Led by third-year head coach Walter C. Booth, the Cornhuskers compiled a record of 9–0, excluding one exhibition game.

[6] [9] Bell, Johnny HB Bender, Johnny HB Benedict, Maurice QB Borg, Charles C Briggs T Cortelyou, Spencer E Cotton, Charles RG Engelhart, William FB Follmer, Eugene E Hunter, Fred RG Mason, Cyrus LT Mickel, Oliver FB Ringer, John LG Shedd, Charlie E Symondynes HB Thorpe, Orley QB Tobin, John G Westover, John RT Wilson, Harry LT For the fourth consecutive season, NU opened the year with an exhibition game against Lincoln High School.

Knox held Nebraska to just seven points, but the Cornhuskers made a goal-line stand in the second half to record an eighth consecutive shutout.

[10][11] Nebraska met Northwestern in the first matchup between teams that would become division rivals over 100 years later when NU joined the Big Ten.

Nebraska was penalized for seven holding penalties, each of which required turning over the ball according to the rules of the time, but held Northwestern scoreless for a ninth straight shutout win to end the season with a perfect record.