1900 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 1900 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1900 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

Beginning its 11th year, Nebraska was starting out with a new head coach for the 9th time after replacing A. Edwin Branch at the end of a 1-7-1 season. Also, the team had officially adopted its new nickname "Cornhuskers" beginning this year, after the term was coined by Charles "Cy" Sherman in one of his pieces written for the Nebraska State Journal during the 1899 season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29*	Lincoln High	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 22-0	-
October 6*	Alumni	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	T 0-0	-
October 13	Iowa State	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 30-0	-
October 20	Drake	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 8-0	-
October 27	at KC Medics	Kansas City, Missouri	T 0-0	-
October 29	at Tarkio	Tarkio, Missouri	W 5-0	-
November 5	at Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	W 12-0	-
November 10	Grinnell	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 33-0	-
November 17	at Kansas	Central Park • Lawrence, Kansas	W 12-0	-
November 29	Minnesota	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	L 12-20	3,000
*Exhibition Game.

Roster

Bender, Johnny QB Brew, Fred LT Cook, Hugh FB Cortelyou, Spencer E Crandall, Harry HB Dasenbrock, John G Drain, Ralph QB Emmons T Johnson, William E Koehler, John C McKillop T Montgomery, Robert HB Nielsen HB Pillsbury, Melville T Raymond, Isaac FB Ringer, John LG Ryan E Voss T Westover, John RT Wood FB Worel, L. T

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
Harry Tukey	Manager

Game notes

Lincoln High

Lincoln High at Nebraska

1 2 Total Lincoln High 0 • Nebraska 22 Date: 1900-09-29 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

The Cornhuskers got their first scrimmage preseason tuneup under new coach Booth with another exhibition game against Lincoln High School, a 22-0 shutout to extend their record over the high schoolers to 3-0.

Alumni

Alumni at Nebraska

1 2 Total Alumni 0 Nebraska 0 Date: 1900-10-06 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

For the first time, the Cornhuskers went head to head against a team made up of former Cornhuskers, in this second exhibition game of the season. Apparently the graduates still had what it takes, as the game ended in a 0-0 draw.

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska

1 2 Total Iowa State 0 • Nebraska 30 Date: 1900-10-13 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Coach Booth's first official game of his career at Nebraska was a refreshing change from the disastrous previous season, as the Cornhuskers had little difficulty putting up 30-0 shutout of the Cyclones in Lincoln. Counting the exhibition games, this was the third game in a row where the Nebraska defense held the other team to zero points, and Nebraska pulled into the series lead, 3-2.

Drake

Drake at Nebraska

1 2 Total Drake 0 0 0 • Nebraska 0 8 8 Date: 1900-10-20 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska Game weather: Windy

Heavy winds interfered with both teams as they attempted to get on the scoreboard, and the day ended with a single touchdown and late safety by Nebraska being the only scores. The shutout streak continued, and Drake fell behind Nebraska in the series, 1-2.

KC Medics

Nebraska at KC Medics

1 2 Total Nebraska 0 0 0 KC Medics 0 0 0 Date: 1900-10-27 Location: Kansas City, Missouri

The Kansas City Medics put up a fight as Nebraska faced them in Kansas City for the second year in a row, and despite the best efforts of both teams, the defensive units carried the day and sent both teams off the field scoreless in a 0-0 tie. This was the last times these teams met, with the KC Medics owning the hard-fought series with Nebraska 2-1-2.

Tarkio

Nebraska at Tarkio

1 2 Total • Nebraska 5 0 5 Tarkio 0 0 0 Date: 1900-10-29 Location: Tarkio, Missouri

Just two days after the battle in Kansas City, the Cornhuskers met Tarkio on the field for the third and final time, but on Tarkio's home field for the first time. Nebraska's first and only score was disputed by Tarkio players and fans, but the score was upheld by the officials. Nebraska failed to capitalize on a later opportunity to put up undisputed points, and the official score remained 5-0 for the rest of the game. The final outcome was disputed strongly enough in Tarkio that the home town paper reported the next day that the score had been a 0-0 tie.

Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri

1 2 Total • Nebraska 6 6 12 Missouri 0 0 0 Date: 1900-11-05 Location: Columbia, Missouri

See also: Missouri–Nebraska rivalry

Nebraska's unbeaten and unscored upon roll continued with a strong effort against Missouri in Columbia. One Cornhusker score in each half summed the points of the game, which featured much punting and changes of possession. Nebraska improved to 6-3 over Missouri.

Grinnell

Grinnell at Nebraska

1 2 Total Grinnell 0 0 0 • Nebraska 22 11 33 Date: 1900-11-10 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska Game weather: Snow

The day belonged entirely to the Cornhuskers as they rolled to an easy shutout victory over Grinnell in Lincoln. The visitors' best shot at avoiding the shutout fell short with a missed 25-yard field goal attempt. This evened the Grinnell-Nebraska series at 2-2.

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas

1 2 Total • Nebraska 6 6 12 Kansas 0 0 0 Date: 1900-11-17 Location: Central Park • Lawrence, Kansas

Nebraska closed out its 9th straight shutout game, counting the exhibition games, against Kansas in Lawrence. No opponents had scored on the Cornhuskers even once during the entire season to date, and Nebraska's series record deficit with Kansas to 4-5.

Minnesota

Minnesota at Nebraska

1 2 Total • Minnesota 10 10 20 Nebraska 0 12 12 Date: 1900-11-29 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 3,000

Nebraska's unbeaten run came to an end as the Cornhuskers hosted Minnesota for the first game of what would become a long and storied rivalry in later years. The Gophers were on average larger and taller than the Cornhuskers, posing a formidable challenge. Despite the loss, Nebraska still managed, through halftime adjustments, to outscore Minnesota in the second quarter, and those 12 points were more than any other opponent had put up against Minnesota in any other game of their season.

After the season

Coach Booth's first season was a remarkable one-year turnaround from the disappointment of 1899. His first year record of 6-1-1 (.813) improved Nebraska's overall program record to 47-26-5 (.635).