American college football season
1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football Conference Big Eight Conference Coaches No. 14 AP No. 14 1992 record 9–3 (6–1 Big 8) Head coach Tom Osborne (20th season)Offensive coordinator Tom Osborne (23rd season) Offensive scheme I formation Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride (12th season) Home stadium Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,650)Seasons
1992 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 14 Nebraska $
6
–
1
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
No. 13 Colorado %
5
–
1
–
1
9
–
2
–
1
No. 22 Kansas
4
–
3
–
0
8
–
4
–
0
Oklahoma
3
–
2
–
2
5
–
4
–
2
Oklahoma State
2
–
4
–
1
3
–
7
–
1
Kansas State
2
–
5
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Iowa State
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Missouri
2
–
5
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
$ – Bowl Coalition representative as champion % – Bowl Coalition at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll
The 1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1992 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 5 1:00 pm Utah * No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska Prime W 49–2276,234
September 12 1:00 pm Middle Tennessee State * No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska W 48–776,184
September 19 6:45 pm at No. 2 Washington * No. 12 ESPN L 14–2973,333
September 26 1:00 pm Arizona State * No. 15 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska W 45–2476,138
October 10 1:00 pm Oklahoma State No. 15 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska W 55–076,116
October 24 1:00 pm at Missouri No. 8 Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (rivalry )W 34–2453,337
October 31 3:00 pm No. 8 Colorado No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) ESPN W 52–776,287
November 7 6:30 pm No. 13 Kansas No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska ESPN W 49–776,165
November 14 1:00 pm at Iowa State No. 7 Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa L 10–1942,008
November 27 12:30 pm at Oklahoma No. 12 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma (rivalry )ABC W 33–969,770
December 5 10:00 pm vs. Kansas State No. 11 W 38–2450,000
January 1 7:00 pm vs. No. 3 Florida State * No. 11 NBC L 14–2757,327
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster and coaching staff [ ]
1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
TE
Jacques Allen
Fr
TE
95
Gerald Armstrong
Jr
SE
80
Trumane Bell
Jr
QB
18
Brook Berringer
Fr
FB
Rick Blatny
So
IB
21
Derek Brown
Jr
OT
Mark Brown
Fr
OT
61
Brady Caskey
Jr
C
55
Terris Chorney
Sr
OT
Silas Cleveland
Jr
QB
10
Joel Cornwell
Sr
SE
2
Corey Dixon
Jr
SE
28
Darin Duin
Sr
FB
Kyle Emsick
So
FB
24
David Fiala
Jr
IB
Jason Fisher
So
QB
15
Tommie Frazier
Fr
OT
59
Joel Gesky
So
TE
Mark Gilman
Fr
OG
63
Aaron Graham
Fr
QB
1
Mike Grant
Sr
FB
Rod Haarberg
Jr
WB
38
Vincent Hawkins
Sr
TE
Erich Hohl
So
OL
Robert Hughes
Jr
SE
33
Tyrone Hughes
Sr
OT
Shyuan Jasper
So
OT
69
Dave Jensen
Sr
WB
7
Clester Johnson
Fr
IB
44
Calvin Jones
So
FB
26
Lance Lewis
Sr
OG
65
Jason Licht
Jr
OT
77
Lance Lundberg
Jr
IB
Jeff Makovicka
Fr
FB
7
Andre McDuffy
Sr
QB
9
John McMillen
Sr
OG
62
Ken Mehlin
Jr
OG
Wayne Meylan
Fr
FS
5
Randy Montgomery
So
WB
27
Abdul Muhammad
So
C
57
Brad Mundt
Sr
SE
Merritt Nelson
Fr
FB
Chris Norris
Fr
C
Don O'Neill
Jr
OG
Steve Ott
Fr
C
53
Jon Pedersen
So
SE
Brett Popplewell
Fr
OG
Bryan Pruitt
Fr
WB
Eric Schepers
Jr
FB
40
Cory Schlesinger
So
IB
Damon Schmadeke
Fr
WB
Darren Schmadeke
Fr
C
Jim Scott
Sr
WB
22
David Seizys
Jr
TE
Matt Shaw
So
OG
75
Will Shields
Sr
OG
78
Trent (T.J.) Slansky
Sr
OT
Robert Smith
Fr
OG
66
Brenden Stai
Jr
FB
Chad Stanley
Fr
WB
Tom Steer
So
TE
88
Mike Vedral
Sr
OG
Steve Volin
Fr
OT
68
Doug Waddell
Sr
TE
89
William Washington
Sr
WB
87
Tom Werner
Sr
OT
72
Zach Wiegert
So
SE
81
Duane Wiles
So
OG
58
