1913 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1913 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1913 college football season . The team was coached by Ewald O . Stiehm and played their home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln , Nebraska . Before the season . Coach Stiehm returned for his third year after earning conference championships in both of his previous seasons . Although the roster grew slightly from 15 to 17 players , only two starters from 1912 were still part of the program , which required some position changes to be made . This was the first year that Nebraska utilized a Spring football practice session . Game notes . Washburn . The young Nebraska team got off to a good , confidence - building start with a shutout victory over Washburn to start the season in the first meeting of these teams . Kansas State . Despite scoring first , Kansas State was handed their third consecutive loss in the series , remaining winless against Nebraska . Minnesota . When Minnesota arrived in Lincoln for the 13th meeting of these teams in what had become an annual epic grudge match , it was only the second time the game was held in Nebraska . Perhaps aided by the emotion of the Homecoming festivities , the Cornhuskers held their ground and fought the Golden Gophers to a scoreless first half , and then with much effort managed to secure a 3rd quarter touchdown . Minnesota would not allow Nebraska to score again but were also unable to respond , and Nebraska secured its second victory in the series . Of the Cornhuskers , coach Williams of Minnesota said " I cannot say I expected the Gophers to be defeated . Nebraska has a great team . " Haskell . Following the Minnesota victory , a surprisingly difficult fight faced the Cornhuskers when Haskell returned to continue their series with Nebraska . The fierce contest injured Nebraska ' s team captain , who had to leave the game and was initially feared to be lost for the season . In the end , the Cornhuskers barely escaped with a 1 - point margin of victory and sent the Haskell Indians home with another defeat , dropping them to 2 - 6 on the series . Iowa State . Still without the team captain , the Cornhuskers met the Cyclones in Ames and made their fourth and final appearance at the soon - to - be - replaced State Field . Iowa State provided some fight to make it a game , but ultimately fell again to Nebraska and dropped farther back in the series to 3 - 9 - 1 . Nebraska Wesleyan . Coach Stiehm allowed the starters to take a break and played mainly reserves against Nebraska Wesleyan , as these teams resumed a series begun in 1896 , though five years had passed since their last meeting . The backups were still more than a match for NWU , and Nebraska improved to 4 - 0 in the series . Kansas . Cornhusker defense was the order of the day , and Nebraska made use of players returning from injury to hold the Jayhawks scoreless . The win secured Nebraska as unbeaten in conference play and improved their record over Kansas to 12 - 8 . Iowa . Iowa arrived in Lincoln with a reputation as a fast squad that used formations difficult to defend . Nebraska rose to the occasion and held the Hawkeyes off the board for the entire game . Using players still hobbled by injuries suffered during the Haskell game , the Cornhuskers punched in an early touchdown to go up , and a late one to seal the outcome . More than once Iowa threatened to score but came away empty , and fell farther behind Nebraska in the series to 4 - 8 - 3 . After the season . Despite the worries at the beginning of the season that the 1913 Nebraska squad was inexperienced , coach Stiehm managed to lead his squad to an undefeated season and 3rd straight conference title . After his third year , coach Stiehm had again improved his record , to 20 - 2 - 2 ( . 875 ) , while the program also improved to 138 - 47 - 10 ( . 733 ) overall and 12 - 2 - 2 ( . 813 ) in conference .