1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football 1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.jpg 285 Independent 6–4 Amos Foster 1st Antelope Field Nebraska state champion 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.1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football March 2, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/nebraska/1906-schedule.html 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 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. 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. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/29/teddy-roosevelt-helped-save-football-with-a-white-house-meeting-in-1905/ How Teddy Roosevelt helped save football – The Washington Post The Washington Post Schedule y y y September 29 1906 Hastings Broncos Hastings Antelope Field Lincoln, NE W 56–0 October 6 1906 South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota Antelope Field Lincoln, NE W 4–0 October 13 Drake Antelope Field Lincoln, NE W 5–0 Nebraska Wins Close Game: Cornhuskers Get Single Touchdown Against Drake Sunday State Journal October 14, 1906 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116706675/nebraska-wins/ Newspapers.com October 20 Iowa State Antelope Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) L 2–14 October 27 1906 Doane Tigers Doane Antelope Field Lincoln, NE W 28–0 November 3 at Minnesota Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN (rivalry) L 0–13 5,000 November 10 3:30 p.m. at 1906 Creighton Blue and White Creighton Vinton Street Park Omaha, NE W 17–0 November 17 2:30 p.m. Kansas Antelope Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) L 6–8 Kansas 8, Nebraska 6 The Lincoln Daily Star November 18, 1906 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115670073/kansas-8-nebraska-6/ Newspapers.com November 24 at Chicago Marshall Field Chicago, IL L 5–38 November 29 2:30 p.m. Cincinnati Antelope Field Lincoln, NE W 41–0 2,500 Final Game Of The Season https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lincoln-star/167839479/ The Lincoln Daily Star Lincoln, Nebraska November 29, 1906 1 March 12, 2025 Newspapers.com Ends With A Win—Football Season Closes With Victory For Nebraska https://www.newspapers.com/article/lincoln-nebraska-state-journal/167839330/ Nebraska State Journal Lincoln, Nebraska November 30, 1906 1–2 March 12, 2025 Newspapers.com Coaching staff Nebraska Cornhuskers Coachhttp://www.huskermax.com/coaches.html Nebraska head coaches 2009-11-15 HuskerMaxhttp://www.huskers.com/pdf4/133129.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140529085428/http://www.huskers.com/pdf4/133129.pdf dead May 29, 2014 118 Years of Cornhusker Football 2014-05-27 University of Nebraska Athletics Departmenthttp://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1907&page=177 1907 Sombrero – University of Nebraska Yearbook 2009-11-15 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries https://web.archive.org/web/20120305123611/http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1907&page=177 March 5, 2012 Position First year Alma materAmos FosterHead coach1906DartmouthT. M. StewartAssistant coach1906MichiganJack BestTrainer1890Nebraska Roster http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1906 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302034054/http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1906 dead March 2, 2012 Nebraska Football 1906 Roster 2009-11-15 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department 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 Hastings at Nebraska Hastings 0 Nebraska 56 September 29 Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE http://www.huskernews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/05/13/44788622a8765?in_archive=1 1906 Game Recaps 2009-11-15 Husker Press Box December 12, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241212035845/http://www.huskernews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/05/13/44788622a8765?in_archive=1 deadhttp://www.huskermax.com/1900s.html the 1900s 2009-11-15 HuskerMax South Dakota South Dakota at Nebraska South Dakota 0 0 Nebraska 0 4 October 6 Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Drake Drake at Nebraska Drake 0 Nebraska 5 October 13 Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Iowa State Iowa State at Nebraska Iowa State 14 Nebraska 2 October 20 Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Iowa State–Nebraska football rivalry 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. Doane Doane at Nebraska Doane 0 Nebraska 28 October 27 Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE At Minnesota Nebraska at Minnesota Nebraska 0 0 Minnesota 0 13 November 3 Northrop Field, Minneapolis, MN Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry 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. At Creighton Creighton at Nebraska Creighton 0 Nebraska 17 November 10 Omaha, NE 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. Kansas Kansas at Nebraska Kansas 8 0 Nebraska 6 0 November 17 Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry 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. At Chicago Nebraska at Chicago Nebraska 5 Chicago 38 November 24 Stagg Field, Chicago, IL Nebraska was shut out by Chicago, then a member of the Big Nine Conference, in the first meeting between the two teams. Cincinnati Cincinnati at Nebraska Cincinnati 0 Nebraska 41 November 29 Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE 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. References Nebraska Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons Nebraska Cornhuskers football