1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 21–45 vs. Georgia Tech
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. T–17
AP	No. 24
Record	9–3 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (18th season);
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (10th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

1990 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Colorado $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	1
No. 24 Nebraska	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Kansas	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	6:30 pm	Baylor*	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ESPN	W 13–0	76,184
September 8	1:30 pm	Northern Illinois*	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 60–14	76,043
September 22	1:30 pm	Minnesota*	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 56–0	76,354
September 29	1:30 pm	Oregon State*	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 31–7	76,061
October 6	1:10 pm	at Kansas State	No. 8	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (rivalry)		W 45–8	35,757
October 13	1:30 pm	Missouri	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 69–21	76,317
October 20	1:30 pm	Oklahoma State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 31–3	76,251
October 27	1:00 pm	at Iowa State	No. 4	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 45–13	54,475
November 3	3:00 pm	No. 9 Colorado	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ESPN	L 12–27	76,464
November 10	1:00 pm	at Kansas	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)		W 41–9	36,000
November 23	1:30 pm	at Oklahoma	No. 10	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	CBS	L 10–45	74,910
January 1, 1991	12:30 pm	vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech*	No. 19	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 21–45	72,328	^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ 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	7	10	8	8	8	8	7	4	4	3	13	11	10	19	19	24
Coaches																17

Game summaries

Baylor

Baylor at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	0	6	0	7	13

Date: September 1
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 6:30 PM CST
Game attendance: 76,184

Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northern Illinois	8	3	3	0	14
• Nebraska	16	10	13	21	60

Date: September 8
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 1:30 PM CST
Game attendance: 76,043

Minnesota

Minnesota at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	14	28	14	0	56

Date: September 22
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 1:30 PM CST
Game attendance: 76,354

Oregon State

Oregon State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon State	7	0	0	0	7
• Nebraska	3	0	7	21	31

Date: September 29
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 1:30 PM CST
Game attendance: 76,061

Kansas State

Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	3	7	14	21	45
Kansas State	2	0	0	6	8

Date: October 6
Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Game start: 1:10 PM CST
Game attendance: 35,757

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	7	7	0	7	21
• Nebraska	28	17	10	14	69

Date: October 13
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 1:30 PM CST
Game attendance: 76,317

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	0	0	3	0	3
• Nebraska	7	0	10	14	31

Date: October 20
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 1:30 PM CST
Game attendance: 76,251

Iowa State

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	3	14	21	7	45
Iowa State	10	0	0	3	13

Date: October 27
Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa
Game start: 1:00 PM CST
Game attendance: 54,475

#9 Colorado

Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #9 Colorado	0	0	0	27	27
#3 Nebraska	0	6	6	0	12

Date: November 3
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 3:00 PM CST
Game attendance: 76,464

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	7	10	10	14	41
Kansas	3	0	0	6	9

Date: November 10
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
Game start: 1:00 PM CST
Game attendance: 36,000

Oklahoma

Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	3	0	7	0	10
• Oklahoma	0	21	14	10	45

Date: November 23
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game start: 1:30 PM CST
Game attendance: 74,910

Georgia Tech

Nebraska vs Georgia Tech [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	0	14	7	0	21
• Georgia Tech	7	17	7	14	45

Date: January 1
Location: Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
Game start: 12:30 PM CST
Game attendance: 72,328

