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1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season

American college football season

FieldValue
year1917
teamNebraska Cornhuskers
sportfootball
image1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.jpg
image_size285
conferenceMissouri Valley Conference
short_confMVC
record5–2
conf_record2–0
head_coachE. J. Stewart
hc_year2nd
stadiumNebraska Field
championMVC champion

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.

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

| October 6|2:30 p.m.|||Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|W 100–0|

| October 13|2:30 p.m.||Iowa|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|W 47–0|

| October 20|2:30 p.m.||Notre Dame|Nebraska Field| Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|W 7–0|

| October 27|2:30 p.m.|at|Michigan|Ferry Field|Ann Arbor, MI|L 0–2|5,022

| November 10|2:30 p.m.||Missouri|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|W 52–0|

| November 17|2:00 p.m.|at|Kansas|McCook Field|Lawrence, KS (rivalry)|W 13–3|

| November 29|2:30 p.m.||Syracuse|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|L 9–10|10,000

Coaching staff

Jack BestTrainer1890Nebraska

Roster

Game summaries

Nebraska Wesleyan

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This was the fourth and final time Nebraska scored 100 or more points.

Iowa

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Notre Dame

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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

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Missouri

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Kansas

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Syracuse

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References

References

  1. "1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
  2. "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax.
  3. "1917 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 139)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
  4. "Nebraska Football 1917 Roster". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department.
  5. "the 1910s". HuskerMax.
  6. "Huskers Beat Irish, the Gipper, 7–0". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department.
  7. "1917: Nebraska Shuts Out Notre Dame". Husker Press Box.
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