1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Nebraska state champion
Conference	Independent
1906 record	6–4
Head coach	Amos Foster (1st season);
Home stadium	Antelope Field

The 1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1906 college football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Amos Foster and played its home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] The team competed as an independent.

Prior to replacing the retiring Walter C. Booth at NU, Foster compiled an 11–4 record in two years coaching Cincinnati. Foster left Nebraska following the season and was quickly offered his old job at Cincinnati, but declined, instead accepting an offer to coach Miami (OH).

Following the 1905 season, United States President Theodore Roosevelt urged Among the new rules adopted in 1906 included the legalization of the forward pass, an increase in the distance required to get a first down, the abolishment of the dangerous flying wedge, and the establishment of a neutral zone between the offense and defense at the line of scrimmage.[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29		Hastings	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 56–0
October 6		South Dakota	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 4–0
October 13		Drake	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 5–0
October 20		Iowa State	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	L 14–2
October 27		Doane	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 28–0
November 3		at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	L 13–0
November 10	3:30 p.m.	at Creighton	Vinton Street Park Omaha, NE	W 17–0
November 17	2:30 p.m.	Kansas	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	L 8–6
November 24		at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 38–5
November 29		Cincinnati	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 41–0

[3]

Coaching staff

Coach[4][5][6]	Position	First year	Alma mater
Amos Foster	Head coach	1906	Dartmouth
T. M. Stewart	Assistant coach	1906	Michigan
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	Nebraska

Roster

[7]



Benedict, Maurice E Chaloupka, William FB Cooke, Harold QB Cornell G Craig, Hugh FB Denslow, Lloyd E Drain, Dale QB Ewing, Henry LT Harvey, James E/LT Johnson, William E Little, Ernest (Merle) E Mason, John LT Matters, Thomas LT McDonald, Gil QB Rice, John RT Schmidt, Francis E Taylor, Robert RG Voss RT Weller, John HB Wilke, C.R. C

Game summaries

Hastings

Overall	Last meeting	Result
0–0	–	–

[8][9]

South Dakota

South Dakota at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
South Dakota	0	0	0
• Nebraska	0	4	4

Date: October 6
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Overall	Last meeting	Result
2–1	October 7, 1905	Nebraska, 42–6

[8][9]

Drake

Drake at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Drake			0
• Nebraska			5

Date: October 13
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Overall	Last meeting	Result
2–1	October 20, 1900	Nebraska, 8–0

[8][9]

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
• Iowa State			14
Nebraska			2

Date: October 20
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Overall	Last meeting	Result
5–2	November 4, 1905	Nebraska, 21–0

Nebraska's 35-game home field winning streak, dating back to the beginning of the 1901 season, was broken when Iowa State beat NU 14–2. Only a late safety prevented Nebraska from being shut out.[8][9]

Doane

Doane at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Doane			0
• Nebraska			28

Date: October 27
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Overall	Last meeting	Result
9–2	November 25, 1905	Nebraska, 43–5

[8][9]

at Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota

	1	2	Total
Nebraska	0	0	0
• Minnesota	0	13	13

Date: November 3
Location: Northrop Field, Minneapolis, MN

Overall	Last meeting	Result
1–4	November 18, 1905	Minnesota, 35–0

Minnesota shut out the Cornhuskers in Minneapolis for the second consecutive year in a game that remained scoreless until after halftime. Minnesota finished the season as co-champion of the Big Nine.[8][9]

at Creighton

Creighton at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Creighton			0
• Nebraska			17

Date: November 10
Location: Omaha, NE

Overall	Last meeting	Result
2–0	October 28, 1905	Nebraska, 102–0

Nebraska shut out Creighton in Omaha in the final game between the two teams. NU defeated all other in-state teams for the third year in a row to claim another state championship.[8][9]

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
• Kansas	8	0	8
Nebraska	6	0	6

Date: November 17
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Overall	Last meeting	Result
7–5	November 14, 1903	Nebraska, 6–0

KU defeated a sloppy Nebraska team in the first game in a streak of 107 consecutive seasons the two teams played, still an NCAA record.[8][9]

at Chicago

Nebraska at Chicago

	1	2	Total
Nebraska			5
• Chicago			38

Date: November 24
Location: Stagg Field, Chicago, IL

Overall	Last meeting	Result
0–0	–	–

Nebraska was shut out by Chicago, then a member of the Big Nine Conference, in the first meeting between the two teams.[8][9]

Cincinnati

Cincinnati at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Cincinnati			0
• Nebraska			41

Date: November 29
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Overall	Last meeting	Result
0–0	–	–

Foster's former team traveled to Lincoln in what is still the only game ever played between Cincinnati and Nebraska. The teams were scheduled to play in 2020, but the game was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cincinnati and Nebraska are scheduled to meet for the second time in 2025.[8][9]

References

"1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/29/teddy-roosevelt-helped-save-football-with-a-white-house-meeting-in-1905/
"Football - 1906 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
"Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
"118 Years of Cornhusker Football" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics Department. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
"1907 Sombrero - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
"Nebraska Football 1906 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
"1906 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
"the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-15.

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[1] "1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2019.

[2] ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/29/teddy-roosevelt-helped-save-football-with-a-white-house-meeting-in-1905/

[3] "Football - 1906 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-15.

[4] "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-15.

[5] "118 Years of Cornhusker Football" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics Department. Retrieved 2014-05-27.

[6] "1907 Sombrero - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-15.

[7] "Nebraska Football 1906 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-15.

[husker-8] "1906 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved 2009-11-15.

[huskermax-9] "the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-15.

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