Grand Island at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| Grand Island |
|
|
0 |
| • Nebraska
|
|
|
64 |
-
Date: 1903-09-26
-
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
South Dakota at Nebraska
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Date: 1903-10-03
-
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Nebraska at Denver
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
0 |
10 |
10 |
| Denver |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Haskell at Nebraska
-
Date: 1903-10-17
-
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
-
Game attendance: 3,000
|
Colorado at Nebraska
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Date: 1903-10-24
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Nebraska at Iowa
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
|
|
17 |
| Iowa |
|
|
6 |
|
Knox at Nebraska
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| Knox |
|
|
5 |
| • Nebraska
|
|
|
33 |
-
Date: 1903-11-07
-
Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Nebraska at Kansas
|
1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Nebraska
|
0 |
6 |
6 |
| Kansas |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
The 1903 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1903 college football season. The team was coached by Walter C. "Bummy" Booth and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Coming off an undefeated season which also featured a full schedule of shutout victories, Nebraska was intent on showing that the previous year was not a fluke. The roster grew to 26 players, up significantly from 19 in 1902.
In their sixth exhibition meeting, the Lincoln high schoolers managed to put points on the board against the Cornhuskers for the first time, remarkably ending Nebraska's run of 10 straight shutout victories. Unsurprisingly, though, the University put up more, and pushed the perfect series record to 6-0.
The Grand Island College team suffered the wrath of the Cornhuskers after Nebraska's shutout streak was ended the previous week, as the Cornhuskers rolled up almost 800 yards of offense and piled 64 points on while holding Grand Island off the scoreboard. Excluding the exhibition game, the shutout streak remained alive.
After a three-year break, Nebraska once again met South Dakota with designs to avenge the Cornhusker loss from 1899. Nebraska accumulated more than four times as many yards as South Dakota and posted yet another shutout win.
Nebraska steamrolled the University of Denver on their own field, amassing 685 yards while holding the Pioneers to just 15 yards and no points on the day. The damage would have been far worse if not for the muddy conditions leading to sloppy play and numerous turnovers. This was the first time these teams had met.
Haskell arrived in Lincoln and ended up being the next in a line of teams to be knocked off and held scoreless as the Cornhuskers rolled up the wins. Some historical records mention this game, the program's 100th, was the first game in which a Nebraska mascot dog appeared, in this case a bulldog wearing a scarlet and cream blanket, however there is a mention of a white bull terrier painted half red from a Nebraska game in 1893.
Nebraska's domination continued, as this time it was Colorado held ineffective with only 37 yards to the 314 rolled up by the Cornhuskers. Nebraska's series lead extended to 3-0 over Colorado.
Three years since their last meeting, Nebraska traveled to Iowa City to play the Hawkeyes on their own field for the first time. Iowa managed to snap the Cornhuskers shutout streak after a Nebraska fumble and subsequent penalty allowed Iowa to start from the Nebraska 2-yard line, where they were successful in getting a score. Still, Nebraska came away with the win, maintaining their unbeaten streak at 20 straight including exhibition games, and pulled ahead in the series, 5-4-2.
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