Conference Big Six Conference Home stadium Memorial Stadium | 1934 record 6–3 (4–1 Big 6) | |
Head coach Dana X. Bible (6th year) | ||
The 1934 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1934 college football season. The team was coached by Dana X. Bible and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Before the season
Coach Bible returned for a sixth year with many conference titles to his credit, but suffered the loss of all but one of his starting 1933 players to graduation, and was therefore breaking in a relatively inexperienced squad. Bible's length of tenure at Nebraska had thus far been a clear success, and his length of service now matched the stretch held by Walter C. Booth in his six years as coach from 1900 to 1905, which was at that time the longest in program history.
After the season
Despite the season's final record, 1934 was still regarded as a success, considering that the starting players were significantly inexperienced compared to most of their opponents, yet only lost three games on the season, with two of those losses handed over to the eventual #1 and #2 teams in the nation. Coach Bible's career record dipped slightly with the three losses, to 37-11-6 (.741). For only the second time since the Big 6 formed, Nebraska failed to take the league championship, having to settle for 2nd place. The program's overall record now stood at 257-85-26, and the league record at 78-11-8 (.845).