1897 Nebraska Bugeaters football team

G Hansen, Albert LG Hayward, William LT Herbert C Hisey, Albert G Melford, William C Montgomery, Robert RT Oury, W. Harry C Pearse, Arthur RT Schwartz, Maynard HB Shedd, George FB Stringer, Lewis LT Swartz, Maynard HB Tukey, Harry QB Turner, Edmund RG Westover, John C Wiggins, Frank E Williams, Charles Erwin HB Starters

A bid to have Wesleyan's head coach play, a solution often used in past years, was denied as against league rules.

Wesleyan eventually resolved the problem by adding a local high school player to their roster for the day, and Nebraska agreed to shorten the game to two 15-minute halves.

[6] Nebraska scored four times in the first half in the WIUFA conference opener to put the game out of reach early on.

The continual disruptions delayed the game's progress, and it was eventually called on account of darkness following a lengthy Kansas argument about a late Nebraska touchdown.