The 1913 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the

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as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the

1913 college football season The 1913 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Auburn, Chicago, and Harvard as having been selected national champions. All three teams finished with undefeated reco ...

. The team was coached by third-year head coach

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and played its home games at

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. The 1913 season was part of Nebraska's 34-game unbeaten streak that ran from 1912 to 1916. This was the first season that Nebraska conducted a spring football practice session.

Schedule

Coaching staff

Roster

Starters

Game summaries

Washburn

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Kansas State

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Minnesota

*Sources: Nebraska used a second-half touchdown to win for just the second time against Minnesota in 13 meetings. Minnesota coach

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said after the game "I cannot say I expected the Gophers to be defeated. Nebraska has a great team."

Haskell

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At Iowa State

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Nebraska Wesleyan

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At Kansas

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Iowa

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Awards

References

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