was not quite the cakewalk as seen so far this season . Both teams got nowhere in the first half , trading punts and turnovers . Kansas State finally made a serious go at scoring shortly after the half , drawing up to Nebraska ' s 15 - yard line before the Cornhusker defense overpowered their efforts and pushed them backwards 18 yards to deny them a score before taking back possession . Shortly afterward , the Nebraska squad found the end zone , but missed the point after , to go up 6 - 0 . The game still hung in the balance , as a single Wildcat touchdown could win the game if the kick after was good . With less than a minute remaining , Nebraska finally sealed the outcome with a field goal to remain undefeated in conference play . The record of Nebraska domination over Kansas State was further extended , to 16 - 1 - 1 . Oklahoma . The 1933 game with Oklahoma started with an unexpected twist , when the Cornhuskers kicked off to the Sooners . The ball went over the kick returners and rolled untouched to a stop in the end zone as the Oklahoma players subsequently began to re - form into an offensive formation , while waiting for the an official to bring the ball up to the 20 - yard line to start the first series . The alert Cornhusker squad realized that the ball was never touched " down " , and Hubert Boswell subtly filtered past the Sooner line to rush up and land on the ball in the end zone , handing Nebraska an instant game - opening 6 - 0 score . After that , the game was an unremarkable affair filled with errors as the teams combined for thirteen fumbles overall , with the lines apparently evenly matched up . Nebraska ' s other two scores were more than enough to seal the win , though Oklahoma became the first team to score against the Cornhusker defense on the season . Nebraska remained unbeaten in Big 6 play , and stayed ahead of the Sooners at 9 - 2 - 2 all time . Missouri . The Cornhuskers got back to their defensive stonewalling ways after allowing the first touchdown of the season against Oklahoma the week before in a 16 - 7 win , delivering their fourth shutout in the last five games as the Missouri Tigers were humiliated at home in a driving rain . Missouri ' s efforts were for naught as Nebraska rolled up 403 yards and twenty - three first downs in Columbia , yet again denying the Tigers possession of the Missouri - Nebraska Bell for the sixth year in a row and sending them farther back in the series to 6 - 18 - 3 . Kansas . The Cornhuskers overcame a soft start after the Jayhawks managed to dominate the line in the scoreless first period , and it was a spectacular 82 - yard pass reception for a touchdown that marked the turning point in front of the overflow homecoming crowd . Kansas never fully recovered from the shift in momentum , and a second Nebraska touchdown as the game waned secured the win , Nebraska ' s ninth straight going back to 1932 , six of those nine being shutout victories . Nebraska finished their conference schedule undefeated and secured another league title , while sending Kansas farther back in the series to 9 - 29 - 2 . Pittsburgh . Nebraska traveled to Pittsburgh with a conference title secured and often dominating the opposition , though Pittsburgh was doing much the same to the teams on their schedule . The two seemingly unstoppable squads met in a showdown that the Cornhuskers had awaited since last year , hoping to secure their first win against the Panthers in the bitter series since 1921 . The teams fought to a virtual standstill for the first three quarters , with Nebraska turning Pittsburgh away scoreless after three incursions inside the Nebraska 5 - yard line , as well as three others inside the 15 . Finally , Pittsurgh found a crack in the defensive front and scored the day ' s lone touchdown on a 3 - yard pass in the fourth quarter to decide the game . The Cornhusker undefeated streak was snapped at 13 games , and Nebraska fell to 1 - 4 - 3 against Pitt all time . Pittsburgh went on to finish their season 8 - 1 - 0 , with a final # 4 Dickinson System national ranking . Iowa . Nebraska edged Iowa in the final seconds in another exciting game , as the 1932 Big Ten Conference scoring leader Hawkeyes gave all the fight that Nebraska wanted and then some in front of another record crowd in Lincoln . Iowa suffered a string of misfortunes which ultimately decided the game , beginning when Iowa fumbled on a third down pass play . The Iowa punter then failed to actually manage to kick the ball on the subsequent play , which handed Nebraska possession of the ball on Iowa ' s 29 - yard line . Soon Nebraska was 1st and goal at the Iowa 5 , when the Hawkeyes firmed up and held , setting the Cornhuskers up with 4th and goal , still on the 5 . A surprising trick play ensued when a Nebraska runner scooped the ball from the field goal kicker ' s hands and scooted into the end zone to score . Late in the game , a poor Nebraska punt pushed back by the high winds gave Iowa a favorable starting spot on Nebraska ' s 35 - yard line . Two passes later and it was 1st and goal on the Nebraska 1 , and two more plays after that Iowa crossed the goal line . The stands were on edge as the seconds ticked away while Iowa prepared to kick the point after , but the ball went low for the miss to cost Iowa the game . The stands erupted in celebration , as the crestfallen Hawkeyes were sent home in defeat , and the Cornhuskers improved in the series to 15 - 7 - 3 . This was the program ' s 250th all - time win . Oregon State . Oregon State arrived in Nebraska to face the Cornhuskers for the third time , hoping to get a win after suffering defeats in both previous meetings . The Beavers managed to hold the Cornhuskers to just 6 points in the first half , and were poised to score again in the third quarter when they secured a 1st and goal position on the Nebraska 5 - yard line . Nebraska ' s defense suddenly solidified and sent the Beavers away with no points for their trouble as the quarter ended . It looked like it might be a battle to the end when events suddenly turned against the favor of the Beavers when they flubbed a punt return and then lost their momentum . After that , the game was all Nebraska when Oregon State failed to find traction in the face of a Nebraska safety and two interceptions . Coach Bible sent in the reserves late in the game , and they managed a touchdown of their own in just two plays as time expired . Oregon State was handed their third loss in as many tries against Nebraska , in what was the sixth Cornhusker shutout victory on the season . After the season . Once again Nebraska was on top of the Big 6 , with five of the last six league titles now owned by the Cornhuskers . Despite the one loss to a Pittsburgh team that was ranked # 4 nationwide at the end of the season , the same Dickinson System ranking that gave the Panthers their high ranking also determined that Nebraska was the # 2 team nationwide at the conclusion of the season , the one loss to Pitt costing Nebraska what would have been their first National Championship . Coach Bible ' s career record at Nebraska after five years was now improved to 31 - 8 - 6 ( . 756 ) . Nebraska ' s overall program record improved to 251 - 82 - 26 ( . 735 ) while the perfect 1933 conference record moved the Cornhuskers to 74 - 10 - 8 ( . 848 ) in league play .