1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team The 1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1911 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 . New head coach Stiehm arrived in Lincoln and took over a program with only 17 players on the roster to start the year , however nine of those returners were veteran starters of previous seasons . Game notes . Kearney State . New Coach Stiehm came out of the box swinging , scoring nearly as many points as were posted in Nebraska ' s previous game to end the prior season . Unlike the closing against Haskell in 1910 , however , coach Stiehm played backups and substitutes to help establish the starters for the season and yet still piled up an astonishing 117 points , just 2 points shy of the 119 - 0 record set the year before and resulting the Cornhuskers outscoring their opponents 236 - 0 in the previous two games . This was the only time Kearney State would face off with the Cornhuskers . Kansas State . The Cornhuskers met the Kansas State squad for the first time in what would in later years become something of a grudge match between conference foes if not a full blown rivalry , but at this time Kansas State was not in the conference with Nebraska . Coach Stiehm treated Kansas State as he did Kearney State , as a tuneup game to test position players out . Much like the previous week , the Cornhuskers dominated their opponent with another lopsided shutout victory . Minnesota . Minnesota again snatched a victory from Nebraska , extending the futility of the Cornhuskers yet again . Nebraska failed to capitalize on their successes , having outgained Minnesota in rushing , passing and kicking , and fell farther behind the Golden Gophers in the series to 1 - 9 - 1 . Missouri . Putting aside the annual disappointments in Minnesota , the Missouri contest was Nebraska ' s 8th straight shutout victory . This series was renewed after a nine - year interruption , and opened the Cornhuskers ' Missouri Valley conference slate to start them out 1 - 0 , and 9 - 3 against the Tigers all - time . Iowa State . Nebraska was understandably feeling confident , having outscored its opponents 473 - 57 since the beginning of the previous season , with only the losses to Minnesota in each year marring the record . Iowa State had not landed Nebraska back on their home turf in Ames since 1899 , and pounced on an unprepared Cornhuskers squad to surprise them by scoring first and holding Nebraska to a 6 - 6 tie by the end of the day . Iowa still lagged behind Nebraska in the series , though , at 3 - 8 - 1 . Doane . Doane came into Lincoln for what was becoming an annual road trip loss for their program , and this one was more of the same . Coach Stiehm used the Doane game as another tuneup match , utilizing substitutes and resting starters on the way to the shutout victory and padding the series lead to 15 - 2 . With wins against both in - state rivals for the year , Nebraska recorded their eighth state championship . Kansas . Kansas was dealt a 0 - 29 defeat on their home field , considered among the most decisive defeats for the Jayhawks of that time . Nebraska finished their league slate undefeated and improved their record over Kansas to 10 - 8 . Michigan . The match with Michigan was anticipated for much of the season and seen by some as a rematch to settle accounts following Nebraska ' s loss to the Michigan Wolverines Football Club in Ann Arbor in 1905 . This second meeting of the teams was also the first Homecoming football game for Nebraska . While the Cornhuskers would have preferred a clear victory on the scoreboard , the game was considered a victory of recognition that Nebraska was a football program that would experience sustained success and challenge the college football powers for years to come . After the season . Coach Stiehm ' s first year at Nebraska seemed like a continuation of the relative success of the program ' s past several seasons . The Cornhuskers ' program total improved to 123 - 46 - 10 ( . 715 ) , while the conference overall record improved to 7 - 2 - 2 ( . 727 ) . Nebraska and Iowa were named Co - Champions of the Missouri Valley conference .