1892 record 2–2–1 (1–1–1 WIUFA) | Home stadium Lincoln Park | |
Head coach J. S. Williams (1st year) | ||
The 1892 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1892 college football season. The team's head coach, J. S. Williams, coached only one game. The Nebraska Bugeaters played their home games at Lincoln Park, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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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
After completing the previous season without a head coach, Nebraska appointed Omaha attorney J. S. Williams to the position, but he did not finish the year.
Nebraska entered conference play for the first time this year, as the University joined with the University of Iowa, the University of Kansas, and the University of Missouri to form the new Western Inter-State University Football Association prior to the start of the 1892 season.
After the season
The program's overall record after this season was 6-4-1 (.591). There was much displeasure regarding the lack of a permanent head coach for the second consecutive season. The University newspaper opined "We are thoroughly disgusted with the cheap-John plan of amateur coaches". By the beginning of the 1893 season, Nebraska would successfully land their first paid football coach.