husker B-rent Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 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) Quote Link to comment
I See Red People Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 percentage 0.857 (highest percentage when coaching in more than two games) not anymore! Bo Pelini 4-0 as head coach of NU (1.000) Quote Link to comment
husker B-rent Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 fine.....a full season or more. Quote Link to comment
HuskerTrucker Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 percentage 0.857 (highest percentage when coaching in more than two games) not anymore! Bo Pelini 4-0 as head coach of NU (1.000) Bada Bing!! Quote Link to comment
huzkerbob Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 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!!! Quote Link to comment
husker B-rent Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 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!!! meh.......i was kinda bored. Quote Link to comment
husker B-rent Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment
huzkerbob Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment
DJR313 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Bummy's record is kind of skewed though, because back then Nebraska posted victories over Lincoln High and other high school teams. Quote Link to comment
husker B-rent Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Bummy's record is kind of skewed though, because back then Nebraska posted victories over Lincoln High and other high school teams. 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. Quote Link to comment
hack Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Bummy's record is kind of skewed though, because back then Nebraska posted victories over Lincoln High and other high school teams. ooooh... kinda like the jayhawk's pre-big XII schedule this year. (FIU? give a brother a break!) Quote Link to comment
cb1954 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Not so fast my friend. Ewald O. (Jumbo) Stiehm had a better record Past Coaches Quote Link to comment
husker B-rent Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 hmmm.....strange he didnt show up on any of the articles that i found. Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Bummy's record is kind of skewed though, because back then Nebraska posted victories over Lincoln High and other high school teams. 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. 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! Quote Link to comment
no_name_needed_2001 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 All hail bummy! Quote Link to comment
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