1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Nebraska state champion
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	Amos Foster (1st season);
Home stadium	Antelope Field
	Seasons ← 1905 1907 →

1906 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		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
South Dakota State		–		3	–	1	–	0
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
Western Illinois		–		0	–	3	–	0

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		Hastings	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 56–0
October 6		South Dakota	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 4–0
October 13		Drake	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 5–0		^[3]
October 20		Iowa State	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	L 2–14
October 27		Doane	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 28–0
November 3		at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 0–13	5,000
November 10	3:30 p.m.	at Creighton	Vinton Street Park Omaha, NE	W 17–0
November 17	2:30 p.m.	Kansas	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 6–8		^[4]
November 24		at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	L 5–38
November 29		Cincinnati	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 41–0

Coaching staff

Coach^[5]^[6]^[7]	Position	First year	Alma mater
Amos Foster	Head coach	1906	Dartmouth
T. M. Stewart	Assistant coach	1906	Michigan
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	Nebraska

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	2	Total
Hastings			0
• Nebraska			56

Date: September 29
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

^[9]^[10]

South Dakota

South Dakota at Nebraska

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

Date: October 6
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

^[9]^[10]

Drake

Drake at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Drake			0
• Nebraska			5

Date: October 13
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

^[9]^[10]

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
• Iowa State			14
Nebraska			2

Date: October 20
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

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	2	Total
Doane			0
• Nebraska			28

Date: October 27
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

^[9]^[10]

At Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota

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

Date: November 3
Location: Northrop Field, Minneapolis, MN

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	2	Total
Creighton			0
• Nebraska			17

Date: November 10
Location: Omaha, NE

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	2	Total
• 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	2	Total
Nebraska			5
• Chicago			38

Date: November 24
Location: Stagg Field, Chicago, IL

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	2	Total
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

^ "1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
^ "How Teddy Roosevelt helped save football - The Washington Post".
^ "Nebraska Wins Close Game: Cornhuskers Get Single Touchdown Against Drake". Sunday State Journal. October 14, 1906. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Kansas 8, Nebraska 6". The Lincoln Daily Star. November 18, 1906. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
^ "118 Years of Cornhusker Football" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics Department. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
^ "1907 Sombrero - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
^ "Nebraska Football 1906 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "1906 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved November 15, 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.

[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.

[husker-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "1906 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved November 15, 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[huskermax-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

v t e Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Venues	Lincoln Park (1891–1893) Antelope Field (1894–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Colorado (Buffalo Head) Iowa (Heroes Trophy) Kansas Kansas State Miami (FL) Minnesota ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Missouri (Victory Bell) Oklahoma Wisconsin (Freedom Trophy)
Culture and lore	History Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Cornhusker Marching Band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" nickname 1939 Kansas State game Game of the Century (1971 Oklahoma game) Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 2009 Big 12 Championship Game Yes Man
People	Head coaches All-Americans Athletic directors College Football Hall of Famers NFL draftees Pro Football Hall of Famers Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Schedule

Coaching staff

Roster

Game summaries

Hastings

South Dakota

Drake

Iowa State

Doane

At Minnesota

At Creighton

Kansas

At Chicago

Cincinnati

References

€4.95