1903 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1903 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1903 college football season . The team was coached by Walter C . " Bummy " Booth and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln , Nebraska . Before the season . Coming off an undefeated season which also featured a full schedule of shutout victories , Nebraska was intent on showing that the previous year was not a fluke . The roster grew to 26 players , up significantly from 19 in 1902 . Game notes . Lincoln High . In their sixth exhibition meeting , the Lincoln high schoolers managed to put points on the board against the Cornhuskers for the first time , remarkably ending Nebraska ' s run of 10 straight shutout victories . Unsurprisingly , though , the University put up more , and pushed the perfect series record to 6 - 0 . Grand Island . The Grand Island College team suffered the wrath of the Cornhuskers after Nebraska ' s shutout streak was ended the previous week , as the Cornhuskers rolled up almost 800 yards of offense and piled 64 points on while holding Grand Island off the scoreboard . Excluding the exhibition game , the shutout streak remained alive . South Dakota . After a three - year break , Nebraska once again met South Dakota with designs to avenge the Cornhusker loss from 1899 . Nebraska accumulated more than four times as many yards as South Dakota and posted yet another shutout win . Denver . Nebraska steamrolled the University of Denver on their own field , amassing 685 yards while holding the Pioneers to just 15 yards and no points on the day . The damage would have been far worse if not for the muddy conditions leading to sloppy play and numerous turnovers . This was the first time these teams had met . Haskell . Haskell arrived in Lincoln and ended up being the next in a line of teams to be knocked off and held scoreless as the Cornhuskers rolled up the wins . Some historical records mention this game , the program ' s 100th , was the first game in which a Nebraska mascot dog appeared , in this case a bulldog wearing a scarlet and cream blanket , however there is a mention of a white bull terrier painted half red from a Nebraska game in 1893 . Colorado . Nebraska ' s domination continued , as this time it was Colorado held ineffective with only 37 yards to the 314 rolled up by the Cornhuskers . Nebraska ' s series lead extended to 3 - 0 over Colorado . Iowa . Three years since their last meeting , Nebraska traveled to Iowa City to play the Hawkeyes on their own field for the first time . Iowa managed to snap the Cornhuskers shutout streak after a Nebraska fumble and subsequent penalty allowed Iowa to start from the Nebraska 2 - yard line , where they were successful in getting a score . Still , Nebraska came away with the win , maintaining their unbeaten streak at 20 straight including exhibition games , and pulled ahead in the series , 5 - 4 - 2 . Knox . For the second game in a row , Nebraska allowed an opponent to score . By the time Knox reached 5 points , Nebraska already had 10 , and would continue to score to pull away . Nebraska improved their record over Knox to 2 - 0 . Kansas . Kansas presented a real challenge for the Cornhuskers , managing to hold Nebraska without points until near the end of the game . One touchdown was enough , though , as The Cornhuskers again managed to keep the other team off the board . Nebraska improved their record over the Jayhawks to 7 - 5 . Bellevue . After the relatively weak showings in the previous three games , allowing two opponents to score and one to hold the Cornhuskers to a single touchdown , Nebraska unloaded on Bellevue in the first meeting of these teams , rolling up 52 points with minimal effort . Illinois . It had been a full ten years since these teams last met , a 6 - 0 Nebraska victory in Lincoln , and the outcome today would be the same despite a strong defensive showing by Illinois . Nebraska only managed 58 yards in the first half , but after the break the Cornhuskers figured out the Fighting Illini and produced 276 yards and 16 points for yet another shutout , their 3rd in a row and 8th on the season . Nebraska now led the series 2 - 0 . After the season . Nebraska wrapped up a second consecutive unbeaten season , its third overall , and had indeed become a feared power in college football . One newspaper writer of the time wrote " Nebraska occupies a unique position in western football . Too strong to find fearful competitors , the Cornhuskers can almost weep with Alexander the Great because they have no more teams to conquer . " At this point , Nebraska had a 24 - game winning streak dating back into 1901 ( including exhibition games ) . Coach Booth ' s record at Nebraska improved to 31 - 3 - 1 ( . 900 ) , which also raised the program ' s overall record to 72 - 28 - 5 ( . 710 ) . However , by being an independent program , Nebraska was unable to claim a conference title and was again snubbed for consideration for any kind of regional title .