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1895 Nebraska Bugeaters football team

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1895 record
  
6–3 (2–1 WIUFA)

Home stadium
  
"M" Street Park

Conference
  
Western Interstate University Football Association

Head coach
  
Charles Thomas (1st year)

The 1895 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1895 college football season. The team was coached by Charles Thomas and played their home games at the "M" Street 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

Head Coach Thomas had been promoted from Assistant Head Coach following the departure of Frank Crawford at the conclusion of the 1894 season. Nebraska was coming off of their first ever conference title season and ready to try to repeat the accomplishment. The roster grew again, increasing from 24 to 30 players for the 1895 season.

After the season

Nebraska once again claimed a portion of the conference title, and also once again lost their head coach as Thomas departed to take the same position at the University of Arkansas. Thomas left Nebraska with his one-season record of 6-3 (.667), and Nebraska's overall record improved slightly to 21-11-2 (.647).

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1895 Nebraska Bugeaters football team Wikipedia