1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
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MVC champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–2 (2–0 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Nebraska Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1917 college football season. The team was coached by second-year head coach E. J. Stewart and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. They competed as members of the Missouri Valley Conference, which NU won for the eighth consecutive season.[1]
Stewart departed the football program after the season to assist in the war effort as the United States drew closer to involvement in World War I, spending time at the YMCA preparing young men to serve in the armed forces. Stewart remained NU's basketball coach and athletic director until 1919.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||
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| October 6 | 2:30 p.m. | Nebraska Wesleyan* | W 100–0 | ||||
| October 13 | 2:30 p.m. | Iowa* |
| W 47–0 | |||
| October 20 | 2:30 p.m. | Notre Dame* |
| W 7–0 | |||
| October 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at Michigan* | L 0–2 | 5,022 | |||
| November 10 | 2:30 p.m. | Missouri |
| W 52–0 | |||
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Kansas | W 13–3 | ||||
| November 29 | 2:30 p.m. | Syracuse* |
| L 9–10 | 10,000 | ||
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Coaching staff[edit]
| Coach[2][3] | Position | First year | Alma mater |
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| E. J. Stewart | Head coach | 1916 | Mount Union |
| Jack Best | Trainer | 1890 | Nebraska |
Roster[edit]
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Cook, John QB | ||||||
Game summaries[edit]
Nebraska Wesleyan[edit]
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This was the fourth and final time Nebraska scored 100 or more points.
Iowa[edit]
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Notre Dame[edit]
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The Irish's longest drive ended with an interception at the Nebraska 8-yard line. Among the Notre Dame players present was future College Football Hall of Fame inductee George Gipp, who was handed his first career loss at Notre Dame.
At Michigan[edit]
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Missouri[edit]
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Kansas[edit]
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Syracuse[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ^ "1917 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 139)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ^ "Nebraska Football 1917 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g "the 1910s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ^ "Huskers Beat Irish, the Gipper, 7-0". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ^ "1917: Nebraska Shuts Out Notre Dame". Husker Press Box. Archived from the original on August 16, 2001. Retrieved November 22, 2009.