1900 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1900 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Conference Independent
1900 record 7-1-2
Head coach Walter C. Booth (1st year)
Home stadium Antelope Field

The 1900 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1900 college football season. The team was coached by Walter C. "Bummy" Booth and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Before the season

Beginning its 11th year, Nebraska was starting out with a new head coach for the 9th time after replacing A. Edwin Branch at the end of a 1-7-1 season. Also, the team had officially adopted its new nickname "Cornhuskers" beginning this year, after the term was coined by Charles "Cy" Sherman in one of his pieces written for the Nebraska State Journal during the 1899 season.

Schedule

[1]

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 29* Lincoln High Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska W 22-0 -
October 6* Alumni Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska T 0-0 -
October 13 Iowa State Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska W 30-0 -
October 20 Drake Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska W 8-0 -
October 27 at KC Medics Kansas City, Missouri T 0-0 -
October 29 at Tarkio Tarkio, Missouri W 5-0 -
November 5 at Missouri Columbia, Missouri W 12-0 -
November 10 Grinnell Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska W 33-0 -
November 17 at Kansas Central Park • Lawrence, Kansas W 12-0 -
November 29 Minnesota Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska L 12-20 3,000
*Exhibition Game.

Roster

[2]

Bender, Johnny QB
Brew, Fred LT
Cook, Hugh FB
Cortelyou, Spencer E
Crandall, Harry HB
Dasenbrock, John G
Drain, Ralph QB
Emmons T
Johnson, William E
Koehler, John C
McKillop T
Montgomery, Robert HB
Nielsen HB
Pillsbury, Melville T
Raymond, Isaac FB
Ringer, John LG
Ryan E
Voss T
Westover, John RT
Wood FB
Worel, L. T

Coaching staff

Name Title First year
in this position 		Years at Nebraska Alma Mater
Walter C. "Bummy" BoothHead Coach19001900–1905Princeton
Jack BestTrainer18901890–1922
Harry TukeyManager

[3][4][5]

Game notes

Lincoln High

Lincoln High at Nebraska
1 2Total
Lincoln High 0
• Nebraska 22

The Cornhuskers got their first scrimmage preseason tuneup under new coach Booth with another exhibition game against Lincoln High School, a 22-0 shutout to extend their record over the high schoolers to 3-0. [6]

Alumni

Alumni at Nebraska
1 2Total
Alumni 0
Nebraska 0
  • Date: 1900-10-06
  • Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

For the first time, the Cornhuskers went head to head against a team made up of former Cornhuskers, in this second exhibition game of the season. Apparently the graduates still had what it takes, as the game ended in a 0-0 draw. [6]

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska
1 2Total
Iowa State 0
• Nebraska 30
  • Date: 1900-10-13
  • Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Coach Booth's first official game of his career at Nebraska was a refreshing change from the disastrous previous season, as the Cornhuskers had little difficulty putting up 30-0 shutout of the Cyclones in Lincoln. Counting the exhibition games, this was the third game in a row where the Nebraska defense held the other team to zero points, and Nebraska pulled into the series lead, 3-2. [6][7]

Drake

Drake at Nebraska
1 2Total
Drake 0 0 0
• Nebraska 0 8 8
  • Date: 1900-10-20
  • Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game weather: Windy

Heavy winds interfered with both teams as they attempted to get on the scoreboard, and the day ended with a single touchdown and late safety by Nebraska being the only scores. The shutout streak continued, and Drake fell behind Nebraska in the series, 1-2. [6][7]

KC Medics

Nebraska at KC Medics
1 2Total
Nebraska 0 0 0
KC Medics 0 0 0

The Kansas City Medics put up a fight as Nebraska faced them in Kansas City for the second year in a row, and despite the best efforts of both teams, the defensive units carried the day and sent both teams off the field scoreless in a 0-0 tie. This was the last times these teams met, with the KC Medics owning the hard-fought series with Nebraska 2-1-2. [6][7]

Tarkio

Nebraska at Tarkio
1 2Total
• Nebraska 5 0 5
Tarkio 0 0 0

Just two days after the battle in Kansas City, the Cornhuskers met Tarkio on the field for the third and final time, but on Tarkio's home field for the first time. Nebraska's first and only score was disputed by Tarkio players and fans, but the score was upheld by the officials. Nebraska failed to capitalize on a later opportunity to put up undisputed points, and the official score remained 5-0 for the rest of the game. The final outcome was disputed strongly enough in Tarkio that the home town paper reported the next day that the score had been a 0-0 tie. [6][7]

Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri
1 2Total
• Nebraska 6 6 12
Missouri 0 0 0

Nebraska's unbeaten and unscored upon roll continued with a strong effort against Missouri in Columbia. One Cornhusker score in each half summed the points of the game, which featured much punting and changes of possession. Nebraska improved to 6-3 over Missouri.[6][7]

Grinnell

Grinnell at Nebraska
1 2Total
Grinnell 0 0 0
• Nebraska 22 11 33
  • Date: 1900-11-10
  • Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game weather: Snow

The day belonged entirely to the Cornhuskers as they rolled to an easy shutout victory over Grinnell in Lincoln. The visitors' best shot at avoiding the shutout fell short with a missed 25-yard field goal attempt. This evened the Grinnell-Nebraska series at 2-2. [6][7]

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas
1 2Total
• Nebraska 6 6 12
Kansas 0 0 0

Nebraska closed out its 9th straight shutout game, counting the exhibition games, against Kansas in Lawrence. No opponents had scored on the Cornhuskers even once during the entire season to date, and Nebraska's series record deficit with Kansas to 4-5. [6][7]

Minnesota

Minnesota at Nebraska
1 2Total
• Minnesota 10 10 20
Nebraska 0 12 12
  • Date: 1900-11-29
  • Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 3,000

Nebraska's unbeaten run came to an end as the Cornhuskers hosted Minnesota for the first game of what would become a long and storied rivalry in later years. The Gophers were on average larger and taller than the Cornhuskers, posing a formidable challenge. Despite the loss, Nebraska still managed, through halftime adjustments, to outscore Minnesota in the second quarter, and those 12 points were more than any other opponent had put up against Minnesota in any other game of their season. [6][7][8]

After the season

Coach Booth's first season was a remarkable one-year turnaround from the disappointment of 1899. His first year record of 6-1-1 (.813) improved Nebraska's overall program record to 47-26-5 (.635).

References

  1. ↑ "Football - 1900 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  2. ↑ "Nebraska Football 1900 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  3. ↑ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  4. ↑ "118 Years of Cornhusker Football". University of Nebraska Athletics Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  5. ↑ "1902 Sombrero - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "1900 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  8. ↑ "University of Nebraska 1902 Yearbook - Football". Nebraska U - A Collaborative History. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
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