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1948 Nebraska

2–⁠8 (2–⁠4 Big Seven), coached by Potsy Clark.

Program for Nov. 27 game at OSC
Program for Nov. 27 game at OSCPhoto: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1948, game by game: won vs. Iowa State 19–15; lost at Minnesota 13–39; lost at Colorado 6–19; lost vs. No. 2 Notre Dame 13–44; lost at Kansas 7–27; lost vs. UCLA 15–27; won vs. Kansas State 32–0; lost at No. 9 Oklahoma 14–41; lost vs. Missouri 6–33; lost at Oregon State 12–28+32−31Won 19–15 vs. Iowa State+4Iowa StateLost 13–39 at Minnesota-26MinnesotaLost 6–19 at Colorado-13ColoradoLost 13–44 vs. No. 2 Notre Dame-31No. 2 Notre DameLost 7–27 at Kansas-20KansasLost 15–27 vs. UCLA-12UCLAWon 32–0 vs. Kansas State+32Kansas StateLost 14–41 at No. 9 Oklahoma-27No. 9 OklahomaLost 6–33 vs. Missouri-27MissouriLost 12–28 at Oregon State-16Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsIowa StateW 19–⁠1556%
Oct 2atMinnesotaL 13–⁠3923%
Oct 9atColoradoL 6–⁠1939%
Oct 16vs2Notre DameL 13–⁠4416%
Oct 23atKansasL 7–⁠2714%
Oct 30vsUCLAL 15–⁠2750%
Nov 6vsKansas StateW 32–⁠071%
Nov 13at9OklahomaL 14–⁠4111%
Nov 20vsMissouriL 6–⁠3325%
Nov 27atOregon StateL 12–⁠2824%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 28–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 128th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1948.

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked
Points
137–⁠273
Coach
Potsy Clark
Elo
1326 −78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.9 No. 89 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
T formation

All-Big Seven

1 second team

Second team

  • Cletus FischerBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri5–⁠18–⁠3
Kansas4–⁠27–⁠3
Colorado2–⁠33–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠44–⁠6
Nebraska2–⁠42–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.