American college football season
1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football Conference Big 12 Conference Division North Division Coaches No. 6 AP No. 6 1996 record 11–2 (8–0 Big 12) Head coach Tom Osborne (24th season)Offensive coordinator Tom Osborne (27th season) Offensive scheme I formation Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride (16th season) Home stadium Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 72,700)Seasons
The 1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska .
This was the first season for Nebraska in the Big 12 Conference , which took on that name after adding four schools from the disbanded Southwest Conference ; the conference had been known as the Big Eight Conference since 1964, and was the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association before that. Nebraska was placed in the North Division with the four other Midwest schools in the conference, plus Colorado, all of which were in the conference prior to 1996; the Oklahoma schools joined with the former SWC members (all of which were in Texas ) to form the South Division.
Nebraska participated in the very first Big 12 Championship Game by winning the North Division. They were upset by the unranked winners of the South Division, Texas . They still played in an Alliance bowl, the Orange Bowl , where they beat Virginia Tech .
Schedule [ ]
[1]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 7 11:00 am Michigan State * No. 1 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska ABC W 55–1475,590
September 21 9:15 pm at No. 17 Arizona State * No. 1 FSN L 0–1974,089
September 28 11:30 am Colorado State * No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska ABC W 65–975,575
October 5 11:30 am at No. 16 Kansas State No. 7 KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas ABC W 39–343,916
October 12 1:00 pm Baylor No. 5 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska W 49–075,478
October 19 2:30 pm at Texas Tech No. 5 Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas ABC W 24–1051,344
October 26 6:00 pm Kansas No. 5 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska FSN W 63–775,158
November 2 11:00 am at Oklahoma No. 5 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma (rivalry )ABC W 73–2175,004
November 9 1:00 pm Missouri No. 5 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) W 51–775,133
November 16 1:00 pm at Iowa State No. 5 Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa W 49–1447,850
November 29 1:30 pm No. 5 Colorado No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) ABC W 17–1275,695
December 7 12:00 pm vs. Texas No. 3 Trans World Dome St. Louis, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game )ABC L 27–3763,109
December 31 7:00 pm vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech * No. 6 Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida (Orange Bowl )CBS W 41–2151,212
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster and coaching staff [ ]
1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
FB
38
Dan Alexander
Fr
OT
70
Eric Anderson
Jr
WB
35
Sean Applegate
Fr
RB
Rod Baker
Fr
C
57
Matt Baldwin
Fr
OL
Sasho Becvarovski
Fr
IB
21
Damon Benning
Sr
SE
Tom Beveridge
Fr
WB
14
Lance Brown
So
TE
90
Tim Carpenter
Jr
SE
6
Kenny Cheatham
So
QB
9
Monte Christo
So
OT
68
Jeff Clausen
Fr
FB
42
Josh Cobb
So
TE
83
T.J. DeBates
Fr
C
Chris Deitloff
Fr
OL
Billy Diekmann
Fr
OG
75
Chris Dishman
Sr
OL
Trenton Douglas
Fr
SE
J.R. Edwards
Fr
IB
22
Chad Eicher
Jr
IB
4
DeAngelo Evans
Fr
OL
Justin Ferrell
Fr
SE
87
Demond Finister
Fr
QB
Clint Finley
Fr
SE
88
Craig Fischer
Fr
SE
Tim Frame
Fr
QB
7
Scott Frost
Jr
OT
53
Lonnie Fulton
Fr
WB
Mike Gentile
Fr
OT
72
Ben Gessford
So
WB
John Gibson
Fr
IB
30
Ahman Green
So
SE
80
Billy Haafke
So
TE
Chris Hastings
Fr
C
54
Aaron Havlovic
Fr
SE
82
Ryan Held
Jr
OT
74
Kyle Henson
So
C
59
Josh Heskew
Jr
OL
Russ Hochstein
Fr
SE
5
Brendan Holbein
Sr
OG
66
Joe Horst
Jr
OG
62
Matt Hoskinson
Jr
TE
88
Sheldon Jackson
So
TE
34
Vershan Jackson
Jr
OG
52
Marcus Johnson
Fr
OT
69
Adam Julch
Fr
FB
22
Ben Kingston
So
TE
83
Chad Kobus
Fr
SE
89
Jeff (Robert) Lake
Jr
FB
40
Billy Legate
So
QB
1
