1901 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1901 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Conference	Independent
1901 record	7–2
Head coach	Walter C. Booth (2nd year)
Home stadium	Antelope Field

The 1901 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1901 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

Nebraska was coming off one of its best ever seasons with second-year head coach Booth, and hoping to continue the success.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21*	Lincoln High	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 22-0	-
September 28	at Kirksville Osteopaths	Kirksville, Missouri	W 5-0	-
October 5	Doane	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 29-0	-
October 12	at Minnesota	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota	L 0-19	2500+
October 26	Iowa State	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 17-0	-
November 2	at Wisconsin	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	L 0-18	-
November 9	vs. Missouri	YMCA Park • Omaha, Nebraska	W 51-0	-
November 16	Kansas	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 29-5	-
November 28	Haskell	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 18-10	-
*Exhibition Game.

Roster

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Bell, Johnny HB Bender, Johnny HB Brew, Fred RG Cortelyou, Spencer E Crandall, Harry HB Cuff, E.W. HB Drain, Ralph QB Eager, Earl HB Johnson, William E Kingsbury, Raymond FB Koehler, John C Maloney, J.R. LG Moloney, J.R. LG Pillsbury, Melville FB Ringer, John LG Shedd, Charlie E Shedd, George FB Stringer, Lewis T Tobin, John G Voss T Westover, John RT

Coaching staff

Name	Title	First year in this position	Years at Nebraska	Alma Mater
Walter C. "Bummy" Booth	Head Coach	1900	1900–1905	Princeton
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	1890–1922
Guy Cowgill	Manager
I. C. Raymond	Assistant Manager

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Game notes

Lincoln High

Lincoln High at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Lincoln High			0
• Nebraska			22

Date: 1901-09-21
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

The Cornhuskers continued their unbeaten streak against Lincoln High School in this preseason exhibition game, extending their record to 4-0 over the younger team. ^[6]

Kirksville Osteopaths

Nebraska

	1	2	Total
• Nebraska			5
Kirksville			0

Date: 1901-09-28
Location: Kirksville, Missouri

Nebraska barely escaped from Kirksville with a win, managing only one touchdown against the medical students from Missouri. The Cornhuskers utilized their larger average size to control Kirksville, twice preventing scores on two significant attempts. This was the only time these teams would meet. ^[6]^[7]

Doane

Doane at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Doane			0
• Nebraska			29

Date: 1901-10-05
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

After a four-year break, Doane arrived in Lincoln to resume the oldest active series between the Cornhuskers and its opponents. It was a one-sided affair with three Nebraska touchdowns before the half and two more after, while the Cornhuskers notched their third straight shutout victory and extended the series lead over Doane to 7-2. ^[6]^[7]

Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota

	1	2	Total
Nebraska			0
• Minnesota			19

Date: 1901-10-12
Location: Northrop Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game attendance: 2500+

Nebraska traveled to Minneapolis in an attempt to avenge their sole loss from the previous season, and again riding high on a streak of shutout wins. It was not to be, however, as the dominant Golden Gophers completely shut down the Cornhuskers and sent them home with no points and lagging in the series 0-2. ^[6]^[7]

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Iowa State			0
• Nebraska			17

Date: 1901-10-26
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska bounced right back from the thrashing in Minneapolis by completely shutting down Iowa State 17-0. The Cyclones accumulated only 75 yards and three first downs on the day. The success of the Cornhuskers was significant when taking into account that almost half of the Nebraska linemen were sidelined with injuries from the previous game. Nebraska improved to 4-2 over Iowa State. ^[6]^[7]

Wisconsin

Nebraska at Wisconsin

	1	2	Total
Nebraska			0
• Wisconsin			18

Date: 1901-11-02
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Nebraska met the Wisconsin Badgers for the first time, traveling to Milwaukee to face off with another northern squad. It was Nebraska's second painful defeat from a northern team of the year, as Wisconsin had little trouble putting the Cornhuskers away 18-0. Still, coach Booth had praise for his players, stating that Nebraska played "100% better" than in the earlier defeat by Minnesota. ^[6]^[7]

Missouri

Missouri vs. Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Missouri			0
• Nebraska			51

Date: 1901-11-09
Location: YMCA Park • Omaha, Nebraska

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Kansas			5
• Nebraska			29

Date: 1901-11-16
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Kansas managed one touchdown in their annual contest with Nebraska, thanks to a lost Cornhusker fumble, but it was Nebraska's day to put points on the board as the Cornhuskers scored with relative ease all through the game. Nebraska pulled up to match Kansas and even the series at 5-5. ^[6]^[7]

Haskell

Haskell at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Haskell	10	0	10
• Nebraska	0	18	18

Date: 1901-11-28
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Having defeated one team from Lawrence, Kansas two weeks prior, Nebraska welcomed a new team to Nebraska also hailing from Lawrence, the squad from the Haskell Institute. At that time, Haskell was an all-grades school but not yet a college, as they did not offer college level classes until many year later. Perhaps Nebraska was overconfident, or the Haskell team performed admirably, as the Cornhuskers found themselves behind 0-10 by halftime. After regrouping for the second half, Nebraska managed to shut Haskell down and score 18 points of their own to come up with the season-closing win. ^[6]^[7]

After the season

Coach Booth finished his second season with a 6-2-0 (.750) record, dropping his Nebraska career record to 12-3-1 (.781), but raising Nebraska's overall program record to 53-28-5 (.645).

References

↑ "Football - 1901 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
↑ "Nebraska Football 1901 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
↑ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
↑ "118 Years of Cornhusker Football". University of nebraska Athletics Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
↑ "1904 Sombrero - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "1901 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved 2009-11-12.

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