1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season

1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

MVC champion

Conference| Missouri Valley Conference
Record| 6–2 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach|

* E. J. Stewart (1st season)

Home stadium| Nebraska Field

Seasons

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1917 ->

1916 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Nebraska $  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Missouri | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Iowa State | 2  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Kansas State | 1  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Kansas | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Drake | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Washington University | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1

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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.[1] Stewart, hired to replace the outgoing Ewald O. Stiehm, also served as Nebraska's basketball coach and athletic director.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 7| 2:30 p.m.| 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*|

* Multnomah Field
* Portland, OR

| W 17–7| |
October 28| 2:30 p.m.| Nebraska Wesleyan*|

* 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|

* Nebraska Field
* Lincoln, NE (rivalry)

| L 3–7| 6,000| [2]
November 25| 2:00 p.m.| at Iowa*|

* Iowa Field
* Iowa City, IA (rivalry)

| W 34–17| |
November 30| 2:30 p.m.| Notre Dame*|

* Nebraska Field
* Lincoln, NE (rivalry)

| L 0–20| |

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

## Coaching staff

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Coach[3][4] | Position  | First year  | Alma mater

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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

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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

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### Drake

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Drake at Nebraska

Team | 1 | 2| Total

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Drake |  |  | 0
• Nebraska |  |  | 53

* Date: October 7
* Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
* Game start: 2:30 p.m.

* Sources:[6]

### Kansas State

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Kansas State at Nebraska

Team | 1 | 2| Total

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Kansas State |  |  | 0
• Nebraska |  |  | 14

* Date: October 14
* Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
* Game start: 2:30 p.m.

* Sources:[6]

See also: Kansas State–Nebraska football rivalry

### At Oregon Agricultural

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Nebraska at Oregon State

Team | 1 | 2| Total

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• Nebraska |  |  | 17
Oregon Agricultural |  |  | 7

* Date: October 21
* Location: Multnomah Field, Portland, OR
* Game start: 4:30 p.m.

* Sources:[6][7]

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

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Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska

Team | 1 | 2| Total

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Nebraska Wesleyan |  |  | 0
• Nebraska |  |  | 21

* Date: October 28
* Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
* Game start: 2:30 p.m.

* Sources:[6][7]

### Iowa State

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Iowa State at Nebraska

Team | 1 | 2| Total

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Iowa State |  |  | 0
• Nebraska |  |  | 3

* Date: November 4
* Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
* Game start: 2:30 p.m.

* Sources:[6][7]

See also: Iowa State–Nebraska football rivalry

### Kansas

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Kansas at Nebraska

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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• Kansas | 0 | 0| 7| 0 | 7
Nebraska | 0 | 3| 0| 0 | 3

* Date: November 18
* Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
* Game start: 2:30 p.m.

* Sources:[6][8][9]

See also: 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

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Nebraska at Iowa

Team | 1 | 2| Total

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• Nebraska |  |  | 34
Iowa |  |  | 17

* Date: November 25
* Location: Iowa Field, Iowa City, IA
* Game start: 2:00 p.m.

* Sources:[6][9][10]

See also: Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry

### Notre Dame

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Notre Dame at Nebraska

Team | 1 | 2| Total

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• Notre Dame |  |  | 20
Nebraska |  |  | 0

* Date: November 30
* Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
* Game start: 2:30 p.m.

* Sources:[6][10][11]

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.

## References

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1. ^ "1916 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
2. ^ "Hungry Jayhawk Has a Full Meal". The Lincoln Sunday Star. November 19, 1916. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
4. ^ "1917 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 139)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
5. ^ "Nebraska Football 1916 Roster". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h "the 1910s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
7. ^ a b c "1917 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 150)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
8. ^ "1917 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 151)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
9. ^ a b "1917 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 152)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
10. ^ a b "1917 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 153)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
11. ^ "1917 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 154)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 22, 2009.

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Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Venues|

* Lincoln Park (1891–1892)
* M Street Park (1892–1896, 1908–1909)
* Antelope Field (1897–1907)
* Nebraska Field (1909–1922)
* Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Rivalries|

* Colorado
* Iowa
* Iowa State
* Kansas
* Kansas State
* Miami (FL)
* Minnesota
* Missouri
* Oklahoma
* Wisconsin

Games|

* Bowl games
* 1922 vs. Notre Dame
* 1959 vs. Oklahoma
* 1971 vs. Oklahoma ("Game of the Century")
* 1982 vs. Penn State
* 1997 vs. Missouri ("Flea Kicker")
* 2001 vs. Oklahoma ("Black 41 Flash Reverse")

Culture and lore|

* History (under Tom Osborne)
* Herbie Husker
* Lil' Red
* "Dear Old Nebraska U"
* "Hail Varsity"
* "Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A."
* "Sirius"
* Blackshirts
* Cornhusker Marching Band
* Fumblerooski
* I formation
* Option
* Sellout streak
* Team Jack

People|

* Head coaches
* All-Americans
* College Football Hall of Fame inductees
* Honors and awards
* NFL draftees
* Starting quarterbacks
* Statistical leaders
* Yearly statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1890
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* 1903
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* 1910
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* 1913
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* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
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* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
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* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
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* 1954
* 1955
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* 1957
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* 1967
* 1968
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* 1971
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* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
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* 1984
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* 1986
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National championship seasons in bold

