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

1917 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

	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.

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	Position	First year	Alma mater
E. J. Stewart	Head coach	1916	Mount Union
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	Nebraska

Roster

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:

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:

See also: Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry

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:

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:

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska

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

See also: Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas

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

See also: Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry

Syracuse

Syracuse at Nebraska

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