American college football season
1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football Conference Big 12 Conference Division North Division Coaches No. 20 AP No. 19 1998 record 9–4 (5–3 Big 12) Head coach Frank Solich (1st season)Offensive coordinator Frank Solich (1st season) Offensive scheme I formation Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride (18th season) Home stadium Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 72,700)Seasons
The 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska .
Schedule [ ]
[1]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 29 3:00 pm Louisiana Tech * No. 4 FSN W 56–2776,021 [2]
September 5 12:30 pm UAB * No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska W 38–775,921
September 12 6:00 pm at California * No. 4 California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California FSN W 24–367,000
September 26 2:30 pm No. 9 Washington * No. 2 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (College GameDay ) ABC W 55–776,372
October 3 6:00 pm vs. Oklahoma State No. 2 Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri FSN W 24–1779,555
October 10 2:30 pm at No. 18 Texas A&M No. 2 ABC L 21–2860,798
October 17 6:00 pm Kansas No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska FSN W 41–076,174
October 24 11:30 am No. 19 Missouri No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) FSN W 20–1376,425
October 31 2:30 pm Texas No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska ABC L 16–2076,434
November 7 1:00 pm at Iowa State No. 14 W 42–745,817
November 14 2:30 pm at No. 2 Kansas State No. 11 KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas (College GameDay )ABC L 30–4044,298
November 27 1:30 pm Colorado No. 14 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) ABC W 16–1475,958
December 30 7:30 pm vs. No. 5 Arizona * No. 14 ESPN L 20–2365,354
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster and coaching staff [ ]
1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
SE
17
Scott Aguglia
Fr
IB
38
Dan Alexander
So
OG
64
Steve Altstadt
Fr
WB
82
Sean Applegate
Jr
C
51
Matt Baldwin
Jr
TE
94
Damien Bauman
Jr
TE
33
Sasho Becvarovski
So
SE
20
Tom Beveridge
So
TE
Jon Bowling
Fr
WB
14
Lance Brown
Sr
IB
36
Correll Buckhalter
So
IB
Chris Butler
Fr
SE
6
Kenny Cheatham
Sr
QB
Joe Chrisman
Fr
QB
9
Monte Christo
Sr
FB
31
Chris Cielocha
Fr
OT
68
Jeff Clausen
Jr
OL
Wes Cody
Fr
SE
Danny Cork
Fr
WB
81
Ben Cornelsen
Fr
QB
7
Eric Crouch
Fr
TE
Will Dabbert
Fr
SE
3
Matt Davison
So
TE
85
T.J. DeBates
Jr
IB
31
Dahrran Diedrick
Fr
OT
76
Billy Diekmann
So
SE
Chad Duryea
Fr
OL
Kyle Eisenhauer
Fr
IB
4
DeAngelo Evans
So
WB
2
Demond Finister
Jr
SE
83
Craig Fischer
Jr
WB
Austin Forster
Fr
OL
Joe Freeman
Fr
SE
29
Pat Friesen
Fr
WB
30
Paul Fujan
Fr
OT
74
Lonnie Fulton
Jr
OG
72
Ben Gessford
Sr
WB
8
John Gibson
So
TE
Aaron Golliday
Fr
FB
46
Nick Gragert
Fr
OT
74
Mike Green
Fr
RB
DeAntae Grixby
Fr
QB
Sam Gutz
Fr
SE
Seth Gutz
Jr
OL
Andy Gwennap
Fr
SE
80
Billy Haafke
Sr
SE
Troy Hassebroek
Fr
C
78
Aaron Havlovic
Jr
C
78
Aaron Havolovic
Jr
WB
Dan Hennings
Fr
C
59
Josh Heskew
Sr
OG
55
Russ Hochstein
So
FB
Casey Hughes
Fr
TE
88
Sheldon Jackson
Sr
OT
69
Adam Julch
Jr
FB
Paul Kastl
Fr
FB
33
Ben Kingston
Jr
SE
John Klem
Fr
OL
Scott Koethe
Fr
OT
75
Kyle Kollmorgen
Fr
OL
David Kolowski
Fr
OL
Nate Kolterman
Fr
FB
40
Billy Legate
Sr
QB
1
Frankie London
Jr
SE
Josh Lyman
Fr
FB
45
Joel Makovicka
Sr
WB
Shawn McGann
Fr
TE
87
Jake McKee
So
FB
15
Willie Miller
So
TE
43
John Murphy
So
QB
12
Bobby Newcombe
So
FB
37
Hank Piening
So
C
54
Dominic Raiola
Fr
IB
Tyler Rauenzahn
Fr
QB
16
Jay Runty
So
OG
66
Jon Rutherford
RFr
OG
79
Chris Saalfeld
So
OT
65
Jason Schwab
Jr
OG
63
James Sherman
Jr
OL
Matt Shook
Fr
OL
Leif Sidwell
Fr
IB
32
Travis Soucie
So
FB
48
Jeremy Stanislav
So
OT
73
Jim Tansey
Jr
SE
Wilson Thomas
Fr
IB
24
Alik Tillery
Fr
FB
Tyrone Uhlir
Fr
OL
Justin Valencia
Fr
WB
26
Casey Vanderhoef
So
OT
58
Dave Volk
Fr
OG
61
Brandt Wade
Sr
IB
34
Dan White
Fr
WB
5
Shevin Wiggins
Sr
OL
Mike Wilford
