1902 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1902 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Home stadiumAntelope Field
Seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska     9 0 0
South Dakota     9 0 0
North Dakota Agricultural     4 0 0
Central Michigan     4 0 0
Ohio Medical     9 1 0
Marquette     6 1 1
Knox     9 2 0
Northern Illinois State     5 1 1
Haskell     8 2 1
Notre Dame     6 2 1
Drake     5 2 1
Lincoln (MO)     2 1 0
Mount Union     6 3 0
Iowa State     6 3 1
Carthage     2 1 1
Cincinnati     4 2 2
Missouri     5 3 0
Miami (OH)     5 3 1
Kansas     6 4 0
South Dakota Agricultural     3 2 0
Fairmount     4 3 1
Detroit College     3 3 0
Lake Forest     4 4 1
Lincoln (MO)     1 1 0
Western Illinois     2 2 0
Michigan Agricultural     4 5 0
Wittenberg     3 4 2
Washburn     3 4 0
Doane     2 3 0
Heidelberg     3 5 1
Wabash     2 4 2
Buchtel     2 5 0
Washington University     2 6 1
Butler     1 3 0
Kansas State     2 6 0
Michigan State Normal     1 5 1
Iowa State Normal     1 6 1
Ohio     0 5 1

The 1902 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska as an independent during the 1902 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Walter C. Booth, the Cornhuskers compiled a record of 9–0, excluding one exhibition game. Nebraska played home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Cornhuskers compiled a 9–0 record and shut out every opponent by a combined score of 164–0. The Cornhuskers 's hopes to be considered the western champion were dashed when 11–0 Michigan was selected instead selected following their season-ending 23–6 win over Minnesota (Nebraska defeated the Gophers 6–0). Believing Michigan's membership in the Western Conference elevated its title chances, Nebraska applied to the conference following the season, but the application was denied on account of Lincoln's distance from other schools in the conference. Nebraska ultimately joined the conference over 100 years later, in 2011.