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The 1896 Nebraska Bugeaters football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1896 college football season. The team was coached by Eddie N. Robinson and played their home games in at the M Street Park in Lincoln Nebraska.Nebraska’s football team began its history as the Old Gold Knights and was also sometimes known as the Tree Planters Nebraskans The Rattlesnake Boys Red Stockings Antelopes or Goldenrods in their early years.