The 1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the

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as a member of the

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(MVC) during the

1908 college football season The 1908 college football season ran from Saturday, September 19, to November 28. The Penn Quakers and the Harvard Crimson each finished the season unbeaten but with one tied. The LSU Tigers went unbeaten and untied against a weaker opposition ...

. The team was coached by second-year head coach William C. "King" Cole and played its home games at Antelope Field in

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. This was the final year Nebraska played home games at Antelope Field. Following the 1908 season, the university constructed Nebraska Field, located on campus adjacent to where Memorial Stadium was later built. Nebraska's all-time record at Antelope Field was 56–8–2.

Schedule

Coaching staff

Roster

Game summaries

Peru State

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Doane

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Grinnell

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At Minnesota

*Sources: Nebraska again traveled north to face powerhouse Minnesota, ending a four-game losing streak against the Golden Gophers with a goal-line stand to force a scoreless draw.

Haskell

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Iowa

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Iowa State

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Kansas

*Sources: Kansas ended Nebraska's 11-game home winning streak, NU's first loss at Antelope Field since falling to KU in 1906. After the game, Nebraska players accused Kansas of spying on team practices or otherwise improperly obtaining NU team signals, but the game result stood and gave the Jayhawks the MVIAA championship.

Wabash

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Carlisle

*Sources: For the second consecutive week, Nebraska hosted a team it would play only once in program history. The meeting was arranged to bring the heralded

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): ''Wa-Tho-Huk'', translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Nativ ...

to Lincoln, and though Thorpe reportedly struggled, Carlisle dominated the game.

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