1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
MVC co-champion Nebraska state champion
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	5–1–2 (2–0–1 MVC)
Head coach	Ewald O. Stiehm (1st season)
Home stadium	Nebraska Field
Seasons ← 1910 1912 →

1911 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Iowa State +	2	–	0	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Nebraska +	2	–	0	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
Kansas	1	–	1	–	1			4	–	2	–	2
Washington University	0	–	0	–	2			4	–	2	–	2
Missouri	0	–	2	–	2			2	–	4	–	2
Drake	0	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska as a member of Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1911 college football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Ewald O. Stiehm and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.^[1]

Following the retirement of W.C. Cole in 1910, Nebraska hired Stiehm as his replacement.^[2] Nicknamed "Jumbo" because of his large feet, Stiehm was a regimented, fiery man who was prone to frequent tirades on the sidelines.^[3] Despite this, his first Cornhuskers team, with nine returning starters from 1910, split the MVC championship with Iowa State.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	3:30 p.m.	Kearney Normal*	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE	W 117–0
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Kansas State*	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 59–0
October 21	2:30 p.m.	at Minnesota*	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 3–21	10,000	[4]
October 28	3:00 p.m.	Missouri	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	W 34–0
November 4	2:30 p.m.	at Iowa State	State Field Ames, IA	T 6–6
November 11	3:00 p.m.	Doane*	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE	W 27–0
November 18	2:30 p.m.	at Kansas	Central Park Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	W 29–0	7,000	[5]
November 25	2:30 p.m.	Michigan*	Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE	T 6–6
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Coach[6]	Position	First year	Alma mater
Ewald O. Stiehm	Head coach	1911	Wisconsin
Jack Best	Trainer	1890	Nebraska

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

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Kearney State at Nebraska

1 2 Total Kearney State 0 • Nebraska 117 Date: October 7, 1911 Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE Game start: 3:30 p.m. Sources:[8][9]

Stiehm's first game ended in a 117–0 blowout of Kearney State, two points shy of tying the program record of 119 points set in NU's previous game. This was the only meeting between Kearney State and Nebraska.

Kansas State at Nebraska

1 2 Total Kansas State 0 • Nebraska 59 Date: October 14, 1911 Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE Game start: 3:30 p.m. Sources:[8][9]

Nebraska and Kansas State met for the first time in 1911, though they were not yet in the same conference.

Nebraska at Minnesota

1 2 Total Nebraska 3 • Minnesota 21 Date: October 21, 1911 Location: Northrop Field, Minneapolis, MN Game start: 2:30 p.m. Sources:[8][9]

Nebraska outgained Minnesota in both rushing and passing yards, but again fell to the Golden Gophers.

Missouri at Nebraska

1 2 Total Missouri 0 • Nebraska 34 Date: October 28, 1911 Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE Game start: 3:00 p.m. Sources:[8][10]

Nebraska at Iowa State

1 2 Total Nebraska 6 Iowa State 6 Date: November 4, 1911 Location: State Field, Ames, IA Game start: 2:30 p.m. Sources:[8][10]

Doane at Nebraska

1 2 Total Doane 0 • Nebraska 27 Date: November 11, 1911 Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE Game start: 3:00 p.m. Sources:[8][10]

With wins against both in-state opponents, Nebraska recorded their eighth unofficial state championship.

Nebraska at Kansas

1 2 Total • Nebraska 29 Kansas 0 Date: November 18, 1911 Location: Central Park, Lawrence, KS Game start: 2:30 p.m. Sources:[8][10]

Nebraska clinched a share of the Missouri Valley championship with a 6–0 win over Kansas.

Michigan at Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 6 0 6 Nebraska 0 0 6 0 6 Date: November 25, 1911 Location: Nebraska Field, Lincoln, NE Game start: 2:30 p.m. Referee: Theodore M. Stuart (Michigan) Sources:[11][12][13][14][15][16]

Michigan stars Stanfield Wells and Miller Pontius were unable to play, prompting the Detroit Free Press to quip that Michigan could claim the "world championship of injuries".

In the third quarter of a scoreless game, Michigan end Frederick L. Conklin blocked a Nebraska punt and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown. The Chicago Daily Tribune wrote: "Conklin broke through, blocked it, turned like lightning and sped without interference across the goal line for Michigan's first touchdown." NU responded on its next drive with two long end runs that took the ball to Michigan's eight-yard line, and halfback Leonard Purdy finished off the drive with a touchdown.

The New York Times called the game "the hardest contest ever witnessed on Nebraska Field."