The 1901 Nebraska football team had a 6–2 record with several shutouts - including a 51–0 game against rival Missouri - and ended the season with a three-game winning streak.

The program had Nebraska's best season ever when in 1902 the team went undefeated, untied, and unscored upon for a perfect 9–0 record, excluding an exhibition against Lincoln High School with a score of 27–0.

In 1903 Nebraska continued its winning streak with a 10–0 record (not counting the 23–6 exhibition game victory over Lincoln High School).

One newspaper stated that "Nebraska occupies a unique position in western football, too strong to find fearful competitors; the Cornhuskers can almost weep with Alexander the Great because they have no more teams to conquer."

The university's student newspaper stated that Booth "raised Nebraska from a second-rate team among those of the Missouri Valley to a position where even the leaders of the Conference look upon her as an opponent to be feared."