1890 Nebraska Old Gold Knights football team

1890 Nebraska Old Gold Knights football
Nebraska state champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–0
Head coach
  • Langdon Frothingham (1st season)
Seasons
1891 →
1890 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska     2 0 0
Washington University     2 0 0
Minnesota     5 1 1
Michigan     4 1 0
Northwestern     4 1 1
Missouri     2 1 0
Cincinnati     2 1 1
Lake Forest     5 3 0
Baker     1 1 0
Iowa     1 1 0
Illinois     1 2 0
Kansas     1 2 0
Ohio Wesleyan     1 3 0
Wisconsin     1 3 0
Ohio State     1 4 0
Doane     0 1 0
Washburn     0 1 0
Western Reserve     0 3 0

The 1890 Nebraska Old Gold Knights football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1890 college football season. It was the Cornhuskers' first season. The team was unofficially coached by Langdon Frothingham, though his actual role is unclear. Nebraska played no home games.

Frothingham suffered a broken leg while participating in a practice scrimmage prior to NU's game against Doane. After spending just one year teaching at Nebraska, he was hired at the Veterinary College of Dresden, and later at Yale's Sheffield Scientific School, before returning to Boston to teach at Harvard from 1901 until his retirement in 1928.

Having won both games against the only other viable Nebraska-based teams, the Old Gold Knights claimed what amounted to a state championship.