1895 Nebraska Bugeaters football team The 1895 Nebraska Bugeaters football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1895 college football season . The team was coached by Charles Thomas and played their home games at the " M " Street Park in Lincoln , Nebraska . Nebraska ' s football team began its history as the " Old Gold Knights " , and was also sometimes known as the " Tree Planters " , " Nebraskans " , " The Rattlesnake Boys " , " Red Stockings " , " Antelopes " or " Goldenrods " in their early years . Before the season . Head Coach Thomas had been promoted from Assistant Head Coach following the departure of Frank Crawford at the conclusion of the 1894 season . Nebraska was coming off of their first ever conference title season and ready to try to repeat the accomplishment . The roster grew again , increasing from 24 to 30 players for the 1895 season . Game notes . Sioux City AC . Nebraska ' s road trip to Sioux City , Iowa , was the longest road trip in the program ' s young history , but much longer trips were on the agenda for later in the year . This tune up game to open the season for the Bugeaters was never in doubt , as the Sioux City Athletic Club squad was shut out with a 0 - 38 loss . At the time it was the most points ever scored by Nebraska and the largest margin of victory by Nebraska , beating the records set the previous season in Nebraska ' s 36 - 0 defeat of Iowa . Butte AC . By far the longest road trip Nebraska had undertaken to date , the Bugeaters traveled well over 1 , 000 miles to Butte , Montana to face the Butte Athletic Club . Although by this time there were railroads connecting much of the American Old West , it was still early enough in the nation ' s history that the Oregon Trail was still in use . Butte AC ' s ball control game plan worked effectively to keep the Bugeaters from scoring opportunities , as Nebraska had only one possession in the game ' s first twenty minutes , and Butte was ahead 12 - 0 by the half . Nebraska outscored Butte 6 - 4 in the 2nd half , but that was not enough to overcome the early deficit . Denver AC . The third meeting of these teams was much less acrimonious than the previous , violent 1893 meeting , which featured high emotions that eventually resulted in Denver ' s choosing to quit the contest and forfeit . Denver ' s game play this time was less disciplined than in the past , and the running game established by the Bugeaters was more than enough to put away the Denver Athletic Club and improve Nebraska ' s record over them to 2 - 1 . Omaha . This was the first and only meeting between the Bugeaters and Omaha University Club , playing for the school which would eventually become the University of Nebraska at Omaha . The contest was never in doubt as Nebraska led by 12 after the half and then ran off another 24 unanswered points to close out the 36 - 0 win . Missouri . Nebraska traveled to Omaha to meet the Hawkeyes to open the 1895 conference slate . A game of well - matched squad produced a 6 - 10 deficit for the Bugeaters by the half , but Nebraska was able to shut down Missouri in the second half while putting one more touchdown in . Nebraska ' s win brought the series between these teams to a 2 - 2 tie . University of Missouri records indicate the final score of this game was a 12 - 0 Nebraska victory . Kansas . Nebraska failed to cash in on several opportunities to score in the first half , and both teams settled for a scoreless first half . The Jayhawks and Bugeaters then traded single touchdowns and missed field kicks to tie it up at 4 - 4 . Near the end of the game , the Nebraska team apparently was confused about the time remaining to play and eased back on their defensive effort , a mistake that proved costly as Kansas took advantage of the pullback and scored another touchdown to win . Nebraska fell farther behind in the series with Kansas , to 1 - 3 . Doane . Nebraska traveled to Crete to meet Doane for the 7th time , and the event was entirely one - sided as the Bugeaters had little trouble putting 24 points on the board and handing Doane yet another loss as Nebraska improved to 5 - 2 in the series . Undefeated against other Nebraska - based teams for the season , the Bugeaters recorded their third state championship . Grinnell . In what seemed a complete reversal of fortunes from Nebraska ' s previous game , the Bugeaters seemed poised to another easy win over Grinnell after their shutout victory from last year , but it was Grinnell who notched the shutout , reversing the score of Nebraska ' s 24 - 0 win the previous week and handing the Bugeaters a 0 - 24 road shutout . This brought the series between these teams to a 1 - 1 tie . Iowa . The Nebraska - Iowa contest , now an annual Thanksgiving Day event , was a defensive struggle that kept points off the board until Nebraska ' s single second half touchdown and following field kick . Nebraska now owned a 3 - win streak over Iowa while improving the series record to 3 - 1 - 1 . The Bugeaters victory combined with the defeat of Kansas by Missouri , resulted in a three way conference tie for first place by winning record . However , the tie - breaking system at that time , to determine to whom the conference pennant was awarded , settled ties by points allowed . In this regard , Nebraska was rated third among the title winners . University of Iowa records indicate that this game was played November 19 . After the season . Nebraska once again claimed a portion of the conference title , and also once again lost their head coach as Thomas departed to take the same position at the University of Arkansas . Thomas left Nebraska with his one - season record of 6 - 3 ( . 667 ) , and Nebraska ' s overall record improved slightly to 21 - 11 - 2 ( . 647 ) .