American college football season
The1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented theUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln as a member of the North Division of theBig 12 Conference during the1999 NCAA Division I-A football season . Led by second-year head coachFrank Solich , the Cornhuskers compiled an overall record of 12–1 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the Big 12's North Division title withKansas State . By virtue of a head-to-head win over the Wildcats, Nebraska advanced to theBig 12 Championship Game , where the Cornhuskers avenged their one loss during the regular season, defeatingTexas to capture in the conference championship. Nebraska was then invited to theFiesta Bowl , where the Cornhuskers beatTennessee . The team played home games atMemorial Stadium inLincoln, Nebraska .
Nebraska's Big 12 title was 43rd conference championship overall for the program, and remains Nebraska's most recent one through the 2024 season.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 4 11:00 am atIowa * No. 5 ABC W 42–770,397 September 11 2:30 pm California * No. 5 ABC W 45–077,617 September 18 11:30 am Southern Miss * No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE PPV W 20–1377,826 [ 1] September 25 6:00 pm atMissouri No. 6 FSN W 40–1068,174 October 2 11:30 am Oklahoma State No. 6 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 38–1477,740 October 9 6:00 pm Iowa State No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) FSN W 49–1477,743 October 23 2:30 pm at No. 18Texas No. 3 ABC L 20–2484,082 October 30 6:00 pm atKansas No. 8 FSN W 24–1745,100 November 6 2:30 pm No. 21Texas A&M No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC W 37–077,705 November 13 2:30 pm No. 5Kansas State No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC W 41–1577,744 November 26 1:30 pm atColorado No. 3 ABC W 33–30OT 52,946 December 4 7:00 pm vs. No. 12Texas No. 3 ABC W 22–665,063 January 2 , 20007:00 pm vs. No. 6Tennessee * No. 3 ABC W 31–2171,526 [ 2] *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inCentral time
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 15 Final AP 6 5 5 4 6 6 4 3 3 8 9 7 4 3 3 3 3 Coaches 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 9 6 4 3 3 3 2 BCS Not released 7 8 6 3 3 3 3 Not released
Nebraska at Iowa
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Nebraska 0 7 14 21 42 Iowa 0 0 0 7 7
'Southern Miss at Nebraska
Nebraska at Missouri
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Nebraska 16 3 14 7 40 Missouri 0 3 0 7 10
Oklahoma State at Nebraska
Nebraska at Texas
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 13 0 7 20 •Texas 3 0 14 7 24
Nebraska at Kansas
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Nebraska 0 0 10 14 24 Kansas 2 7 0 8 17
Nebraska at Colorado
Team 1 2 3 4 OT Total •Nebraska 14 10 3 0 6 33 Colorado 0 3 0 24 3 30
Texas vs Nebraska
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Texas 0 0 0 6 6 •Nebraska 10 5 7 0 22
Tennessee vs Nebraska
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 0 7 7 7 21 •Nebraska 14 3 7 7 31