Fr
TE
90
Tracey Wistrom
Fr
OL
Steve Ziemba
Fr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
RE
Demoine Adams
Fr
NT
89
Luis Almanzar
So
RCB
28
Josh Anderson
So
WLB
41
Rod Baker
So
ROV
4
Mic Boettner
Fr
FS
14
Dion Booker
Fr
ROV
21
Mike Brown
Jr
RCB
22
Ralph Brown
Jr
MLB
39
Ben Buettenback
Jr
MLB
48
Jamie Burrow
Fr
DL
Jon Clanton
Fr
MLB
52
Jon Coyne
Fr
CB
3
Keyuo Craver
Fr
DB
Mike Demps
Fr
LB
Mason Dutton
Fr
FS
33
Mitch Ebke
So
ROV
John Eisenberg
So
FS
19
Clint Finley
So
ROV
38
Eric Fischer
So
MLB
44
Jay Foreman
Sr
LB
Gabe Fries
Fr
SLB
43
Russell Froehlich
Sr
NT
77
Bobby Gill
So
DB
DeJuan Groce
Fr
RE
97
Matt Grummert
So
SLB
53
Chris Gustafson
Fr
FS
45
Brad Hamik
So
LCB
18
Jeff Hemje
Fr
SLB
49
Quint Hogrefe
Sr
DL
Richard Hughes
Fr
RCB
24
Matt Ickes
Fr
WLB
50
Julius Jackson
Jr
WLB
1
Eric Johnson
Sr
DT
91
Loran Kaiser
So
RE
57
Chad Kelsay
Sr
RE
Chris Kelsay
Fr
WLB
47
Josh Kohl
Jr
DB
Paul Kosch
Fr
DB
Adam Lechtenberg
Fr
ROV
29
Gregg List
Jr
DL
Jason Lohr
Fr
RE
Jeremy Lyman
Fr
DL
Stephen Manning
Fr
DT
70
Matt McGinn
Fr
FS
27
Greg McGraw
Jr
SLB
32
Levi Mehl
Fr
RE
93
Brandon Mooberry
So
DB
Christopher Moran
Jr
DT
90
Casey Nelson
Fr
DL
Jeff Nelson
Fr
DL
Andrew Offner
Fr
SLB
37
Tony Ortiz
Jr
MLB
42
Jon Penny
Fr
RCB
11
Jerome Peterson
Jr
MLB
13
Carlos Polk
So
ROV
10
Brandon Quindt
So
SLB
23
Steve Raymond
Jr
LCB
9
Khari Reynolds
So
RE
Kyle Ringenberg
Fr
MLB
34
Brandon Roth
Fr
RE
84
Mike Rucker
Sr
RE
80
Eric Ryan
Jr
LB
Scott Shanle
Fr
SLB
46
Brian Shaw
Jr
RE
98
Scott Siebenborn
So
DT
Jeremy Slechta
Fr
WLB
Jemond Smith
Fr
RE
Justin Smith
Fr
LB
Luke Smith
Fr
LB
Randy Stella
Fr
LCB
16
Erwin Swiney
So
LB
Tony Tata
Fr
DB
Aaron Terpening
Fr
RE
92
Travis Toline
Sr
RCB
12
Arion Turner
Fr
MLB
48
Chad Tuttle
So
RE
83
Kyle Vanden Bosch
So
WLB
26
Mark Vedral
Fr
ROV
25
Joe Walker
So
RE
94
Brandon Wardyn
So
NT
96
Steve Warren
Jr
FS
42
Troy Watchorn
So
RE
95
J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann
Fr
RE
81
Aaron Wills
Jr
RE
Colin Wills
Fr
DT
99
Jason Wiltz
Sr
LCB
20
Wes Woodward
Fr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK
Josh Brown
Fr
PK
35
Kris Brown
Sr
PK
17
Dan Hadenfeldt
Jr
P
23
Bill Lafleur
Sr
PK
28
Chace Long
So
P
8
Brian Morro
Sr
P/PK
17
Chuck Tack
Fr
Head coach
Frank Solich 1st season 20th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Charlie McBride 18th season as DC/DL coach 22nd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado
Turner Gill 7th season as QB coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
Craig Bohl 4th season as LB coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
12th season as WR/TE coach 12th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown
Dan Young 16th season as OL/K coach 16th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed
Milt Tenopir 25th season as OL coach 25th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling
Nelson Barnes 2nd season as RE coach 2nd year at Nebraska Alma mater: North Texas
George Darlington DB coach 26th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers
Dave Gillespie 1st season as RB coach 10th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha
Boyd Epley 30th season as S&C coach 30th 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
Joe Walker
Clint Finley
⋅
WEAK
MIDDLE
STRONG
Eric Johnson
Jay Foreman
Tony Ortiz
Julies Jackon
Carlos Polk Ben Buetteback
Brian Shaw
⋅
⋅
⋅
CB
Erwin Swiney
Keyuo Craver
⋅
DE
DT
DT
DE
Mike Rucker
Jason Wiltz Steve Warren
Loran Kaiser
Chad Kelsay
Travis Toline
Jason Lohr
Steve Warren
Kyle Vanden Bosch
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
CB
Ralph Brown
Jerome Peterson
⋅
Offense
WR
Matt Davison
Kenny Cheathman
⋅
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Adam Julch
James Sherman
Josh Heskew
Ben Gessford
James Schwab
Kyle Kollmorgan
Brandt Wade
Dominic Raiola
Russ Hochstein
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
⋅
TE
Sheldon Jackson
Tracy Wistrom
T.J DeBates
WR
Shevin Wiggins
Lance Brown
⋅
QB
Eric Crouch Bobby Newcombe
Monte Christo
⋅
RB
Correll Buckhalter
