American college football season
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 .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 1 6:30 pm Baylor * No. 7 ESPN W 13–076,184 September 8 1:30 pm Northern Illinois * No. 10 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 60–1476,043 September 22 1:30 pm Minnesota * No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 56–076,354 September 29 1:30 pm Oregon State * No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 31–776,061 October 6 1:10 pm at Kansas State No. 8 W 45–835,757 October 13 1:30 pm Missouri No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 69–2176,317 October 20 1:30 pm Oklahoma State No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 31–376,251 October 27 1:00 pm at Iowa State No. 4 W 45–1354,475 November 3 3:00 pm No. 9 Colorado No. 3 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ESPN L 12–2776,464 November 10 1:00 pm at Kansas No. 13 W 41–936,000 1:30 pm at Oklahoma No. 10 CBS L 10–4574,910 , 199112:30 pm vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech * No. 19 ABC L 21–4572,328 [ 1] *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central 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 Final AP 7 10 8 8 8 8 7 4 4 3 13 11 10 19 19 24 Coaches 17
Baylor at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 0 6 0 7 13
Northern Illinois at Nebraska [box score] Date: September 8Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,043
Minnesota at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 14 28 14 0 56
Date: September 22Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,354
Oregon State at Nebraska [box score] Date: September 29Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,061
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
Missouri at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 7 7 0 7 21 • Nebraska 28 17 10 14 69
Date: October 13Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,317
Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score] Date: October 20Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,251
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 3 14 21 7 45 Iowa State 10 0 0 3 13
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 3Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 3:00 PM CST Game attendance: 76,464
Nebraska at Kansas [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 10 10 14 41 Kansas 3 0 0 6 9
Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 3 0 7 0 10 • Oklahoma 0 21 14 10 45
Nebraska vs Georgia Tech [box score]
1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class IB 4 George Achola Jr 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 35 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 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 MG 66 Jim Wanek 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 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
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 John Custard
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 Derek Brown Georgie Achola
FB Scott Bladwin Lance Lewis Omar Soto Tim Johnk
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NFL and pro players [ edit ] 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]
Venues Bowls and rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold