1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
South Dakota at Nebraska
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Date: 1906-10-06
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Drake at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Drake |
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0 |
| • Nebraska
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5 |
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Date: 1906-10-13
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Iowa State at Nebraska
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Date: 1906-10-20
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Doane at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Doane |
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0 |
| • Nebraska
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28 |
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Date: 1906-10-27
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Kansas at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| • Kansas
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8 |
0 |
8 |
| Nebraska |
6 |
0 |
6 |
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Date: 1906-11-17
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Location: Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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The 1906 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1906 college football season. The team was coached by Amos Foster and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.
New coach Foster arrived to replace previous coach Walter C. Booth, after compiling an 11-4 record in two years coaching for the University of Cincinnati.
New rules going into effect this year significantly changed the way the game was played, including an increase in the distance required to get a first down to ten yards, and also that an incomplete pass would be considered a turnover. Nebraska's existing schemes were not built around these new rules, and bringing in a new coach also unsettled affairs somewhat going into the season.
Nebraska opened the season under new coach Foster with a solid shutout performance against Hastings College in the first meeting of these teams.
South Dakota seemed to have figured out how to shut down Nebraska's offense, forcing the Cornhuskers to win with field goals instead of touchdowns. The low-scoring affair was Nebraska's third win in four games against the Coyotes.
For the second week in a row, as the offense struggled, the Nebraska defense came through and kept the other team off the board so that Nebraska's single touchdown was enough to get the win. It had been five years since these teams last met, and Nebraska extended the series lead to 3-1.
Nebraska's home field winning streak of 38 straight games (including exhibition games) dating back to the beginning of the 1901 season was broken when Iowa State took advantage of the Cornhuskers' struggling offensive output. A late safety prevented Nebraska from being shut out, and Iowa State reduced their series deficit to 3-5.
Nebraska again defeated Doane in Lincoln, in a shutout win, to try to erase the memory of the previous week's home field loss. Nebraska's lead in the series was increasingly getting out of reach at 10-2.
Nebraska's frustration with rival Minnesota was continued as the Golden Gophers again shut out the Cornhuskers in Minneapolis for the second year in a row, which was also Nebraska's third loss to Minnesota over the past three years. The defensive fight kept the scoreboard empty until the second half, when Minnesota again broke through and extended their lead over Nebraska to 5-1. Minnesota would go on to finish as Big Nine Co-Champion.
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