Doane at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| Doane |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Nebraska
|
22 |
29 |
51 |
-
Date: 1902-09-27
-
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Nebraska at Colorado
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
5 |
5 |
10 |
| Colorado |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Grinnell at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| Grinnell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Nebraska
|
12 |
5 |
17 |
-
Date: 1902-10-11
-
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
-
Game weather: Rain
|
Nebraska vs. Missouri
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
6 |
6 |
12 |
| Missouri |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Haskell at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| Haskell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Nebraska
|
6 |
22 |
28 |
-
Date: 1902-11-01
-
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
-
Game attendance: 6,000
|
Kansas at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| Kansas |
|
|
0 |
| • Nebraska
|
|
|
16 |
-
Date: 1902-11-08
-
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Knox at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| Knox |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| • Nebraska
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
-
Date: 1902-11-15
-
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
The 1902 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1902 college football season. The team was coached by Walter C. "Bummy" Booth and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Coach Booth entered his third season hoping to improve upon the 6-2 record of the previous year. The roster shrunk somewhat over previous years and was now down to just 19 players.
The Lincoln high schoolers continued their exercise in futility in hoping to knock off the university squad in the annual preseason exhibition game, losing for the 5th time in five games.
Doane's latest attempt to best the Cornhuskers fell completely apart as Nebraska scored seemingly at will against the overpowered Doane squad, and extended their series lead to 8-2.
Nebraska traveled again to Boulder, to meet Colorado for the second time. One Cornhusker score in each half, combined with a stiff defensive effort to secure Nebraska's third straight shutout, secured the victory and put Nebraska out to a 2-0 series lead.
Nebraska's star halfback was out with an injury, but neither the loss of his efforts nor the driving rain prevented the Cornhuskers from posting yet another shutout victory, allowing Nebraska to take over the series lead 3-2.
Nebraska traveled to Minneapolis to face the feared powerhouse Minnesota team for the third time, hoping to finally come away with a win and avenge the two losses recorded against them so far. The hard fought game remained scoreless until the final minutes, when the Cornhuskers managed the only points of the day on a touchdown. This was the first of Minnesota's only two losses of the season, and extremely remarkable considering that Minnesota would finish the 1902 season by outscoring its opponents 335-34, including eight shutout victories.
Meeting Missouri on new neutral ground, in St. Joseph for the first time, the Cornhuskers ended an early scoring attempt by Missouri at the Nebraska 7-yard line, and then shut down the Tigers for the rest of the day, while making two touchdowns of their own to extend the shutout streak to 6, and the series lead to 8-3.
The Haskell Indians never really had a plausible chance to make a game of it, as Nebraska dominated the contest from beginning to end in yet another shutout victory, extending their series over Haskell to 2-0.
One of Nebraska's touchdown came on a trick placekick that was instead run in for a touchdown. Nebraska's shutout streak was now eight games in a row, and the Cornhuskers pulled ahead in the series for the first time, 6-5.
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