1919 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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1919 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1919 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.jpg
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
Home stadium Nebraska Field
Seasons
  1918
1920  
1919 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Notre Dame   9 0 0
Lincoln (MO)   3 0 0
Detroit   8 1 0
Western State Normal   4 1 0
Akron   6 1 1
North Dakota Agricultural   5 1 1
Haskell   8 2 1
Marquette   5 1 2
St. Xavier   6 2 0
Morningside   6 2 0
Heidelberg   6 3 0
Saint Louis   4 2 2
Valparaiso   5 3 0
Wabash   4 3 2
Central Michigan   2 2 3
Michigan Agricultural   4 4 1
Nebraska   3 3 2
St. Mary's (OH)   2 2 0
Iowa State Teachers   2 4 1
Toledo   2 4 0
Butler   0 5 1
Bowling Green   0 3 0

The 1919 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1919 college football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Henry Schulte and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. The team competed as an independent, departing the Missouri Valley Conference after thirteen seasons. [1] Schulte became the twelfth official head coach in the program's twenty-nine years of competition; his first team faced a daunting schedule consisting of Iowa, Notre Dame, Minnesota, and Syracuse as Nebraska's athletic department sought to schedule high-profile matchups. [2]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 42:30 p.m.at Iowa L 0–18
October 112:00 p.m.at Minnesota T 6–610,000
October 182:30 p.m. Notre Dame L 9–14
October 253:30 p.m.vs. Oklahoma
T 7–7
November 12:30 p.m. Iowa State
  • Nebraska Field
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
L 0–3
November 82:30 p.m.at Missouri W 12–5
November 152:30 p.m. Kansas Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Nebraska Field
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
W 19–78,000 [3]
November 272:30 p.m. Syracuse
  • Nebraska Field
  • Lincoln, NE
W 3–07,000

Coaching staff

Coach [4] PositionFirst yearAlma mater
Henry Schulte Head coach1919 Michigan
Paul J. Schissler Assistant coach1918
Jack BestTrainer1890 Nebraska

Roster

[5]

Dale, Fred FB
Dana, HerbertE
Day, WilliamC
Dobson, PaulHB
Henry, StanleyHB
Howarth, HarryQB
Hubka, ErnestFB
Jobes, RaymondHB
Kellogg, SamT
Lyman, Roy Link T
McGlasson, HaroldQB
Munn, MonteG
Munn, WadeG
Newman, RichardQB
Pucelik, JohnG
Russell, RobertQB
Schellenberg, ElmerHB
Swanson, Clarence E
Wilder, HaroldT
Wright, FloydHB
Young, FarleyG

Game summaries

At Iowa

Nebraska at Iowa
Team1234Total
Nebraska00000
Iowa 1330218

At Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota
Team12Total
Nebraska6
Minnesota 6

Two goal-line stands and a nine-yard touchdown rush gave Minnesota a 6–0 halftime lead. A long touchdown by backup Elmer Schellenberg tied the game at six at the end of the third quarter; NU missed the point after and the game ended in a tie.

Notre Dame

Notre Dame at Nebraska
Team1234Total
Notre Dame 707014
Nebraska06039

A reverse pass on the first drive of the game gave Notre Dame an early lead. NU scored before halftime, but Notre Dame star George Gipp dominated in the second half and the Irish won 14–9. Nebraska lost three consecutive games for the first time since 1899.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma vs. Nebraska
Team12Total
Oklahoma 7
Nebraska7
  • Date: October 25
  • Location: Omaha, NE
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m.

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska
Team12Total
Iowa State 3
Nebraska0

Nebraska failed to win for the fifth consecutive game, tying the program's longest such stretch.

At Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri
Team12Total
Nebraska12
Missouri 5

Despite missing five starters, Nebraska won its first game of the season in Columbia.

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska
Team12Total
Kansas 7
Nebraska19

Syracuse

Syracuse at Nebraska
Team12Total
Syracuse 0
Nebraska3
  • Date: November 27
  • Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
  • Game start: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 7,000
  • Game weather: Snow, 0 °F (−18 °C)

On a snowy Thanksgiving day, Nebraska defeated Syracuse 3–0 to close the season with its third straight win.

References

  1. "1918 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. "1920 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 352)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  3. "Jayhawks Lies With the Missouri Tiger: Cornhuskers Nail Down Lid of Kansas Coffin". Sunday State Journal. November 16, 1919. p. 8A via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  5. "Nebraska Football 1919 Roster". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "the 1910s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  7. 1 2 "1919 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 356)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  8. 1 2 3 "1919 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 358)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  9. "1919: The "Gipper" Wins One For Notre Dame". Husker Press Box. Archived from the original on August 16, 2001. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  10. 1 2 3 "1919 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 359)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  11. 1 2 "1919 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 360)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.