Doane at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| Doane |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Nebraska
|
6 |
14 |
20 |
|
Nebraska at Missouri
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
0 |
8 |
8 |
| Missouri |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska
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Date: 1896-10-31
-
Location: "M" Street Park • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska at Kansas
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| • Kansas
|
6 |
12 |
18 |
|
Nebraska at KC Medics
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
0 |
6 |
6 |
| KC Medics |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Butte AC at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Butte AC
|
|
|
20 |
| Nebraska |
|
|
6 |
-
Date: 1896-11-12
-
Location: "M" Street Park • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Iowa State at Nebraska
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Date: 1896-11-19
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Location: "M" Street Park • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska
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Date: 1896-11-23
-
Location: "M" Street Park • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
The 1896 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1896 college football season. The team was coached by Eddie N. Robinson and played their home games in 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.
Yet another new head coach arrived, as future College Football Hall-of-Famer Eddie Robinson arrived to take charge of the Bugeaters in their seventh season. Coach Robinson was the first to require physical evaluations for players, and this may have played a part in the roster dropping from 30 players last season to just 22 for 1896.
Nebraska hosted Doane in Lincoln for the eighth meeting of these squads. It was slow going at the start, but the Bugeaters still managed to put points slowly on the board. After remaining slow to start the second half, Doane began to bend and then break as they gave up a total of 20 points and the shutout. The series record moved further into Nebraska's favor, at 8-3.
Conference play opened early in the season this year, as Nebraska finally traveled to Columbia to play the Tigers on their home turf instead of meeting them in Omaha or Kansas City. Missouri found the scoreboard first for the only points of the first half, but was unable to answer Nebraska's 8-point answer after the break. Missouri fell behind in the series 2-3.
Nebraska hosted neighboring Nebraska Wesleyan for the first time, but it was essentially a home game for both teams. At the time, NWU was located in the town of University Place, which would eventually be absorbed into the City of Lincoln. NWU's first points came as a result of a blocked Bugeater punt, and they came up with another touchdown before the half, but these points were never enough to take the lead at any point in the game.
An error-prone beginning to the game kept the scoring lower than it might have been to start, but Kansas showed that they still had Nebraska's number, shutting out the Bugeaters in the second half on their way to the 18-4 win. Nebraska fell farther behind in the series, 1-4.
University of Kansas records indicate that this game was played on November 8.
Nebraska traveled to Kansas City for their first meeting with the Kansas City Medics football team. It was agreed before the game start that the halves would be shorter, perhaps resulting in the lower-than-expected score. Any assumptions that Nebraska would roll were put down when the first half ended scoreless. The Bugeaters went ahead 6-0 in the second half and then survived a scare when the KC Medics scored their own touchdown with 30 seconds left to play, but missed the field kick after.
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