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Foot Ball Association anomalies

For every season shown here except 1896, there is at least one disagreement in the schools' record- keeping as to the score of a game. But in no case is there disagreement over who won a game.

Below are all conference games during the six seasons Nebraska was a member, with any oddities noted: 1897 10/30 @Nebraska 41, Missouri 0 10/30 @Kansas 56, Iowa 0 11/13 @Nebraska 10, Kansas 5* 11/25 Nebraska 6, Iowa 0 (in Council Bluffs) 11/25 Kansas 16, Missouri 0 (in Kansas City) * KU lists score as 6-5 1896 10/26 Nebraska 8, @Missouri 4 10/26 @Iowa 6, Kansas 0* 11/07 @Kansas 18, Nebraska 4** 11/09 Iowa 12, @Missouri 0 11/26 Nebraska 0, Iowa 0 (in Omaha) 11/26 Kansas 30, Missouri 0 (in Kansas City) * KU lists date as 10/25 ** KU lists date as 11/08 1895 11/02 Nebraska 12, Missouri 0 (in Omaha)* 11/02 @Kansas 52, Iowa 0 11/16 Kansas 8, @Nebraska 4 11/18 @Missouri 34, Iowa 0 11/28 Nebraska 6, Iowa 0 (in Omaha)** 11/28 Missouri 10, Kansas 6 (in Kansas City) * Missouri lists score as 12-10 ** Iowa lists date as 11/19 1894 11/03 Missouri 18, Nebraska 14 (in Kansas City) 11/03 @Iowa 18, Kansas 14** 11/17 Nebraska 12, @Kansas 6* 11/19 @Missouri 32, Iowa 16*** 11/29 Nebraska 36, Iowa 0 (in Omaha) 11/31 Kansas 18, Missouri 12 (in Kansas City)**** * KU lists date as 11/22 and location as Lincoln ** Iowa lists score as 14-12 *** Iowa lists score as 32-6 **** Both schools list nonexistent Nov. 31 as date. Newspaper archives show actual date was Nov. 29. 1893 11/04 Kansas 35, Iowa 24 (in Kansas City) 11/11 Missouri 30, Nebraska 18 (in Kansas City)* 11/18 @Iowa 34, Missouri 12** 11/18 Kansas 18, @Nebraska 0 11/29 Missouri 12, Kansas 4 (in Kansas City)*** 11/30 Nebraska 20, Iowa 18 (in Omaha)**** * Missouri lists score as 18-12 ** Missouri lists score as 30-18 *** Kansas lists date as 11/30 **** Iowa lists date as 11/23 1892 11/05 Kansas 24, Iowa 4 (in Kansas City) 11/05 Nebraska 1, Missouri 0 (forfeit, in Omaha)* 11/12 Kansas 12, @Nebraska 0 11/12 @Missouri 24, Iowa 0** 11/24 Nebraska 10, Iowa 10 (in Omaha) 11/26 Kansas 12, Missouri 4 (in Kansas City)*** * Missouri lists forfeit score as 6-0 ** Iowa lists score as 22-0 *** Missouri lists date as 11/24