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

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Hastings
W 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
L 2–14
October 27Doane
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE
W 28–0
November 3at Minnesota
L 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 Chicago
L 5–38
November 29Cincinnati
  • Antelope Field
  • Lincoln, NE
W 41–0

Coaching staff

Coach[5][6][7] Position First year Alma mater
Amos FosterHead coach1906Dartmouth
T. M. StewartAssistant coach1906Michigan
Jack BestTrainer1890Nebraska

Roster

[8]

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
1 2Total
Hastings 0
• Nebraska 56
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

[9][10]

South Dakota

South Dakota at Nebraska
1 2Total
South Dakota 0 0 0
• Nebraska 0 4 4

[9][10]

Drake

Drake at Nebraska
1 2Total
Drake 0
• Nebraska 5

[9][10]

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska
1 2Total
• Iowa State 14
Nebraska 2

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 2Total
Doane 0
• Nebraska 28

[9][10]

At Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota
1 2Total
Nebraska 0 0 0
• Minnesota 0 13 13

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

Creighton at Nebraska
1 2Total
Creighton 0
• Nebraska 17

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 2Total
• Kansas 8 0 8
Nebraska 6 0 6
  • Date: November 17
  • Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

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 at Chicago
1 2Total
Nebraska 5
• Chicago 38

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

Cincinnati at Nebraska
1 2Total
Cincinnati 0
• Nebraska 41
  • Date: November 29
  • Location: 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.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  2. ↑ "How Teddy Roosevelt helped save football - The Washington Post".
  3. ↑ "Nebraska Wins Close Game: Cornhuskers Get Single Touchdown Against Drake". Sunday State Journal. October 14, 1906. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Kansas 8, Nebraska 6". The Lincoln Daily Star. November 18, 1906. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  6. ↑ "118 Years of Cornhusker Football" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics Department. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ "1907 Sombrero - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Nebraska Football 1906 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "1906 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
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