1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 12 champion Big 12 North Division champion Fiesta Bowl champion
Big 12 Championship Game, W 22–6 vs. Texas
Fiesta Bowl, W 31–21 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 3
1999 record	12–1 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Frank Solich (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Solich (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (19th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 74,056)

1999 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
#3 Nebraska xy$		7	–	1					12	–	1
#6 Kansas State x		7	–	1					11	–	1
Colorado		5	–	3					7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5					5	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7					4	–	7
Missouri		1	–	7					4	–	7
Southern Division
#21 Texas xy		6	–	2					9	–	5
#23 Texas A&M		5	–	3					8	–	4
Oklahoma		5	–	3					7	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3					6	–	5
Oklahoma State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Baylor		0	–	8					1	–	10
Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Nebraska won its 43rd and final Big 12 championship (including titles in the MVIAA/Big Eight) this season by winning the Big 12 Championship Game over Texas. Nebraska failed to win a single conference title in its final 11 years in the Big 12 before moving to the Big Ten Conference in 2011. As of 2016, the 1999 Big 12 championship is Nebraska's most recent conference title victory.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	11:00 AM	at Iowa*	No. 5	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 42–7	70,397
September 11	2:30 PM	California*	No. 5	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 45–0	77,617
September 18	11:30 AM	Southern Miss*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	PPV	W 20–13	77,826
September 25	6:00 PM	at Missouri	No. 6	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Rivalry)	FSN	W 40–10	68,174
October 2	11:30 AM	Oklahoma State	No. 6	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FSN	W 38–14	77,740
October 9	6:00 PM	Iowa State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FSN	W 49–14	77,743
October 23	2:30 PM	at No. 18 Texas	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ABC	L 20–24	84,082
October 30	6:00 PM	at Kansas	No. 8	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	FSN	W 24–17	45,100
November 6	2:30 PM	No. 21 Texas A&M	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 37–0	77,705
November 13	2:30 PM	No. 5 Kansas State	No. 7	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 41–15	77,744
November 26	1:30 PM	at Colorado	No. 3	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rivalry)	ABC	W 33–30 ^OT	52,946
December 4	7:00 PM	vs. No. 12 Texas	No. 3	Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	W 22–6	65,063
January 2	7:00 PM	vs. No. 6 Tennessee*	No. 3	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	W 31–21	71,526
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Roster and coaching staff

