1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	7–2–1 (1–1 MVC)
Head coach	William C. "King" Cole (2nd season)
Home stadium	Antelope Field

1908 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

	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 as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during 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.

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	Source
September 26		Peru Normal*	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 (rivalry)	T 0–0	12,000
October 24		Haskell*	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE	W 10–0
October 31		at Iowa*	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 11–8
November 7	3:00 p.m.	vs. Iowa State	Dietz Park Omaha, NE	W 23–17	8,000
November 14		Kansas	Antelope Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 5–20
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 6–37	2,000
*Non-conference game

Coaching staff

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

Roster

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:

Doane

Doane at Nebraska

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

Grinnell

Grinnell at Nebraska

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

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:

See also: Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry

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:

Iowa

Nebraska at Iowa

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

See also: Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry

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:

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska

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

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:

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:

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.