1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football 1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.jpg 285 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 8–0 4–0 Ewald O. Stiehm 5th Nebraska Field National champion (Billingsley)MVC champion The 1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1915 college football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Ewald O. Stiehm and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football March 1, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/nebraska/1915-schedule.html They competed as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. The 1915 season was part of Nebraska's 34-game unbeaten streak that ran from 1912 to 1916. Following the season, Guy Chamberlin was named the first All-American in Nebraska history. Stiehm, who had won the MVC in each of his five seasons at Nebraska and also coached the school's basketball team,https://huskers.com/documents/2019/10/29/2019_20NebraskaMBBGuide.pdf?path=mbball Nebraska Basketball Media Guide 2020-06-01 April 10, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220410143246/https://huskers.com/documents/2019/10/29/2019_20NebraskaMBBGuide.pdf?path=mbball dead was offered $4,500 annually to take over Indiana's athletic department. Despite suggesting he'd remain at Nebraska for less money, the school refused to offer him a raise and Stiehm exited with the highest winning percentage of any coach in school history.https://huskers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/ewald-o-jumbo-stiehm/2407 https://web.archive.org/web/20200205193058/https://huskers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/ewald-o-jumbo-stiehm/2407 dead February 5, 2020 EWALD O. (JUMBO) STIEHM July 13, 2021 Schedule y y y October 2 2:30 p.m. 1915 Drake Bulldogs Drake Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE W 48–13 October 9 2:30 p.m. Kansas State Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) W 31–0 October 16 2:30 p.m. 1915 Washburn Ichabods Washburn<ncg> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE W 47–0 October 23 2:30 p.m. Notre Dame<ncg> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) W 20–19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123380591/cornhuskers-battled-hard-by-notre-dame/ Omaha World-Herald Cornhuskers battled hard by Notre Dame, but finally win October 24, 1915 April 23, 2023 Newspapers.com October 30 2:30 p.m. at Iowa State State Field Ames, IA (rivalry) W 21–0 November 6 2:30 p.m. 1915 Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes Nebraska Wesleyan<ncg> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE W 30–0 November 13 2:30 p.m. at Kansas Ahearn Field Lawrence, KS (rivalry) W 33–0 10,000 Sweeter to Win as a Come-Back Than if it is Expected: Huskers Win Valley Championship by the Victory Over Kansas The Omaha Sunday Bee Fred S. Hunter November 14, 1915 1S, 2S https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115585217/sweeter-to-win-as-a-come-back-than-if/ Newspapers.comJayhawkers Easy for Cornhuskers The Hutchison Gazette November 14, 1915 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115585217/sweeter-to-win-as-a-come-back-than-if/ Newspapers.com November 20 2:30 p.m. Iowa<ncg><hc> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) W 52–7 Coaching staff Nebraska Cornhuskers Coachhttp://www.huskermax.com/coaches.html Nebraska head coaches 2009-11-21 HuskerMax Position First year Alma materEwald O. StiehmHead coach1911WisconsinJack BestTrainer1890Nebraska Roster http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1915 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302042325/http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1915 dead March 2, 2012 Nebraska Football 1915 Roster 2009-11-21 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department Abbott, Earl RG Balis, Arthur E Caley, Loren QB Chamberlin, Guy HB Cook, John QB Corey, Tim T Doyle, Raymond FB Gardiner, Jimmy HB Halbersleben, Paul C Kositsky, Ed T Moser, Ellsworth C Otopalik, Hugo HB Proctor, Brodie HB Rasmussen, John E Reese, Herbert HB Riddell, Ted E Rutherford, Richard HB Shaw, Edson T Shields, Paul G Starters PositionPlayerQuarterbackLoren CaleyLeft HalfbackRichard RutherfordRight HalfbackBrodie ProctorFullbackHugo OtopalikLeft EndGuy ChamerlinLeft Tackle Tim CoreyLeft GuardPaul ShieldsCenterEllsworth MoserRight GuardEarl AbbottRight TackleEdson ShawRight EndTed Riddell Game summaries Drake Drake at Nebraska Drake 13 Nebraska 48 October 2 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources:http://www.huskermax.com/1910s.html the 1910s 2009-11-21 HuskerMaxhttp://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1916&page=165 1916 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 165) 2009-11-21 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Kansas State Kansas State at Nebraska Kansas State 0 Nebraska 31 October 9 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources: Kansas State–Nebraska football rivalry Washburn Washburn at Nebraska Washburn 0 Nebraska 47 October 16 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources:http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1916&page=166 1916 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 166) 2009-11-21 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Notre Dame Notre Dame at Nebraska Notre Dame 19 Nebraska 20 October 23 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources:http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1916&page=167 1916 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 167) 2009-11-21 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries This was the first meeting between Nebraska and Notre Dame. Written accounts of this game compare with NU's 7–0 victory over Minnesota in 1913 and 6–6 tie against Michigan in 1911. Nebraska trailed 13–7 at halftime but a pair of late touchdowns gave the Cornhuskers a one-point win. At Iowa State Iowa State–Nebraska football rivalry Nebraska at Iowa State Nebraska 21 Iowa State 0 October 30 State Field, Ames, IA 2:30 p.m. Sources:http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1916&page=168 1916 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 168) 2009-11-21 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Nebraska Wesleyan Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 0 Nebraska 30 November 6 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources: At Kansas Nebraska at Kansas Nebraska 33 Kansas 0 November 13 Ahearn Field, Lawrence, KS 2:30 p.m. Sources: Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry Iowa Iowa at Nebraska Iowa 7 Nebraska 52 November 20 Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE 2:30 p.m. Sources: Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry References Nebraska Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons Category:Missouri Valley Conference football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Nebraska Cornhuskers football