1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
American college football season
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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]
- E. J. Stewart (2nd season)
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MVC champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5â2 (2â0 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Nebraska Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska $ | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 5 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||
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| October 6 | 2:30 p.m. | Nebraska Wesleyan* | W 100â0 | ||||
| October 13 | 2:30 p.m. | Iowa* |
| W 47â0 | |||
| October 20 | 2:30 p.m. | Notre Dame* |
| W 7â0 | |||
| October 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at Michigan* | L 0â2 | 5,022 | |||
| November 10 | 2:30 p.m. | Missouri |
| W 52â0 | |||
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Kansas | W 13â3 | ||||
| November 29 | 2:30 p.m. | Syracuse* |
| L 9â10 | 10,000 | ||
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Coaching staff
| 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
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Cook, John QB | ||||||
Game summaries
Nebraska Wesleyan
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Nebraska Wesleyan | 0 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 100 |
- Date: October 6
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Sources:[5]
This was the fourth and final time Nebraska scored 100 or more points.
Iowa
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Iowa | 0 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 47 |
- Date: October 13
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Sources:[5]
Notre Dame
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
- Date: October 20
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
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
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Nebraska | 0 | ||
| ⢠Michigan | 20 |
- Date: October 27
- Location: Ferry Field, Ann Arbor, MI
- Sources:[5]
Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| Missouri | 0 | ||
| ⢠Nebraska | 52 |
- Date: November 10
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Sources:[5]
Kansas
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| ⢠Nebraska | 13 | ||
| Kansas | 3 |
- Date: November 17
- Location: McCook Field, Lawrence, KS
- Sources:[5]
Syracuse
| Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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| ⢠Syracuse | 10 | ||
| Nebraska | 9 |
- Date: November 29
- Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
- Sources:[5]