Conference Big Six Conference Offensive scheme T formation | 1947 record 2–7 (2–3 Big 6) Home stadium Memorial Stadium | |
Head coach Bernie Masterson (2nd year) | ||
The 1947 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big 6 Conference in the 1947 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
Head coach Masterson, hired last year to restore the T formation offense, and Nebraska's historic dominance that had faded over the past several years, returned in his attempt to stem the program's unprecedented string of losing seasons at six. Never before this stretch had the Cornhuskers ever had even two consecutive losing football seasons, and as the fifth head coach of the Cornhuskers in the last eleven years, and with four of the six 1946 assistants departed and replaced with three new position coaches, turnover and instability at the top that had likely contributed to the long run of frustration was still a concern. It remained to be seen whether coach Masterson would be up to the challenge of Nebraska's recovery.
After the season
Head coach Masterson's second season was step backwards for a team already in a record-setting slide. This was the seventh losing season in a row, and coach Masterson's first head coaching position became his last. His overall coaching career of 5–13–0 (.278) was the third-lowest in program history to date, though his Big 6 record broke even at 5–5–0 (.500). Nebraska's overall record slipped to 314–140–31 (.679) and the Cornhuskers Big 6 total also fell slightly, to 118–33–11 (.762). Another coaching change was upon Nebraska, where the continuing turnover was causing harm but could not be avoided.