1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big Eight co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–22 vs. Miami
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#16
AP	#15
1991 record	9–2–1 (6–0–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (19th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (22nd year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (11th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,650)

1991 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#15 Nebraska +	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
#20 Colorado +	6	–	0	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
#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

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	1:00 PM	Utah State*	#14	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 59–28	76,115
September 14	1:00 PM	Colorado State*	#13	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	Prime	W 71–14	76,379
September 21	7:00 PM	#4 Washington*	#9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 21–36	76,304
September 28	9:00 PM	at #24 Arizona State*	#16	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		W 18–9	72,812
October 12	2:00 PM	at Oklahoma State	#14	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		W 49–15	30,150
October 19	1:00 PM	Kansas State	#9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 38–31	76,209
October 26	1:00 PM	Missouri	#9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)		W 63–6	76,244
November 2	6:30 PM	at #15 Colorado	#9	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rivalry)	ESPN	T 19–19	52,319
November 9	1:00 PM	at Kansas	#11	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	Prime	W 59–23	40,000
November 16	1:00 PM	Iowa State	#11	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 38–13	76,078
November 29	12:30 PM	#19 Oklahoma	#11	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	ABC	W 19–14	76,386
January 1	7:00 PM	vs. #1 Miami*	#11	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 0–22	77,747
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to 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 29 Andrew Scott Baldwin Jr 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 26 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 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/LB 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 Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2011-01-17

Game notes

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 7 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,115

Colorado State

Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado State 0 0 14 0 14 • Nebraska 17 26 14 14 71 Date: September 14 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game 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 21 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,304

Arizona State

Nebraska at Arizona State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 8 0 3 7 18 Arizona State 0 3 6 0 9 Date: September 28 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game attendance: 72,812

Oklahoma State

Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 7 7 21 49 Oklahoma State 0 3 5 7 15 Date: October 12 Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma Game attendance: 30,150

Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 7 10 14 0 31 • Nebraska 14 3 7 14 38 Date: October 19 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game 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 26 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game 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 2 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,319

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 9 Location: 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 16 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game 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 29 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,386

Miami

Miami vs Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Miami 13 0 9 0 22 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 Date: January 1 Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida Game attendance: 77,747

Rankings

See also: 1991 NCAA Division I-A football 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																16

Awards

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.

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