1899 Nebraska Bugeaters football team

Nebraska Bugeaters football
1899 Nebraska Bugeaters football
Conference	Independent
1899 record	1–7–1
Head coach	Alonzo Edwin Branch (1st season);
Home stadium	Antelope Field

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.

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30		at Lincoln High	Lincoln, NE	W 6–0
October 6		at Iowa State	State Field Ames, IA	L 0–33
October 14		KC Medics	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	T 6–6
October 21		Missouri	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	L 0–11
October 28		at KC Medics	Exposition Park Kansas City, MO	L 0–24
November 4	3:00 p.m.	vs. Iowa	Ames Avenue Park Omaha, NE	L 0–30
November 11		at Drake	Des Moines, IA	W 12–6
November 18		Kansas	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	L 20–36
November 24		at South Dakota	Vermillion, SD	L 5–6
November 30	3:30 p.m.	Grinnell	Ames Avenue Park Omaha, NE	L 0–12

[1]

Coaching staff

Coach[2]	Position	First year	Alma mater
Alonzo Edwin Branch	Head coach	1899	Williams
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	Nebraska
Austin John Collett	Manager	1899	Nebraska

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 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	2	Total
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	2	Total
KC Medics	0	6	6
Nebraska	0	6	6

Date: October 14
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

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	2	Total
• Missouri			11
Nebraska			0

Date: October 21
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

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	2	Total
Nebraska	0	0	0
• KC Medics	12	12	24

Date: October 28
Location: Kansas City, MO

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	2	Total
• Iowa			30
Nebraska			0

Date: November 4
Location: Omaha, NE

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	2	Total
• Nebraska	6	6	12
Drake	0	6	6

Date: November 11
Location: Des Moines, IA

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	2	Total
• 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	2	Total
Nebraska	5	0	5
• South Dakota	0	6	6

Date: November 24
Location: Vermillion, SD

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	2	Total
• Grinnell			12
Nebraska			0

Date: November 30
Location: Omaha, NE

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

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

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[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.

[1899_game_recaps-4] "1899 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved 2009-11-11.

[5] "the 1890s". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-11.

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