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1950 Nebraska

6–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠2 Big Seven), coached by William Glassford, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1950, game by game: tied vs. Indiana 20–20; won at Minnesota 32–26; lost at Colorado 19–28; won vs. Penn State 19–0; won at Kansas 33–26; won vs. Missouri 40–34; won vs. Kansas State 49–21; won vs. Iowa State 20–13; lost at No. 1 Oklahoma 35–49+28−14Tied 20–20 vs. Indiana0IndianaWon 32–26 at Minnesota+6MinnesotaLost 19–28 at Colorado-9ColoradoWon 19–0 vs. Penn State+19Penn StateWon 33–26 at Kansas+7KansasWon 40–34 vs. Missouri+6MissouriWon 49–21 vs. Kansas State+28Kansas StateWon 20–13 vs. Iowa State+7Iowa StateLost 35–49 at No. 1 Oklahoma-14No. 1 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsIndianaT 20–⁠2062%
Oct 7atMinnesotaW 32–⁠2625%
Oct 14atColoradoL 19–⁠2850%
Oct 21vsPenn StateW 19–⁠048%
Oct 28atKansasW 33–⁠2627%
Nov 4vsMissouriW 40–⁠3452%
Nov 11vsKansas StateW 49–⁠2187%
Nov 18vsIowa StateW 20–⁠1373%
Nov 25at1OklahomaL 35–⁠4916%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 49–⁠35; No. 17 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 16
  2. Wk 8: 18
  3. Wk 9: 16
  4. Final: 17

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 1950.

Heisman voteBobby Reynolds, fifth

Led the nationBobby Reynolds: points (157 pts), points per game (17.44)

Record
6–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2 2nd in Big Seven
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 16
Points
267–⁠217
Coach
William Glassford
Elo
1543 +100 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.9 No. 35 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
T formation

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 3Charlie Toogood OTLos Angeles Rams
Rd 4Fran Nagle BPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big Seven

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠11
Nebraska4–⁠26–⁠2–⁠117
Missouri3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas3–⁠36–⁠4
Iowa State2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Colorado2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9–⁠1

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