Personnel

Roster

1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
IB	`4`	George Achola	Jr
IB	`29`	Scott Baldwin	So
IB	`35`	Troy Barnes	Fr
WB	`81`	Lance Bobolz	Sr
OT	`76`	Brian Boerboom	Jr
SE	`18`	Jon Bostick	Jr
IB	`21`	Derek Brown	Fr
OT	`65`	Jeff Chaney	Jr
C	`55`	Terris Chorney	So
OT	`72`	John Clarke	Jr
WB	`6`	Brad Devall	Sr
SE	`11`	Mark Dowse	Jr
QB	`12`	Jerry Dunlap	Sr
C	`58`	David Edeal	Sr
OT	`73`	Steve Engstrom	Sr
OT	`77`	Terry Eyman	Sr
IB	`23`	Leodis Flowers	Jr
TE	`80`	Chris Garrett	Jr
FB	`37`	Robert Glantz	Jr
QB	`1`	Mike Grant	Jr
QB	`15`	Tom Haase	Jr
WB	`33`	Tyrone Hughes	So
G	`69`	Dave Jensen	So
QB	`10`	Pete Maletto	Sr
FB	`41`	Tim Johnk	Jr
QB	`2`	Mickey Joseph	Jr
G	`62`	Pat Kudrna	Jr
TE	`85`	Daryl Leise	Jr
FB	`26`	Lance Lewis	Jr
SE		Keith Makell
QB	`10`	Keithen McCant	Jr
FB	`7`	Andre McDuffy	Jr
TE	`86`	Johnny Mitchell	Fr
OT		Matt Morse	Fr
OT	`51`	Brent Pick	Sr
SE	`82`	Dan Pleasant	Jr
SE	`16`	Vernon Powell	So
WB		Kelly Prater	Jr
OT	`78`	Tom Punt	Sr
OT	`59`	Ray Reifenrath	Jr
FB	`36`	Matt Reynolds	So
IB	`20`	Terry Rodgers	Sr
C	`51`	Jim Scott	So
G	`75`	Will Shields	So
FB	`25`	Omar Soto	Jr
WB	`22`	Nate Turner	Jr
TE	`88`	Mike Vedral	So
OT	`68`	Doug Waddell	So
G	`66`	Jim Wanek	Jr
TE	`89`	William Washington	So
SE	`87`	Tom Werner	So
IB	`32`	Lamont White	Jr
G	`61`	Erik Wiegert	Jr
C	`53`	Bill Ziegelbein	Jr
G	`64`	Chris Zyzda	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OLB	`34`	Trev Alberts	Fr
CB	`28`	Eric Anderson	Sr
DT	`90`	Le Andre Anderson	Sr
ILB	`48`	Mike Anderson	Fr
ILB	`39`	Alvin Banks	Jr
ILB	`54`	Troy Branch	Fr
DT	`94`	Brian Brown	Jr
DT	`95`	Paul Brungardt	Sr
FS	`8`	Tyrone Byrd	So
FS	`31`	Steve Carmer	So
SS	`17`	Reggie Cooper	Sr
SS	`24`	Curtis Cotton	Jr
CB	`45`	Jon Crippen	Sr
OLB	`88`	Mike Croel	Sr
SS	`28`	Darin Duin	So
MG	`97`	Pat Engelbert	Jr
ILB	`43`	Shane Geiken	Jr
OLB	`92`	Corey Hedrick	Sr
CB	`9`	Robert Hicks	Sr
OLB	`93`	Travis Hill	So
MG	`74`	Matt Hilman	So
MG	`98`	Mike Jefferson	Fr
DT	`67`	Steve Keast	Sr
MG	`63`	Greg Koellner	Jr
ILB	`35`	Scott Kurtz	Sr
CB	`3`	Tyrone Legette	Jr
CB	`5`	Tahaun Lewis	Sr
DT	`70`	Jamie Liewer	So
ILB	`46`	Brian Mohnsen	Jr
MG	`73`	David Noonan	Fr
DT		John Parrella	So
ILB	`52`	Matt Penland	So
ILB	`99`	Mike Petko	Jr
CB	`38`	Bruce Pickens	Sr
FS	`19`	Brian Pollard	So
FS	`6`	John Reece	So
OLB	`83`	Brad Reilly	So
DT	`56`	Joe Sims	Sr
OLB	`86`	Joe Spitzenberger	Sr
OLB	`87`	Dan Svehla	Sr
FS	`1`	Will Thomas	Jr
ILB	`40`	Pat Tyrance	Sr
DT	`57`	Kenny Walker	Sr
OLB	`84`	Rick Wendland	Sr
OLB	`96`	David White	So
ILB	`27`	Freeman White	Jr
ILB	`49`	Paul Wightman	So
ILB	`91`	Andrew Zacharias	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK	`44`	Gregg Barrios	Sr
P/PK	`13`	Byron Bennett	Fr
PK	`14`	Jeff Lang	Fr
P	`47`	Mike Stigge	So

