 NU faced another university for the first time in 1899, winning games against Nebraska Wesleyan and Doane to claim the unofficial state championship.Nebraska, now known as the "Cornhuskers", played an out-of-state opponent for the first time the following season, defeating James Naismith and Kansas 48–8 in what is still the worst loss in KU history.NU's 1900 team was retroactively ranked second nationally by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.