| 1909Nebraska Cornhuskers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 3–3–2 (0–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Antelope Park Nebraska Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1909 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented theUniversity of Nebraska as a member of theMissouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the1909 college football season. The team was coached by third-year head coachWilliam C. "King" Cole and played its home games atAntelope Park andNebraska Field inLincoln, Nebraska.[1]
During the season the university finished construction of Nebraska Field, located on campus adjacent to whereMemorial Stadium was later built. It replaced Antelope Field, where NU had played its home games from 1897 through 1907. Nebraska played its first two games at Antelope Park (a separate venue from Antelope Field) prior to the new stadium's completion.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 2 | South Dakota* | T 6–6 | |||||
| October 9 | Knox* |
| W 34–0 | ||||
| October 16 | 3:00 p.m. | vs.Minnesota* | L 0–13 | ||||
| October 23 | 3:00 p.m. | Iowa* |
| T 6–6 | [2] | ||
| October 30 | Doane* |
| W 12–0 | ||||
| November 6 | Kansas |
| L 0–6 | [3] | |||
| November 20 | atDenver* | Denver, CO | W 6–5 | [4] | |||
| November 25 | Haskell* |
| L 5–16 | [5] | |||
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| Coach[6] | Position | First year | Alma mater |
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| William C. "King" Cole | Head coach | 1907 | Marietta |
| Jack Best | Trainer | 1890 | Nebraska |
Beltzer, OrenHB | ||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| South Dakota | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 6 | 6 |
This was the final meeting between Knox and Nebraska.[8][9]
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| •Minnesota | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
After seven consecutive games in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Nebraska faced off in Nebraska for a second time.
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Iowa | 6 | ||
| Nebraska | 6 |
After two Iowa field goals, Nebraska recovered its own fumble in the end zone, and the game ended in a 6–6 tie.
Two 15-yard Nebraska penalties late in the game led to a game-winning punt return touchdown by Kansas.
Nebraska scored its only touchdown off a muffed Denver kick return, and held on for a 6–5 win.
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Nebraska | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| •Haskell | 11 | 5 | 16 |
Haskell blocked five Nebraska punts, and rode the favorable field position to a 16–5 victory.