Dan Alexander
DeAngelo Evans
FB
Joel Machovicka
Billy Legate
Willie Miller
Special Teams
PK Kris Brown
P Bill Lafleur
Game summaries [ ]
Louisiana Tech [ ]
Louisiana Tech at Nebraska [box score]
Date: August 29Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,021TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin , Artie Gigantino and Eric Clemons
UAB [ ]
UAB at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
UAB
0
7 0 0
7
• Nebraska
7
14 0 17
38
Date: September 5Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,921
California [ ]
Nebraska at California [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
7
7 0 10
24
California
0
0 3 0
3
Date: September 12Location: California Memorial Stadium , Berkeley, California Game attendance: 67,000
Washington [ ]
Washington at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Washington
0
7 0 0
7
• Nebraska
21
14 20 0
55
Date: September 26Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,372
Oklahoma State [ ]
Nebraska vs Oklahoma State [box score]
Date: October 3Location: Arrowhead Stadium , Kansas City, Missouri Game attendance: 79,555
Texas A&M [ ]
Nebraska at Texas A&M [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
7 0 14
21
• Texas A&M
7
7 7 7
28
Date: October 10Location: Kyle Field , College Station, Texas Game attendance: 60,798
Kansas [ ]
Kansas at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas
0
0 0 0
0
• Nebraska
10
7 14 10
41
Date: October 17Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,174
Missouri [ ]
Missouri at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Missouri
0
13 0 0
13
• Nebraska
3
3 7 7
20
Date: October 24Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,425
Texas [ ]
Texas at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Texas
7
3 0 10
20
Nebraska
0
3 10 3
16
Date: October 31Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,434
Iowa State [ ]
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
7
14 7 14
42
Iowa State
0
0 0 7
7
Kansas State [ ]
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
7
10 7 6
30
• Kansas State
7
7 10 16
40
Date: November 14Location: KSU Stadium , Manhattan, Kansas Game attendance: 44,298
Colorado [ ]
Colorado at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Colorado
7
0 7 0
14
• Nebraska
7
3 3 3
16
Date: November 27Location: Memorial Stadium , Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,958
Arizona [ ]
Nebraska vs Arizona [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
13 0 7
20
• Arizona
6
3 0 14
23
Date: December 30Location: Qualcomm Stadium , San Diego Game attendance: 65,354
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
4 (4)
4 (2)
3 (1)
2 (1)
2 (7)
2 (1)
8
7
7
14
11
17
14
13
14
19
Coaches Poll
3 (12)
3 (8)
3 (7)
2 (7)
2 (15)
2 (6)
8
7
7
15
11
19
17
17
16
20
BCS
Not released
6
12
11
14
12
11
11
Not released
After the season [ ]
First-year Head Coach Solich was new to the job title but still in his element, after having served as an assistant in varying capacities with Nebraska since 1975. Solich completed his inaugural season with a final record of 9–4 (5–3), after having lost much of the 1997 national championship team's talent to graduation. Nonetheless, Nebraska finished tied for 2nd place in the Big 12 North Division, and tied for 4th conference-wide.
The season was concluded by #14 Nebraska falling to #5 Arizona 20–23 at the Holiday Bowl.
Awards [ ]
[3]
Award
Name(s)
All-American 2nd Team
Sheldon Jackson
All-American 3rd Team
Ralph Brown
All-Big 12 1st team
Ralph Brown, Josh Heskew, Sheldon Jackson, Jay Foreman , Mike Brown , Chad Kelsay
All-Big 12 2nd team
Kris Brown , Mike Rucker , Joe Walker, Bill Lafleur
All-Big 12 3rd team
Shevin Wiggins
All-Big 12 honorable mention
Kenny Cheatham, Matt Davison, Russ Hochstein , Joel Makovicka , Jason Schwab
NFL and pro players [ ]
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1998 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[4]
References [ ]
Venues
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