1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Nebraska State Champions
Conference	Independent
1904 record	9–3
Head coach	Walter C. Booth (5th year)
Home stadium	Antelope Field

The 1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1904 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

The Cornhuskers were rolling, coming off of two dominating undefeated seasons, the first of which consisted entirely of shutout victories with no points scored against Nebraska. The nation was beginning to take serious notice of the program in Lincoln. The team was also continuing to grow, now having a roster of 30 players.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Grand Island	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 72-0	-
September 27*	Lincoln High	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 17-0	-
October 1	Grinnell	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 46-0	-
October 8	at Colorado	Boulder, Colorado	L 0-6	-
October 15	at Creighton	Omaha, Nebraska	W 39-0	-
October 20*	Lincoln Medics	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 29-0	-
October 22	Knox	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 34-0	-
October 29	at Minnesota	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota	L 12-16	12,000
November 5	Iowa	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 17-6	-
November 12	vs. Haskell	Kansas City, Missouri	L 6-14	-
November 19	Bellevue	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 51-0	-
November 24	Illinois	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 16-10	-
*Exhibition Game.

Roster

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Barta, Frank G Barwick, Leonard QB Bell, Johnny HB Bender, Johnny HB Benedict, Maurice QB Berry E Borg, Charles C Burns, Donald RT Cotton, Charles RT Craig, Hugh HB Denslow, Lloyd E Eager, Earl HB Fenlon HB Hunter, Fred RG Johnson, William E Knapp QB Lundin, Alford LT Marsh, Earl HB Mason, Cyrus LT Mason, John FB McDonald, Gil QB Mills, Leslie G Reddick QB Richardson LT Robinson E Ryan E Scallon LT Speer RG Standeven E Weller, John HB

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
John Westover	Assistant Coach	1904	1901–1905	Nebraska

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Game notes

Grand Island

Grand Island at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Grand Island			0
• Nebraska			72

Date: 1904-09-24
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Coach Booth started out easy on Grand Island as the teams met for the second time, by not using the starters in the first half, but allowed them in afterwards. The result was a 72-0 shutout thrashing of the Grand Island squad, which was the second highest-margin of victory and total scoring in Nebraska history, behind only the 76-0 win over Hastings in 1898. Nebraska improved over Grand Island to 2-0.^[6]^[7]

Lincoln High

Lincoln High at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Lincoln High			0
• Nebraska			17

Date: 1904-09-27
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

It isn't recorded whether the Nebraska starters played in this game or not, or what role the short two-day turnaround since the Grand Island game may have played, or if the Lincoln High School team was just that good, but the Cornhuskers put up only 17 points in their 7th straight win over the local high schoolers in their annual exhibition game.^[7]

Grinnell

Grinnell at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Grinnell			0
• Nebraska			46

Date: 1904-10-01
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

A wet field created messy conditions, but on this day it didn't seem to set back the Cornhuskers at all as they rolled up 46 points and shut out Grinnel for a 25th straight win and 6th straight shutout (counting exhibition games). Nebraska improved to 4-2 over Grinnell.^[6]^[7]

Colorado

Nebraska at Colorado

	1	2	Total
Nebraska	0	0	0
• Colorado	6	0	6

Date: 1904-10-08
Location: Boulder, Colorado

Creighton

Nebraska at Creighton

	1	2	Total
• Nebraska			39
Creighton			0

Date: 1904-10-15
Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Creighton hosted Nebraska in Omaha for the first meeting of these teams, but it was back to the Nebraska of old as the Cornhuskers once again posted a shutout victory with seemingly little effort.^[6]^[7]

Lincoln Medics

Lincoln Medics at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Lincoln Medics			0
• Nebraska			29

Date: 1904-10-20
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

In a second exhibition game for the season, the Cornhuskers defeated the Lincoln Medics in another shutout win, though the victory did not count towards the season record. This was the only time these teams would meet.^[6]^[7]

Knox

Knox at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Knox			0
• Nebraska			34

Date: 1904-10-22
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

The Cornhuskers had only one day off after the defeat of the Lincoln Medics when Knox arrived for the third contest between these teams. Coach Booth's personnel changes seemed effective in the end as the Cornhuskers put up yet another shutout victory and moved up to 3-0 against Knox.^[6]^[7]

Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota

	1	2	Total
Nebraska			12
• Minnesota			16

Date: 1904-10-29
Location: Northrop Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota
Game attendance: 12,000

After a one-year break, the series with recent rival Minnesota resumed in Minneapolis. The Gophers scored first, but Nebraska tied the game shortly afterwards, which was the first time that any team had scored against Minnesota during the entire season to date and back into 1903, ending their shutout streak at 12 straight. Despite the rare points put up on the Gophers, Minnesota came up with more to defeat the Cornhuskers and advance their lead in the series to 3-1.^[6]^[7]

Iowa

Iowa at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Iowa			6
• Nebraska			17

Date: 1904-11-05
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Iowa fought a good game and scored a late touchdown to avoid the shutout, but the 17 points assembled by the Cornhuskers sent the Hawkeyes home with a loss and lagging in the series 4-6-2.^[6]^[7]

Haskell

Nebraska vs. Haskell

	1	2	Total
Nebraska	3	3	6
• Haskell	14	0	14

Date: 1904-11-12
Location: Kansas City, Missouri

In the 4th meeting of these teams, as they played outside of Lincoln for the first time, Haskell unexpectedly upended the Cornhuskers for the first time. Nebraska's points came only as the result of a recovered Haskell fumble in the end zone. Having now dropped three games on the season, Nebraska headed home in defeat but still owning the series edge 3-1.^[6]^[7]

Bellevue

Bellevue at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Bellevue			0
• Nebraska			51

Date: 1904-11-19
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Bellevue suffered the brunt of Nebraska's wrath following the previous week's loss to Haskell, as the Cornhuskers punched out 51 unanswered points despite having numerous starters sidelined with injuries. Nebraska's record over Bellevue improved to 2-0, both shutout wins. This win was Nebraska's third against significant in-state competition for the season, and with a win against the Lincoln Medics and an exhibition win against Lincoln High, the Cornhuskers recorded their fifth state championship.^[6]^[7]

Illinois

Illinois at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Illinois			10
• Nebraska			16

Date: 1904-11-24
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

For the second year in a row, the Cornhuskers faced Illinois to end the season, and once again Nebraska came away with a win, though not in as convincing fashion as may have been desired. The scoring was back and forth, with Illinois initially in the lead and later coming back within a point before the Cornhuskers put the game away.^[6]^[7]

After the season

After the record-setting 1902 and 1903 seasons, 1904 was relatively disappointing in its 7-3 finish. Nebraska's record game-winning streak (counting exhibition games) was capped at 27 this year. Coach Booth's overall career record at Nebraska fell to 38-6-1 (.856), while the program's overall record fell very slightly to 79-31-5 (.709).

References

↑ "Football - 1904 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
↑ "Nebraska Football 1904 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
↑ "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.
↑ "1902 Sombrero - University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "1904 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved 2009-11-14.

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Venues	Lincoln Park (1890–95) "M" Street Park (1894–96) Antelope Field (1897–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–22) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado Iowa (Heroes Trophy) Kansas Miami Minnesota ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Missouri (Victory Bell) Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin (Freedom Trophy)

Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Marching band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" 1939 Kansas State game 1971 Oklahoma game Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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