1902 Nebraska

10–⁠0, coached by Walter Booth. The season’s Wikipedia article records 9–⁠0, over nine games to the 10 on file here.

Nebraska, 1902
Photo: Photograph by Townsend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1902, game by game: won vs. Lincoln High 27–0; won vs. Doane 51–0; won at Colorado 10–0; won vs. Grinnell 17–0; won at Minnesota 6–0; won vs. Missouri 12–0; won vs. Haskell 28–0; won vs. Kansas 16–0; won vs. Knox 7–0; won vs. Northwestern 12–0+51Won 27–0 vs. Lincoln High+27Lincoln HighWon 51–0 vs. Doane+51DoaneWon 10–0 at Colorado+10ColoradoWon 17–0 vs. Grinnell+17GrinnellWon 6–0 at Minnesota+6MinnesotaWon 12–0 vs. Missouri+12MissouriWon 28–0 vs. Haskell+28HaskellWon 16–0 vs. Kansas+16KansasWon 7–0 vs. Knox+7KnoxWon 12–0 vs. Northwestern+12Northwestern
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Northwestern 12–⁠0.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Photographs from 1902

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record
10–⁠0
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
186–⁠0
Coach
Walter Booth
Elo
1653 +117 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
13.6 No. 15 of 72 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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