Greates Nebraska Football Coach Of All Time?

husker B-rent

husker B-rent

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Coach Walter C.

“Bummy” Booth

(Princeton, 1900)

46-8-1 (.845), 1900-05

Walter C. "Bummy" Booth

ushered in the new century

with a 6-1-1 record in the first

season the team was officially

called the Cornhuskers. His

teams produced a 24-game

win streak starting in 1901 that ended with a 6-0 loss

at Colorado on Oct. 8, 1904. His 1902 team was 9-0

and not scored on.

Year Team Overall

1900 Nebraska 7-1-2

1901 Nebraska 7-2-0

1902 Nebraska 10-0-0

1903 Nebraska 11-0-0

1904 Nebraska 9-3-0

1905 Nebraska 9-2-0

Total: 53-8-2

Walter C. "Bummy" Booth

1900-1905

seasons 6

games 63

won 53

lost 8

tied 2

percentage 0.857 (highest percentage when coaching in more than two games)

 
Way to dig into the archives there! What are the chances we get a Walter Booth day going, every second game in October. And we'll only play in leather helmets! Yeah the SUPER throw back!!!

 
to me, even though games were not that high scoring back then, going the whole 1902 season without being scored on is incredible.

how many other teams has that happened for in history? really i dont know.

 
Yeah you can talk about speed all you want, but I imagine a player from today would crap the first time someone tried to fishhook him to keep him out of the endzone! :cry

 
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Bummy's record is kind of skewed though, because back then Nebraska posted victories over Lincoln High and other high school teams.

 
DJR313 said:
Bummy's record is kind of skewed though, because back then Nebraska posted victories over Lincoln High and other high school teams.
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actually, they considered those exhibitions.........thats why in 1902 it says 9 wins in one place and 10 wins in another in the original post.

 
DJR313 said:
Bummy's record is kind of skewed though, because back then Nebraska posted victories over Lincoln High and other high school teams.
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ooooh... kinda like the jayhawk's pre-big XII schedule this year.

(FIU? give a brother a break!)

 
husker B-rent said:
DJR313 said:
Bummy's record is kind of skewed though, because back then Nebraska posted victories over Lincoln High and other high school teams.
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actually, they considered those exhibitions.........thats why in 1902 it says 9 wins in one place and 10 wins in another in the original post.
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OK, but still, there were wins over Doane, Grinnell, Haskell, and Knox.

In other years they played Kirksville Osteopaths, KC Medics, Grand Island, Bellevue, Tarkio, and Creighton. None of those were called exhibitions. I have no idea what kind of competition these teams gave, but I suspect to get games in the area they were playing the equivalent of Div III through D1A teams.

And the guy never won a bowl game for Nebraska!

 
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