American college football season
The 1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska .
Schedule [ edit ] [1]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 7 1:00 pm Utah State * No. 14 W 59–2876,115 September 14 1:00 pm Colorado State * No. 13 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska Prime W 71–1476,379 September 21 7:00 pm No. 4 Washington * No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska ABC L 21–3676,304 September 28 9:00 pm at No. 24 Arizona State * No. 16 W 18–972,812 October 12 2:00 pm at Oklahoma State No. 14 W 49–1530,150 October 19 1:00 pm Kansas State No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) W 38–3176,209 October 26 1:00 pm Missouri No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) W 63–676,244 November 2 6:30 pm at No. 15 Colorado No. 9 ESPN T 19–1952,319 November 9 1:00 pm at Kansas No. 11 Prime W 59–2340,000 November 16 1:00 pm Iowa State No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska W 38–1376,078 November 29 12:30 pm No. 19 Oklahoma No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) ABC W 19–1476,386 January 1 7:00 pm vs. No. 1 Miami * No. 11 NBC L 0–2277,747 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster and coaching staff [ edit ] 1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class IB 4 George Achola Sr TE 95 Gerald Armstrong So C Jason Baker FB 35 Troy Barnes So IB Rick Blatny So OT 76 Brian Boerboom Sr SE 18 Jon Bostick Sr IB 21 Derek Brown So G Brady Caskey So G 65 Jeff Chaney Sr C 55 Terris Chorney Jr OT John Clarke Sr QB Joel Cornwell Jr FB Faron Davison So G Chris Demuth So SE 2 Corey Dixon So WB 11 Mark Dowse Sr SE 28 Darin Duin Jr FB David Fiala So TE Chris Fleischman So G Bart Furrow So TE 80 Chris Garrett Sr OT Joel Gesky So FB 37 Robert Glantz Sr QB Todd Gragnano Fr QB 1 Mike Grant Sr QB 15 Tom Haase Sr WB 38 Vincent Hawkins Jr SE 33 Tyrone Hughes Jr C 63 Bill Humphrey So G 69 Dave Jensen Jr FB 41 Tim Johnk Sr IB 44 Calvin Jones Fr QB Matt Jones So QB 2 Mickey Joseph Sr TE 85 Daryl Leise Sr FB 35 Lance Lewis Sr G Jason Licht So OT 77 Lance Lundberg So C Mike Mapes So QB 10 Keithen McCant Sr FB 7 Andre McDuffy Sr QB John McMillen Jr G 62 Ken Mehlin So TE 86 Johnny Mitchell So FS 5 Randy Montgomery Fr WB 27 Abdul Muhammad Fr C Brad Mundt Jr SE 82 Dan Pleasant Sr WB Kelly Prater Sr FB Travis Rader So OT 59 Ray Reifenrath Sr SE 81 Eric Schepers So FB Cory Schlesinger So C 51 Jim Scott Jr WB 46 David Seizys So G 75 Will Shields Jr G 78 Trent (T.J.) Slansky Jr FB 25 Omar Soto Sr G 66 Brenden Stai So WB 33 Nate Turner Sr TE 88 Mike Vedral Jr OT 68 Doug Waddell Jr TE 83 Billy Wade So TE 89 William Washington Jr SE 87 Tom Werner Jr OT 61 Erik Wiegert Sr OT 72 Zach Wiegert Fr SE 98 Duane Wiles Fr G 65 Joel Wilks So OT 56 Rob Zatechka Fr C 53 Bill Ziegelbein Sr G 64 Chris Zyzda Jr
Defense Pos. # Name Class OLB 34 Trev Alberts So ILB Leonard Alexander So ILB 48 Mike Anderson So ILB 39 Alvin Banks Sr MG Ryan Barry So SS 23 Ernie Beler So ILB 54 Troy Branch So CB 5 Lorenzo Brinkley So DT 94 Brian Brown Sr FS 8 Tyrone Byrd Jr SS 31 Steve Carmer Jr SS 45 Zeke Cisco So CB 17 Sedric Collins Fr ILB 46 Doug Colman Fr DT Terry Connealy Fr CB 9 Curtis Cotton Sr FS 4 Troy Dumas Fr MG 97 Pat Engelbert Sr OLB Greg Fletcher So OLB Tory Garland So ILB 43 Shane Geiken Sr SS Travis Giesbrecht So CB Chris Grass Jr OLB 91 Lance Gray So ILB Brian Havens So CB 40 Mike Heins So FS Jay Herman So OLB Todd Heyne So OLB Jerad Higman So OLB 93 Travis Hill Jr DT 74 Matt Hilman Jr