Joel Wilks
Jr
OT
56
Rob Zatechka
So
OG
64
Chris Zyzda
Sr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
OLB
34
Trev Alberts
Jr
ILB
Leonard Alexander
So
CB
3
Marcus Anderson
Jr
ILB
48
Mike Anderson
Jr
MG
Ryan Barry
Jr
SS
23
Ernie Beler
Jr
OLB
Ken Bello
Fr
ILB
54
Troy Branch
Jr
CB
5
Lorenzo Brinkley
Jr
OLB
Clint Brown
So
FS
8
Tyrone Byrd
Sr
FS
31
Steve Carmer
Sr
SS
45
Zeke Cisco
Jr
DB
Anthony Cole
Jr
FS
17
Sedric Collins
So
ILB
46
Doug Colman
So
DT
99
Terry Connealy
So
OLB
Mike Dickmeyer
So
FS
4
Troy Dumas
So
ILB
41
Phil Ellis
Fr
OLB
39
Greg Fletcher
Jr
MG
94
Bart Furrow
Jr
OLB
Tory Garland
So
SS
Travis Giesbrecht
So
DB
Chris Grass
Sr
OLB
91
Lance Gray
Jr
FS
Charles Green
Fr
DT
Luther Hardin
Fr
OLB
86
Dwayne Harris
So
CB
25
Mike Heins
Jr
FS
Jay Herman
So
LB
Jon Hesse
Fr
OLB
Todd Heyne
Jr
OLB
Jerad Higman
Jr
OLB
93
Travis Hill
Sr
DT
74
Matt Hilman
Sr
MG
97
Bill Humphrey
So
MG
95
Jerry Irons
Jr
OLB
84
Donta Jones
So
ILB
LeRoi Jones
So
OLB
42
David Leader
Sr
DT
70
Jamie Liewer
Sr
CB
Ralph Lott
Fr
DL
Dennis Martin
Fr
ILB
John Martin
So
CB
15
Brady Mercer
So
CB
14
Barron Miles
So
DT
90
Bruce Moore
Jr
CB
1
Kareem Moss
So
ILB
Ryan Murtaugh
So
MG
73
David Noonan
Jr
DB
Matt Orduna
Fr
DT
92
John Parrella
Sr
ILB
Aaron Penland
Fr
ILB
52
Matt Penland
Jr
OLB
Jason Pesterfield
So
SS
Frank Phillips
Fr
ILB
Jim Prevette
Jr
DT
67
Kevin Ramaekers
Jr
CB
6
John Reece
Jr
FS
24
Dean Schneider
Jr
ILB
Adam Schultze
So
FS
Jason Simdorn
So
CB
Jeff Solich
So
ILB
32
Ed Stewart
So
FS
16
Tony Veland
Fr
DT
83
Billy Wade
Jr
SS
Austin Wertz
Jr
FS
12
Jamie Weyers
Jr
OLB
96
David White
Sr
ILB
49
Paul Wightman
Sr
CB
19
Kenny Wilhite
Sr
ILB
98
Daren Williams
Jr
ROV
3
Toby Wright
Jr
FS
Chad Young
Fr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P/PK
13
Byron Bennett
Jr
P
Chris Borland
So
PK
Jeremy Jensen
Fr
P/PK
14
Jeff Lang
So
PK
Kevin McMindes
So
PK
12
Tom Sieler
So
P
47
Mike Stigge
Sr
Head coach
Tom Osborne 20th season 29th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Charlie McBride 12th season as DC/DL coach 16th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado
Turner Gill 1st season as QB coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Kevin Steele 4th season as LB coach 4th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Tennessee
6th season as WR/TE coach 6th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown
Dan Young 10th season as OL/K coach 10th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed
Milt Tenopir 19th season as OL coach 19th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling
Tony Samuel 7th season as OLB coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
George Darlington DB coach 20th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers
Frank Solich 10th season as RB coach 14th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Boyd Epley 24th season as S&C coach 24th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: January 17, 2011
Depth chart [ ]
Defense
FS
Tyrone Byrd
Troy Dumas
⋅
OUTSIDE
INSDIE
INSDIE
OUTSIDE
Travis Hill
Ed Steward
Mike Anderson
Trev Alberts
Dontae Jones
Troy Branch
Darren Williams
David White
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
SS
Steve Carmer
Toby Wright
⋅
CB
Kenny Whilhite
Barron Miles
⋅
DE
NT
DE
John Parrella
David Noonan
Bruce Moore
Kevin Ramaekers
Terry Connealy
Jamie Liewer
⋅
⋅
⋅
CB
John Reece
Kareem Moss
⋅
Offense
WR
Vincent Hawkins
Abdul Muhammad
⋅
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Lance Lundberg
Ken Mehlin
Jim Scott
Will Shields
Zach Wiegert
Rob Zatechka
Chris Zyzda
Terris Chorney
Brenden Stai
Joel Wilks
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
TE
Gerald Armstrong
William Washingtion
Matt Shaw
WR
Corey Dixon
Trumane Bell Tyrone Hughes
⋅
QB
Tommie Frazier
Mike Grant
⋅
RB
Calvin Jones Derek Brown
Jeff Makovicka
⋅
FB
Lance Lewis
Andre McDuffy Corey Schlesinger
⋅
Special Teams
PK Byron Bennett
P Mike Stigge
Game summaries [ ]
Utah [ ]
