Conference Big Six Conference Offensive scheme T formation | 1946 record 3–6 (3–2 Big 6) Home stadium Memorial Stadium | |
Head coach Bernie Masterson (1st year) | ||
The 1946 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 6 Conference in the 1946 college football season. The team was coached by Bernie Masterson and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Before the season
After the unexpected departure of head coach George Clark after just one year, Nebraska athletic director and former head coach Adolph J. Lewandowski hired Bernie Masterson, considered well-learned in running the T formation offense popular at the time. Masterson retained only one of Clark's assistant coaches, yet brought back former Nebraska head football coach Glenn Presnell as an assistant with his new staff. After the remarkable turnaround of Nebraska's fortunes in 1945, the Cornhuskers looked to continue their climb up from the depths of the war years.
After the season
Coach Masterson's first season did not measure up to expectations, though some of the disappointments could be attributed to the installation of yet another new coach's schemes, as Masterson was the fifth head coach at Nebraska in just the past ten years. The brief ray of hope for a resurgence under previous coach Clark's one year in 1945 seemed dimmer, but there was still reason to hope. Masterson's first year team moved Nebraska backwards overall, to 312-133-31 (.688), but improved the league record slightly to 116-30-11 (.774).