1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big Eight co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–22 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 15
1991 record	9–2–1 (6–0–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (19th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (22nd year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (11th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,650)

1991 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#15 Nebraska +	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
#20 Colorado +	6	–	0	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
#16 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Kansas State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Oklahoma State	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	10	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	1:00 PM	Utah State*	No. 14	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 59–28	76,115
September 14	1:00 PM	Colorado State*	No. 13	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	Prime	W 71–14	76,379
September 21	7:00 PM	No. 4 Washington*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	ABC	L 21–36	76,304
September 28	9:00 PM	at No. 24 Arizona State*	No. 16	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona		W 18–9	72,812
October 12	2:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	No. 14	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 49–15	30,150
October 19	1:00 PM	Kansas State	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 38–31	76,209
October 26	1:00 PM	Missouri	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska (Rivalry)		W 63–6	76,244
November 2	6:30 PM	at No. 15 Colorado	No. 9	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado (Rivalry)	ESPN	T 19–19	52,319
November 9	1:00 PM	at Kansas	No. 11	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas	Prime	W 59–23	40,000
November 16	1:00 PM	Iowa State	No. 11	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 38–13	76,078
November 29	12:30 PM	No. 19 Oklahoma	No. 11	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska (Rivalry)	ABC	W 19–14	76,386
January 1	7:00 PM	vs. No. 1 Miami*	No. 11	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 0–22	77,747
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Roster and coaching staff

1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class IB 4 Achola, GeorgeGeorge Achola Sr TE 95 Armstrong, GeraldGerald Armstrong So C Baker, JasonJason Baker FB 35 Barnes, TroyTroy Barnes So IB Blatny, RickRick Blatny So OT 76 Boerboom, BrianBrian Boerboom Sr SE 18 Bostick, JonJon Bostick Sr IB 21 Brown, DerekDerek Brown So OG Caskey, BradyBrady Caskey So OG 65 Chaney, JeffJeff Chaney Sr C 55 Chorney, TerrisTerris Chorney Jr OT Clarke, JohnJohn Clarke Sr QB Cornwell, JoelJoel Cornwell Jr FB Davison, FaronFaron Davison So OG Demuth, ChrisChris Demuth So SE 2 Dixon, CoreyCorey Dixon So WB 11 Dowse, MarkMark Dowse Sr SE 28 Duin, DarinDarin Duin Jr FB Fiala, DavidDavid Fiala So TE Fleischman, ChrisChris Fleischman So OG Furrow, BartBart Furrow So TE 80 Garrett, ChrisChris Garrett Sr OT Gesky, JoelJoel Gesky So FB 37 Glantz, RobertRobert Glantz Sr QB Gragnano, ToddTodd Gragnano Fr QB 1 Grant, MikeMike Grant Sr QB 15 Haase, TomTom Haase Sr WB 38 Hawkins, VincentVincent Hawkins Jr SE 33 Hughes, TyroneTyrone Hughes Jr C 63 Humphrey, BillBill Humphrey So OG 69 Jensen, DaveDave Jensen Jr FB 41 Johnk, TimTim Johnk Sr IB 44 Jones, CalvinCalvin Jones Fr QB Jones, MattMatt Jones So QB 2 Joseph, MickeyMickey Joseph Sr TE 85 Leise, DarylDaryl Leise Sr FB 26 Lewis, LanceLance Lewis Sr OG Licht, JasonJason Licht So OT 77 Lundberg, LanceLance Lundberg So C Mapes, MikeMike Mapes So QB 10 McCant, KeithenKeithen McCant Sr FB 7 McDuffy, AndreAndre McDuffy Sr QB McMillen, JohnJohn McMillen Jr OG 62 Mehlin, KenKen Mehlin So TE 86 Mitchell, JohnnyJohnny Mitchell So FS 5 Montgomery, RandyRandy Montgomery Fr WB 27 Muhammad, AbdulAbdul Muhammad Fr C Mundt, BradBrad Mundt Jr SE 82 Pleasant, DanDan Pleasant Sr WB Prater, KellyKelly Prater Sr FB Rader, TravisTravis Rader So OT 59 Reifenrath, RayRay Reifenrath Sr SE 81 Schepers, EricEric Schepers So FB Schlesinger, CoryCory Schlesinger So C 51 Scott, JimJim Scott Jr WB 46 Seizys, DavidDavid Seizys So OG 75 Shields, WillWill Shields Jr OG 78 Slansky, Trent (T.J.)Trent (T.J.) Slansky Jr FB 25 Soto, OmarOmar Soto Sr OG 66 Stai, BrendenBrenden Stai So WB 33 Turner, NateNate Turner Sr TE 88 Vedral, MikeMike Vedral Jr OT 68 Waddell, DougDoug Waddell Jr TE 83 Wade, BillyBilly Wade So TE 89 Washington, WilliamWilliam Washington Jr SE 87 Werner, TomTom Werner Jr OT 61 Wiegert, ErikErik Wiegert Sr OT 72 Wiegert, ZachZach Wiegert Fr SE 98 Wiles, DuaneDuane Wiles Fr OG 65 Wilks, JoelJoel Wilks So OT 56 Zatechka, RobRob Zatechka Fr C 53 Ziegelbein, BillBill Ziegelbein Sr OG 64 Zyzda, ChrisChris Zyzda Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class OLB 34 Alberts, TrevTrev Alberts So ILB Alexander, LeonardLeonard Alexander So ILB 48 Anderson, MikeMike Anderson So ILB 39 Banks, AlvinAlvin Banks Sr MG Barry, RyanRyan Barry So SS 23 Beler, ErnieErnie Beler So ILB 54 Branch, TroyTroy Branch So CB 5 Brinkley, LorenzoLorenzo Brinkley So DT 94 Brown, BrianBrian Brown Sr FS 8 Byrd, TyroneTyrone Byrd Jr SS 31 Carmer, SteveSteve Carmer Jr SS 45 Cisco, ZekeZeke Cisco So CB 17 Collins, SedricSedric Collins Fr ILB 46 Colman, DougDoug Colman Fr DT Connealy, TerryTerry Connealy Fr CB 9 Cotton, CurtisCurtis Cotton Sr FS 4 Dumas, TroyTroy Dumas Fr MG 97 Engelbert, PatPat Engelbert Sr OLB Fletcher, GregGreg Fletcher So OLB Garland, ToryTory Garland So ILB 43 Geiken, ShaneShane Geiken Sr SS Giesbrecht, TravisTravis Giesbrecht So CB Grass, ChrisChris Grass Jr OLB 91 Gray, LanceLance Gray So ILB Havens, BrianBrian Havens So CB 40 Heins, MikeMike Heins So FS Herman, JayJay Herman So OLB Heyne, ToddTodd Heyne So OLB Higman, JeradJerad Higman So OLB 93 Hill, TravisTravis Hill Jr DT 74 Hilman, MattMatt Hilman Jr MG Irons, JerryJerry Irons So OLB 84 Jones, DontaDonta Jones Fr ILB Jones, LeRoiLeRoi Jones So OLB 42 Leader, DavidDavid Leader Jr CB 3 Legette, TyroneTyrone Legette Sr DT 70 Liewer, JamieJamie Liewer Jr OLB Mahalek, DavidDavid Mahalek So CB Mercer, BradyBrady Mercer So DT 90 Moore, BruceBruce Moore So MG 73 Noonan, DavidDavid Noonan So DT 92 Parrella, JohnJohn Parrella Jr ILB 52 Penland, MattMatt Penland Jr DT Pesterfield, JasonJason Pesterfield So ILB 99 Petko, MikeMike Petko Sr SS 36 Pollard, BrianBrian Pollard Jr CB 16 Powell, VernonVernon Powell So ILB Prevette, JimJim Prevette So DT 67 Ramaekers, KevinKevin Ramaekers So FS 6 Reece, JohnJohn Reece So ILB Reetz, AndyAndy Reetz So CB Salvo, GregGreg Salvo Jr FS 24 Schneider, DeanDean Schneider So CB Solich, JeffJeff Solich So DT Spachman, ScottScott Spachman So ILB 32 Stewart, EdEd Stewart Fr SS Wertz, AustinAustin Wertz So FS 12 Weyers, JamieJamie Weyers So OLB 96 White, DavidDavid White Jr ILB 49 Wightman, PaulPaul Wightman Jr CB 19 Wilhite, KennyKenny Wilhite Jr ILB 51 Williams, DarenDaren Williams So ILB 35 Zahn, TylerTyler Zahn Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 13 Bennett, ByronByron Bennett So PK 14 Lang, JeffJeff Lang So PK 35 Sieler, TomTom Sieler Fr PK Specht, PatPat Specht So P 47 Stigge, MikeMike Stigge Jr	Head coach Tom Osborne    19th season    28th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride    11th season as DC/LB 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 Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2011-01-17