Utah at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Utah
0
0 14 8
22
• Nebraska
21
14 7 7
49
Date: September 5Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,234
Middle Tennessee State [ ]
Middle Tennessee State at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Middle Tennessee State
0
7 0 0
7
• Nebraska
7
7 20 14
48
Date: September 12Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,184
Washington [ ]
Nebraska at Washington [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
7 7 0
14
• Washington
2
21 3 3
29
Date: September 19Location: Husky Stadium , Seattle Game attendance: 73,333
Arizona State [ ]
Arizona State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 26Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,138
Oklahoma State [ ]
Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: October 10Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,116
Missouri [ ]
Nebraska at Missouri [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
14
10 0 10
34
Missouri
0
14 7 3
24
Date: October 24Location: Faurot Field , Columbia, Missouri Game attendance: 53,337
Colorado [ ]
Colorado at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Colorado
0
7 0 0
7
• Nebraska
7
17 7 21
52
Date: October 31Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,287
Kansas [ ]
Kansas at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas
0
7 0 0
7
• Nebraska
7
28 14 0
49
Date: November 7Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,165
Iowa State [ ]
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
3
7 0 0
10
• Iowa State
3
9 0 7
19
Date: November 14Location: Cyclone Stadium , Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 42,008
Oklahoma [ ]
Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
7
3 9 14
33
Oklahoma
3
6 0 0
9
Date: November 27Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium , Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 69,770
Kansas State [ ]
Nebraska vs Kansas State [box score]
Date: December 5Location: Tokyo Dome , Bunkyō, Tokyo Game attendance: 50,000
Florida State [ ]
Florida State vs Nebraska [box score]
Date: January 1Location: Miami Orange Bowl , Miami Game attendance: 57,327
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
11
11
11
12
15
15
14
11
8
8
7
7
12
12
11
11
14
Coaches
14
Awards [ ]
[2]
Award
Name(s)
Outland Trophy
Will Shields
All-America 1st team
Travis Hill, Will Shields
All-America 2nd team
Trev Alberts , Calvin Jones , John Parrella
All-America 3rd team
Derek Brown , Tyrone Byrd, Mike Stigge
Big 8 Coach of the Year
Tom Osborne
Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year
Derek Brown, Calvin Jones
Big 8 Offensive Newcomer of the Year
Tommie Frazier
Big 8 Freshman of the Year
Tommie Frazier
All-Big 8 1st team
Trev Alberts, Derek Brown, Tyrone Byrd, Calvin Jones, Travis Hill, John Parrella, Jim Scott, Will Shields, William Washington, Zach Wiegert
All-Big 8 2nd team
Lance Lundberg, Mike Stigge
All-Big 8 honorable mention
Gerald Armstrong, Steve Carmer, Corey Dixon, Tommie Frazier, Tyrone Hughes, Lance Lewis, Ed Stewart, Kenny Wilhite
NFL and pro players [ ]
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1992 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
Tommie Frazier
Montreal Alouettes
Aaron Graham
Arizona Cardinals
Travis Hill
Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes
New Orleans Saints
Calvin Jones
Los Angeles Raiders
Donta Jones
Pittsburgh Steelers
Barron Miles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Kareem Moss
BC Lions
John Parrella
Buffalo Bills
John Reece
Kansas City Chiefs
Cory Schlesinger
Detroit Lions
Will Shields
Kansas City Chiefs
Brenden Stai
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tony Veland
Denver Broncos
David White
New England Patriots
Zach Wiegert
St. Louis Rams
Toby Wright
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
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