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(Top) 1 Schedule 2 Coaching staff 3 Roster 4 Game summaries 4.1 Hastings 4.2 Iowa State 4.3 Tarkio 4.4 William Jewell 4.5 At Missouri 4.6 Grinnell 4.7 At Kansas 4.8 At Kansas City Medics 4.9 Drake 4.10 Colorado 4.11 At Denver AC 4.12 At Iowa 5 References

1898 Nebraska Bugeaters football team

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1898 Nebraska Bugeaters football

Conference	Independent
Record	8–3
Head coach	Fielding H. Yost (1st season)
Home stadium	Antelope Field
Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

1898 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Washington University		–		6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College		–		5	–	0	–	0
Carthage		–		3	–	0	–	0
Iowa State Normal		–		4	–	0	–	1
Washburn		–		4	–	0	–	1
Kansas		–		7	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati		–		5	–	1	–	3
Indiana		–		4	–	1	–	2
Nebraska		–		8	–	3	–	0
Drake		–		4	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest		–		2	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame		–		4	–	2	–	0
Western Reserve		–		5	–	3	–	0
Butler		–		2	–	1	–	1
Heidelberg		–		4	–	3	–	0
Michigan Agricultural		–		4	–	3	–	0
Iowa State		–		3	–	2	–	0
Kansas State		–		1	–	1	–	2
Miami (OH)		–		1	–	1	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural		–		1	–	1	–	1
DePauw		–		3	–	4	–	2
Iowa		–		3	–	4	–	2
Ohio		–		1	–	2	–	1
Ohio State		–		3	–	5	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace		–		2	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan		–		1	–	2	–	0
Indiana State Normal		–		1	–	2	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural		–		1	–	2	–	0
Wabash		–		2	–	5	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan		–		2	–	5	–	0
Haskell		–		2	–	7	–	0
Missouri		–		1	–	4	–	1
Wittenberg		–		1	–	5	–	1
Fairmount		–		0	–	1	–	0

The 1898 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1898 college football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Fielding H. Yost and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. After six seasons in the Western Interstate University Football Association, Nebraska began competing as an independent in 1898.

After the departure of Eddie N. Robinson following the 1897 season, Nebraska hired another future College Football Hall of Fame coach in Yost. Yost stayed at NU for just one year before moving on to Kansas, Stanford, and Michigan, where he won six national championships.

Nebraska played 11 games in 1898, the most in the program's nine-year history, including three instances with only one day off in between games.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
October 1		Hastings	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 76–0
October 8		Iowa State	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 23–10
October 15		Tarkio	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 24–0
October 22		vs. William Jewell	Kansas City, MO	W 38–0
October 24		atMissouri	Rollins Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	W 47–6
October 29		Grinnell	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	Canceled
November 5		atKansas	Central Park Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	W 18–6
November 7		atKansas City Medics	Kansas City, MO	L 0–24
November 12		Drake	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	L 5–6
November 17		atColorado	Boulder, CO (rivalry)	W 23–10
November 19		at Denver AC	Denver, CO	W 11–10
November 24	3:45 p.m.	vs. Iowa	Union Park Council Bluffs, IA (rivalry)	L 5–6
All times are in Central time

Coaching staff

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Coach^[1]^[2]	Position	First year	Alma mater
Fielding H. Yost	Head coach	1898	Lafayette
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	Nebraska
A. A. Bischof	Manager	1898	Nebraska
J. T. Hastie	Assistant manager	1898	Nebraska

Roster

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^[3]



Benedict, Raymond HB Brew, Fred E Cowgill, Howard QB Dasenbrock, John G Drain, Ralph QB Elliott, Ray QB Erwin, C.W. FB Follmer, Harry E Garrett, Harry FB Gilbert, Marvin LT Hansen, Albert LG Kingsbury, Raymond RT Liebman, Morris HB Melford, William C Montgomery, R D Pillsbury, Melville LT Reasoner, Ira T Stringer, Lewis E Turner, Edmund RG Williams, Charles Erwin HB

Starters

Position	Player
Quarterback	Howard Cowgill & Ralph Drain
Left halfback	Raymond Benedict
Right halfback	Harry Follmer
Fullback	C.W. Erwin
Left end	Fred Brew
Left tackle	Raymond Kingsbury
Left guard	Albert Hansen
Center	William Melford
Right guard	Edmund Turner
Right tackle	Melville Pillsbury
Right end	Lewis Stringer

Game summaries

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Hastings

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Hastings at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Hastings			0
• Nebraska			76

