Lincoln High vs. Nebraska
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Grinnell at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Grinnell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Nebraska
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0 |
22 |
22 |
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Date: 1894-10-20
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Location: "M" Street Park • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 650
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Doane at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Doane
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6 |
6 |
12 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-
Date: 1894-10-27
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Location: "M" Street Park • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska at Missouri
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
4 |
10 |
14 |
| • Missouri
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12 |
6 |
18 |
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Nebraska at Omaha YMCA
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
30 |
6 |
36 |
| Omaha YMCA |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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Nebraska at Kansas
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
8 |
4 |
12 |
| Kansas |
6 |
0 |
6 |
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Nebraska at Ottawa
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
| Ottawa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Nebraska vs. Iowa
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
12 |
24 |
36 |
| Iowa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Date: 1894-11-29
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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The 1894 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented University of Nebraska in the 1894 college football season. The team was coached by Frank Crawford and played their home games at the "M" Street Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Nebraska's football team began its history as the "Old Gold Knights", and was also sometimes known as the "Tree Planters", "Nebraskans", "The Rattlesnake Boys", "Red Stockings", "Antelopes" or "Goldenrods" in their early years.
For the first time in program history, Nebraska started the season with a returning head coach. Also for the first time, a pre-season exhibition game was scheduled against Lincoln High School. As the program grew, so did the roster, having increased from 17 in the first season, to 24 this year.
This exhibition game to tune up for the season was played essentially as a practice scrimmage, and the results did not count towards the season record.
Grinnell was an established power by the time these teams met for the first time, as Grinnell had won four of the last five Iowa State championships. Few expected much of a game from Nebraska against this kind of experience, but someone forgot to tell the Bugeaters that they were supposed to lose. Nebraska fought all through the first half, and despite not scoring, also prevented Grinnell from posting points of their own, and the game was tied at 0-0 by halftime. After the break, it was all Nebraska, including three touchdowns by George Flippin.
Possibly feeling confident after the shutout defeat of Grinnell, Nebraska was humbled quickly the following week when Doane came into Lincoln and scored once in each half to shut out the Bugeaters and cut Nebraska's series lead to 4-2.
Nebraska opened their conference slate with a road game at Missouri. The Bugeaters improved their scoring woes from the previous game by putting up 14 points, but the Tigers did better by posting 18 and taking the win as well as the series lead over Nebraska, 2-1.
While the earlier exhibition game against Lincoln High School did not count towards the season's official record, this match against high school students and other Omaha residents forming the Omaha YMCA squad did count. It was a one side affait in every way as the Bugeaters ran out to a fast 30-0 lead by the half, though the Omaha YMCA team still managed a touchdown of their own by the game's end. Nebraska was now 2-0 over the Omaha YMCA all-time.
A dispute over the officiating crew delayed the kickoff, but once underway Kansas took an early lead in their bid to remain perfect in their series with Nebraska. The Bugeaters fought back to pull ahead 8-6 by halftime and then kept the Jayhawks off the scoreboard in the second half while padding their lead to 12-6. Nebraska's first win in the series brought them up to 1-2 all time against Kansas.
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