American college football season
1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football Conference Big Eight Conference Coaches No. 16 AP No. 15 1991 record 9–2–1 (6–0–1 Big 8) Head coach Tom Osborne (19th season)Offensive coordinator Tom Osborne (22nd season) Offensive scheme I formation Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride (11th season) Home stadium Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,650)Seasons
1991 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 15 Nebraska +
6
–
0
–
1
9
–
2
–
1
No. 20 Colorado +
6
–
0
–
1
8
–
3
–
1
No. 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 [ ]
[1]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 7 1:00 pm Utah State * No. 14 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska 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 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona W 18–972,812
October 12 2:00 pm at Oklahoma State No. 14 Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma W 49–1530,150
October 19 1:00 pm Kansas State No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska 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 Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado (rivalry )ESPN T 19–1952,319
November 9 1:00 pm at Kansas No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas 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 [ ]
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
OG
Brady Caskey
So
OG
65
Jeff Chaney
Sr
C
55
Terris Chorney
Jr
OT
John Clarke
Sr
QB
Joel Cornwell
Jr
FB
Faron Davison
So
OG
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
OG
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
OG
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
OG
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
OG
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
OG
75
Will Shields
Jr
OG
78
Trent (T.J.) Slansky
Jr
FB
25
Omar Soto
Sr
OG
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
OG
65
Joel Wilks
So
OT
56
Rob Zatechka
Fr
C
53
Bill Ziegelbein
Sr
OG
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
Tom Osborne 19th season 28th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
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
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
Depth chart [ ]
Defense
FS
Tyrone Byrd
Troy Dumas
⋅
OUTSIDE
INSDIE
INSDIE
OUTSIDE
Travis Hill
Mike Petko
Mike Anderson
David White
Lance Grey
Ed Steward Troy Branch
Darren Williams
Trev Alberts
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
SS
Steve Carmer
Ernie Beler
⋅
CB
Tyrone Legette
Kenny Whilhite
⋅
DE
NT
DE
John Parrella
Pat Engelbert
Jamie Liewer
Bruce Moore
David Noonan
Kevin Ramaekers
⋅
⋅
⋅
CB
Curtis Cotton
John Reece
⋅
Offense
WR
Jon Bostick
Vincent Hawkins
⋅
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Lance Lundberg
Erik Wiegert
Bill Ziegelbein
Will Shields
Brian Boerboom
Rob Zatechka
T.J Slansky
Jim Soctt
Brenden Stai
Zach Wiegert
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
TE
Johnny Mitchell
William Washington
⋅
WR
Nate Turner Tyrone Hughes
Abdul Muhammad
⋅
QB
Keithan McCant
Mickey Joseph
⋅
RB
Derek Brown Calvin Jones
George Achola
⋅
FB
Omar Soto
Lance Lewis
⋅
Game summaries [ ]
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 7Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,115
Colorado State [ ]
Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 14Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame 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 21Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,304
Arizona State [ ]
Nebraska at Arizona State [box score]
Date: September 28Location: Sun Devil Stadium , Tempe, Arizona Game attendance: 72,812
Oklahoma State [ ]
Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]
Date: October 12Location: Lewis Field , Stillwater, Oklahoma Game attendance: 30,150
Kansas State [ ]
Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: October 19Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame 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 26Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame 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 2Location: Folsom Field , Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,319
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
[2]
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 9Location: 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 16Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame 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 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
[3]
Miami (FL) [ ]
Orange Bowl [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Miami
13
0 9 0
22
Nebraska
0
0 0 0
0
Date: January 1Location: Miami Orange Bowl , Miami Game attendance: 77,747Television network: NBC
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
[4]
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
15
14
13
9
16
16
13
7
7
7
11
11
11
10
11
16
Awards [ ]
[5]
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.[6]
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 [ ]
Venues
(1890–95)
(1894–96)
(1897–1908)
Nebraska Field (1909–22)
Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
MVIAA Big Six Big Seven Big Eight National championships in bold