1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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

1917 Missouri Valley football standings
v t	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	W 47–0
October 20	2:30 p.m.	Notre Dame*	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE	W 7–0
October 27	2:30 p.m.	at Michigan*	Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI	L 20–0	5,022
November 10	2:30 p.m.	Missouri	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE	W 52–0
November 17	2:00 p.m.	at Kansas	McCook Field Lawrence, KS	W 13–3
November 29	2:30 p.m.	Syracuse*	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE	L 10–9	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, John QB Day, William C Dobson, Paul HB DuTeau, Al E Henry, Stanley C Hubka, Ernest FB Kellogg, Sam T Kositsky, Ed T Kriemelmeyer, Walter T McMahon, Harold HB Munn, Wayne G Otopalik, Hugo HB Rhodes, Roscoe E Riddell, Ted E Schellenberg, Elmer HB Shaw, Edson T Shaw, Lawrence T Teter, John G White, Herbert PLAYER White, Roland PLAYER Wilder, Harold T Young, Farley G

Game summaries[]

Nebraska Wesleyan[]

Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska

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

1 2 Total Iowa 0 • Nebraska 47 Date: October 13 Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE Sources:[5]

Notre Dame[]

Notre Dame at Nebraska

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

1 2 Total Nebraska 0 • Michigan 20 Date: October 27 Location: Ferry Field, Ann Arbor, MI Sources:[5]

Missouri[]

Missouri at Nebraska

1 2 Total Missouri 0 • Nebraska 52 Date: November 10 Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE Sources:[5]

Kansas[]

Nebraska at Kansas

1 2 Total • Nebraska 13 Kansas 3 Date: November 17 Location: McCook Field, Lawrence, KS Sources:[5]

Syracuse[]

Syracuse at Nebraska

1 2 Total • Syracuse 10 Nebraska 9 Date: November 29 Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE Sources:[5]

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