1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 17 Aguglia, ScottScott Aguglia So IB 41 Albertson, MattMatt Albertson Fr IB 38 Alexander, DanDan Alexander Jr OG 64 Altstadt, SteveSteve Altstadt So WB 82 Applegate, SeanSean Applegate Sr C 51 Baldwin, MattMatt Baldwin Sr TE 94 Bauman, DamienDamien Bauman Sr WB 81 Bender, JeremyJeremy Bender Fr SE 20 Beveridge, TomTom Beveridge Jr TE 84 Bowling, JonJon Bowling Fr IB 36 Buckhalter, CorrellCorrell Buckhalter Jr IB Buller, ChadChad Buller Fr IB 34 Butler, ChrisChris Butler Fr QB 10 Chrisman, JoeJoe Chrisman Fr OG 59 Cody, WesWes Cody Fr SE 93 Cook, KellyKelly Cook Fr WB 86 Cornelsen, BenBen Cornelsen Fr QB 7 Crouch, EricEric Crouch So TE 91 Dabbert, WillWill Dabbert Fr FB Davies, JuddJudd Davies Fr IB Davis, JoshJosh Davis Fr SE 3 Davison, MattMatt Davison Jr C Dawson, JonJon Dawson Fr TE 85 DeBates, T.J.T.J. DeBates Sr IB 30 Diedrick, DahrranDahrran Diedrick Fr OT 76 Diekmann, BillyBilly Diekmann Jr IB 4 Evans, DeAngeloDeAngelo Evans Jr OG Fonoti, ToniuToniu Fonoti Fr WB 14 Forster, AustinAustin Forster Fr WB 8 Gibson, JohnJohn Gibson Jr TE 99 Golliday, AaronAaron Golliday Fr FB 46 Gragert, NickNick Gragert So OG 74 Green, MikeMike Green So OT Green, TimTim Green Fr IB 6 Grixby, DeAntaeDeAntae Grixby Fr SE 92 Gutz, SethSeth Gutz Jr OG 61 Gwennap, AndyAndy Gwennap Fr OT Hale, BrianBrian Hale Fr WB 18 Hassebroek, TroyTroy Hassebroek Fr C 78 Havlovic, AaronAaron Havlovic Sr SE 80 Henderson, LarryLarry Henderson Sr OG 55 Hochstein, RussRuss Hochstein Jr FB 32 Hughes, CaseyCasey Hughes Fr TE Johnson, TrevorTrevor Johnson Fr OT 69 Julch, AdamAdam Julch Sr FB 40 Kastl, PaulPaul Kastl Fr FB 22 Kingston, BenBen Kingston Sr WB 21 Klem, JohnJohn Klem Fr OT 68 Koethe, ScottScott Koethe Fr OT 75 Kollmorgen, KyleKyle Kollmorgen So C 71 Kolowski, DavidDavid Kolowski Fr OT 67 Kolterman, NateNate Kolterman Fr WB 95 Kosch, PaulPaul Kosch Fr WB Liley, TimTim Liley Fr OG Limbaugh, JackJack Limbaugh Fr SE Lindstrom, BrettBrett Lindstrom Fr WB 1 London, FrankieFrankie London Sr OG Loos, ChrisChris Loos Fr QB Lord, JammalJammal Lord Fr OT 75 Mayberry, JamesJames Mayberry Fr WB 33 McClary, DwayneDwayne McClary Jr SE McGowen, LukeLuke McGowen Fr TE 90 McKee, JakeJake McKee Jr IB Miller, RobinRobin Miller Fr FB 15 Miller, WillieWillie Miller Jr FB Montgomery, JustinJustin Montgomery Fr TE 43 Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy Jr OT Nelson, BrianBrian Nelson Fr QB 12 Newcombe, BobbyBobby Newcombe Jr SE Ommert, RyanRyan Ommert Fr QB 14 Perino, JeffJeff Perino Sr FB 37 Piening, HankHank Piening Jr FB 42 Pitts, KevinKevin Pitts Fr WB Plooster, MattMatt Plooster Fr C 54 Raiola, DominicDominic Raiola So IB Reese, TimTim Reese Fr QB 16 Runty, JayJay Runty Jr OG 66 Rutherford, JonJon Rutherford So OG 79 Saalfeld, ChrisChris Saalfeld Jr OT 65 Schwab, JasonJason Schwab Sr OG 63 Sherman, JamesJames Sherman Sr C 53 Shook, MattMatt Shook Fr OT 72 Sidwell, LeifLeif Sidwell Fr WB Siegel, StuartStuart Siegel Fr TE Steenson, SeanSean Steenson Fr OG 57 Swantek, DanDan Swantek So SE 9 Thomas, WilsonWilson Thomas RFr SE Thorne, FredFred Thorne Fr IB 24 Tillery, AlikAlik Tillery So FB 35 Uhlir, TyroneTyrone Uhlir Fr OT Vili Waldrop, DanDan Vili Waldrop Fr OT Volk, CodyCody Volk Fr OT 58 Volk, DaveDave Volk So WB 5 Wiggins, ShevinShevin Wiggins Sr OT 77 Wilford, MikeMike Wilford Fr TE 87 Wistrom, TraceyTracey Wistrom So OG Witulski, MattMatt Witulski Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class RE 98 Adams, DemoineDemoine Adams Fr WLB Anderson, BlakeBlake Anderson Fr LCB 28 Anderson, JoshJosh Anderson Jr SLB 41 Baker, RodRod Baker Jr DT Bingham, RyonRyon Bingham Fr FS Blomeier, RobRob Blomeier Fr ROV 4 Boettner, MicMic Boettner So FS 14 Booker, DionDion Booker So NT Bowman, AndyAndy Bowman Fr ROV 21 Brown, MikeMike Brown Sr RCB 22 Brown, RalphRalph Brown Sr SLB Bryan, BradBrad Bryan Fr MLB 39 Buettenback, BenBen Buettenback Sr MLB 48 Burrow, JamieJamie Burrow So NT 55 Clanton, JonJon Clanton Fr MLB 52 Coyne, JonJon Coyne So LCB 3 