Head coach

Tom Osborne
   18th season
   27th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Charlie McBride
   10th season as DC/DL coach
   14th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Colorado
Kevin Steele
   2nd season as LB coach
   2nd year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Tennessee
Ron Brown
   4th season as WR/TE coach
   4th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Brown
Dan Young
   8th season as OL/K coach
   8th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Reed
Milt Tenopir
   17th season as OL coach
   17th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Sterling
Tony Samuel
   5th season as OLB coach
   5th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
George Darlington
   DB coach
   18th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Rutgers
Frank Solich
   8th season as RB coach
   12th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Boyd Epley
   22nd season as S&C coach
   22nd year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Jack Pierce
12th year at Nebraska
Bill Busch
1st year at Nebraska

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 17, 2011

Depth chart

Defense

FS
Tyrone Byrd
Steve Carmer
Will Thomas

OUTSIDE	INSDIE	INSDIE	OUTSIDE
Travis Hill	Mike Petko	Pat Tyrance	Mike Croel
David White Dan Svehla	Matt Penland	Mike Anderson	Trev Alberts
Joe Spitzenberger	Troy Branch	Shane Geiken	Rick Wendland

SS
Reggie Cooper
Curtis Cotton
Ed Stewart

CB
Bruce Pickens
Robert Hicks
Jon Crippen

DE	NT	DE
Joe Sims	Pat Engelbert	Kenny Walker
Brian Brown	Greg Koellner	Le Andre Anderson
John Parrella	Mike Jefferson	Jamie Liewer

CB
Tahaun Lewis
Tyrone Legette
Eric Anderson

Offense

WR
Jon Bostick
Dan Pleasant
Mark Dowse

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Tom Punt	Jim Wanek	David Edeal	Erik Wiegert Will Shields	Brian Boerboom
Steve Engstrom	Jeff Chaney	Bill Ziegelbein	Dave Jensen	Terry Eyman
Brent Pick	Chris Zyzda	Terris Chorney	Scott Peterson	Ray Reifenrath

TE
Johnny Mitchell
William Washington
Chris Garrett

WR
Nate Turner
Tyrone Hughes
Brad Devall

QB
Mickey Joseph
Mike Grant
Tom Haase

RB
Leodis Flowers
Scott Bladwin
Derek Brown Georgie Achola

FB
Lance Lewis
Omar Soto
Tim Johnk

Special teams
PK Greg Barios
P Mike Stigge

Awards

^[2]

Award	Name(s)
All-America	Kenny Walker
All-Big 8	Reggie Cooper, Mike Croel, Johnny Mitchell, Bruce Pickens, Tom Punt, Will Shields, Pat Tyrance, Kenny Walker

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1990 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.^[3]

Name	Team
Trev Alberts	Indianapolis Colts
Mike Anderson	Amsterdam Admirals
Derek Brown	New Orleans Saints
Terris Chorney	Edmonton Eskimos
Reggie Cooper	Dallas Cowboys
Mike Croel	Denver Broncos
Travis Hill	Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes	New Orleans Saints
Tyrone Legette	New Orleans Saints
Keithen McCant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Johnny Mitchell	New York Jets
John Parrella	Buffalo Bills
Bruce Pickens	Atlanta Falcons
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Will Shields	Kansas City Chiefs
Joe Sims	Atlanta Falcons
Nate Turner	Buffalo Bills
Kenny Walker	Denver Broncos
David White	New England Patriots

References

^ "NU can't avoid head-on wreck, leaving Tech a heck of a claim". Omaha World-Herald. January 2, 1991. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 1990 Husker Honors
^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

[1] "NU can't avoid head-on wreck, leaving Tech a heck of a claim". Omaha World-Herald. January 2, 1991. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] 1990 Husker Honors

[3] "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2009.

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