Nebraska at Iowa State
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Date: 1899-10-06
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Location: State Field • Ames, Iowa
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KC Medics at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| KC Medics |
0 |
6 |
6 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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Date: 1899-10-14
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Missouri at Nebraska
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Date: 1899-10-21
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nebraska at KC Medics
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • KC Medics
|
12 |
12 |
24 |
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Iowa vs. Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Iowa
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|
|
30 |
| Nebraska |
|
|
0 |
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Nebraska at Drake
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
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6 |
6 |
12 |
| Drake |
0 |
6 |
6 |
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Kansas at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Kansas
|
24 |
12 |
36 |
| Nebraska |
5 |
15 |
20 |
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Date: 1899-11-18
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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The 1899 Nebraska Bugeaters football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1899 college football season. The team was coached by Alonzo Edwin Branch 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.
Nebraska's high level of turnover at the top continued as yet another new head coach arrived. Coach Branch was recently finished with school, and the Nebraska appointment was his first college head coaching position.
The University met the Lincoln High School football team for the second time in this exhibition game, and came away with a 6-0 win although it did not count towards the season record. There does not seem to be a historical record to indicate that the score was the result of a close fought game or the Bugeaters not pushing as hard as they could have, though the way the season went perhaps credit is due to the high schoolers. Nebraska was now 2-0 against Lincoln High School.
Nebraska suffered its worst ever defeat to open the official slate for 1899, falling behind at Iowa State by 28-0 at halftime. The ineffective Bugeater offense was never able to come up with anything all day, and the preparation of the Cyclones showed the value of the practices they had been getting in since August. Nebraska slipped to 2-2 all time against Iowa State.
The first half remained scoreless as both teams fought to gain a foothold. Nebraska's defense had improved over the previous week, but only enough so that the teams were merely evenly matched. Both squads managed a second half touchdown each but could do nothing further to decide the match, fittingly leaving these squads with an evenly divided 1-1-1 all-time record, as well as one recorded cancellation from 1897.
Nebraska's offensive woes and ineptitude continued as Missouri walked all over the Bugeaters in Lincoln. The Bugeater defense remained stout, however, keeping the scoring from getting out of hand. Without any offense, however, Nebraska suffered their second shutout loss of the season as Missouri drew closer to Nebraska in the series by pulling up to 3-5.
The Kansas City Medics brought Nebraska to their home field and proceeded to demolish the Bugeaters, settling the issue of the tied game from two weeks prior. The Medics pulled ahead on the series 2-1-1, and the Nebraska season began to spiral downhill.
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