Craver, KeyuoKeyuo Craver So ROV 2 Demps, MikeMike Demps Fr RE Estudillo, ChrisChris Estudillo Fr RE File, LeeLee File Fr FS 19 Finley, ClintClint Finley Jr ROV 38 Fischer, EricEric Fischer Jr WLB 58 Fries, GabeGabe Fries Fr RE Garrison, JohnJohn Garrison Fr ROV Gehman, TaylorTaylor Gehman Fr RCB 5 Groce, DeJuanDeJuan Groce Fr RE 97 Grummert, MattMatt Grummert Jr LCB Guse, KevinKevin Guse Fr FS 45 Hamik, BradBrad Hamik Jr RCB 18 Hemje, JeffJeff Hemje So SLB Hoke, AnthonyAnthony Hoke Fr LCB 24 Ickes, MattMatt Ickes So WLB 50 Jackson, JuliusJulius Jackson Sr WLB Johnson, BlanchardBlanchard Johnson Fr WLB 27 Johnson, EricEric Johnson Sr RE Kabongo, PatrickPatrick Kabongo Fr DT 91 Kaiser, LoranLoran Kaiser Jr RE 57 Kelsay, ChrisChris Kelsay Fr WLB 47 Kohl, JoshJosh Kohl Sr RCB Lemelle, CaliCali Lemelle Fr ROV 29 List, GreggGregg List Sr NT 70 Lohr, JasonJason Lohr So RE 86 Lyman, JeremyJeremy Lyman Fr MLB Makris, MikeMike Makris Fr DT 94 Manning, StephenStephen Manning Fr DT 70 McGinn, MattMatt McGinn So FS 32 McGraw, GregGreg McGraw Sr WLB Miller, TimTim Miller Fr RE 93 Mooberry, BrandonBrandon Mooberry Jr RCB 7 Moran, ChristopherChristopher Moran Sr RCB 35 Neal, DonDon Neal Fr DT 87 Nelson, CaseyCasey Nelson So NT 62 Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson Fr SLB 37 Ortiz, TonyTony Ortiz Sr RE Owen, SpencerSpencer Owen Fr NT Peetz, PhilPhil Peetz Fr SLB 44 Penny, JonJon Penny So NT Peterson, ChadChad Peterson Fr FS 12 Pippens, JerrellJerrell Pippens Fr MLB 13 Polk, CarlosCarlos Polk Jr ROV 10 Quindt, BrandonBrandon Quindt Jr LCB 31 Rauenzahn, TylerTyler Rauenzahn Fr SLB 23 Raymond, SteveSteve Raymond Sr RCB Ricketts, PatPat Ricketts Fr RE 85 Ringenberg, KyleKyle Ringenberg Fr RE 80 Ryan, EricEric Ryan Sr MLB Safranek, SteveSteve Safranek Fr FS 11 Scholting, CarlCarl Scholting Fr SLB 49 Shanle, ScottScott Shanle Fr LCB Sharpe, RonjielRonjiel Sharpe Fr SLB 46 Shaw, BrianBrian Shaw Sr DT 56 Slechta, JeremyJeremy Slechta So WLB Smith, JemondJemond Smith Fr RE 92 Smith, JustinJustin Smith RFr MLB 40 Smith, LukeLuke Smith Fr WLB 34 Stella, RandyRandy Stella Fr LCB 16 Swiney, ErwinErwin Swiney Jr NT Tagoa'i, JuniorJunior Tagoa'i Fr MLB 90 Tata, TonyTony Tata Fr FS 8 Terpening, AaronAaron Terpening Fr RE 83 Vanden Bosch, KyleKyle Vanden Bosch Jr SLB Vander Linden, ChuckChuck Vander Linden Fr WLB 9 Vedral, MarkMark Vedral So ROV 25 Walker, JoeJoe Walker Jr NT 96 Warren, SteveSteve Warren Sr RE 82 Warrior, AdrianAdrian Warrior Fr ROV 42 Watchorn, TroyTroy Watchorn Jr RE 95 Wichmann, J.P. (John Paul)J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann So LCB 1 Williams, DonnDonn Williams Fr RE 81 Wills, AaronAaron Wills Sr RE 88 Wills, ColinColin Wills Fr ROV 20 Woodward, WesWes Woodward So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 26 Brown, JoshJosh Brown Fr P 17 Hadenfeldt, DanDan Hadenfeldt Sr P Larson, KyleKyle Larson Fr PK 28 Long, ChaceChace Long Jr P/PK 88 Tack, ChuckChuck Tack So	Head coach Frank Solich    2nd season    21st year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride    19th season as DC/LB coach    23rd year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill    8th season as QB coach    8th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Craig Bohl    5th season as LB coach    8th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Ron Brown    13th season as WR/TE coach    13th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Brown Dan Young    17th season as OL/K coach    17th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir    26th season as OL coach    26th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Sterling Nelson Barnes    3rd season as RE coach    3rd year at Nebraska    Alma mater: North Texas George Darlington    DB coach    27th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Rutgers Dave Gillespie    2nd season as RB coach    11th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha Boyd Epley    31st season as S&C coach    31st year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 17, 2011

