1913 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
American college football season
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The 1913 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1913 college football season. The team was coached by third-year head coach Ewald O. Stiehm and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] The 1913 season was part of Nebraska's 34-game unbeaten streak that ran from 1912 to 1916. This was the first season that Nebraska conducted a spring football practice session.[2][3]
- Ewald O. Stiehm (3rd season)
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MVC co-champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 8â0 (3â0 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Nebraska Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri + | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska + | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 4 | 3:00 p.m. | Washburn* | W 19â0 | [4][5] | ||||
| October 11 | 3:00 p.m. | Kansas State |
| W 24â6 | ||||
| October 18 | 3:00 p.m. | Minnesota* |
| W 7â0 | 9,000 | |||
| October 25 | 3:00 p.m. | Haskell* |
| W 7â6 | ||||
| November 1 | 3:00 p.m. | at Iowa State | W 18â9 | |||||
| November 8 | 3:00 p.m. | Nebraska Wesleyan* |
| W 42â7 | ||||
| November 15 | 2:45 p.m. | at Kansas |
| W 9â0 | ||||
| November 22 | 3:00 p.m. | Iowa* |
| W 12â0 | ||||
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Coaching staff
| Coach[6][7] | Position | First year | Alma mater |
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| Ewald O. Stiehm | Head coach | 1911 | Wisconsin |
| Jack Best | Trainer | 1890 | Nebraska |
| Haarman | First assistant coach | 1913 | |
| Dudley | Assistant coach | 1913 |
Roster
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Abbott, Earl RG | ||||||
Starters
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Game summaries
Washburn
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Washburn | 0 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 19 |
- Date: October 4
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 3:00 p.m.
Kansas State
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Kansas State | 6 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 24 |
- Date: October 11
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 3:00 p.m.
Minnesota
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
- Date: October 18
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 3:00 p.m.
Nebraska used a second-half touchdown to win for just the second time against Minnesota in 13 meetings. Minnesota coach Henry L. Williams said after the game "I cannot say I expected the Gophers to be defeated. Nebraska has a great team."
Haskell
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Haskell | 6 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 7 |
- Date: October 25
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 3:00 p.m.
At Iowa State
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| ⢠Nebraska | 18 | ||
| Iowa State | 9 |
- Date: November 1
- Location: State Field, Ames, IA
- Game start: 3:00 p.m.
Nebraska Wesleyan
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Nebraska Wesleyan | 7 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 42 |
- Date: November 8
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 3:00 p.m.
At Kansas
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| ⢠Nebraska | 9 | ||
| Kansas | 0 |
- Date: November 15
- Location: Central Park, Lawrence, KS
- Game start: 2:45 p.m.
Iowa
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠Nebraska | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
- Date: November 22
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 3:00 p.m.
Awards
| Award[11] | Player(s) |
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| All-Western 1st team | Vic Halligan |
| All-Western 2nd team | Richard Rutherford |
| All-Western honorable mention | Leonard Purdy |
| All-Missouri 1st team | Charles Beck, Vic Halligan, Guy Mastin, Leonard Purdy, Richard Rutherford, Max Towle |
