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This week in
Husker history

The week of Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, looking back in five-year intervals
 
1902: Nebraska beats Colorado 10-0 in Boulder while reportedly using just six different plays on offense.
 
1907: The Huskers overpower South Dakota, 39-0, avenging a 4-0 defeat in 1906.
 
1912: Sophomore Vic Halligan scores four touchdowns as Nebraska opens the season with a over outmanned Bellevue.
 
1917: The Cornhuskers score 15 touchdowns and 10 PATs as they open the season with a 100-0 thrashing of Nebraska Wesleyan. Wesleyan gained just three first downs. | Lincoln Star: 1, 2
 Wesleyan ... 0   0   0   0 -   0
 Nebraska .. 19  20  34  27 - 100
 
1922: A ragged performance by the varsity in a scrimmage against the freshman raises concerns that the Huskers are ripe for an upset in their opener against South Dakota.
 
1927: Halfback Glenn Presnell scores the only points in a 6-0 victory in the rain over Iowa State to open the season. Paid attendance was 8,196. | Lincoln Star: 1, 2 | OWH | DN | Stats
 
1932: Nebraska's upcoming opener against Iowa State is seen as a pivotal game in the Big Six race.
 
«1937: In Biff Jones' first game as Husker head coach, Nebraska stuns the college football world with a 14-9 upset of defending national champion Minnesota.
 
1942: Nebraska gets three touchdowns via the air and picks off six Iowa State passes in a 26-0 win. It was Lyell Bremser's debut as Husker football play-by-play man on KFAB. | OWH | AP | DN
 
1947: Nebraska goes without a first down in the first half but makes a game of it in the third quarter before falling to Minnesota, 28-13. | OWH | AP | DN | UP
 
1952: Fullback George Cifra and quarterback John Bordogna pace a 351-yard rushing outing for the Huskers in a 16-0 win over Iowa State. | OWH | LJS: 1, 2 | DN | Stats: 1, 2 | Play chart | Photos
 
1957: A fourth-quarter goal-line stand preserves a 14-7 win at Kansas State. It would be the Huskers' only victory of the season. | OWH | DN | LJS: 1, 2 | Stats: 1, 2 | Photos
 
1962: The Huskers jump to a 28-0 lead in the first 1½ quarters in a 36-22 win over Iowa State.
 
1967: Joe Orduna's 25-yard touchdown run gives Nebraska a 7-0 win over Minnesota as the Huskers hold the Gophers to 3 yards rushing.
 
1972: Johnny Rodgers rolls up 290 all-purpose yards in a 49-0 pasting of Minnesota
 
1977: I.M. Hipp breaks NU’s single-game rushing record with 254 yards in a 31-13 win over Indiana.
 
1982: One week after a heartbreaking loss at Penn State, the Huskers beat Auburn on the road, 41-7. Nebraska converted 14 of 18 times on third down.
 
1987: NU rallies with 17 points in the final 10 minutes to turn back South Carolina's upset bid in Lincoln.
 
1997: After a week off following a big win at Washington, the Huskers blast No. 17 Kansas State, 56-26.
 
2002: Jammal Lord breaks NU's quarterback rushing record with 218 yards in a win over McNeese State.
 
2007: In the start of what would be a five-game losing streak and Nebraska's first winless October since 1948, the Huskers fall to Missouri in a 41-6 rout. Also, fissures in the Athletic Department become harder to ignore with the resignation of Paul Meyers as associate AD.
 
2012: After being held to no first downs in the first quarter, Ohio State blows out the Huskers in Columbus, 63-38. Also, Miami's Shawn Eichorst is hired as the successor to Tom Osborne as athletic director.
 
2017: As Nebraska looks for a replacement for fired athletic director Shawn Eichorst, Trev Alberts says he won’t be a candidate for the job.