The 1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1907 college football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach William C. "King" Cole and played its home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1]
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Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 8–2 (1–0 MVC) |
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Home stadium | Antelope Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa + | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska + | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington University | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prior to the season, Nebraska joined the MVC, the first time since 1897 the Cornhuskers had been a member of a conference.
Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 28 | Peru Normal* |
| W 53–0 | ||||
October 5 | South Dakota* |
| W 39–0 | ||||
October 12 | Grinnell* |
| W 30–4 | ||||
October 19 | at Minnesota* | L 5–8 | 8,000 | ||||
October 26 | Colorado* |
| W 22–8 | [2] | |||
November 2 | Iowa State* |
| W 10–9 | ||||
November 9 | at Kansas | Lawrence, KS (rivalry) | W 16–6 | [3] | |||
November 16 | at Denver* | Denver, CO | W 63–0 | ||||
November 23 | Doane* |
| W 85–0 | ||||
November 28 | at Saint Louis* | L 0–34 | |||||
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Coaching staff
editCoach[4] | Position | First year | Alma mater |
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William C. "King" Cole | Head coach | 1907 | Marietta |
Jack Best | Trainer | 1890 | Nebraska |
Roster
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Game summaries
editPeru State
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Nebraska held Peru State without a first down in Cole's first game, also the first meeting between the teams.[6][7]
South Dakota
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Grinnell
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At Minnesota
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Nebraska scored first after a Minnesota fumble, but a pair of field goals gave the Golden Gophers the lead and another victory over NU.[6][7]
Colorado
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Iowa State
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A second-half touchdown gave Nebraska a 10–9 win over Iowa State. On a late Cyclones field goal attempt, the ball hit the ground short of the uprights and bounced through. Because of this, Iowa State lists this game as a 13-10 victory.[6][7]
At Kansas
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This was Nebraska's only conference game in 1907, as the Cornhuskers had recently joined the MVIAA and were unable to schedule the other teams with such short notice. The 16–6 win gave NU a share of the conference title.[6][7]
At Denver
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Doane
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The Cornhuskers shut out Doane 85-0, the largest margin of victory in Antelope Field history.
At Saint Louis
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Saint Louis shut out Nebraska 34–0 in the only meeting between the teams.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "Beat Colorado - Cornhuskers down westerners in hard battle". The Nebraska State Journal. October 27, 1907. Retrieved April 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Victory Is Easy: Nebraska Plays Rings Around Jayhawker Crowd". The Nebraska State Journal. November 10, 1907. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
- ^ "Nebraska Football 1907 Roster". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "1907 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved November 15, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h "the 1900s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 15, 2009.