Frankie London
Fr
FB
45
Joel Makovicka
So
TE
Jake McKee
Fr
OT
78
Kory Mikos
Sr
WB
17
Andy Miller
So
FB
Willie Miller
Fr
IB
24
Jason Olnes
Fr
QB
12
Jeff Perino
Fr
RB
Hank Piening
Fr
OT
73
Fred Pollack
Jr
IB
27
Steve Raymond
Fr
TE
86
Dorrick Roy
So
QB
Jay Runty
Fr
OL
Chris Saalfeld
Fr
FB
Matt Schoening
Fr
FB
28
Brian Schuster
Sr
OG
65
Jason Schwab
Fr
C
56
Doug Seaman
Jr
OG
63
James Sherman
Fr
IB
31
James Sims
Jr
RB
Travis Soucie
Fr
FB
Jeremy Stanislav
Fr
OT
69
Jim Tansey
Fr
C
67
Aaron Taylor
Jr
FB
Arby Todd
Fr
OT
77
Adam Treu
Sr
QB
11
Matt Turman
Sr
OG
71
Mike Van Cleave
Jr
WB
25
Jon Vedral
Sr
C
51
Matt Vrzal
Sr
OG
61
Brandt Wade
So
OL
Brian Walters
Fr
TE
Brandon Wardyn
Fr
OL
David Webber
Fr
WB
33
Sean Wieting
Jr
WB
29
Shevin Wiggins
So
QB
Chad Wiles
Fr
TE
85
Aaron Wills
Fr
OG
64
Jon Zatechka
Jr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
CB
48
Dave Alderman
Sr
DT
90
Derek Allen
Fr
DT
94
Luis Almanzar
Fr
DB
Josh Anderson
Fr
RE
96
Travis Antholz
Fr
WLB
40
Erick Arens
Fr
SLB
81
Larry Arnold
Sr
RE
87
Chris Bassett
Jr
FS
24
Jason Benes
Jr
RCB
17
Chad Blahak
Sr
LB
Blaine Boellstorff
Fr
LCB
20
Michael Booker
Sr
DB
21
Mike Brown
Fr
DB
22
Ralph Brown
Fr
MLB
47
Ben Buettenback
Fr
RCB
2
Leslie Dennis
Jr
ROV
20
George Dittrick
Fr
DT
74
Brandon Drum
So
DL
Jason Dush
Fr
WLB
43
Terrell Farley
Sr
DB
Eric Fischer
Fr
MLB
56
Jay Foreman
So
SLB
37
Russell Froehlich
So
RCB
12
Mike Fullman
Sr
RE
85
Sean Gard
Jr
DL
Bobby Gill
Fr
DE
George Guidry
Fr
SLB
86
Trent Gumm
So
DB
Brad Hamik
Fr
LB
44
Jon Hesse
Sr
WLB
49
Quint Hogrefe
So
WLB
53
Matt Hunting
Jr
MLB
50
Julius Jackson
Fr
RCB
Tom Jeffrey
Fr
DB
Eric Johnson
So
RE
Dave Jones
So
DE
Loran Kaiser
Fr
RE
57
Chad Kelsay
So
WLB
43
Josh Kohl
Fr
RE
80
Curt Lenners
Jr
ROV
14
Gregg List
Fr
WLB
35
Casey Macken
So
ROV
21
Kalin Makaiwi
So
RCB
2
Alex McClymont
So
ROV
4
Octavious McFarlin
Jr
FS
29
Greg McGraw
Fr
DT
72
Tom Milius
Fr
RE
83
Bryce Miller
Sr
ROV
10
Mike Minter
Sr
RE
Brandon Mooberry
Fr
RE
John Murphy
Fr
DT
97
Jeff Ogard
Sr
SLB
37
Tony Ortiz
Fr
DT
95
Jason Peter
Jr
RCB
26
Jerome Peterson
Fr
LB
Carlos Polk
Fr
DB
Brandon Quindt
Fr
CB
Khari Reynolds
Fr
ROV
39
Mike Roberts
Sr
DL
Laron Rooks
Fr
RE
84
Mike Rucker
So
RE
86
Eric Ryan
Fr
DT
74
Scott Saltsman
Sr
RE
Matt Schwager
Fr
RE
15
Kareem Sears
Fr
SLB
46
Brian Shaw
Fr
DL
Scott Siebenborn
Fr
FS
16
Eric Stokes
Sr
WLB
91
Ryan Terwilliger
Sr
DT
79
Ross Tessendorf
So
LCB
27
Andy Thompson
So
RE
92
Travis Toline
So
RE
93
Jared Tomich
Sr
DT
94
Larry Townsend
Sr
DT
65
Theron Troxel
Fr
LB
Chad Tuttle
Fr
LB
Noland Urban
Fr
DB
Casey Vanderhoef
Fr
FS
32
Eric Walther
So
FS
3
Eric Warfield
Jr
DT
Steve Warren
Fr
DB
Troy Watchorn
Fr
WLB
52
Keely Watson
Jr
FS
25
Jeff Wells
Fr
SLB
28
Jamel Williams
Sr
DT
99
Jason Wiltz
So
DL
Terry Winston
Fr
RE
98
Grant Wistrom
Jr
RE
87
Brendan Zahl
Jr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK
35
Kris Brown
So
P/PK
17
Dan Hadenfeldt
Fr
P
19
Jesse Kosch
Jr
P
23
Bill Lafleur
So
PK
Chace Long
Fr
P
8
Brian Morro
So
PK
13
Ted Retzlaff
Jr
Head coach
Tom Osborne 24th season 33rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Charlie McBride 16th season as DC/DL coach 20th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado
Turner Gill 5th season as QB coach 5th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Craig Bohl 2nd season as LB coach 5th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
10th season as WR/TE coach 10th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown
Dan Young 14th season as OL/K coach 14th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed
Milt Tenopir 23rd season as OL coach 23rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling
Tony Samuel 11th season as OLB coach 11th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
George Darlington DB coach 24th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers
Frank Solich 14th season as RB coach 18th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Boyd Epley 28th season as S&C coach 28th 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
Eric Stokes
Eric Warfield
⋅
WEAK
MIDDLE
STRONG
Terrell Farley Ryan Terwilliger
John Hesse
Jamel Williams
Eric Johnson
Jay Foreman
Brian Shaw
⋅
⋅
⋅
ROVER
Mike Minter
