1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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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.

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Headcoach
HomestadiumAntelope Field
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1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Nebraska state champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
Home stadiumAntelope Field
Seasons
← 1905
1907 â†’
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1906 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Louis â€“ 11–0–0
North Dakota Agricultural â€“ 5–0–0
Butler â€“ 1–0–0
Michigan State Normal â€“ 5–0–1
Iowa State â€“ 9–1–0
Ohio â€“ 7–1–0
Notre Dame â€“ 6–1–0
St. Mary's (OH) â€“ 5–1–0
Fairmount â€“ 7–1–2
Wabash â€“ 5–1–1
South Dakota State â€“ 3–1–0
Kansas â€“ 7–2–2
Kansas State â€“ 5–2–0
Missouri â€“ 5–2–1
Detroit College â€“ 4–2–1
Northern Illinois State â€“ 4–2–1
Carthage â€“ 3–2–0
Lake Forest â€“ 3–2–0
Nebraska â€“ 6–4–0
Wittenberg â€“ 5–4–1
Heidelberg â€“ 3–3–1
Washington University â€“ 2–2–2
Beloit â€“ 3–4–1
Franklin â€“ 3–4–0
Doane â€“ 2–3–0
Shurtleff â€“ 2–4–2
Western State Normal â€“ 1–2–0
Mount Union â€“ 2–5–1
Drake â€“ 2–5–0
Haskell â€“ 2–5–0
Marquette â€“ 1–4–2
Chicago P&S â€“ 0–1–1
Cincinnati â€“ 0–7–2
Western Illinois â€“ 0–3–0
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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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29HastingsW 56–0
October 6South Dakota
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE
W 4–0
October 13Drake
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE
W 5–0[3]
October 20Iowa State
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
L 2–14
October 27Doane
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE
W 28–0
November 3at MinnesotaL 0–135,000
November 103:30 p.m.at Creighton
W 17–0
November 172:30 p.m.Kansas
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
L 6–8[4]
November 24at ChicagoL 5–38
November 292:30 p.m.Cincinnati
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE
W 41–02,500[5][6]
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Coaching staff

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Coach[7][8][9] Position First year Alma mater
Amos FosterHead coach1906Dartmouth
T. M. StewartAssistant coach1906Michigan
Jack BestTrainer1890Nebraska
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Roster

[10]

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
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Team 1 2Total
Hastings 0
• Nebraska 56
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[11][12]

South Dakota

South Dakota at Nebraska
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Team 1 2Total
South Dakota 0 0 0
• Nebraska 0 4 4
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[11][12]

Drake

Drake at Nebraska
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Team 1 2Total
Drake 0
• Nebraska 5
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[11][12]

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska
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Team 1 2Total
• Iowa State 14
Nebraska 2
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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.[11][12]

Doane

Doane at Nebraska
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Team 1 2Total
Doane 0
• Nebraska 28
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[11][12]

At Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota
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Team 1 2Total
Nebraska 0 0 0
• Minnesota 0 13 13
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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.[11][12]

At Creighton

Creighton at Nebraska
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Team 1 2Total
Creighton 0
• Nebraska 17
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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.[11][12]

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska
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Team 1 2Total
• Kansas 8 0 8
Nebraska 6 0 6
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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.[11][12]

At Chicago

Nebraska at Chicago
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Team 1 2Total
Nebraska 5
• Chicago 38
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Nebraska was shut out by Chicago, then a member of the Big Nine Conference, in the first meeting between the two teams.[11][12]

Cincinnati

Cincinnati at Nebraska
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 2Total
Cincinnati 0
• Nebraska 41
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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.[11][12]

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