1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
American college football season
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The 1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1916 college football season. The team was coached by first-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. Nebraska's loss to Kansas in November ended NU's 34-game unbeaten streak.[1] Stewart, hired to replace the outgoing Ewald O. Stiehm, also served as Nebraska's basketball coach and athletic director.
- E. J. Stewart (1st season)
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MVC champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 6â2 (3â1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Nebraska Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska $ | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 7 | 2:30 p.m. | Drake | W 53â0 | |||||
| October 14 | 2:30 p.m. | Kansas State |
| W 14â0 | ||||
| October 21 | 4:30 p.m. | at Oregon Agricultural* | W 17â7 | |||||
| October 28 | 2:30 p.m. | Nebraska Wesleyan* |
| W 21â0 | ||||
| November 4 | 2:30 p.m. | Iowa State |
| W 3â0 | ||||
| November 18 | 2:30 p.m. | Kansas |
| L 3â7 | 6,000 | [2] | ||
| November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at Iowa* | W 34â17 | |||||
| November 30 | 2:30 p.m. | Notre Dame* |
| L 0â20 | ||||
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Coaching staff
| Coach[3][4] | Position | First year | Alma mater |
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| E. J. Stewart | Head coach | 1916 | Mount Union |
| Richard Rutherford | Assistant coach | 1916 | Nebraska |
| Vic Halligan | Assistant coach | 1916 | Nebraska |
| Jack Best | Trainer | 1890 | Nebraska |
Roster
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Caley, Loren E | ||||||
Game summaries
Drake
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Drake | 0 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 53 |
- Date: October 7
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 2:30 p.m.
- Sources:[6]
Kansas State
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Kansas State | 0 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 14 |
- Date: October 14
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 2:30 p.m.
- Sources:[6]
At Oregon Agricultural
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| ⢠Nebraska | 17 | ||
| Oregon Agricultural | 7 |
- Date: October 21
- Location: Multnomah Field, Portland, OR
- Game start: 4:30 p.m.
Nebraska traveled by train through Seattle and Spokane, making frequent publicity stops on the way to Portland to face head coach E. J. Stewart's former team. The university's annual yearbook predicted this would be the last time Nebraska's football team traveled so far from home. The Cornhuskers' 17â7 win gave the program its first West-Coast victory.
Nebraska Wesleyan
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Nebraska Wesleyan | 0 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 21 |
- Date: October 28
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 2:30 p.m.
Iowa State
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Iowa State | 0 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 3 |
- Date: November 4
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 2:30 p.m.
Kansas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| ⢠Kansas | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
- Date: November 18
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 2:30 p.m.
The Jayhawks held Nebraska to just a second-quarter field goal and used a series of big plays in the third to end Nebraska's 34-game unbeaten streak and 39-game home unbeaten streak. It was Nebraska's second loss in eight seasons at Nebraska Field, both to Kansas.
At Iowa
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| ⢠Nebraska | 34 | ||
| Iowa | 17 |
- Date: November 25
- Location: Iowa Field, Iowa City, IA
- Game start: 2:00 p.m.
Notre Dame
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| ⢠Notre Dame | 20 | ||
| Nebraska | 0 |
- Date: November 30
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Game start: 2:30 p.m.
Notre Dame's 20â0 defeat of Nebraska was the first time NU had been shutout in five seasons. The Irish were led by assistant Knute Rockne, as head coach Jesse Harper could not attend due to an annual coach's meeting in Chicago.