1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
MVC champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–2 (2–0 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNebraska Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
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.[1]

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.

  1. ^ "1917 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 1, 2019.