1905 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1905 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Nebraska State Champions
Conference	Independent
1905 record	9–2
Head coach	Walter C. Booth (6th year)
Home stadium	Antelope Field
Seasons ← 1904 1906 →

1905 college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	1
Stanford			–					8	–	0	–	0
Kentucky U.			–					7	–	0	–	3
Stetson			–					4	–	0	–	1
Navy			–					10	–	1	–	1
VPI			–					9	–	1	–	0
Colorado			–					8	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					10	–	2	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	2	–	0
Nebraska			–					9	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Oklahoma			–					7	–	2	–	0
Washington and Lee			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Kansas State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Utah			–					6	–	2	–	0
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Washburn			–					7	–	3	–	0
Oregon Agricultural			–					6	–	3	–	0
California			–					4	–	1	–	2
Kentucky State			–					6	–	3	–	1
USC			–					6	–	3	–	1
Maryland			–					6	–	4	–	0
Oregon			–					4	–	2	–	2
Washington			–					4	–	2	–	2
Virginia			–					5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina			–					4	–	3	–	1
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Michigan State Normal			–					4	–	4	–	0
TCU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Washington State			–					4	–	4	–	0
Connecticut			–					2	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					4	–	5	–	0
Montana			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
William & Mary			–					2	–	4	–	1
Oklahoma A&M			–					1	–	3	–	2
Arkansas			–					2	–	6	–	0
Kendall			–					1	–	3	–	0
Baylor			–					1	–	6	–	0

Grand Island at Nebraska

1 2 Total Grand Island 0 • Nebraska 30 Date: 1905-09-23 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln High at Nebraska

1 2 Total Lincoln High 0 • Nebraska 20 Date: 1905-09-30 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

South Dakota at Nebraska

1 2 Total South Dakota 6 • Nebraska 42 Date: 1905-10-07 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Knox at Nebraska

1 2 Total Knox 0 • Nebraska 16 Date: 1905-10-14 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska at Michigan

1 2 Total Nebraska 0 0 0 • Michigan 0 31 31 Date: 1905-10-21 Location: Regents Field • Ann Arbor, Michigan

Nebraska at Creighton

1 2 Total • Nebraska 40 62 102 Creighton 0 0 0 Date: 1905-10-28 Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Iowa State at Nebraska

1 2 Total Iowa State 0 • Nebraska 21 Date: 1905-11-04 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska Game weather: Rain

Colorado at Nebraska

1 2 Total Colorado 0 0 0 • Nebraska 6 12 18 Date: 1905-11-11 Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 4,012

The 1905 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1905 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, after the extremely successful 1902 and 1903 seasons, sought to return to dominance after the relatively disappointing 7-3 1904 season. Last year's roster of 30 was reduced somewhat, with 26 players appearing in 1905.

The Cornhuskers opened the season without Coach Booth on the sidelines, as he was recovering from illness. It seemed to matter little, as Nebraska rolled to their third win in three games against Grand Island in the last time these teams would meet.

Ending another series, the University team defeated the Lincoln High School team for the 8th time in eight games, in this final exhibition game between the teams.

South Dakota's only points came on a fumble lost by Nebraska that the Coyotes returned the length of the field. Except for that moment of excitement, the day belonged to the Cornhuskers, who pulled ahead of South Dakota 2-1 in the series.

Knox didn't put up much fight, but neither did Nebraska expend much effort in what was described as another early season walk through warm up game. Nebraska's record over Knox advanced to 4-0.

Nebraska met Michigan for the first time in Ann Arbor, in the last season that the Wolverines played at Regents Field. This game had additional meanings, as it was Michigan who had been named Western Champion in 1902 over Nebraska, despite the Cornhuskers finishing the season with a perfect record of shutout victories. In addition, former Cornhusker head coach Fielding H. Yost was at the helm of the Michigan team. This was the first time Nebraska had faced one of its own former head coaches. Any hopes held by the Cornhuskers to settle its affairs against Michigan were silenced, as both teams fought to a draw in the first half only for Michigan to break through and run up 31 unanswered points against the Cornhuskers in the second half.

Coach Booth allowed the Cornhuskers to absolutely smash Creighton in the week after the crushing loss to Michigan. Not holding back at all, Nebraska used trick plays and kept the pressure on throughout the entire game, scoring half again as much in the second half as the first. This game set new records for total points scored and largest margin of victory, displacing the 76-0 downing of Hastings in 1898, as the Cornhuskers moved up to 2-0 against Creighton.

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