1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Conference	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1908 record	7–2–1 (1–1 MVIAA)
Head coach	William C. "King" Cole (2nd season)
Home stadium	Antelope Field
Seasons ← 1907 1909 →

1908 Missouri Valley football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Kansas $	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Nebraska	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Missouri	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Drake	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Washington University	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Iowa	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1908 college football season. The team was coached by second-year head coach William C. "King" Cole and played its home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.^[1] They competed as members of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA).

This was the final year Nebraska played home games at Antelope Field. Following the 1908 season, the university constructed Nebraska Field, located on campus adjacent to where Memorial Stadium was later built. Nebraska's all-time record at Antelope Field was 56–8–2.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26		Peru State*	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 20–0
October 3		Doane*	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 43–0
October 10		Grinnell*	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 20–5
October 17		at Minnesota*	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	T 0–0
October 24		Haskell*	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 10–0
October 31		at Iowa*	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	W 11–8
November 7	3:00 p.m.	vs. Iowa State	Dietz Park Omaha, NE	W 23–17
November 14		Kansas	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	L 20–5
November 26	2:30 p.m.	Wabash*	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 27–6
December 2	2:30 p.m.	Carlisle*	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	L 37–6	2,000
*Non-conference game

Coaching staff[]

Coach[2]	Position	First year	Alma mater
William C. "King" Cole	Head coach	1907	Marietta
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	Nebraska

Roster[]

^[3]

Beltzer, Oren HB Bentley, Orlando QB Birkner, Hugo HB Bowers RG Chaloupka, William T Collins, Sydney C Cooke, Harold QB Ewing, Henry LG Frum, Sidney RG Harte, Louis T Harvey, James E Hascoll, Vincent QB Johnson, Frank E Kroger, Ernest FB Matters, Thomas T Miller, A.H. T Minor, Harry HB Perrin, Dale C Slaughter HB Sturmer, Frederick LT Sturzenegger, Alfonzo HB Temple, LeRoy FB Wolcott, O.M. QB

Game summaries[]

Peru State[]

Peru State at Nebraska

1 2 Total Peru State 0 • Nebraska 20 Date: September 26 Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Sources:[4][5]

Doane[]

Doane at Nebraska

1 2 Total Doane 0 • Nebraska 43 Date: October 3 Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Sources:[4][5]

Grinnell[]

Grinnell at Nebraska

1 2 Total Grinnell 5 • Nebraska 20 Date: October 10 Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Sources:[4][5]

at Minnesota[]

Nebraska at Minnesota

1 2 Total Nebraska 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 Date: October 17 Location: Northrop Field, Minneapolis, MN Sources:[4][5]

Nebraska again traveled north to face powerhouse Minnesota, ending a four-game losing streak against the Golden Gophers with a goal-line stand to force a scoreless draw.

Haskell[]

Haskell at Nebraska

1 2 Total Haskell 0 • Nebraska 10 Date: October 24 Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Sources:[4][5]

Iowa[]

Nebraska at Iowa

1 2 Total • Nebraska 11 Iowa 8 Date: October 31 Location: Iowa City, IA Sources:[4][5]

Iowa State[]

Nebraska vs. Iowa State

1 2 Total • Nebraska 23 Iowa State 17 Date: November 7 Location: Dietz Park, Omaha, NE Game start: 3:00 PM CT Sources:[4][5]

Kansas[]

Kansas at Nebraska

1 2 Total • Kansas 16 4 20 Nebraska 5 0 5 Date: November 14 Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Sources:[4][5]

Kansas ended Nebraska's 11-game home winning streak, NU's first loss at Antelope Field since falling to KU in 1906. After the game, Nebraska players accused Kansas of spying on team practices or otherwise improperly obtaining NU team signals, but the game result stood and gave the Jayhawks the MVIAA championship.

Wabash[]

Wabash at Nebraska

1 2 Total Wabash 6 • Nebraska 27 Date: November 26 Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Game start: 2:30 PM CT Game weather: Snow Sources:[4][5]

Carlisle[]

Carlisle at Nebraska

1 2 Total • Carlisle 37 Nebraska 6 Date: December 2 Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE Game start: 2:30 PM CT Game attendance: 2,000 Sources:[4][5]

For the second consecutive week, Nebraska hosted a team it would play only once in program history. The meeting was arranged to bring the heralded Jim Thorpe to Lincoln, and though Thorpe reportedly struggled, Carlisle dominated the game.

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