MG Jerry Irons So OLB 84 Donta Jones Fr ILB LeRoi Jones So OLB 42 David Leader Jr CB 3 Tyrone Legette Sr DT 70 Jamie Liewer Jr OLB David Mahalek So CB Brady Mercer So DT 90 Bruce Moore So MG 73 David Noonan So DT 92 John Parrella Jr ILB 52 Matt Penland Jr DT Jason Pesterfield So ILB 99 Mike Petko Sr SS 36 Brian Pollard Jr CB 16 Vernon Powell So ILB Jim Prevette So DT 67 Kevin Ramaekers So FS 6 John Reece So ILB Andy Reetz So CB Greg Salvo Jr FS 24 Dean Schneider So CB Jeff Solich So DT Scott Spachman So ILB 32 Ed Stewart Fr SS Austin Wertz So FS 12 Jamie Weyers So OLB 96 David White Jr ILB 49 Paul Wightman Jr CB 19 Kenny Wilhite Jr ILB 51 Daren Williams So ILB 35 Tyler Zahn Jr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 13 Byron Bennett So PK 14 Jeff Lang So PK 35 Tom Sieler Fr PK Pat Specht So P 47 Mike Stigge Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride 11th season as DC/DL coach 15th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado Kevin Steele 3rd season as LB coach 3rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Tennessee Ron Brown 5th season as WR/TE coach 5th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown Dan Young 9th season as OL/K coach 9th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir 18th season as OL coach 18th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling Tony Samuel 6th season as OLB coach 6th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska George Darlington DB coach 19th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers Frank Solich 9th season as RB coach 13th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Boyd Epley 23rd season as S&C coach 23rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Jack Pierce 13th year at Nebraska Bill Busch 2nd year at Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2011-01-17
1991 Depth chart [ edit ] Defense
FS Tyrone Byrd John Reece Lorenzo Brinkley
OUTSIDE INSDIE INSDIE OUTSIDE Travis Hill Mike Anderson Mike Petko David White Lance Gray Ed Stewart Troy Branch Darren Williams Trev Alberts David Leader Paul Wightman Shane Geiken Donta Jones
SS Steve Carmer Ernie Beler Troy Dumas
CB Tyrone Legette Vernon Powell Mike Heins
DE NT DE John Parrella Pat Engelbert Jamie Liewer Bruce Moore David Noonan Kevin Ramaekers Matt Hilman Jerry Irons Terry Connealy
CB Curtis Cotton Kenny Whilhite Sedric Collins
Offense
WR Jon Bostick Vincent Hawkins Dan Pleasant
LT LG C RG RT Lance Lundberg Erik Wiegert Bill Ziegelbein Will Shields Brian Boerboom Rob Zatechka Chris Zyzda Jim Scott T.J Slansky Zach Wiegert Erik Wiegert Dave Jensen Terris Chorney Ken Mehlin Ray Reifenrath
TE Johnny Mitchell William Washington Chris Garett
WR Nate Turner Tyrone Hughes Abdul Muhammad Mark Dowse
QB Keithan McCant Mickey Joseph Tom Haase
RB Derek Brown Calvin Jones George Achola ⋅
FB Lance Lewis Omar Soto Tim Johnk
Game summaries [ edit ] Utah State [ edit ] Utah State at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Utah State 7 7 6 8 28 • Nebraska 17 7 16 19 59
Colorado State [ edit ] Colorado State at Nebraska [box score] Date: September 14Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,379
Washington [ edit ] Washington at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Washington 0 6 10 20 36 Nebraska 7 7 7 0 21
Date: September 21Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,304
Arizona State [ edit ] Nebraska at Arizona State [box score]
Oklahoma State [ edit ] Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]