Game notes

Utah State

Utah State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Utah State 7 7 6 8 28 • Nebraska 17 7 16 19 59 Date: September 7 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,115

Colorado State

Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado State 0 0 14 0 14 • Nebraska 17 26 14 14 71 Date: September 14 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,379

Washington

Washington at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Washington 0 6 10 20 36 Nebraska 7 7 7 0 21 Date: September 21 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,304

Arizona State

Nebraska at Arizona State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 8 0 3 7 18 Arizona State 0 3 6 0 9 Date: September 28 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game attendance: 72,812

Oklahoma State

Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 7 7 21 49 Oklahoma State 0 3 5 7 15 Date: October 12 Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma Game attendance: 30,150

Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 7 10 14 0 31 • Nebraska 14 3 7 14 38 Date: October 19 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,209

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 3 3 0 0 6 • Nebraska 21 21 14 7 63 Date: October 26 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,244

Colorado

Nebraska at Colorado [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 3 6 3 7 19 Colorado 7 5 7 0 19 Date: November 2 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,319

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 17 14 28 59 Kansas 17 3 3 0 23 Date: November 9 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 40,000

Iowa State

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 16 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,078

Oklahoma

Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 7 7 0 0 14 • Nebraska 0 3 7 9 19 Date: November 29 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,386

Miami

Miami vs Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Miami 13 0 9 0 22 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 Date: January 1 Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami Game attendance: 77,747

Rankings

Ranking Movement

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
AP	15	14	13	9	16	15	14	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	15
Coaches																16

Awards

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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

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.^[3]

Name	Team
Trev Alberts	Indianapolis Colts
Mike Anderson	Amsterdam Admirals
Derek Brown	New Orleans Saints
Terris Chorney	Edmonton Eskimos
Doug Colman	New York Giants
Corey Dixon	Atlanta Falcons
Troy Dumas	Kansas City Chiefs
Travis Hill	Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes	New Orleans Saints
Calvin Jones	Los Angeles Raiders
Donta Jones	Pittsburgh Steelers
Tyrone Legette	New Orleans Saints
Keithen McCant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Johnny Mitchell	New York Jets
John Parrella	Buffalo Bills
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Cory Schlesinger	Detroit Lions
Will Shields	Kansas City Chiefs
Brenden Stai	Pittsburgh Steelers
Nate Turner	Buffalo Bills
David White	New England Patriots
Zach Wiegert	Los Angeles Rams
Rob Zatechka	New York Giants

References

1. "Football - 1991 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
2. 1991 Husker Honors
3. "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2009.