1913 Nebraska Cornhuskers football | |
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MVC co-champion | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 8–0 (3–0 MVC) |
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Home stadium | Nebraska Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington University | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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October 4 | 3:00 p.m. | Washburn * | W 19–0 | [4] [5] | ||||
October 11 | 3:00 p.m. | Kansas State |
| W 24–6 | ||||
October 18 | 3:00 p.m. | Minnesota *![]() |
| W 7–0 | 9,000 | |||
October 25 | 3:00 p.m. | Haskell * |
| W 7–6 | ||||
November 1 | 3:00 p.m. | at Iowa State | W 18–9 | |||||
November 8 | 3:00 p.m. | Nebraska Wesleyan * |
| W 42–7 | ||||
November 15 | 2:45 p.m. | at Kansas |
| W 9–0 | ||||
November 22 | 3:00 p.m. | Iowa * |
| W 12–0 | ||||
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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 |
Abbott, EarlRG |
Starters
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Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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Washburn | 0 | ||
•Nebraska | 19 |
Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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Kansas State | 6 | ||
•Nebraska | 24 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
•Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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."
Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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Haskell | 6 | ||
•Nebraska | 7 |
Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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•Nebraska | 18 | ||
Iowa State | 9 |
Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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Nebraska Wesleyan | 7 | ||
•Nebraska | 42 |
Team | 1 | 2 | Total |
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•Nebraska | 9 | ||
Kansas | 0 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
•Nebraska | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
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 |