The team was coached by Bill Glassford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Coach Glassford held over a couple of assistants from the 1948 staff and set to work in his attempt to restore Nebraska football to prominence.
The contest started off suggesting a rout, as the first play of the game was a full-field 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to put the Cornhuskers up immediately.
The Wildcats fought bravely in the second half but only came up with a single touchdown, which extended their losing streak against Nebraska to seven straight as they fell to 4-27-2 against the Cornhuskers.
Oklahoma converted the turnover into points and then never looked back, handing the Cornhuskers a demoralizing 0-48 home field defeat.
[5][11] Any hope Nebraska had of taking a win from this contest was washed away by the five Cornhusker turnovers lost inside of the Kansas 13-yard line.
[5][12] If not for a brilliant and exciting 70-yard punt return for a Nebraska touchdown in the final quarter, this contest would likely have ended in a scoreless tie.
[5][13] The Buffaloes arrived in Lincoln to close out the conference slate for the year, facing a Nebraska team with only two victories all season.
Coach Glassford's initial year was still seen as a success under the circumstances, but Nebraskans remained stunned by the decade of the 1940s, which had brought unprecedented disappointments to the football program.