1918 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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| October 5|2:30 p.m.||Iowa|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|L 0–12|

| October 12|||Camp Funston|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|Canceled|

| October 19|||Notre Dame|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|Postponed to Nov. 2|

| October 26||at|West Virginia||Morgantown, WV|Canceled|

| October 29|||{{cfb link|year=1918|team=Cotner Bulldogs|title=Cotner}}|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|W 30–0 (exhibition)|

| November 2|||Notre Dame|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|Postponed to Nov. 28|

| November 9||at|Missouri|Rollins Field|Columbia, MO (rivalry)|Canceled|

| November 9|2:30 p.m.||Omaha Balloon|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|W 19–0|

| November 16|2:30 p.m.||Kansas|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|W 20–0|

| November 23|||Northwestern|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|Canceled|

| November 23|2:30 p.m.||Camp Dodge|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|L 7–23|

| November 28|||Syracuse|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|Canceled|

| November 28|2:30 p.m.||Notre Dame|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|T 0–0|

| December 7|2:45 p.m.|at|Washington University|Francis Field|St. Louis, MO|L 7–20|{{cite news |last=Wray |first=John E. |title=Washington Wins 20-7 Victory Over Nebraska Eleven |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116710851/st-louis-post-dispatch/ |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=December 8, 1918 |page=12, part four |access-date=January 18, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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| Title = Iowa at Nebraska

| Visitor = Iowa

| V1 = 0 | V2 = 0 | V3 = 12 | V4 = 0 | Vtotal = 12

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | Htotal = 0

| Date = October 5

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

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Prior to Nebraska's 1918 season-opener against Iowa, the MVIAA announced that, for the first time, freshmen athletes would be permitted to participate in football games. The change was necessitated by the number of upperclassmen who were unavailable to play due to World War I or the Spanish flu. Nebraska drove to Iowa's one-yard line in the first quarter but was unable to come away with any points on what would be NU's only significant scoring chance of the day. Iowa scraped together twelve third-quarter points to win the game 12–0.

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| Title = Omaha Balloon at Nebraska

| Visitor = Omaha Balloon

| V1 = 0 | V2 = 0 | V3 = 0 | V4 = 0 | Vtotal = 0

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = 6 | H2 = 7 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 6 | Htotal = 19

| Date = November 9

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

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Two weeks prior to NU's game against the Omaha Balloon school, a training facility for Army personnel involved in the operation of dirigibles, team captain-elect Roscoe Rhodes was killed in action on October 25. The game itself was Nebraska's first in over a month; the Cornhuskers shut out the Balloon school 19–0. Nebraska halfback Elmer Schellenberg, who scored NU's second touchdown, left the team the following week to join an officers' training school. This was the only meeting between Nebraska and the Omaha Balloon School.

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| Title = Kansas at Nebraska

| Visitor = Kansas

| V1 = 0 | V2 = 0 | V3 = 0 | V4 = 0

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = 2 | H2 = 12 | H3 = 6 | H4 = 0

| Date = November 16

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

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The field was so muddy for Nebraska's meeting with Kansas that the school's yearbook wrote that "the players were so completely smeared with slime that neither side could be distinguished from the other." Kansas allowed a safety on a punt attempt in the first quarter, the only scoring in the first half. Nebraska, after changing into clean uniforms at halftime, pulled away in the third quarter to win 20–0.

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| Title = Camp Dodge at Nebraska

| Visitor = Camp Dodge

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 23

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 7

| Date = November 23

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

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Despite a significant advantage in yardage gained, Nebraska trailed 6–0 at halftime. The Cornhuskers briefly took the lead in the third quarter, but a series of late errors and missed opportunities cost Nebraska as the "Dodgers" defeated the Cornhuskers 23–7. This was the only meeting between Camp Dodge and Nebraska.

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| Title = Notre Dame at Nebraska

| Visitor = Notre Dame

| V1 = 0 | V2 = 0 | V3 = 0 | V4 = 0

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0

| Date = November 28

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

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When the Armistice of 11 November 1918 ended World War I, American travel restrictions were eased and Notre Dame was able to travel to Lincoln to play a game that had twice been canceled throughout the season. NU struggled mightily to move the ball on a sloppy Nebraska Field, punting eighteen times and gaining just nine net yards of offense. Knute Rockne's first Notre Dame was also unable to get on the scoreboard, and the game ended in a 0–0 draw.

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| Title = Nebraska at Washington University

| Visitor = Nebraska

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 7

| Host = Washington University

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 20

| Date = December 7

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

| Location = Francis Olympic Field, St. Louis, MO

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Nebraska was able to add a sixth and final game to its 1918 schedule, a postseason charity game against Washington University. The Pikers, led by former Nebraska star John Rutherford, scored twenty unanswered points following an early NU touchdown to win 20–7. This was the first meeting between Nebraska and Washington University, despite several years of shared conference affiliation.

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Due to wartime travel restrictions and the influenza outbreak of 1918, Nebraska's scheduled games with Syracuse, Missouri, and West Virginia were canceled. The Cornhuskers resumed their annual series with Missouri in 1919, and played Syracuse the following season as well; Nebraska did not face West Virginia until the 1994 Kickoff Classic.

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