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1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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Conference
  
Big Eight Conference

Home stadium
  
Nebraska Field

1911 record
  
5–1–2 (2–0–1 MVIAA)

1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Head coach
  
Ewald O. Stiehm (1st year)

The 1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1911 college football season. The team was coached by Ewald O. Stiehm and played their home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Before the season

New head coach Stiehm arrived in Lincoln and took over a program with only 17 players on the roster to start the year, however nine of those returners were veteran starters of previous seasons.

Roster

  • Anderson, Arthur G
  • Chauner, Walter E
  • Elliott, E.B. C
  • Frank, Ernest HB
  • Frank, Owen HB
  • Gibson, J.P. FB
  • Harman, Dewey RT
  • Hornberger, Evans G
  • Lofgren, Gus E
  • Pearson, Monte T
  • Potter, Herbert QB
  • Purdy, Leonard HB
  • Russell, Richard HB
  • Shonka, Sylvester LT
  • Swanson, Caesar LG
  • Warner, Leon QB
  • After the season

    Coach Stiehm's first year at Nebraska seemed like a continuation of the relative success of the program's past several seasons. The Cornhuskers' program total improved to 123-46-10 (.715), while the conference overall record improved to 7-2-2 (.727). Nebraska and Iowa were named Co-Champions of the Missouri Valley conference.

    References

    1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team Wikipedia