Kansas State [ edit ] Kansas State at Nebraska [box score] Date: October 19Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,209
Missouri [ edit ] Missouri at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 3 3 0 0 6 • Nebraska 21 21 14 7 63
Date: October 26Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,244
Colorado [ edit ] Nebraska at Colorado [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 3 6 3 7 19 Colorado 7 5 7 0 19
Scoring summary Q1 11:20 NEB Bennett 27 yard field goal NEB 3–0 Q1 7:20 COLO Hagan 11 yard run (Harper kick) COLO 7–3 Q2 6:54 COLO Harper 27 yard field goal COLO 10–3 Q2 1:17 NEB Bostick 49 yard pass from McCant (kick blocked) COLO 10–9 Q2 1:17 COLO Biekert 85 blocked PAT return COLO 12–9 Q3 5:12 NEB Bennett 35 yard field goal Tie 12–12 Q3 0:27 COLO Hagan 4 yard run (Harper kick) COLO 19–12 Q4 6:41 NEB D. Brown 7 yard run (Bennett kick) Tie 19–19
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Nebraska at Kansas [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 17 14 28 59 Kansas 17 3 3 0 23
Iowa State [ edit ] Iowa State at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 0 6 0 7 13 • Nebraska 10 14 7 7 38
Date: November 16Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,078
Oklahoma [ edit ] Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 7 7 0 0 14 • Nebraska 0 3 7 9 19
Date: November 29Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,386Game weather: Rain Scoring summary Q1 11:39 OKLA Gundy 1 yard run (Blanton kick) OKLA 7–0 Q2 12:39 OKLA Gaddis 1 yard run (Blanton kick) OKLA 14–0 Q2 6:58 NEB Bennett 22 yard field goal OKLA 14–3 Q3 9:53 NEB McCant 5 yard run (Bennett kick) OKLA 14–10 Q4 12:20 NEB Bennett 33 yard field goal OKLA 14–13 Q4 2:57 NEB C. Jones 15 yard run (pass failed) NEB 19–14
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Miami (FL) [ edit ] Orange Bowl [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Miami 13 0 9 0 22 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring summary Q1 11:04 MIA K. Williams 8 yard pass from Torretta (Huerta kick) MIA 7–0 Q1 5:04 MIA Huerta 24 yard field goal MIA 10–0 Q1 4:02 MIA Huerta 24 yard field goal MIA 13–0 Q3 11:19 MIA L. Jones 1 yard run (pass failed) MIA 19–0 Q3 2:33 MIA Huerta 54 yard field goal MIA 22–0
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Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP 15 14 13 9 16 15 14 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 15 Coaches 15 14 13 9 16 16 13 7 7 7 11 11 11 10 11 16
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Award Name(s) All-America 2nd team Will Shields All-America 3rd team Derek Brown , Johnny Mitchell Big 8 coach of the Year Tom Osborne Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year Keithen McCant Big 8 Offensive Newcomer of the Year Calvin Jones All-Big 8 1st team Brian Boerboom, Jon Bostick, Derek Brown, Tyrone Legette , Keithen McCant , Johnny Mitchell, Will Shields, Mike Stigge, Erik Wiegert All-Big 8 2nd team Steve Carmer, Curtis Cotton, Pat Engelbert, Travis Hill, Calvin Jones, Mike Petko All-Big 8 honorable mention Mike Anderson, Byron Bennett, Tyrone Byrd, Lance Lewis, John Parrella, Jim Scott, William Washington, David White, Kenny Wilhite
NFL and pro players [ edit ] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1991 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[6]
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls and rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
MVIAA Big Six Big Seven Big Eight National championships in bold