1919 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Nebraska at Iowa
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Nebraska |
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0 |
| • Iowa
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|
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18 |
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Notre Dame at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
| • Notre Dame
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7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
| Nebraska |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
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Iowa State at Nebraska
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Date: 1919-11-01
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Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Kansas at Nebraska
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1 |
2 |
Total |
| Kansas |
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|
7 |
| • Nebraska
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|
|
19 |
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Date: 1919-11-15
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Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Syracuse at Nebraska
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Date: 1919-11-27
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Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
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Game attendance: 7,000
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Game weather: Snow, 0F
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The 1919 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1919 college football season. The team was coached by Henry Schulte and played their home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.
After the disarray of the 1918 season, 1919 looked like it could be defined as the ultimate rebuilding year, for all college teams. Nebraska's previous coach, hurriedly installed last year as an interim leader in the upheaveal, was now replaced with the program's 15th leader in 29 years, continuing a pattern of frequent turnover at the top. The new coach was the result of a new athletic director, who also opted to withdraw Nebraska from the Missouri Valley conference, ending 13 years of league affiliation and resulting in the Cornhusker football program operating as an independent for the first time since 1906. The schedule for 1919 was a demanding one, with resurgent Iowa, Notre Dame, Minnesota and Syracuse looming on the horizon, the result of planning by the leadership to pit the Cornhuskers against the best challengers available.
Nebraska stumbled in their season opener, just three weeks after beginning practice, when one of the best Iowa teams to date trounced the Cornhuskers in Iowa City. Nebraska's captain left the game early because of injury, and the team subsequently began to crumble, committing errors and losing momentum. Despite the win over Nebraska, the Hawkeyes still trailed in the series 6-12-3.
For only the third time in program history, Nebraska dropped three games in a row with the Defeat delivered by Notre dame. Both previous 3-loss events occurred in the 1899 season. George Gipp shined in his third appearance against Nebraska, never allowing the Cornhuskers closer than 1 point from the Notre Dame score at halftime before pulling away. Knute Rockne led his Notre Dame squad to victory despite the best laid plans of Nebraska coach Schulte to scheme around the larger Notre Dame players.
Minnesota had managed to avoid the Cornhuskers for eight years, ever since their nine-game winning streak had been snapped by the 1913 Nebraska squad. The defenses kept the scoreboard mostly quiet, but Minnesota found their way through first. Having missed the kick after, the Gophers were given a scare later on when the Cornhuskers also found the end zone, but Nebraska also failed to convert. Eventually time ran out on the 6-6 tie, though the Cornhuskers left many points on the field due to miscues and fumbles, thus giving a lucky break to Minnesota who escaped the meeting with a draw instead of a loss, though the Gophers still held a commanding lead in the series, 10-2-2.
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