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Big Eight Conference football champions

MVIAA|

* Iowa & Nebraska (1907)
* Kansas (1908)
* Missouri (1909)
* Nebraska (1910)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1911)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1912)
* Missouri & Nebraska (1913)
* Nebraska (1914)
* Nebraska (1915)
* Nebraska (1916)
* Nebraska (1917)
* Missouri (1919)
* Oklahoma (1920)
* Nebraska (1921)
* Drake & Nebraska (1922)
* Kansas & Nebraska (1923)
* Missouri (1924)
* Missouri (1925)
* Oklahoma A&M (1926)
* Missouri (1927)
* Nebraska (1928)
* Nebraska (1929)
* Kansas (1930)
* Nebraska (1931)
* Nebraska (1932)
* Nebraska (1933)
* Kansas State (1934)
* Nebraska (1935)
* Nebraska (1936)
* Nebraska (1937)
* Oklahoma (1938)
* Missouri (1939)
* Nebraska (1940)
* Missouri (1941)
* Missouri (1942)
* Oklahoma (1943)
* Oklahoma (1944)
* Missouri (1945)
* Kansas & Oklahoma (1946)
* Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)
* Oklahoma (1948)
* Oklahoma (1949)
* Oklahoma (1950)
* Oklahoma (1951)
* Oklahoma (1952)
* Oklahoma (1953)
* Oklahoma (1954)
* Oklahoma (1955)
* Oklahoma (1956)
* Oklahoma (1957)
* Oklahoma (1958)
* Oklahoma (1959)
* Missouri (1960)
* Colorado (1961)
* Oklahoma (1962)
* Nebraska (1963)

Big Eight|

* Nebraska (1964)
* Nebraska (1965)
* Nebraska (1966)
* Oklahoma (1967)
* Kansas & Oklahoma (1968)
* Missouri & Nebraska (1969)
* Nebraska (1970)
* Nebraska (1971)
* Nebraska (1972)
* Oklahoma (1973)
* Oklahoma (1974)
* Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975)
* Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976)
* Oklahoma (1977)
* Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978)
* Oklahoma (1979)
* Oklahoma (1980)
* Nebraska (1981)
* Nebraska (1982)
* Nebraska (1983)
* Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984)
* Oklahoma (1985)
* Oklahoma (1986)
* Oklahoma (1987)
* Nebraska (1988)
* Colorado (1989)
* Colorado (1990)
* Colorado & Nebraska (1991)
* Nebraska (1992)
* Nebraska (1993)
* Nebraska (1994)
* Nebraska (1995)

National championships in bold

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Missouri Valley Conference football champions

Pre-split|

* Iowa & Nebraska (1907)
* Kansas (1908)
* Missouri (1909)
* Nebraska (1910)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1911)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1912)
* Missouri & Nebraska (1913)
* Nebraska (1914)
* Nebraska (1915)
* Nebraska (1916)
* Nebraska (1917)
* Missouri (1919)
* Oklahoma (1920)
* Nebraska (1921)
* Drake & Nebraska (1922)
* Kansas & Nebraska (1923)
* Missouri (1924)
* Missouri (1925)
* Oklahoma A&M (1926)
* Missouri (1927)

Post-split|

* Drake (1928)
* Drake (1929)
* Drake & Oklahoma A&M (1930)
* Drake (1931)
* Oklahoma A&M (1932)
* Oklahoma A&M (1933)
* Washington University (1934)
* Tulsa & Washington University (1935)
* Creighton & Tulsa (1936)
* Tulsa (1937)
* Tulsa (1938)
* Washington University (1939)
* Tulsa (1940)
* Tulsa (1941)
* Tulsa (1942)
* Tulsa (1943)
* Oklahoma A&M (1944)
* Oklahoma A&M (1945)
* Tulsa (1946)
* Tulsa (1947)
* Oklahoma A&M (1948)
* Detroit (1949)
* Tulsa (1950)
* Tulsa (1951)
* Houston (1952)
* Detroit & Oklahoma A&M (1953)
* Wichita (1954)
* Detroit & Wichita (1955)
* Houston (1956)
* Houston (1957)
* North Texas State (1958)
* Houston & North Texas State (1959)
* Wichita (1960)
* Wichita (1961)
* Tulsa (1962)
* Cincinnati & Wichita (1963)
* Cincinnati (1964)
* Tulsa (1965)
* North Texas State & Tulsa (1966)
* North Texas State (1967)
* Memphis State (1968)
* Memphis State (1969)
* Louisville (1970)
* Memphis State (1971)
* Drake, Louisville, & West Texas State (1972)
* North Texas State & Tulsa (1973)
* Tulsa (1974)
* Tulsa (1975)
* New Mexico State & Tulsa (1976)
* West Texas State (1977)
* New Mexico State (1978)
* West Texas State (1979)
* Tulsa (1980)
* Drake & Tulsa (1981)
* Tulsa (1982)
* Tulsa (1983)
* Tulsa (1984)
* Tulsa (1985)

National championships in bold
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