1898 Nebraska Bugeaters football team The 1898 Nebraska Bugeaters football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1898 college football season . The team was coached by Fielding H . Yost and played their home games at Antelope Field 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 . Once again Nebraska had a new coach , and again chose a future College Football Hall - of - Famer in Fielding H . Yost . Unfortunately for Nebraska , Coach Yost only stayed one year before moving on through Kansas and Stanford before establishing his legendary tenure at Michigan . Nebraska left the Western Inter - State University Football Association after the 1897 season and played this year as an independent , not joining a league again until 1907 . The slate of teams scheduled this year was heavy , as there were three instances on the schedule where Nebraska played a game with only one day off since the previous game . Game notes . Hastings . Nebraska hosted nearby Hastings College to open the season , and the theme of the day was Bugeater domination . The 76 - 0 shutout smashing of Hastings set new Nebraska records for margin of victory and total points scored , besting the 41 - 0 mark set against Missouri in the previous season . Iowa State . Nebraska extended their win streak to seven straight with the win over Iowa State in Lincoln . The Cyclones settled down in the second half and put up ten points , but it was not enough to overcome the momentum of the Bugeaters . Nebraska ' s record over Iowa State improved to 2 - 1 . Tarkio . The Tarkio squad found themselves behind early on when Nebraska jumped out to a quick 12 - 0 lead , and the Bugeaters never let them find the end zone in a 24 - 0 shutout that improved Nebraska ' s record in this series to 2 - 0 . William Jewell . The Nebraska players took advantage of their larger average size to overpower the William Jewell team in Kansas City , having no difficulty posting a 38 - 0 shutout victory . This was Nebraska ' s seventh shutout in the previous nine games . This was the only time these teams would meet . Missouri . Only two days after the victory against Williams Jewell , Nebraska faced Missouri in Columbia . If the Tigers had any hopes of taking advantage of an exhausted Bugeater team when they jumped out to a prompt 6 - 0 lead , those hopes were dashed severely as Nebraska ran off a string of 47 unanswered points to claim the win , which improved Nebraska ' s record over Missouri to 5 - 2 . Grinnell . Grinnell forced the cancellation of the game when they refused to play , claiming that Nebraska did not follow the full requirements put forth by Grinnell when designating game officials for the contest . Kansas . Kansas found themselves in trouble early on , after losing a key player to injury shortly after the game began . Although they managed a touchdown later in the game , it was not enough . This was Nebraska ' s 11th straight victory , but the Bugeaters still lagged in this series , 3 - 4 . KC Medics . Only two days after the defeat of Kansas , Nebraska faced the Kansas City Medical School squad . Although the last time they played with only one day off went well for the Bugeaters , the story today was different as the KC Medics hung 24 points on the scoreless Nebraska team , ending their winning streak and evening up the series record at 1 - 1 . It was Nebraska ' s first shutout loss since the 0 - 10 defeat at the hands of Iowa to start the previous season . Drake . Several key Nebraska players were out due to injuries sustained in the long stretch of closely spaced games over the past few weeks , and Drake took advantage of the weakened Bugeaters to scrape out a 5 - 6 win in the first meeting of these teams . Colorado . Nebraska traveled to Boulder to meet the team which would eventually set their sights on the Bugeater squad as the team to beat in later decades . It was not a good way for the Colorado squad to start the series , falling at home to Nebraska 10 - 23 . Denver AC . A newspaper account of the time stated that this game was " the most even and hardy contested fight that has been waged on the Denver gridiron " . Yet again , Nebraska played with only a day off since the previous game . Against the Denver Athletic Club , which held a 2 - 1 record against the Bugeaters , it was a tall order . Missed kicks by Denver came back to haunt them by the end , as Nebraska ' s kicker successfully added to his season total of 41 successful kicks in 43 attempts . In the end , down by just one point , the Denver AC squad was driving and putting the scare into the Bugeaters when time ran out and Nebraska escaped with the win . This was the last time these teams would meet , which left the series forever tied at 2 - 2 . Iowa . Nebraska jumped out first with an early touchdown , but with a missed kick after had only the 5 - 0 lead to boast by halftime . The game was a slow affair overall as both teams repeatedly argued calls . The defensive struggle kept points off the board until Iowa successfully found their way in and made the kick after to pull ahead by one point . The game had started late due to the delayed arrival of Iowa , and the frequent arguing on the field pushed the game so late that it was eventually called due to lack of daylight with Iowa ahead 6 - 5 . Nebraska still held on to the series lead , however , with a slight edge of 4 - 3 - 2 . After the season . Coach Yost had a remarkable start to his one year at Nebraska , outscoring opponents 226 - 16 in the first six games . Yost ' s one year record contribution of 8 - 3 ( . 727 ) improved the program total , raising it to 40 - 18 - 3 ( . 680 ) . Once again , however , Nebraska was in search of a coach .