Historical Results: 1940s

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1940 Record: 8–2–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
10/5	Minneapolis	Minnesota	7	–	13
10/12	Lincoln	Indiana	13	–	7
10/19	Lawrence	Kansas	53	–	2
10/26	Lincoln	Missouri	20	–	7
11/2	Norman	Oklahoma	13	–	0
11/9	Lincoln	Iowa	14	–	6
11/16	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	9	–	7
11/23	Lincoln	Iowa State	21	–	12
11/30	Lincoln	Kansas State	20	–	0
1/1	Pasadena, CA	Stanford	13	–	21

1941 Record: 4–5–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
10/4	Ames	Iowa State	14	–	0
10/11	Lincoln	Kansas	32	–	0
10/18	Lincoln	Indiana	13	–	21
10/25	Columbia	Missouri	0	–	6
11/1	Manhattan	Kansas State	6	–	12
11/8	Minneapolis	Minnesota	0	–	9
11/15	Lincoln	Pittsburgh	7	–	14
11/22	Lincoln	Iowa	14	–	13
11/29	Lincoln	Oklahoma	7	–	6

1942 Record: 3–7–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
9/26	Iowa City	Iowa	0	–	27
10/3	Lincoln	Iowa State	26	–	0
10/10	Lincoln	Indiana	0	–	12
10/17	Lincoln	Minnesota	2	–	15
10/24	Norman	Oklahoma	7	–	0
10/31	Lawrence	Kansas	14	–	7
11/7	Lincoln	Missouri	6	–	26
11/14	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	0	–	6
11/21	Iowa City	Iowa Pre-Flight	0	–	46
11/28	Lincoln	Kansas State	0	–	19

1943 Record: 2–6–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
10/2	Minneapolis	Minnesota	0	–	54
10/9	Lincoln	Indiana	13	–	54
10/16	Ames	Iowa State	6	–	27
10/23	Lincoln	Kansas	7	–	6
10/30	Columbia	Missouri	20	–	54
11/6	Manhattan	Kansas State	13	–	7
11/20	Lincoln	Iowa	13	–	33
11/27	Lincoln	Oklahoma	7	–	26

1944 Record: 2–6–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
9/30	Minneapolis	Minnesota	0	–	39
10/14	Bloomington	Indiana	0	–	54
10/21	Lawrence	Kansas	0	–	20
10/28	Lincoln	Missouri	24	–	20
11/4	Iowa City	Iowa	6	–	27
11/11	Lincoln	Iowa State	6	–	19
11/25	Lincoln	Kansas State	35	–	0
12/2	Lincoln	Oklahoma	12	–	31

1945 Record: 4–5–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
9/29	Lincoln	Oklahoma	0	–	20
10/6	Lincoln	Minnesota	7	–	61
10/13	Bloomington	Indiana	14	–	54
10/20	Ames	Iowa State	7	–	27
10/27	Columbia	Missouri	0	–	19
11/3	Lincoln	Kansas	27	–	13
11/10	Manhattan	Kansas State	24	–	0
11/17	Lincoln	South Dakota	53	–	0
11/24	Lincoln	Iowa	13	–	6

1946 Record: 3–6–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
9/28	Minneapolis	Minnesota	6	–	33
10/5	Lincoln	Kansas State	31	–	0
10/12	Iowa City	Iowa	7	–	21
10/19	Lawrence	Kansas	16	–	14
10/26	Lincoln	Indiana	7	–	27
11/2	Lincoln	Missouri	20	–	21
11/16	Lincoln	Iowa State	33	–	0
11/23	Norman	Oklahoma	6	–	27
11/30	Pasadena	UCLA	0	–	18

1947 Record: 2–7–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
9/27	Lincoln	Indiana	0	–	17
10/4	Lincoln	Minnesota	13	–	28
10/11	Ames	Iowa State	14	–	7
10/18	South Bend	Notre Dame	0	–	31
10/25	Manhattan	Kansas State	14	–	7
11/1	Columbia	Missouri	6	–	47
11/8	Lincoln	Kansas	7	–	13
11/22	Lincoln	Oklahoma	13	–	14
11/29	Lincoln	Oregon State	6	–	27

1948 Record: 2–8–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
9/25	Lincoln	Iowa State	19	–	15
10/2	Minneapolis	Minnesota	13	–	39
10/9	Boulder	Colorado	6	–	19
10/16	Lincoln	Notre Dame	13	–	44
10/23	Lawrence	Kansas	7	–	27
10/30	Lincoln	UCLA	15	–	27
11/6	Lincoln	Kansas State	32	–	0
11/13	Norman	Oklahoma	14	–	41
11/20	Lincoln	Missouri	6	–	33
11/27	Lincoln	Oregon State	12	–	28

1949 Record: 4–5–0
Date	Location	Opponent	Score
9/24	Lincoln	South Dakota	33	–	6
10/1	Lincoln	Minnesota	6	–	28
10/8	Manhattan	Kansas State	13	–	6
10/15	State College	Penn State	7	–	22
10/22	Lincoln	Oklahoma	0	–	48
10/29	Columbia	Missouri	20	–	21
11/5	Lincoln	Kansas	13	–	27
11/12	Ames	Iowa State	7	–	0
11/19	Lincoln	Colorado	25	–	14