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Nebraska Football Team History

Nebraska Cornhuskers

University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
Founded: 1869
Stadium: Memorial/Osborne Field
Capacity: 81,067
Colors: Scarlet & Cream
Coach: Walter C. Bummy Booth
Conference: Independent-

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1890 <-- 1903 <- 1904 -> 1905 --> 2024

1904 Season Highlights

Walter C. Bummy Booth enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Nebraska.

1904 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 24	vs. Grand Island	72	0	W
Sat., Oct. 1	vs. Grinnell	46	0	W
Sat., Oct. 8	@ Colorado	0	6	L
Sat., Oct. 15	@ Creighton	39	0	W
Sat., Oct. 22	vs. Knox	34	0	W
Sat., Oct. 29	@ Minnesota	12	16	L
Sat., Nov. 5	vs. Iowa	17	6	W
Sat., Nov. 12	vs. Haskell	6	14	L	@ Kansas City, MO
Sat., Nov. 19	vs. Bellevue	51	0	W
Thu., Nov. 24	vs. Illinois	16	10	W

1904 Season Totals
Record	7-3
Points Scored	293
Scoring Average	29.3
Points Allowed	52
Defense Average	5.2
Opponents Record	35-8
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	6-1
Away Record	1-2

1904 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1904 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Kansas	8-1-1	179	38					A.R. Bert Kennedy
Iowa State	7-2	248	48					A.W. Ristine
Connecticut	5-3-1	83	85					E.O. Smith
New Mexico	1-0	11	0					Walter McEwan
Pittsburgh	10-0	407	5					Arthur St. L. Texas Mosse
Army	7-2	136	27					Robert E. Boyers
Cincinnati	7-1	182	10					Amos P. Foster
Navy	7-2-1	149	38					Paul J. Dashiell
Nebraska	7-3	293	52					Walter C. Bummy Booth
Stanford	7-2-1	188	10					James F. Lanagan
California	6-1-1	75	24					James Hopper
Penn State	6-4	195	72					Thomas F. Tom Fennell
Southern California	6-1	200	27					Harvey R. Holmes
Syracuse	6-3	405	57					Dr. Charles P. Hutchins
Virginia	6-3	78	54					George Foster Sanford
West Virginia	6-3	96	233					Anthony W. Chez
North Carolina	5-2-2	170	34					Robert R. Brown
Northern Illinois	5-0	90	17					Dixie Fleager
Notre Dame	5-3	94	127					Louis J. Red Salmon
Oregon	5-3	64	59					R.S. Dick Smith
Virginia Tech	5-3	121	27					John C. OConnor
Arizona State	4-0	116	0					Frederick M. Irish
Arkansas	4-3	62	55					A.D. Brown
Oklahoma	4-3-1	204	96					Fred Ewing
Oregon State	4-2	119	22					Dr. Allen C. Steckle
South Carolina	4-3-1	62	43					Christie Benet
Washington	4-2-1	113	66					James Knight
Wyoming	4-1-1	97	35					William McMurray
Arizona	3-1-2	66	48					Orin A. Kates
Louisiana State	3-4	38	38					Dan A. Killian
Missouri	3-6	50	130					John F. Mclean
Nevada	3-2	50	43					Bruce C. Shorts
Temple	3-2	65	23					H. Shindle Wingert
Baylor	2-5-1	34	106					Sol S. Metzger
Maryland	2-4-2	33	62					D. John Markey
Ohio	2-4-1	57	83					Henry Hart
Washington State	2-2	46	26					Everett M. Sweeley
Jacksonville State	1-4	37	153					C.A. Holton
Kansas State	1-6	48	186					A.A. Booth
Louisiana	1-0	11	4					No Team
Louisiana Tech	1-3	11	60					E.G. Pierce
Marshall	1-3-3	16	26					Alfred McCary
Miami Ohio	1-6	12	289					Arthur F. Art Smith
New Mexico State	1-2-1	42	33					John O. Miller
Rutgers	1-6-2	16	204					A. Ellet Hitchner
Texas Christian	1-4-1	5	90					C.E. Cronk
Central Michigan	0-1	6	60					Charles Tambling
Oklahoma State	0-4-1	0	115					No Coach

1904 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1904 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

Notre Dame has the most players in the College Football Hall of Fame.