Conference Independent Home stadium Antelope Field | 1899 record 1–7–1 | |
Head coach Alonzo Edwin Branch (1st year) | ||
The 1899 Nebraska Bugeaters football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1899 college football season. The team was coached by Alonzo Edwin Branch and played their home games at Antelope Field 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
Nebraska's high level of turnover at the top continued as yet another new head coach arrived. Coach Branch was recently finished with school, and the Nebraska appointment was his first college head coaching position.
After the season
The disastrous 1899 season was Nebraska's first losing season. Coach Branch departed after his one and only season. His single-season record of 1-7-1 (.167) was the worst single season record in program history until 1957, and brought Nebraska's overall program record down to 41-25-4 (.614).
1899 was the first year that the nickname "Cornhuskers" was used to identify the team, used by Charles "Cy" Sherman in one of his pieces written for the Nebraska State Journal, and it was adopted as the official team name beginning next season.