1899 Nebraska Bugeaters football team

The 1899 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1899 college football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Alonzo Edwin Branch and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. They competed as an independent.

1899 Nebraska Bugeaters football
ConferenceIndependent
1899 record1–7–1
Head coach
Home stadiumAntelope Field
1899 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Kansas      10 0 0
North Dakota      6 0 0
Detroit College      5 0 0
Ohio State      9 0 1
Iowa      8 0 1
Washington University      5 1 0
Missouri      9 2 0
Chicago P&S      4 1 0
Mount Union      5 1 1
Indiana      6 2 0
Wabash      1 0 1
Cincinnati      5 2 0
Drake      5 2 0
Heidelberg      5 2 0
Buchtel      2 1 0
Doane      2 1 0
Notre Dame      6 3 1
Central Michigan      3 2 0
Fairmount      2 1 2
Carthage      3 2 1
Wittenberg      5 4 0
Iowa State      5 4 1
Rush Medical      3 3 1
Ohio      2 2 0
Ohio Wesleyan      5 5 0
Haskell      4 5 0
Lake Forest      4 6 2
Kansas State      2 3 0
Michigan Agricultural      2 4 1
Iowa State Normal      1 3 2
Washburn      2 5 2
Butler      1 3 0
Nebraska      1 7 1
North Dakota Agricultural      0 1 0
Baldwin–Wallace      0 4 0

Following the departure of Fielding H. Yost following the 1898 season, Nebraska hired Branch, a recent graduate of Williams College with little football coaching experience. In his only season as head coach, Branch led Nebraska to its first losing season, and only sub-.500 record in its first 38 years of football.

This was NU's final season as the "Bugeaters", as the university officially changed its nickname to "Cornhuskers" in 1900.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResult
September 30at Lincoln HighLincoln, NEW 6–0
October 6at Iowa State
L 0–33
October 14KC Medics
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE
T 6–6
October 21Missouri
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE
L 0–11
October 28at KC Medics
L 0–24
November 43:00 p.m.vs. Iowa
L 0–30
November 11at DrakeDes Moines, IAW 12–6
November 18Kansas
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE
L 20–36
November 24at South DakotaVermillion, SDL 5–6
November 303:30 p.m.Grinnell
  • Ames Avenue Park
  • Omaha, NE
L 0–12

[1]

Coaching staff

Coach[2] Position First year Alma mater
Alonzo Edwin BranchHead coach1899Williams
Jack BestTrainer1890Nebraska
Austin John CollettManager1899Nebraska

Roster

[3]

Bell, Johnny HB
Benedict, Raymond HB
Brew, Fred T
Carver, Fred FB
Cortelyou, Spencer E
Crandall, Harry QB
Dasenbrock, John G
Drain, Ralph QB
Gordon, Anthony FB
Hunter, Fred HB
Kingsbury, Raymond FB
Koehler, John C
Pearse, Arthur RT
Ploughead RG
Reasoner, Ira T
Ringer, John LG
Tukey, Harry QB
Tyson C
Wallace LT
Westover, John LT
Williams, Charles Erwin HB

Game summaries

at Lincoln High

Nebraska at Lincoln High
1 2Total
Nebraska 6
Lincoln High 0

Nebraska met the Lincoln High School football team in a pre-season exhibition game for the second time. It is unclear whether the score was the result of a tightly contested game, or an act of sportsmanship by the university team against high schoolers.[4][5]

at Iowa State

Nebraska at Iowa State
1 2Total
Nebraska 0 0 0
Iowa State 28 5 33
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: State Field, Ames, IA
Overall Last meeting Result
2–1 October 8, 1898 Nebraska, 23–10

Nebraska suffered its worst-ever defeat to open the 1899 season, trailing 28–0 at halftime and losing 33–0. Iowa State had begun preparation for the football season prior to that start of the school year, a practice not commonplace at the time.[4]

KC Medics

KC Medics at Nebraska
1 2Total
KC Medics 0 6 6
Nebraska 0 6 6
Overall Last meeting Result
1–1 November 7, 1898 KC Medics, 24–0

After allowing 33 points to Iowa State the week prior, Nebraska's defense held KC off the scoreboard in a scoreless first half. A second-half touchdown from each team culminated in a 6–6 tie.[4]

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska
1 2Total
Missouri 11
Nebraska 0
Overall Last meeting Result
5–2 October 24, 1898 Nebraska, 47–6

Despite a valiant defensive performance, Nebraska's offensive woes continued in an 11–0 loss, the second of five times NU was shut out in 1899.[4]

at KC Medics

Nebraska at KC Medics
1 2Total
Nebraska 0 0 0
KC Medics 12 12 24
Overall Last meeting Result
1–1–1 October 14, 1899 6–6

After playing to a 6–6 tie weeks earlier, Nebraska could not keep pace with the KC Medics in their second meeting.[4]

Iowa

Iowa vs. Nebraska
1 2Total
Iowa 30
Nebraska 0
Overall Last meeting Result
4–3–2 November 24, 1899 Iowa, 6–5

Nebraska was shut out for the third consecutive week by Iowa in Omaha.[4]

at Drake

Nebraska at Drake
1 2Total
Nebraska 6 6 12
Drake 0 6 6
Overall Last meeting Result
0–1 November 12, 1898 Drake, 6–5

Nebraska defeated Drake 12–6 in what would be the first and only college football head coaching win for Branch (after a brief stint at Miami (OH), he ended his career with a record of 1–11–1).[4]

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska
1 2Total
Kansas 24 12 36
Nebraska 5 15 20
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE
Overall Last meeting Result
3–4 November 5, 1898 Nebraska, 18–6

Despite a strong second-half performance against Kansas in Lincoln, Nebraska was unable to overcome a 24–5 deficit. The team's performance was so poor that rumors began to spread suggesting team captain and starting halfback Charles Williams may quit the team.[4]

at South Dakota

Nebraska at South Dakota
1 2Total
Nebraska 5 0 5
South Dakota 0 6 6
Overall Last meeting Result
0–0

Nebraska led 5–0 in its first-ever game against South Dakota, but were unable to capitalize on scoring opportunities in the first half. A second-half touchdown gave South Dakota a 6–5 victory. Team captain Charles Williams left the NU program following the game.[4]

Grinnell

Grinnell vs. Nebraska
1 2Total
Grinnell 12
Nebraska 0
Overall Last meeting Result
1–1 November 22, 1895 Grinnell, 24–0

Grinnell became the fifth team to shut out Nebraska in 1899, defeating the Bugeaters 12–0 on a muddy, wet afternoon in Omaha.[4]

References

  1. "Football - 1899 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  2. "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  3. "Nebraska Football 1899 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  4. "1899 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  5. "the 1890s". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
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