American college football season
The1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln in the1991 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached byTom Osborne and played their home games inMemorial Stadium inLincoln, Nebraska .
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, NE Prime W 71–1476,379 September 21 7:00 pm No. 4Washington * No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC L 21–3676,304 September 28 9:00 pm at No. 24Arizona State * No. 16 W 18–972,812 October 12 2:00 pm atOklahoma State No. 14 W 49–1530,150 October 19 1:00 pm Kansas State No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 38–3176,209 October 26 1:00 pm Missouri No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 63–676,244 November 2 6:30 pm at No. 15Colorado No. 9 ESPN T 19–1952,319 November 9 1:00 pm atKansas No. 11 Prime W 59–2340,000 November 16 1:00 pm Iowa State No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 38–1376,078 November 29 12:30 pm No. 19Oklahoma No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC W 19–1476,386 January 1 , 19927:00 pm vs. No. 1Miami * No. 11 NBC L 0–2277,747 *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inCentral time
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Roster and coaching staff [ edit ] 1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense 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 29 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 41 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 McBrideColorado Kevin Steele Tennessee Ron Brown Brown Dan YoungReed Milt TenopirSterling Tony Samuel George DarlingtonRutgers Frank Solich Boyd Epley Jack Pierce Bill Busch Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Defense
FS Tyrone Byrd John Reece Lorenzo Brinkley
OUTSIDE INSDIE INSDIE OUTSIDE Travis Hill Mike Anderson Mike Petko David White Lance Gray Ed Stewart 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 Tyrone Hughes 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 Abdul Muhammad Vincent Hawkins
QB Keithan McCant Mickey Joseph Tom Haase
RB Derek Brown George Achola ⋅
FB Lance Lewis Omar Soto Tim Johnk
Utah State at Nebraska [box score]
Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 14Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,379
Washington at Nebraska [box score]
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]
Team 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]
Team 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
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Nebraska at Kansas [box score]
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Nebraska 0 17 14 28 59 Kansas 17 3 3 0 23
Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: November 16Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,078
Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score]
Team 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
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Orange Bowl [box score]
Team 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
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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
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Award Name(s) All-America 2nd team Will Shields All-America 3rd team Derek Brown ,Johnny Mitchell Big Eight coach of the Year Tom Osborne Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year Keithen McCant Big Eight Offensive Newcomer of the Year Calvin Jones All-Big Eight 1st team Brian Boerboom, Jon Bostick, Derek Brown,Tyrone Legette ,Keithen McCant , Johnny Mitchell, Will Shields, Mike Stigge, Erik Wiegert All-Big Eight 2nd team Steve Carmer, Curtis Cotton, Pat Engelbert, Travis Hill, Calvin Jones, Mike Petko All-Big Eight honorable mention Mike Anderson, Byron Bennett, Tyrone Byrd, Lance Lewis, John Parrella, Jim Scott, William Washington, David White, Kenny Wilhite
NFL and pro players [ edit ] 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]
Venues Rivalries Games Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons inbold
MVIAA Big Eight National championships in bold
