1928 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The Cornhuskers found the end zone one more time and finished the scoring, opening the conference slate in the new Big 6 with a shutout victory and pulling farther ahead of Iowa State in the series, 18-4-1.

[6][7] The Cornhuskers started off slowly in the home opener, managing to lead the Bobcats 13-6 at the half, but it was all Nebraska when the teams returned to the field.

Montana State allowed several big key plays which handed all of the momentum to the Cornhuskers, who rolled off another 13 points and took the win in the first meeting of these teams.

[6][9] In recognition of the established rivalry that had emerged between these teams in the recent years, the programs agreed to trade possession of a trophy, to be held by the current victor.

The Army squad was an eastern team to be feared, carrying only one loss on their season to date, and it looked to be a major event as Nebraska itself was rolling along with just the scoreless tie of last week making any blemish on the record.

Settling back to hold the three-point lead, the Cornhuskers went into a strong defensive mode, but the Army squad found the end zone in the third quarter anyway.

Night fell, and play was complicated by the darkness on the unlit field, yet Army managed one more late touchdown to firmly seal the game and hand the Cornhuskers their first and only loss of 1928.

[6][15] Nebraska faced conference foe Kansas State in the final game of the year, closing out the season in a Lincoln snowstorm at Memorial Stadium.

As Kansas State eventually began to fold later in the game, the Cornhuskers tacked on a late safety to seal the outcome and push their commanding history over the Aggies to 12-0-1.

Bearg, having secured the title, was offered the head coaching position at Washburn, his alma mater, and departed the Nebraska program after improving his final record in Lincoln to 23-7-3 (.742).