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1919 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 1919 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1919 college football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Henry Schulte and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. The team competed as an independent, departing the Missouri Valley Conference after thirteen seasons.[1] Schulte became the twelfth official head coach in the program's twenty-nine years of competition; his first team faced a daunting schedule consisting of Iowa, Notre Dame, Minnesota, and Syracuse as Nebraska's athletic department sought to schedule high-profile matchups.[2]

1919 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumNebraska Field
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →
1919 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Notre Dame   –   9 – 0 – 0
Detroit   –   8 – 1 – 0
Western State Normal (MI)   –   4 – 1 – 0
Akron   –   6 – 1 – 1
North Dakota Agricultural   –   5 – 1 – 1
Haskell   –   8 – 2 – 1
Marquette   –   5 – 1 – 2
St. Xavier   –   6 – 2 – 0
Morningside   –   6 – 2 – 0
Heidelberg   –   6 – 3 – 0
Saint Louis   –   4 – 2 – 2
Valparaiso   –   5 – 3 – 0
Wabash   –   4 – 3 – 2
Central Michigan   –   2 – 2 – 3
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 4 – 1
Nebraska   –   3 – 3 – 2
St. Mary's (OH)   –   2 – 2 – 0
Iowa State Teachers   –   2 – 4 – 1
Toledo   –   2 – 4 – 0
Butler   –   0 – 5 – 1
Bowling Green   –   0 – 3 – 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 42:30 p.m.at Iowa
L 0–18
October 112:00 p.m.at Minnesota
T 6–610,000
October 182:30 p.m.Notre Dame
L 9–14
October 253:30 p.m.vs. Oklahoma
T 7–7
November 12:30 p.m.Iowa State
  • Nebraska Field
  • Lincoln, NE
L 0–3
November 82:30 p.m.at Missouri
W 12–5
November 152:30 p.m.Kansas 
  • Nebraska Field
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
W 19–78,000[3]
November 272:30 p.m.Syracuse
  • Nebraska Field
  • Lincoln, NE
W 3–07,000

Coaching staff

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Coach[4] Position First year Alma mater
Henry Schulte Head coach 1919 Michigan
Paul J. Schissler Assistant coach 1918
Jack Best Trainer 1890 Nebraska

Roster

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[5]

Dale, Fred FB
Dana, Herbert E
Day, William C
Dobson, Paul HB
Henry, Stanley HB
Howarth, Harry QB
Hubka, Ernest FB
Jobes, Raymond HB
Kellogg, Sam T
Lyman, Roy Link T
McGlasson, Harold QB
Munn, Monte G
Munn, Wade G
Newman, Richard QB
Pucelik, John G
Russell, Robert QB
Schellenberg, Elmer HB
Swanson, Clarence E
Wilder, Harold T
Wright, Floyd HB
Young, Farley G

Game summaries

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At Iowa

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Nebraska at Iowa
1 234Total
Nebraska 0 000 0
• Iowa 13 302 18
See also: Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry

At Minnesota

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Nebraska at Minnesota
1 2Total
Nebraska 6
Minnesota 6
See also: Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry

Two goal-line stands and a nine-yard touchdown rush gave Minnesota a 6–0 halftime lead. A long touchdown by backup Elmer Schellenberg tied the game at six at the end of the third quarter; NU missed the point after and the game ended in a tie.

Notre Dame

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Notre Dame at Nebraska
1 234Total
• Notre Dame 7 070 14
Nebraska 0 603 9

A reverse pass on the first drive of the game gave Notre Dame an early lead. NU scored before halftime, but Notre Dame star George Gipp dominated in the second half and the Irish won 14–9. Nebraska lost three consecutive games for the first time since 1899.

Oklahoma

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Oklahoma vs. Nebraska
1 2Total
Oklahoma 7
Nebraska 7
  • Date: October 25
  • Location: Omaha, NE
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m.
See also: Nebraska–Oklahoma rivalry

Iowa State

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Iowa State at Nebraska
1 2Total
• Iowa State 3
Nebraska 0

Nebraska failed to win for the fifth consecutive game, tying the program's longest such stretch.

At Missouri

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Nebraska at Missouri
1 2Total
• Nebraska 12
Missouri 5
See also: Missouri–Nebraska rivalry

Despite missing five starters, Nebraska won its first game of the season in Columbia.

Kansas

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Kansas at Nebraska
1 2Total
Kansas 7
• Nebraska 19
See also: Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry

Syracuse

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Syracuse at Nebraska
1 2Total
Syracuse 0
• Nebraska 3
  • Date: November 27
  • Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE
  • Game start: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 7,000
  • Game weather: Snow, 0 °F (−18 °C)

On a snowy Thanksgiving day, Nebraska defeated Syracuse 3–0 to close the season with its third straight win.

References

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  1. ^ "1918 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "1920 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 352)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  3. ^ "Jayhawks Lies With the Missouri Tiger: Cornhuskers Nail Down Lid of Kansas Coffin". Sunday State Journal. November 16, 1919. p. 8A – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Nebraska head coaches". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  5. ^ "Nebraska Football 1919 Roster". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "the 1910s". HuskerMax. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  7. ^ a b "1919 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 356)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  8. ^ a b c "1919 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 358)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  9. ^ "1919: The "Gipper" Wins One For Notre Dame". Husker Press Box. Archived from the original on August 16, 2001. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  10. ^ a b c "1919 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 359)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
  11. ^ a b "1919 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 360)". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
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