The season had already been slightly extended with the late return of Notre Dame to the schedule, but Nebraska placed one more team on the 1918 slate when they scheduled the Washington University team as a postseason charity game. The Washington Pikers, led by former 1913 Cornhusker star HB Richard Rutherford, allowed Nebraska the first points, but then held off the Cornhuskers for the rest of the game while racking up 20 points in response. This was the first meeting of these squads despite having shared conference affiliations for many years. Perhaps it was due to the ever-shifting rosters and loose approach to allowing personnel to play who were not normally permitted to do so, as caused by the war and flu epidemic, but a glance at the official roster for the 1918 season lists two players by last name only: "Kline" and "Schissler." A review of the season's coaching staff perhaps reveals who these semi-anonymous players were. Coach Kline finished the abbreviated season 2–3–1 (.417), but under the difficult circumstances of the time this was as good an outcome as might have otherwise been expected. With the end of the war, a return to normalcy for 1919 was anticipated. The program's overall record slipped with the losses to 166–54–12 (.741).