1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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
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			–					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 (rivalry)	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	2:30 p.m.	Cincinnati	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 41–0	2,500	[5] [6]

Coaching staff

Coach [7] [8] [9]	Position	First year	Alma mater
Amos Foster	Head coach	1906	Dartmouth
T. M. Stewart	Assistant coach	1906	Michigan
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	Nebraska

Roster

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Benedict, MauriceE Chaloupka, WilliamFB Cooke, HaroldQB CornellG Craig, HughFB Denslow, LloydE Drain, DaleQB Ewing, HenryLT Harvey, JamesE/LT Johnson, WilliamE Little, Ernest (Merle)E Mason, JohnLT Matters, ThomasLT McDonald, GilQB Rice, JohnRT Schmidt, FrancisE Taylor, RobertRG VossRT Weller, JohnHB Wilke, C.R.C

Game summaries

Hastings

Hastings at Nebraska

Team	1	2	Total
Hastings			0
•Nebraska			56

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

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South Dakota

South Dakota at Nebraska

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

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

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Drake

Drake at Nebraska

Team	1	2	Total
Drake			0
•Nebraska			5

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

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Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska

Team	1	2	Total
• Iowa State			14
Nebraska			2

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

See also: Iowa State–Nebraska football rivalry

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

Team	1	2	Total
Doane			0
•Nebraska			28

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

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At Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota

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

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

See also: Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry

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

Team	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. ^{[11] [12]}

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska

Team	1	2	Total
• Kansas	8	0	8
Nebraska	6	0	6

• Date: November 17
• Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

See also: Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry

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

Team	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. ^{[11] [12]}

Cincinnati

Cincinnati at Nebraska

Team	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. ^{[11] [12]}

References

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2. "How Teddy Roosevelt helped save football - The Washington Post". 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. "Final Game Of The Season". The Lincoln Daily Star . Lincoln, Nebraska. November 29, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
6. "Ends With A Win—Football Season Closes With Victory For Nebraska". Nebraska State Journal . Lincoln, Nebraska. November 30, 1906. pp. 1–2 . Retrieved March 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
8. "118 Years of Cornhusker Football" (PDF). University of Nebraska Athletics Department. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
9. "1907 Sombrero - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
10. "Nebraska Football 1906 Roster". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
11. "1906 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved November 15, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
12. "the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.