American college football season
1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football |
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Nebraska state champion |
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Conference | Independent |
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Record | 6–4 |
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Head coach | |
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Home stadium | Antelope Field |
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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 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.[2]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 29 | | Hastings | | W 56–0 | | |
October 6 | | South Dakota | - Antelope Field
- Lincoln, NE
| W 4–0 | | |
October 13 | | Drake | - Antelope Field
- Lincoln, NE
| W 5–0 | | [3] |
October 20 | | Iowa State | - Antelope Field
- Lincoln, NE
| L 2–14 | | |
October 27 | | Doane | - Antelope Field
- Lincoln, NE
| W 28–0 | | |
November 3 | | at Minnesota | | L 0–13 | 5,000 | |
November 10 | 3:30 p.m. | at Creighton | | W 17–0 | | |
November 17 | 2:30 p.m. | Kansas | - Antelope Field
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| L 6–8 | | [4] |
November 24 | | at Chicago | | L 5–38 | | |
November 29 | | Cincinnati | - Antelope Field
- Lincoln, NE
| W 41–0 | | |
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Coaching staff
Roster
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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 - Date: September 29
- Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE
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[9][10]
South Dakota
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Drake
Drake at Nebraska | 1 | 2 | Total | Drake | | | 0 | • Nebraska | | | 5 | |
[9][10]
Iowa State
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.[9][10]
Doane
Doane at Nebraska | 1 | 2 | Total | Doane | | | 0 | • Nebraska | | | 28 | |
[9][10]
At Minnesota
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.[9][10]
At Creighton
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.[9][10]
Kansas
Kansas at Nebraska | 1 | 2 | Total | • Kansas | 8 | 0 | 8 | Nebraska | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
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.[9][10]
At Chicago
Nebraska was shut out by Chicago, then a member of the Big Nine Conference, in the first meeting between the two teams.[9][10]
Cincinnati
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.[9][10]
References
- ^ "1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "How Teddy Roosevelt helped save football - The Washington Post".
- ^ "Nebraska Wins Close Game: Cornhuskers Get Single Touchdown Against Drake". Sunday State Journal. October 14, 1906. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kansas 8, Nebraska 6". The Lincoln Daily Star. November 18, 1906. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
- ^ "118 Years of Cornhusker Football" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics Department. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "1907 Sombrero - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
- ^ "Nebraska Football 1906 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "1906 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved November 15, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
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Venues | - Lincoln Park (1890–1895)
- "M" Street Park (1894–1996)
- Antelope Field (1897–1908)
- Nebraska Field (1909–1922)
- Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
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