1902 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1902 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1902 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 . Coach Booth entered his third season hoping to improve upon the 6 - 2 record of the previous year . The roster shrunk somewhat over previous years and was now down to just 19 players . Game notes . Lincoln High . The Lincoln high schoolers continued their exercise in futility in hoping to knock off the university squad in the annual preseason exhibition game , losing for the 5th time in five games . Doane . Doane ' s latest attempt to best the Cornhuskers fell completely apart as Nebraska scored seemingly at will against the overpowered Doane squad , and extended their series lead to 8 - 2 . Colorado . Nebraska traveled again to Boulder , to meet Colorado for the second time . One Cornhusker score in each half , combined with a stiff defensive effort to secure Nebraska ' s third straight shutout , secured the victory and put Nebraska out to a 2 - 0 series lead . Grinnell . Nebraska ' s star halfback was out with an injury , but neither the loss of his efforts nor the driving rain prevented the Cornhuskers from posting yet another shutout victory , allowing Nebraska to take over the series lead 3 - 2 . Minnesota . Nebraska traveled to Minneapolis to face the feared powerhouse Minnesota team for the third time , hoping to finally come away with a win and avenge the two losses recorded against them so far . The hard fought game remained scoreless until the final minutes , when the Cornhuskers managed the only points of the day on a touchdown . This was the first of Minnesota ' s only two losses of the season , and extremely remarkable considering that Minnesota would finish the 1902 season by outscoring its opponents 335 - 34 , including eight shutout victories . Missouri . Meeting Missouri on new neutral ground , in St . Joseph for the first time , the Cornhuskers ended an early scoring attempt by Missouri at the Nebraska 7 - yard line , and then shut down the Tigers for the rest of the day , while making two touchdowns of their own to extend the shutout streak to 6 , and the series lead to 8 - 3 . Haskell . The Haskell Indians never really had a plausible chance to make a game of it , as Nebraska dominated the contest from beginning to end in yet another shutout victory , extending their series over Haskell to 2 - 0 . Kansas . One of Nebraska ' s touchdown came on a trick placekick that was instead run in for a touchdown . Nebraska ' s shutout streak was now eight games in a row , and the Cornhuskers pulled ahead in the series for the first time , 6 - 5 . Knox . Nebraska hosted Knox for the first game between the teams , and the highlight of the event was the defensive efforts of both teams . Although Knox kept Nebraska to just 7 points in the first half before closing them down , the Cornhuskers once again prevented the opponent from scoring at all . Knox came close , however , before turning over the ball on downs just inches from the end zone . Northwestern . Nebraska met Northwestern for the first time , hosting another Illinois team in Lincoln for the second week in a row . The penalty - ridden game was an emotional battle , with Northwestern reporting rough treatment on the field by the Cornhuskers . Despite seven holding penalties against Nebraska , each of which required turning over the ball according to the rules of the time , the Cornhuskers still held Northwestern scoreless for its tenth straight shutout win to close out the season with a perfect record . After the season . Nebraska wrapped up coach Booth ' s third season with an unprecedented full slate of shutout victories , including the exhibition game at the beginning of the season , scoring 186 points while keeping all opponents off the scoreboard . Nebraska ' s hopes to be considered the Western Champion were dashed when Michigan was instead selected , following their 23 - 6 win over Minnesota , which was Minnesota ' s only season defeat except for their earlier loss to Nebraska . Being an independent seemed to work against Nebraska ' s title consideration , as the other contenders were members of the Big Nine Conference . Nebraska applied to the Big Nine following the season , but the application was denied . Coach Booth ' s record at Nebraska improved to 21 - 3 - 1 ( . 860 ) , and the program ' s overall record improved to 62 - 28 - 5 ( . 679 ) .