1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers football 1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.jpg 285 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 6–2 3–1 E. J. Stewart 1st Nebraska Field MVC champion The 1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1916 college football season. The team was coached by first-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. Nebraska's loss to Kansas in November ended NU's 34-game unbeaten streak.1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football March 1, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/nebraska/1916-schedule.html Stewart, hired to replace the outgoing Ewald O. Stiehm, also served as Nebraska's basketball coach and athletic director. Schedule y y y October 7 2:30 p.m. 1916 Drake Bulldogs Drake Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE W 53–0 October 14 2:30 p.m. Kansas State Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) W 14–0 October 21 4:30 p.m. at Oregon Agricultural<ncg> Multnomah Field Portland, OR W 17–7 October 28 2:30 p.m. 1916 Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes Nebraska Wesleyan<ncg> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE W 21–0 November 4 2:30 p.m. Iowa State Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) W 3–0 November 18 2:30 p.m. Kansas<hc> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) L 3–7 6,000 Hungry Jayhawk Has a Full Meal The Lincoln Sunday Star November 19, 1916 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115434322/hungry-jayhawk-has-a-full-meal/ Newspapers.com November 25 2:00 p.m. at Iowa<ncg> Iowa Field Iowa City, IA (rivalry) W 34–17 November 30 2:30 p.m. Notre Dame<ncg> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) L 0–20 Coaching staff Nebraska Cornhuskers Coachhttp://www.huskermax.com/coaches.html Nebraska head coaches 2009-11-22 HuskerMaxhttp://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1917&page=139 1917 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 139) 2009-11-22 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Position First year Alma mater E. J. Stewart Head coach 1916 Mount Union Richard Rutherford Assistant coach 1916 Nebraska Vic Halligan Assistant coach 1916 Nebraska Jack Best Trainer 1890 Nebraska Roster http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1916 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023035156/http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1916 dead October 23, 2012 Nebraska Football 1916 Roster 2009-11-22 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department Caley, Loren E Cameron, Robert RT Cook, John QB Corey, Tim T Dale, Ben G Dobson, Paul HB Doyle, Raymond FB Gardiner, Jimmy HB Kositsky, Ed T Moser, Ellsworth C Norris, William T Otopalik, Hugo HB Rhodes, Roscoe E Riddell, Ted E Selzer, Milton HB Shaw, Edson T Wilder, Harold T Game summaries Drake Drake at Nebraska Drake 0 Nebraska 53 October 7 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources:http://www.huskermax.com/1910s.html the 1910s 2009-11-22 HuskerMax Kansas State Kansas State at Nebraska 1916 Kansas State Agricultural College Kansas State Aggies Kansas State 0 Nebraska 14 October 14 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources: Kansas State–Nebraska football rivalry At Oregon Agricultural Nebraska at Oregon State Nebraska 17 1916 Oregon State University Oregon State Beavers Oregon Agricultural 7 October 21 Multnomah Field, Portland, OR 4:30 p.m. Sources:http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1917&page=150 1917 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 150) 2009-11-22 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Nebraska traveled by train through Seattle and Spokane, making frequent publicity stops on the way to Portland to face head coach E. J. Stewart's former team. The university's annual yearbook predicted this would be the last time Nebraska's football team traveled so far from home. The Cornhuskers' 17–7 win gave the program its first West-Coast victory. Nebraska Wesleyan Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 0 Nebraska 21 October 28 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources: Iowa State Iowa State at Nebraska Iowa State 0 Nebraska 3 November 4 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources: Iowa State–Nebraska football rivalry Kansas Kansas at Nebraska Kansas 0 0 7 0 Nebraska 0 3 0 0 November 18 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources:http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1917&page=151 1917 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 151) 2009-11-22 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Librarieshttp://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1917&page=152 1917 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 152) 2009-11-22 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry The Jayhawks held Nebraska to just a second-quarter field goal and used a series of big plays in the third to end Nebraska's 34-game unbeaten streak and 39-game home unbeaten streak. It was Nebraska's second loss in eight seasons at Nebraska Field, both to Kansas. At Iowa Nebraska at Iowa Nebraska 34 Iowa 17 November 25 Iowa Field, Iowa City, IA 2:00 p.m. Sources:http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1917&page=153 1917 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 153) 2009-11-22 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry Notre Dame Notre Dame at Nebraska Notre Dame 20 Nebraska 0 November 30 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources:http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1917&page=154 1917 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 154) 2009-11-22 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Notre Dame's 20–0 defeat of Nebraska was the first time NU had been shutout in five seasons. The Irish were led by assistant Knute Rockne, as head coach Jesse Harper could not attend due to an annual coach's meeting in Chicago. 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