1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
MVC champion
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	5–2 (2–0 MVC)
Head coach	E. J. Stewart (2nd season)
Home stadium	Nebraska Field
Seasons ←  1916 1918  →

1917 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Nebraska $	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Kansas	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Missouri	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Washington University	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Drake	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	5	–	2
$ – Conference 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. ^[1]

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
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Nebraska Wesleyan *	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
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Coaching staff

Coach [2] [3]	Position	First year	Alma mater
E. J. Stewart	Head coach	1916	Mount Union
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	Nebraska

Roster

^[4]

Cook, JohnQB Day, WilliamC Dobson, PaulHB DuTeau, AlE Henry, StanleyC Hubka, ErnestFB Kellogg, SamT Kositsky, EdT Kriemelmeyer, WalterT McMahon, HaroldHB Munn, WayneG Otopalik, Hugo HB Rhodes, RoscoeE Riddell, TedE Schellenberg, ElmerHB Shaw, EdsonT Shaw, LawrenceT Teter, JohnG White, HerbertPLAYER White, RolandPLAYER Wilder, HaroldT Young, FarleyG

Game summaries

Nebraska Wesleyan

Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska

Team	1	2	Total
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

Iowa at Nebraska

Team	1	2	Total
Iowa			0
•Nebraska			47

• Date: October 13
• Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

• Sources: ^[5]

See also: Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry

Notre Dame

Notre Dame at Nebraska

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	0	0	0	0
•Nebraska	0	7	0	0	7

• Date: October 20
• Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

• Sources: ^{[5] [6] [7]}

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

Nebraska at Michigan

Team	1	2	Total
Nebraska			0
• Michigan			20

• Date: October 27
• Location: Ferry Field, Ann Arbor, MI

• Sources: ^[5]

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska

Team	1	2	Total
Missouri			0
•Nebraska			52

• Date: November 10
• Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

• Sources: ^[5]

See also: Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas

Team	1	2	Total
•Nebraska			13
Kansas			3

• Date: November 17
• Location: McCook Field, Lawrence, KS

• Sources: ^[5]

See also: Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry

Syracuse

Syracuse at Nebraska

Team	1	2	Total
• Syracuse			10
Nebraska			9

• Date: November 29
• Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

• Sources: ^[5]

References

1. "1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
2. "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
3. "1917 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 139)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
4. "Nebraska Football 1917 Roster". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
5. "the 1910s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
6. "Huskers Beat Irish, the Gipper, 7-0". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
7. "1917: Nebraska Shuts Out Notre Dame". Husker Press Box. Archived from the original on August 16, 2001. Retrieved November 22, 2009.