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.[1] 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.
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National champion (Billingsley) MVC champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 8–0 (4–0 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Nebraska Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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,[2] 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.[3]
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 2 | 2:30 p.m. | Drake | W 48–13 | |||||
| October 9 | 2:30 p.m. | Kansas State |
| W 31–0 | ||||
| October 16 | 2:30 p.m. | Washburn* |
| W 47–0 | ||||
| October 23 | 2:30 p.m. | Notre Dame* |
| W 20–19 | [4] | |||
| October 30 | 2:30 p.m. | at Iowa State | W 21–0 | |||||
| November 6 | 2:30 p.m. | Nebraska Wesleyan* |
| W 30–0 | ||||
| November 13 | 2:30 p.m. | at Kansas | W 33–0 | 10,000 | [5][6] | |||
| November 20 | 2:30 p.m. | Iowa* |
| W 52–7 | ||||
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Coaching staff edit
| Coach[7] | Position | First year | Alma mater |
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| Ewald O. Stiehm | Head coach | 1911 | Wisconsin |
| Jack Best | Trainer | 1890 | Nebraska |
Roster edit
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Abbott, Earl RG | ||||||
Starters
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Game summaries edit
Drake edit
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Kansas State edit
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Washburn edit
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Notre Dame edit
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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.
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Nebraska Wesleyan edit
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At Kansas edit
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Iowa edit
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References edit
- ^ "1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Nebraska Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "EWALD O. (JUMBO) STIEHM". Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "Cornhuskers battled hard by Notre Dame, but finally win". Omaha World-Herald. October 24, 1915. Retrieved April 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fred S. Hunter (November 14, 1915). "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. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jayhawkers Easy for Cornhuskers". The Hutchison Gazette. November 14, 1915. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Nebraska Football 1915 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "the 1910s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "1916 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 165)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ a b "1916 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 166)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ a b "1916 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 167)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ a b c "1916 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 168)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 21, 2009.