1910 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1910 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Missouri Valley Champions
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1910 record	7-1-0 (2-0-0 MVIAA)
Head coach	William C. "King" Cole (4th year)
Home stadium	Nebraska Field

	Conf					Overall
1910 Missouri Valley football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Nebraska †	2	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Iowa	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Missouri	2	–	1	–	1	4	–	2	–	2
Iowa State	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Kansas	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Washington (MO)	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Drake	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	5	–	0

† – Conference champion

The 1910 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1910 college football season. The team was coached by William C. "King" Cole and played their home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Before the season

Coach Cole may have come into his 4th year with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. His first and second season teams had each contributed to improving Nebraska's overall program winning percentage, but the previous year's 3-3-2 final tally had been a setback.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 1*	Peru State	Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 66-0	-
October 8*	South Dakota	Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 12-9	-
October 15*	at Minnesota	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota	L 3-21	-
October 22*	Denver	Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 27-0	-
October 29*	Doane	Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 6-0	-
November 5	at Kansas	Central Park • Lawrence, Kansas	W 6-0	-
November 12	Iowa State	Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 24-0	-
November 24*	Haskell	Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 119-0	-
*Non-Conference Game.

Roster

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Anderson, Arthur G Chauner, Walter E Elliott, E.B. LG Frank, Ernest HB Frank, Owen HB Gibson, J.P. FB Harman, Dewey RT Hornberger, Evans C Lofgren, Gus E McKee PLAYER Minor, Harry HB Pearson, Monte RG Potter, Herbert QB Purdy, Leonard FB Racely PLAYER Rathbone, Harvey FB Russell, Richard HB Shonka, Sylvester LT Sturmer, Frederick T Temple, LeRoy RT Warner, Leon QB

Coaching staff

Name	Title	First year in this position	Years at Nebraska	Alma Mater
William C. "King" Cole	Head Coach	1906	1906–1910	Marietta
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	1890–1922
Harry Ewing	Assistant Coach			Nebraska

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Game notes

Peru State

Peru State at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Peru State			0
• Nebraska			66

Date: 1910-10-01
Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska used this final meeting with Peru State as a tuneup practice game, playing backups and determining the starting lineup for the season. The Cornhuskers closed out their series with Peru State with a perfect record of 3-0. ^[4]^[5]

South Dakota

South Dakota at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
South Dakota			9
• Nebraska			12

Date: 1910-10-08
Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

The Cornhuskers won yet another in an increasingly one-sided series with the Coyotes, improving to 5-1-1 against South Dakota. ^[5]

Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota

	1	2	Total
Nebraska			3
• Minnesota			21

Date: 1910-10-15
Location: Northrop Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota

Nebraska's stretch of frustration continued, as once again the Golden Gophers soundly defeated the Cornhuskers in Minneapolis, leaving Nebraska winless in the series since 1902. Minnesota's series lead increased to 8-1-1. ^[5]

Denver

Denver at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Denver			0
• Nebraska			27

Date: 1910-10-22
Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

For the first time in the series, Denver traveled to Lincoln to face the Cornhuskers at home, but this game would also be the last meeting between the squads. Coming off the Minnesota loss, the team came together to function as a unit and also successfully implemented some new plays. The Cornhuskers finished out the series with another win and stayed perfect over Denver at 4-0. ^[4]^[5]

Doane

Doane at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Doane			0
• Nebraska			6

Date: 1910-10-29
Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska did not have as easy a time putting away Doane as in other recent meetings of the past few years, but still kept their win streak against Doane alive with the 6-0 win, owning the series 14-2. ^[5]

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas

	1	2	Total
• Nebraska			6
Kansas			0

Date: 1910-11-05
Location: Central Park • Lawrence, Kansas

For the second week in a row, Nebraska survived a hard fought and low scoring affair, escaping with a repeat 6-0 win. Nebraska secured at least a share of the conference title with the win, and took the lead in the series again, 9-8. ^[5]

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Iowa State			0
• Nebraska			24

Date: 1910-11-12
Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

The Cornhuskers put up 24 unanswered points to secure their 4th straight shutout victory to close their abbreviated conference slate. The win secured Nebraska's position as sole conference champions, and moved Nebraska farther ahead in their series with Iowa State to 8-3. ^[5]

Haskell

Haskell at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Haskell			0
• Nebraska			119

Date: 1910-11-24
Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska absolutely annihilated Haskell in coach Cole's final game, completely exploding for a record setting 119-0 victory, a team scoring and margin of victory record that has stood for one hundred years. The Cornhuskers piled up an astonishing 1,150 yards of offense, while Haskell managed only 67 yards in their 17 total plays in the game. Nebraska improved over Haskell all-time to 5-2. ^[5]^[6]

After the season

Coach Cole went out in style with the record-setting 119-0 blasting delivered to Haskell at Nebraska Field. His four-year record stood at 25-8-3 (.736), and his teams improved the program's overall record to 118-45-8 (.713). Coach Cole's conference record ended at 5-2-1 (.688), winning a share of the 1907 conference title and winning the 1910 title in his final year outright.

References

↑ "Football - 1910 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
↑ "Nebraska Football 1910 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
↑ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "1911 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "the 1910s". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
↑ "From The Past: 119-0". Husker Press Box. Retrieved 2009-11-16.

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