1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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

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

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.

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

See also: 1990 NCAA Division I-A football 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

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.