1905 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1905 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Nebraska State Champions
Conference	Independent
1905 record	9–2
Head coach	Walter C. Booth (6th year)
Home stadium	Antelope Field

The 1905 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1905 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

Coach Booth, after the extremely successful 1902 and 1903 seasons, sought to return to dominance after the relatively disappointing 7-3 1904 season. Last year's roster of 30 was reduced somewhat, with 26 players appearing in 1905.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	Grand Island	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 30-0	-
September 30*	Lincoln High	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 20-0	-
October 7	South Dakota	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 42-6	-
October 14	Knox	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 16-0	-
October 21	at Michigan	Regents Field • Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 0-31	-
October 28	at Creighton	Omaha, Nebraska	W 102-0	-
November 4	Iowa State	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 21-0	-
November 11	Colorado	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 18-0	4,012
November 18	at Minnesota	Northrop Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota	L 0-35	-
November 25	Doane	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 43-5	-
November 30	Illinois	Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 24-6	-
*Exhibition Game.

Roster

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Barta, Frank G Barwick, Leonard QB Bender, Johnny HB Benedict, Maurice QB Borg, Charles C Burns, Donald T Cotton, Charles RG Craig, Hugh HB Denslow, Lloyd E Eager, Earl HB Graves, Elliot HB Hunter, Fred RG Johnson, William E Lundin, Alford T Mason, Cyrus LT Mason, John FB McDonald, Gil E Mills, Leslie QB Morse, C.L. QB Nelson, Thomas G Ringer, John LG Schmidt, Francis HB Taylor, Robert RG Weller, John HB Wenstrand, Ralph G Wilson, Harry 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			30

Date: 1905-09-23
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

The Cornhuskers opened the season without Coach Booth on the sidelines, as he was recovering from illness. It seemed to matter little, as Nebraska rolled to their third win in three games against Grand Island in the last time these teams would meet. ^[5]^[6]

Lincoln High

Lincoln High at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Lincoln High			0
• Nebraska			20

Date: 1905-09-30
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Ending another series, the University team defeated the Lincoln High School team for the 8th time in eight games, in this final exhibition game between the teams. ^[6]

South Dakota

South Dakota at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
South Dakota			6
• Nebraska			42

Date: 1905-10-07
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

South Dakota's only points came on a fumble lost by Nebraska that the Coyotes returned the length of the field. Except for that moment of excitement, the day belonged to the Cornhuskers, who pulled ahead of South Dakota 2-1 in the series. ^[5]^[6]

Knox

Knox at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Knox			0
• Nebraska			16

Date: 1905-10-14
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Knox didn't put up much fight, but neither did Nebraska expend much effort in what was described as another early season walk through warm up game. Nebraska's record over Knox advanced to 4-0.^[5]^[6]

Michigan

Nebraska at Michigan

	1	2	Total
Nebraska	0	0	0
• Michigan	0	31	31

Date: 1905-10-21
Location: Regents Field • Ann Arbor, Michigan

Nebraska met Michigan for the first time in Ann Arbor, in the last season that the Wolverines played at Regents Field. This game had additional meanings, as it was Michigan who had been named Western Champion in 1902 over Nebraska, despite the Cornhuskers finishing the season with a perfect record of shutout victories. In addition, former Cornhusker head coach Fielding H. Yost was at the helm of the Michigan team. This was the first time Nebraska had faced one of its own former head coaches. Any hopes held by the Cornhuskers to settle its affairs against Michigan were silenced, as both teams fought to a draw in the first half only for Michigan to break through and run up 31 unanswered points against the Cornhuskers in the second half.^[5]^[6]

Creighton

Nebraska at Creighton

	1	2	Total
• Nebraska	40	62	102
Creighton	0	0	0

Date: 1905-10-28
Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Coach Booth allowed the Cornhuskers to absolutely smash Creighton in the week after the crushing loss to Michigan. Not holding back at all, Nebraska used trick plays and kept the pressure on throughout the entire game, scoring half again as much in the second half as the first. This game set new records for total points scored and largest margin of victory, displacing the 76-0 downing of Hastings in 1898, as the Cornhuskers moved up to 2-0 against Creighton. ^[5]^[6]

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Iowa State			0
• Nebraska			21

Date: 1905-11-04
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
Game weather: Rain

After a three-year break, Nebraska renewed the series with Iowa State when the Cyclones traveled to Lincoln. The heavy rains kept scoring to a minimum, certainly there were less points scored by Nebraska than the previous week, but Iowa State scored no points at all and fell farther behind in the series, 2-5. ^[5]^[6]

Colorado

Colorado at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Colorado	0	0	0
• Nebraska	6	12	18

Date: 1905-11-11
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 4,012

Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota

	1	2	Total
Nebraska			0
• Minnesota			35

Date: 1905-11-18
Location: Northrop Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota

Nebraska again traveled to Minneapolis to challenge the superiority of the Golden Gophers, who seemed to generally have Nebraska's number. The same was true today, as the Minnesota squad blanked the visiting Cornhuskers and improved their series lead over Nebraska to 4-1. ^[5]^[6]

Doane

Doane at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Doane	0	5	5
• Nebraska	37	6	43

Date: 1905-11-25
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Doane arrived in Lincoln after a two-year break in facing the Cornhuskers, but it was more of the same as Doane fell 5-43. Nebraska had run out ahead by 37 before the half, and though Doane figured out the Cornhuskers enough to play them to a second half draw, those early points were of course far too much to overcome. To Doane's credit, it was the first time in five games against Nebraska that they avoided the shutout. Nebraska's daunting record over Doane was stretched to 9-2. As Nebraska finished with wins against all in-state competition for the season, they recorded their second consecutive and sixth overall state championship. ^[5]^[6]

Illinois

Illinois at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Illinois	6	0	6
• Nebraska	12	12	24

Date: 1905-11-30
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska again closed the season with a win against Illinois. The Fighting Illini of 1905 were demoralized at this point, having been shut out in three of the previous four games, and did not put up a serious fight. Still winless in the series, Illinois was now down 0-4 against Nebraska. ^[5]^[6]

After the season

Coach Booth finished the year at 8-2, an improvement over 1904's final tally, and compiled a Nebraska career record of 46-8-1 (.845), which was a slight drop in percentage from the previous year, but which improved the program's overall record to 87-33-5 (.716). Coach Booth departed the program at the conclusion of the 1905 season, and does not appear to have continued his coaching career elsewhere. After the high turnover of the early years, Nebraska had enjoyed success with a stable coaching staff over the past six years, but once again was in search of a head coach to lead the football team.

References

↑ "Football - 1905 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
↑ "Nebraska Football 1905 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "1905 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "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)

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