Date: October 1
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Nebraska hosted nearby Hastings College to open the season. The Bugeaters dominated the undermatched Broncos, setting new program records for points scored and margin of victory in a 76–0 shutout win.^[4]^[5]

Iowa State

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Iowa State at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Iowa State	0	10	10
• Nebraska	12	11	23

Date: October 8
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Nebraska jumped out to a halftime lead and held on in the second half to extend its winning streak to seven games.^[4]^[5]

Tarkio

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Tarkio at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Tarkio	0	0	0
• Nebraska	18	6	24

Date: October 15
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Nebraska jumped out to a quick 12–0 lead and shut down Tarkio's offense to win 24–0.^[4]^[5]

William Jewell

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Nebraska vs. William Jewell

	1	2	Total
• Nebraska			38
William Jewell			0

Date: October 22
Location: Kansas City, MO

Nebraska overpowered William Jewell in Kansas City en route to a 38–0 shutout victory, NU's seventh shutout in its previous nine games. This was the only game ever played between Nebraska and William Jewell.^[4]^[5]

At Missouri

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Nebraska at Missouri

	1	2	Total
• Nebraska			47
Missouri			6

Date: October 24
Location: Columbia, MO

Just two days after defeating William Jewell, Nebraska faced Missouri in Columbia. The Tigers jumped out to a 6–0 lead, but Nebraska answered with 47 unanswered points to earn a dominant win over Missouri for the second consecutive season.^[4]^[5]

Grinnell

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Grinnell at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
Grinnell			N/A
Nebraska			N/A

Date: October 29
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Grinnell forced the game's cancellation, claiming Nebraska did not follow requirements in selecting game officials.^[4]^[5]

At Kansas

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Nebraska at Kansas

	1	2	Total
• Nebraska	12	6	18
Kansas	0	6	6

Date: November 5
Location: Central Park, Lawrence, KS

Kansas lost a key (though unnamed) player to injury early in the game, and was unable to keep up with Nebraska. This was Nebraska's 11th consecutive victory.^[4]^[5]

At Kansas City Medics

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Nebraska at KC Medics

	1	2	Total
Nebraska			0
• Kansas City Medics			24

Date: November 7
Location: Kansas City, MO

Nebraska faced the Kansas City Medics just two days after defeating Kansas. The Medics ended Nebraska's winning streak with a resounding 24–0 victory.^[4]^[5]

Drake

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Drake at Nebraska

	1	2	Total
• Drake	6	0	6
Nebraska	5	0	5

Date: November 12
Location: Antelope Field, Lincoln, NE

Several key Nebraska players reportedly sat out with injuries following a dense stretch of games in the weeks prior. Drake took advantage of the undermanned Bugeaters, winning 6–5 in the first-ever meeting of these teams.^[4]^[5]

Colorado

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Nebraska at Colorado

	1	2	Total
• Nebraska	10	13	23
Colorado	10	0	10

Date: November 17
Location: Boulder, CO

Nebraska made its first trip to Boulder in 1898, the first game in what would later become an annual rivalry. The Silver and Gold, as Colorado was known at the time, could not keep pace with the Bugeaters in the second half.^[4]^[5]

At Denver AC

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Nebraska at Denver AC

	1	2	Total
• Nebraska	6	5	11
Denver AC	5	5	10

Date: November 19
Location: Denver, CO

A newspaper account of the time stated this game was "the most even and hardy contested fight that has been waged on the Denver gridiron". Nebraska again played with only one day off since its previous game. The Bugeaters took advantage of Denver kicking woes, staving off a late Denver drive into NU territory to win by a single point. This was the final meeting between Denver AC and Nebraska.^[4]^[5]^[6]

At Iowa

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Nebraska at Iowa

	1	2	Total
Nebraska	5	0	5
• Iowa	0	6	6

Date: November 24
Location: Union Park, Council Bluffs, IA

Nebraska jumped out front with an early touchdown, and led 5–0 at halftime. A late Iowa touchdown and successful point after gave the Hawkeyes a 6–5 lead, at which point the game was called on account of darkness; frequent disputes had lengthened the game and prevented its completion.

References

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^ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 14, 2009.

^ "1899 Sombrero – University of Nebraska Yearbook". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 14, 2009.

^ "Nebraska Football 1898 Roster". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 11, 2009.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "1898 Game Recaps". Husker Press Box. Retrieved November 11, 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "the 1890s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 11, 2009.

^ "(no title – newspaper reproduction)". Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Retrieved November 11, 2009.

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