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Nebraska Football: Biggest Crushes in Husker History

By Brandon Cavanaugh

Feb 14, 2017; Lincoln, NE, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions head coach Patrick Chambers yells during the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the first half at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 14, 2017; Lincoln, NE, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions head coach Patrick Chambers yells during the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the first half at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 27, 2015; Lincoln, NE, USA; The Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Iowa Hawkeyes play at Memorial Stadium. Iowa beat Nebraska 28-20. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 27, 2015; Lincoln, NE, USA; The Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Iowa Hawkeyes play at Memorial Stadium. Iowa beat Nebraska 28-20. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Nov 24, 1910 – Nebraska 119, Haskell 0

This was well before the Memorial Stadium we know today. Heck, it was long before any real stadium. This was back during the Missouri Valley Conference days.

Did you know that Tom Osborne’s teams scored into the sixties on 17 separate occasions and blasted through the seventy-point mark eight times? Well before Osborne or even Bob Devaney would come along, there was William C. “King” Cole. His 1910 team’s only loss was during a stop to Northrop Field in Minneapolis, Minn. where the Huskers were downed by Minnesota 21-7.

He must’ve woke up on the wrong side of the bed when Haskell, a little team from Lawrence Kan., stopped by Nebraska Field to play his team. It didn’t help that the same team pulled an upset over the Cornhuskers one year prior.

Nebraska scored 20 (yes, 20) touchdowns on the day and amassed 1,150 yards of total offense. It would be a challenge to put up those numbers on a modern day video game while making a genuine attempt.

Georgia Tech owns the biggest blowout in NCAA history with its well-known 222-0 win over Cumberland, but the Huskers have a mauling to call their own back in the days of college football’s infancy.

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