1924 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Despite a bit of a performance dropoff last season, compared to 1921 and 1922, Nebraska was still riding on a wave of success: Three straight conference titles, two straight defeats of Notre Dame's Four Horsemen (which were also Notre Dame's only losses over the past two seasons), and a modern, new stadium to play their games in.

Bloodgood, Elbert QB Bronson, Willard QB Burnham, Willard E Collins, Melvin E Dailey, Frank FB DuTeau G Ford, Gail PLAYER Ford, Norman PLAYER Grow, Lloyd C Hubka, Ladimer E Hutchinson, Harold C Kamm, Paul PLAYER Kriemelmeyer, Walter T Locke, Roland HB Mandery, Avard HB Mandery, Roy E Mielenz, Frank HB Molzen, Cecil G Myers, Douglas FB Ogden, Warren G Pospisil, Frank G Rhodes, John HB Robertson, Rob E Scholz, Walter RG Swearingen, Joe PLAYER Thomsen, Fred E Weir, Ed T Weir, Joe E Wostoupel, Joseph E [4] [5][6][7] Nebraska brought Big 10 co-champion Illinois to Lincoln with aims to make up for losing in Champaign last year.

[8][10] Nebraska was awakened by the stunning loss to Oklahoma and came to life when Colgate came calling at Memorial Stadium as one of the season's eastern opponents.

The Cornhuskers struggled with the Missouri onslaught for most of the first half but somehow kept the Tigers from putting much on the scoreboard for the rest of the game while tacking on some touchdowns of their own.

[8][13] The series between these teams was becoming legendary, and Knute Rockne's unbeaten Fighting Irish had been waiting all year to avenge their only two losses of the previous two season, both delivered by Nebraska.

Following that score, however, Notre Dame focused on shutting down star tackle Ed Weir in order to put points up, and the plan worked as they were able to score 34 straight unanswered points to end Nebraska's winning streak and finally grant the Horsemen a win against the only team ever to defeat them in their entire college careers.

[8][14][15] The Cornhuskers bounced right back from the trouncing delivered by Notre Dame, as they easily handled Kansas State in Manhattan and held them to no points on the day.