Game notes

Iowa

Nebraska at Iowa [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 7 14 21 42 Iowa 0 0 0 7 7 Date: September 4 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 70,397 TV announcers (ABC): Roger Twibell & Bob Griese

California

California at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total California 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 7 21 10 7 45 Date: September 11 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,617 TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson & Bob Griese

Southern Miss

Southern Miss at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Southern Miss 7 0 6 0 13 • Nebraska 6 6 8 0 20 Date: September 18 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,826

Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 16 3 14 7 40 Missouri 0 3 0 7 10 Date: September 25 Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri Game attendance: 68,174 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 0 0 7 7 14 • Nebraska 21 10 7 0 38 Date: October 2 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,740 TV announcers (FSN): Drew Goodman & Keith Jackson

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 0 0 0 14 14 • Nebraska 21 7 14 7 49 Date: October 9 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,743 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

Texas

Nebraska at Texas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 13 0 7 20 • Texas 3 0 14 7 24 Date: October 23 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas Game attendance: 84,082 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 0 10 14 24 Kansas 2 7 0 8 17 Date: October 30 Location: Memorial Stadium (University of Kansas), Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 45,100 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

Texas A&M

Texas A&M at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 0 6 17 14 37 Date: November 6 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,705 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 0 9 0 6 15 • Nebraska 16 8 0 17 41 Date: November 13 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,744 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese & Lynn Swann

Colorado

Nebraska at Colorado [box score]

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Nebraska 14 10 3 0 6 33 Colorado 0 3 0 24 3 30 Date: November 26 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,946 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese & Lynn Swann

Texas

Texas vs Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Texas 0 0 0 6 6 • Nebraska 10 5 7 0 22 Date: December 4 Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas Game attendance: 65,063 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Tennessee

Tennessee vs Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 0 7 7 7 21 • Nebraska 14 3 7 7 31 Date: January 2 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game attendance: 71,526 Television network: ABC

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	Wk 15	Final
AP	6	5	5	4	6	6	4	3	3	8	9	7	4	3	3	3	3
Coaches																	2
BCS	Not released										8	6	3	3	3	3	N/A

After the season

Nebraska's longtime Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride retired after another season of success, helping Nebraska win the Big 12 Championship, with a final record of 12–1 (7–1). McBride's retirement followed 22 years of storied service to the Cornhuskers.

The season was concluded by #3 Nebraska defeating #6 Tennessee 31–21 at the Fiesta Bowl.

Second-year Head Coach Frank Solich's career record improved to 21–5 (12–4).

Awards

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Award	Name(s)
All-American 1st Team	Ralph Brown, Mike Brown, Dominic Raiola, Dan Hadenfeldt, Brian Shaw
All-American 2nd Team	Steve Warren
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year	Eric Crouch
All-Big 12 1st team	Mike Brown, Ralph Brown, Eric Crouch, Russ Hochstein, Bobby Newcombe, Carlos Polk, Dominic Raiola, Steve Warren, Tracey Wistrom
All-Big 12 2nd team	Dan Hadenfeldt, Julius Jackson, Kyle Vanden Bosch
All-Big 12 honorable mention	Keyuo Craver, Matt Davison, Dave Volk
Big 12 Coach of the Year	Frank Solich

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1999 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.^[3]

Name	Team
Demoine Adams	Edmonton Eskimos
Dan Alexander	Tennessee Titans
Damien Bauman	New Orleans VooDoo
Ryon Bingham	San Diego Chargers
Josh Brown	Seattle Seahawks
Mike Brown	Chicago Bears
Ralph Brown	New York Giants
Correll Buckhalter	Philadelphia Eagles
Keyuo Craver	New Orleans Saints
Eric Crouch	St. Louis Rams
Josh Davis	New York Jets
Clint Finley	Kansas City Chiefs
Toniu Fonoti	San Diego Chargers
Aaron Golliday	Scottish Claymores
DeJuan Groce	St. Louis Rams
Russ Hochstein	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Eric Johnson	Oakland Raiders
Trevor Johnson	New York Jets
Patrick Kabongo	Detroit Lions
Chris Kelsay	Buffalo Bills
Kyle Larson	Cincinnati Bengals
Jammal Lord	Houston Texans
Bobby Newcombe	Montreal Alouettes
Tony Ortiz	Scottish Claymores
Jerrell Pippens	Chicago Bears
Carlos Polk	San Diego Chargers
Dominic Raiola	Detroit Lions
Scott Shanle	St. Louis Rams
Jeremy Slechta	Philadelphia Eagles
Erwin Swiney	Green Bay Packers
Kyle Vanden Bosch	Arizona Cardinals
Joe Walker	Tennessee Titans
Steve Warren	Green Bay Packers

References

1. "Football - 1999 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
2. 1999 Husker Honors
3. "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.