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

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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

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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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K « « C O N H U S K.E li, » » M I , L 1- f : , - -. 1 — J — — 1- ►• h 1 - t , . - f t ■ 3 THE FRESHMAN SQUAD Freshman Football COACH W. H. BROWNE, formerly of Lincoln High, took over the yearhng squad this fall and whipped together a team of great promise. The freshman played two games, winning one from the Oklahoma freshman 19-0, and dropping the other to Missouri 8-6. The Nebraska frosh showed plenty of spirit in these two games, and in practice games and scrimmages with the varsity where they fought the varsity to a standstill at times. In the Oklahoma game neither team could do anything with the other ' s defense for the first part of the game but finally Sauer broke the ice with a 28-yard dash for the first counter. Masterson scored twice later in the game to even up the defeat of the Husker varsity at the hands of the Oklahoma varsity the preceding week. The Cornhusker freshman made the journey to Columbia and were the favorites but a touchdown and safety gave the Tiger freshman the game. Nebraska ' s scoring was confined to a touchdown in the first two minutes of play by Masterson, after which Missouri took heart and won the game. ;« « NEBRASKA AND OKLAHOMA YOUNGSTERS CLASH —218— N lKJ€Te€KI Tfl I f -TY ON€