University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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« s( cc C O R.N W U S K e [ » » M I The second half consisted mainly in a series of bids by the Huskers for victory. In the end, however, it proved to be Iowa ' s day, and Nebraska was forced to come home with the short end of the score. Nebraska missed a golden opportunity to win the tilt in the first part of the last quarter when a play started from the 5 -yard line barely failed to go over. According to observers of the game, the Nebraska secondary defense in this game fell short of its usual form. The backs were not driving in to meet the Hawkeye running attack. In the line, Hugh Rhea played one of the most brilliant games of his career, being in particularly fine form and going down after punts. Steve Hokuf at end, and Greenberg and Broadstone in the line, also stood out, Hokuf, in particular, playing a bang-up defensive game, as well as taking a couple of nice passes for substantial gains. As a whole, however, the team seemed to lack the sparkle and drive which had characterized their mid-season play. Perhaps they were played out against Pitt and Kansas — perhaps they had thought too much of the Kansas game or perhaps the early touchdown against Iowa caused a reaction. At any rate, there was a decided let down from mid-season form — not because the boys were fighting less, but simply because that mid-season sparkle was gone. Nelson Nebraska 9— Kansas Aggies 10 Thanksgiving day brought the traditional close of the foot- ball season with the game Kansas State crew, upsetting the Huskers in their third defeat of the season. In some nineteen years of competition with the Cornhusk- ers, the K-Aggies had never been able to win a game. On this day, however. Coach McMillan brought an alert, hard-fighting crew to Lincoln, and for the first time in the history of the football rivalry between the two schools, the Aggies were suc- cessful in gaining the victory. In the first half, the Aggies had a slight advantage. The only threat of a score in these first two periods of play came when an Aggie advance, halted short of the goal, ended with a field goal, which sent the teams into intermission with the Kansans holding a 3 to lead. HULBERT IOWA SMOTHERS AN EMBRYO TOUCHDOWN -216— « « Nl lM€TtE) J THI RTY ONE

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««« COR.NHUSfCER, »»M The second half was a repetition of the first. A flash of color was added when Rhea blocked a Missouri punt, picked it up and started for the goal. He was, however, cut off from behind by a Missouri man. The Missouri line held and the Husker threat was ended. A touchdown play, a pass from Long to Hokuf, failed when Steve barely missed receiving. The Nebraska team seemed, in this game, to have left all of its snap in the last two very hard games. The offense was slow and appeared tired. The progress was retarded by a slow drizzling rain which lasted throughout the second half. On the contrary, Missouri seemed to have had her morale restored by victories over Drake and Iowa State following her disastrous start. She was fighting hard in her effort to regain the traditional bell, emblematic of the football supremacy of Nebraska-Missouri, who win or lose gloriously. Particularly outstanding was the sensational punting and passing of Van Dyne, whose educated left toe kicked the Missourians out of many tight spots even though he carried his broken arm in a cast. In the end, Nebraska kept the bell by virtue of a tie, but all respect was due to the hard-fighting Tigers. BOKENKROGER Nebraska 7 owa 12 Nebraska ' s final non ' conference game of the season resulted in a defeat by the University of Iowa, the off-tackle smashes of the Hawkeyes proving too much for the battered Husker forward wall to withstand. The work of Hickman, Iowa back, who was hitting end and tackle in the second quarter with disastrous effect for Nebraska, was the outstanding offensive feature of the game. Nebraska started the game as if she fully intended to march through the opposition. In the first few minutes of play. Long tossed a long pass to Prucka on the 7-yard line, and immedi- ately afterward swung around the end for the first, and only, Nebraska touchdown of the game. The point was made. From this time the Nebraska attack seemed slowed up. On the other hand, Iowa started a highly effective advance, led by Hickman and Jensvold, which brought twelve points before the end of the half. Adam AROUND MISSOURI ' S. END S« « « N llM€Te€KI THlR.Ty ON€ »8

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K « « C O R.N +H U S IC£ ( » M » DURKEE At the start of the second half, the Husker offense, im- potent through the last two games, seemed to be waking up Nebraska took possession of the ball for the first time this half on her own 44-yard line, and successful shots at the line and around end, led by Marvin Paul, coupled with one 15 -yard pass, took the ball to scoring position, from where Paul carried it over on a run around end. The try for point was successful. After this point, Nebraska started on a second march which was finally halted by the Aggies on their own 20-yard line. The Kansans here tried one unsuccessful pass, and just as the spectators were relaxing, Roy McMillan dropped back, and passed some twenty yards to long Henry Cronkite, Aggie end, who galloped the remaining distance to the goal. The point was made and the Aggies had gained their lead. In the fourth quarter, the Nebraskans advanced to within the 10-yard line, but the Aggies, with victory in sight, held for downs. Here Auker, Aggie quarterback, intentionally held the ball for a safety, and Cronkite, on a free kick from the 20-yard line, kicked . 5 yards into the wind. Nebraska tried a long pass which Cronkite intercepted in the dying moments of the game, and the Aggies had scored their first victory. A resume of the season ' s record shows that the Huskers in the conference won two, from Iowa State and Kansas, lost to Oklahoma and Kansas Aggies, and tied with Missouri. In non-conference games, Nebraska won from Texas Aggies and Montana State, tied with Pittsburgh, and lost to Iowa. The high spot of the season was undoubtedly the victory over Kansas, which school ultimately won the conference cham- pionship. TTie team placed two men, Broadstone and Green- berg, on the West squad in the annual East-West Game, while Hugh Rhea was placed on Grantland Rice ' s first All-American team. Steve Hokuf, brilliant end, received All-American men- tion. All in all, though the games-won column was slimmer Eno than usual, the Huskers had a successful season. NEBRASKA SMOTHERS THIS AGGIE PLAY -217- 8« « m NIN-Et€€KJ THIRSTY ON€ ml