1898 Nebraska Bugeaters football team
Iowa State at Nebraska
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Date: 1898-10-08
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Tarkio at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Tarkio |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Nebraska
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18 |
6 |
24 |
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Date: 1898-10-15
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska vs. William Jewell
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Grinnell at Nebraska
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Date: 1898-10-29
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska at Kansas
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
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12 |
6 |
18 |
| Kansas |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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Nebraska at KC Medics
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
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0 |
| • KC Medics
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24 |
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Date: 1898-11-07
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Location: Kansas City, Missouri
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Drake at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Drake
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6 |
0 |
6 |
| Nebraska |
5 |
0 |
5 |
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Date: 1898-11-12
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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The 1898 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1898 college football season. The team was coached by Fielding H. Yost and played their home games at Antelope Field 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.
Once again Nebraska had a new coach, and again chose a future College Football Hall-of-Famer in Fielding H. Yost. Unfortunately for Nebraska, Coach Yost only stayed one year before moving on through Kansas and Stanford before establishing his legendary tenure at Michigan.
Nebraska left the Western Inter-State University Football Association after the 1897 season and played this year as an independent, not joining a league again until 1907. The slate of teams scheduled this year was heavy, as there were three instances on the schedule where Nebraska played a game with only one day off since the previous game.
Nebraska hosted nearby Hastings College to open the season, and the theme of the day was Bugeater domination. The 76-0 shutout smashing of Hastings set new Nebraska records for margin of victory and total points scored, besting the 41-0 mark set against Missouri in the previous season.
Nebraska extended their win streak to seven straight with the win over Iowa State in Lincoln. The Cyclones settled down in the second half and put up ten points, but it was not enough to overcome the momentum of the Bugeaters. Nebraska's record over Iowa State improved to 2-1.
The Tarkio squad found themselves behind early on when Nebraska jumped out to a quick 12-0 lead, and the Bugeaters never let them find the end zone in a 24-0 shutout that improved Nebraska's record in this series to 2-0.
The Nebraska players took advantage of their larger average size to overpower the William Jewell team in Kansas City, having no difficulty posting a 38-0 shutout victory. This was Nebraska's seventh shutout in the previous nine games. This was the only time these teams would meet.
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