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1953 Nebraska

3–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠4 Big Seven), coached by William Glassford.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1953, game by game: lost vs. Oregon 12–20; tied at Illinois 21–21; lost at Kansas State 0–27; lost at No. 17 Pittsburgh 6–14; won vs. Miami 20–16; lost at Missouri 7–23; won vs. Kansas 9–0; won at Iowa State 27–19; lost vs. Colorado 10–14; lost vs. No. 4 Oklahoma 7–30+9−27Lost 12–20 vs. Oregon-8OregonTied 21–21 at Illinois0IllinoisLost 0–27 at Kansas State-27Kansas StateLost 6–14 at No. 17 Pittsburgh-8No. 17 PittsburghWon 20–16 vs. Miami+4MiamiLost 7–23 at Missouri-16MissouriWon 9–0 vs. Kansas+9KansasWon 27–19 at Iowa State+8Iowa StateLost 10–14 vs. Colorado-4ColoradoLost 7–30 vs. No. 4 Oklahoma-23No. 4 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsOregonL 12–⁠2070%
Sep 26atIllinoisT 21–⁠2128%
Oct 3atKansas StateL 0–⁠2752%
Oct 10at17PittsburghL 6–⁠1430%
Oct 17vsMiamiW 20–⁠1645%
Oct 24atMissouriL 7–⁠2331%
Oct 31vsKansasW 9–⁠036%
Nov 7atIowa StateW 27–⁠1949%
Nov 14vsColoradoL 10–⁠1444%
Nov 21vs4OklahomaL 7–⁠3019%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 30–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Record
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 4th in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked
Points
119–⁠184
Coach
William Glassford
Elo
1415 −46 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.4 No. 64 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing, T formation

Drafted in 1954

The 1954 draft
Rd 3Ted Connor OTPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big Seven

3 first team

First team

  • John BordognaBAP-1; UP-1
  • Ted ConnorOTAP-1
  • Jerry MinnickOTUP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1953 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠09–⁠1–⁠14
Kansas State4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Missouri4–⁠26–⁠4
Colorado2–⁠46–⁠4
Nebraska2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠42–⁠8
Iowa State1–⁠52–⁠7

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