The team was coached by fourth-year head coach Ewald O. Stiehm and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.

[1] They competed as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

The 1914 season was part of Nebraska's 34-game unbeaten streak that ran from 1912 to 1916.

[4] Abbott, Earl RG Balis, Arthur E Caley, Loren HB Cameron, Robert RT Chamberlin, Guy HB Corey, Tim T DeLamatre, Harry FB Doyle, Raymond FB Fouts, Kenneth G Gross, John G Halligan, Vic LT Hawkins, Earl QB Howard, Warren E Porter, Grove QB Potter, Herbert QB Rutherford, Richard HB Selzer, Milton HB Shields, Paul G After a three-year break, South Dakota arrived in Lincoln to resume their series with Nebraska.

Several South Dakota players allegedly used a loophole which allowed them to play for the Coyotes for six or seven seasons by moving out-of-state in the offseason; therefore, many of South Dakota's players had faced the Cornhuskers four years prior.