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1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1915

| team = Nebraska Cornhuskers

| sport = football

| image = 1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.jpg

| image_size = 285

| conference = Missouri Valley Conference

| short_conf = MVC

| record = 8–0

| conf_record = 4–0

| head_coach = Ewald O. Stiehm

| hc_year = 5th

| captain =

| stadium = Nebraska Field

| champion = National champion (Billingsley)
MVC champion

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{{1915 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}

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.{{cite web|title=1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=March 1, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/nebraska/1915-schedule.html}} 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.

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,{{cite web |url=https://huskers.com/documents/2019/10/29/2019_20NebraskaMBBGuide.pdf?path=mbball|title=Nebraska Basketball Media Guide|access-date=2020-06-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://huskers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/ewald-o-jumbo-stiehm/2407|title=EWALD O. (JUMBO) STIEHM|access-date=July 13, 2021}}

Schedule

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| October 2|2:30 p.m.||{{cfb link|year=1915|team=Drake Bulldogs|title=Drake}}|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|W 48-13||

| October 9|2:30 p.m.||Kansas State|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|W 31-0||

| October 16|2:30 p.m.||{{cfb link|year=1915|team=Washburn Ichabods|title=Washburn}}|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|W 47-0||

| October 23|2:30 p.m.||Notre Dame|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|W 20-19||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123380591/cornhuskers-battled-hard-by-notre-dame/|work=Omaha World-Herald|title=Cornhuskers battled hard by Notre Dame, but finally win|date=October 24, 1915|accessdate=April 23, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

| October 30|2:30 p.m.|at|Iowa State|State Field | Ames, IA|W 21-0||

| November 6|2:30 p.m.||{{cfb link|year=1915|team=Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes|title=Nebraska Wesleyan}}|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE|W 30-0||

| November 13|2:30 p.m.|at|Kansas|Ahearn Field|Lawrence, KS (rivalry)|W 33-0|10,000|{{cite news|title=Sweeter to Win as a Come-Back Than if it is Expected: Huskers Win Valley Championship by the Victory Over Kansas|newspaper=The Omaha Sunday Bee|author=Fred S. Hunter|date=November 14, 1915|pages=1S, 2S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115585217/sweeter-to-win-as-a-come-back-than-if/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Jayhawkers Easy for Cornhuskers|newspaper=The Hutchison Gazette|date=November 14, 1915|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115585217/sweeter-to-win-as-a-come-back-than-if/|via=Newspapers.com}}

| November 20|2:30 p.m.||Iowa|Nebraska Field|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|W 52-7||

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Coaching staff

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|Coach{{Cite web|url=http://www.huskermax.com/coaches.html|title=Nebraska head coaches|access-date=2009-11-21|publisher=HuskerMax}}|Position|First year|Alma mater}}
Ewald O. Stiehm|Head coach1911Wisconsin
Jack BestTrainer1890Nebraska

Roster

{{Cite web|url=http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1915|title=Nebraska Football 1915 Roster|access-date=2009-11-21|publisher=University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department}}

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Abbott, Earl RG

Balis, Arthur E

Caley, Loren QB

Chamberlin, Guy HB

Cook, John QB

Corey, Tim T

Doyle, Raymond FB

Gardiner, Jimmy HB

Halbersleben, Paul C

Kositsky, Ed T

Moser, Ellsworth C

Otopalik, Hugo HB

Proctor, Brodie HB

Rasmussen, John E

Reese, Herbert HB

Riddell, Ted E

Rutherford, Richard HB

Shaw, Edson T

Shields, Paul G

Starters

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Position

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Quarterback

|Loren Caley

Left Halfback

|Richard Rutherford

Right Halfback

|Brodie Proctor

Fullback

|Hugo Otopalik

Left End

|Guy Chamerlin

Left Tackle

|Tim Corey

Left Guard

|Paul Shields

Center

|Ellsworth Moser

Right Guard

|Earl Abbott

Right Tackle

|Edson Shaw

Right End

|Ted Riddell

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Game summaries

=Drake=

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| Title = Drake at Nebraska

| Visitor = Drake

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 13

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 48

| Date = October 2

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

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  • Sources:{{Cite web|url=http://www.huskermax.com/1910s.html|title=the 1910s|access-date=2009-11-21|publisher=HuskerMax}}{{Cite web|url=http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1916&page=165|title=1916 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 165)|access-date=2009-11-21|publisher=University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries}}

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=Kansas State=

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| Title = Kansas State at Nebraska

| Visitor = Kansas State

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 0

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 31

| Date = October 9

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

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  • Sources:

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{{see also|Kansas State–Nebraska football rivalry}}

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=Washburn=

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| Title = Washburn at Nebraska

| Visitor = Washburn

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 0

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 47

| Date = October 16

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

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  • Sources:{{Cite web|url=http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1916&page=166|title=1916 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 166)|access-date=2009-11-21|publisher=University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries}}

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=Notre Dame=

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| Title = Notre Dame at Nebraska

| Visitor = Notre Dame

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 19

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 20

| Date = October 23

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

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  • Sources:{{Cite web|url=http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1916&page=167|title=1916 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 167)|access-date=2009-11-21|publisher=University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries}}

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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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=At Iowa State=

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| Title = Nebraska at Iowa State

| Visitor = Nebraska

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 21

| Host = Iowa State

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 0

| Date = October 30

| Location = State Field, Ames, IA

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

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  • Sources:{{Cite web|url=http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1916&page=168|title=1916 Cornhusker - University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 168)|access-date=2009-11-21|publisher=University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries}}

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=Nebraska Wesleyan=

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| Title = Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska

| Visitor = Nebraska Wesleyan

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 0

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 30

| Date = November 6

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

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=At Kansas=

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| Title = Nebraska at Kansas

| Visitor = Nebraska

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 33

| Host = Kansas

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 0

| Date = November 13

| Location = Ahearn Field, Lawrence, KS

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

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{{see also|Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry}}

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=Iowa=

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| Title = Iowa at Nebraska

| Visitor = Iowa

| V1 = | V2 = | V3 = | V4 = | Vtotal = 7

| Host = Nebraska

| H1 = | H2 = | H3 = | H4 = | Htotal = 52

| Date = November 20

| Location = Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE

| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.

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{{see also|Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry}}

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References

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