Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 7 1:00 pm Utah State * No. 14 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 W 18–972,812
October 12 2:00 pm at Oklahoma State No. 14 W 49–1530,150
October 19 1:00 pm Kansas State No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) 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 ESPN T 19–1952,319
November 9 1:00 pm at Kansas No. 11 Prime W 59–2340,000
November 16 1:00 pm Iowa State No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska W 38–1376,078
12:30 pm No. 19 Oklahoma No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry ) ABC W 19–1476,386
, 19927:00 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
[ 1]
Roster and coaching staff
edit
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
G
Brady Caskey
So
G
65
Jeff Chaney
Sr
C
55
Terris Chorney
Jr
OT
John Clarke
Sr
QB
Joel Cornwell
Jr
FB
Faron Davison
So
G
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
G
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
G
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
G
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
G
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
G
75
Will Shields
Jr
G
78
Trent (T.J.) Slansky
Jr
FB
25
Omar Soto
Sr
G
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
G
65
Joel Wilks
So
OT
56
Rob Zatechka
Fr
C
53
Bill Ziegelbein
Sr
G
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
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
Ron Brown 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
Bill Busch 2nd year at Nebraska
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: 2011-01-17
Defense
FS
Tyrone Byrd
John Reece
Lorenzo Brinkley
OUTSIDE
INSDIE
INSDIE
OUTSIDE
Travis Hill
Mike Anderson
Mike Petko
David White
Lance Gray
Ed Stewart Troy Branch
Darren Williams
Trev Alberts
David Leader
Paul Wightman
Shane Geiken
Donta Jones
SS
Steve Carmer
Ernie Beler
Troy Dumas
CB
Tyrone Legette
Vernon Powell
Mike Heins
DE
NT
DE
John Parrella
Pat Engelbert
Jamie Liewer
Bruce Moore
David Noonan
Kevin Ramaekers
Matt Hilman
Jerry Irons
Terry Connealy
CB
Curtis Cotton
Kenny Whilhite
Sedric Collins
Offense
WR
Jon Bostick
Vincent Hawkins
Dan Pleasant
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Lance Lundberg
Erik Wiegert
Bill Ziegelbein
Will Shields
Brian Boerboom
Rob Zatechka
Chris Zyzda
Jim Scott
T.J Slansky
Zach Wiegert
Erik Wiegert
Dave Jensen
Terris Chorney
Ken Mehlin
Ray Reifenrath
TE
Johnny Mitchell
William Washington
Chris Garett
WR
Nate Turner Tyrone Hughes
Abdul Muhammad
Mark Dowse
QB
Keithan McCant
Mickey Joseph
Tom Haase
RB
Derek Brown Calvin Jones
George Achola
⋅
FB
Lance Lewis
Omar Soto
Tim Johnk
Utah State at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Utah State
7
7 6 8
28
• Nebraska
17
7 16 19
59
Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 14Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,379
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
Nebraska at Arizona State [box score]
Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]
Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: October 19Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,209
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
Nebraska at Colorado [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
3
6 3 7
19
Colorado
7
5 7 0
19
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]
Nebraska at Kansas [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
0
17 14 28
59
Kansas
17
3 3 0
23
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 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]
Orange Bowl [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Miami
13
0 9 0
22
Nebraska
0
0 0 0
0
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]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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
[ 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
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]