Led by second-year head coach Walter C. Booth, the Cornhuskers compiled a record of 6–2, excluding one exhibition game.

[15][16] For the second consecutive year, Minnesota ended Nebraska's unbeaten season, this time in a dominating 19–0 victory.

[15][16] Nebraska, shorthanded due to injuries suffered against Minnesota, shut out Iowa State for the second straight year, allowing only 75 yards and three first downs to the Cyclones.

Over 100 years later, the teams would become division rivals when Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011.

[15][16] Nebraska hammered Missouri 51–0 in Omaha, the second-largest victory in program history.