Octavious McFarlin
⋅
CB
Michael Booker
Jerome Peterson
⋅
DE
DT
DT
DE
Grant Wistrom
Jason Peter
Jeff Ogard
Jared Tomich
Chad Kelsay
Scott Saltsman
Jason Wiltz
Mike Rucker
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
CB
Ralph Brown
Mike Brown
⋅
Offense
WR
Jon Vedral
Lance Brown
⋅
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Adam Tru
Chris Dishman
Aaron Taylor
Jon Zatechka
Eric Anderson
Fred Pollack
Mike Van Cleave
Josh Heskew
Matt Hoskinson
Kroy Mikos
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
TE
Tim Carpenter
Vershan Jackson
Sheldon Jackson
WR
Brandon Holbein
Kenny Cheatham Jeff Lake
⋅
QB
Scott Frost
Matt Turman
⋅
RB
Ahman Green
DeAngelo Evans
Damon Benning James Sims
FB
Brian Schuster
Joel Makovicka
Billy Legate
Special Teams
PK Kris Brown
P Jesse Kosch
Game summaries [ ]
Michigan State [ ]
Michigan State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 7Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,590
Arizona State [ ]
Nebraska at Arizona State [box score]
Colorado State [ ]
Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 28Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,575
Kansas State [ ]
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
Date: October 5Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, Kansas Game attendance: 43,916
Baylor [ ]
Baylor at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Baylor
0
0 0 0
0
• Nebraska
7
21 14 7
49
Date: October 12Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,478
Texas Tech [ ]
Nebraska at Texas Tech [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
7
3 7 7
24
Texas Tech
7
3 0 0
10
Date: October 19Location: Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium , Lubbock, Texas Game attendance: 51,344
Kansas [ ]
Kansas at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas
0
7 0 0
7
• Nebraska
7
35 14 7
63
Date: October 26Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,158
Oklahoma [ ]
Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
0
17 28 28
73
Oklahoma
0
0 0 21
21
Date: November 2Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium , Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 75,004
Missouri [ ]
Missouri at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Missouri
0
0 0 7
7
• Nebraska
7
16 28 0
51
Date: November 9Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,133
Iowa State [ ]
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
20
8 14 7
49
Iowa State
0
0 7 7
14
Date: November 16Location: Cyclone Stadium , Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 47,850
Colorado [ ]
Colorado at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Colorado
6
0 3 3
12
• Nebraska
7
10 0 0
17
Date: November 29Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,695
Texas [ ]
Nebraska vs Texas [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
7
10 7 3
27
• Texas
7
13 3 14
37
Date: December 7Location: Trans World Dome , St. Louis, Missouri Game attendance: 63,109
Virginia Tech [ ]
Virginia Tech vs Nebraska [box score]
Date: December 31Location: Pro Player Stadium , Miami Gardens, Florida Game attendance: 51,212
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
Wk 16
Final
AP
1
1
1
1
1
8
7
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
3
6
6
Coaches
6
Awards [ ]
[2]
Award
Name(s)
All-America 1st team
Aaron Taylor , Jared Tomich, Grant Wistrom
All-America 2nd team
Chris Dishman
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
Grant Wistrom
All-America Freshman 1st team
Ralph Brown
All-Big 12 1st team
Chris Dishman, Jon Hesse , Jared Tomich , Mike Minter , Jason Peter , Aaron Taylor, Grant Wistrom
All-Big 12 2nd team
Eric Anderson, Michael Booker , Kris Brown , Jeff Ogard, Jamel Williams
All-Big 12 3rd team
Scott Frost , Terrell Farley, Ahman Green
All-Big 12 honorable mention
Ralph Brown, DeAngelo Evans, Brendan Holbein, Vershan Jackson, Jesse Kosch, Brian Schuster, Eric Stokes , Jon Vedral, Jamel Williams
Big 12 Coach of the Year
Tom Osborne
NFL and pro players [ ]
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1996 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[3]
References [ ]
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