1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1907 college football season . The team was coached by William C . " King " Cole and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln , Nebraska . Before the season . Nebraska ' s 11th head coach took over in the same year that Nebraska once again joined a conference , though only one conference game was played this year . Game notes . Peru State . New head coach Cole started strong with a shutout downing of Peru State , the first time these teams met , without allowing the visiting team even a single first down in the game . South Dakota . South Dakota seemed at first to have the key to holding off Nebraska , but once the Cornhuskers managed to find the end zone , the Coyote defense lost their containment of the Cornhuskers . Nebraska ' s lead in the series was now 4 - 1 . Grinnell . It had been two years since Grinnell appeared in Lincoln , but it was more of the same for them upon their return . Nebraska failed to capitalize on several Grinnell miscues in the first half , but eventually the Cornhuskers pulled away for the clear win to extend their series lead to 5 - 2 . Minnesota . The now - annual grudge match , where Nebraska continuously seemed to find futility in their repeated attempts to knock off Minnesota , was a repeat of the last several contests . Things were looking up for the Cornhuskers when they capitalized on a Golden Gopher error to score first , but a couple of field goals by Minnesota reversed the lead and yet again sent Nebraska home with a loss , seriously lagging in the series 1 - 6 . Colorado . Colorado arrived in Lincoln with designs to avenge some earlier losses to the Cornhuskers , but were sent home disappointed after being handed a 22 - 8 decision resulting in part from several Colorado mistakes during the game . Nebraska ' s lead in the series was extended to 5 - 1 . Iowa State . Nebraska survived a scare after the Cyclones were at one point leading the Cornhuskers 9 - 4 in the second half . Both teams made mistakes , but it was Nebraska with more points when time expired . Iowa State fell further behind in the series , 3 - 6 . This game is under dispute , as Iowa State claims they won by a final score of 13 - 10 . This is because on a late - game field goal attempt , the ball hit the ground well short of the uprights , but bounced through . Kansas . The game with Kansas was the only conference match for Nebraska this year , since the Cornhuskers had only recently rejoined a conference and were unable to schedule the other conference teams on the relatively short notice . This one win , however , was enough for Nebraska to claim a share of the conference title , and improved their record over the Jayhawks to 8 - 6 . Denver . Nebraska suddenly found their machine to be well - oiled and effective , traveling to Denver to meet the Pioneers for the second time , and recording a convincing 63 - 0 shutout victory to celebrate the 100th Nebraska program victory , also moving up to 2 - 0 against Denver . Doane . The Cornhuskers demolished Doane in every way , shutting them out 85 - 0 . This was the highest score and margin of victory ever in the history of Antelope Field , and the second - highest score and margin of victory in program history at that time , second only to the 1905 smashing of Creighton in Omaha , 102 - 0 . Nebraska was now 11 - 2 over Doane in the longest still - active series in Nebraska ' s history at that time . Saint Louis . Nebraska closed out 1907 facing St Louis for the first and only time , no small task considering the Billikens had gone undefeated in the previous season . The Cornhuskers made it within the 2 - yard line , and on another attempt within inches of the end zone , but were unable to convert and avoid the season - ending shutout loss . After the season . Coach Cole wrapped up his first season with the Cornhuskers with relative success , his one - season record of 8 - 2 - 0 ( . 800 ) raising the program ' s total slightly to 101 - 39 - 5 ( . 714 ) . Nebraska ' s win in their one conference game , against Kansas , was enough to put Nebraska into a tie for first place in the league .