1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 17 Scott Aguglia So IB 41 Matt Albertson Fr IB 38 Dan Alexander Jr G 64 Steve Altstadt So WB 82 Sean Applegate Sr C 51 Matt Baldwin Sr TE 94 Damien Bauman Sr WB 81 Jeremy Bender Fr SE 20 Tom Beveridge Jr TE 84 Jon Bowling Fr IB 36 Correll Buckhalter Jr IB Chad Buller Fr IB 34 Chris Butler Fr QB 10 Joe Chrisman Fr G 59 Wes Cody Fr SE 93 Kelly Cook Fr WB 86 Ben Cornelsen Fr QB 7 Eric Crouch So TE 91 Will Dabbert Fr FB Judd Davies Fr IB Josh Davis Fr SE 3 Matt Davison Jr C Jon Dawson Fr TE 85 T.J. DeBates Sr IB 30 Dahrran Diedrick Fr OT 76 Billy Diekmann Jr IB 4 DeAngelo Evans Jr G Toniu Fonoti Fr WB 14 Austin Forster Fr WB 8 John Gibson Jr TE 99 Aaron Golliday Fr FB 46 Nick Gragert So G 74 Mike Green So OT Tim Green Fr IB 6 DeAntae Grixby Fr SE 92 Seth Gutz Jr G 61 Andy Gwennap Fr OT Brian Hale Fr WB 18 Troy Hassebroek Fr C 78 Aaron Havlovic Sr SE 80 Larry Henderson Sr G 55 Russ Hochstein Jr FB 32 Casey Hughes Fr TE Trevor Johnson Fr OT 69 Adam Julch Sr FB 40 Paul Kastl Fr FB 22 Ben Kingston Sr WB 21 John Klem Fr OT 68 Scott Koethe Fr OT 75 Kyle Kollmorgen So C 71 David Kolowski Fr OT 67 Nate Kolterman Fr WB 95 Paul Kosch Fr WB Tim Liley Fr G Jack Limbaugh Fr SE Brett Lindstrom Fr WB 1 Frankie London Sr G Chris Loos Fr QB Jammal Lord Fr OT 75 James Mayberry Fr WB 33 Dwayne McClary Jr SE Luke McGowen Fr TE 90 Jake McKee Jr IB Robin Miller Fr FB 15 Willie Miller Jr FB Justin Montgomery Fr TE 43 John Murphy Jr OT Brian Nelson Fr QB 12 Bobby Newcombe Jr SE Ryan Ommert Fr QB 14 Jeff Perino Sr FB 37 Hank Piening Jr FB 42 Kevin Pitts Fr WB Matt Plooster Fr C 54 Dominic Raiola So IB Tim Reese Fr QB 16 Jay Runty Jr G 66 Jon Rutherford So G 79 Chris Saalfeld Jr OT 65 Jason Schwab Sr G 63 James Sherman Sr C 53 Matt Shook Fr OT 72 Leif Sidwell Fr WB Stuart Siegel Fr TE Sean Steenson Fr G 57 Dan Swantek So SE 9 Wilson Thomas RFr SE Fred Thorne Fr IB 24 Alik Tillery So FB 35 Tyrone Uhlir Fr OT Dan Vili Waldrop Fr OT Cody Volk Fr OT 58 Dave Volk So WB 5 Shevin Wiggins Sr OT 77 Mike Wilford Fr TE 87 Tracey Wistrom So G Matt Witulski Fr
Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBrideColorado Turner Gill Nebraska Craig Bohl Nebraska Ron Brown Brown Dan YoungReed Milt TenopirSterling Nelson BarnesNorth Texas George DarlingtonRutgers Dave GillespieNebraska-Omaha Boyd EpleyNebraska Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Defense
FS Clint Finley Dion Booker Greg McGraw
WILL MIKE SAM Eric Johnson Carlos Polk Tony Ortiz Randy Stella Jamie Burrow Scott Shanle Mark Vedral Ben Buttenback Rod Baker
ROVER Mike Brown Joe Walker Gregg List
CB Keyuo Craver DeJuan Groce Donn Williams
DE DT DT DE Kyle Vanden Bosch Steve Warren Loran Kaiser Aaron Willis Demoine Adams Jason Lohr Jeremy Slechta Chris Kelsay J.P. Wichmann Jon Clanton Matt McGinn Eric Ryan
CB Ralph Brown Jeff Hemje Josh Anderson
Offense
WR Matt Davison Wilson Thomas Tom Beveridge
LT LG C RG RT Adam Julch James Sherman Dominic Raiola Russ Hochstein Dave Volk Jon Rutherford Toniu Fonoti Mat Baldwin Steve Alstadt Kyle Kollmorgen Billy Diekmann Wes Cody Aaron Havlovic Chris Saalfeld Scott Koethe
TE Tracey Wistrom Aaron Golliday Jon Bowling
WR Bobby Newcombe Sean Applegate John Gibson
QB Eric Crouch Bobby Newcombe Joe Chirsman
RB Dan Alexander Correll Buckhalter Dahrran Diedrick
FB Willie Miller Ben Kingston Tyrone Uhlir
Award Name(s) All-American 1st Team Ralph Brown ,Mike Brown ,Dominic Raiola , Dan Hadenfeldt, Brian ShawAll-American 2nd Team Steve Warren Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year Eric Crouch All-Big 12 1st team Mike Brown, Ralph Brown, Eric Crouch,Russ Hochstein , Bobby Newcombe,Carlos Polk , Dominic Raiola, Steve Warren, Tracey Wistrom All-Big 12 2nd team Dan Hadenfeldt, Julius Jackson,Kyle Vanden Bosch All-Big 12 honorable mention Keyuo Craver , Matt Davison, Dave VolkBig 12 coach of the Year Frank Solich
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NFL and pro players [ edit ] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1999 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[ 4]
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