American college football season
The 1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1992 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 5 1:00 pm Utah * No. 11 Prime W 49–2276,234 September 12 1:00 pm Middle Tennessee * No. 11 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 48–776,184 September 19 6:45 pm at No. 2 Washington * No. 12 ESPN L 14–2973,333 September 26 1:00 pm Arizona State * No. 15 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 45–2476,138 October 10 1:00 pm Oklahoma State No. 15 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 55–076,116 October 24 1:00 pm at Missouri No. 8 W 34–2453,337 October 31 3:00 pm No. 8 Colorado No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ESPN W 52–776,287 November 7 6:30 pm No. 13 Kansas No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ESPN W 49–776,165 November 14 1:00 pm at Iowa State No. 7 L 10–1942,008 12:30 pm at Oklahoma No. 12 ABC W 33–969,770 December 5 10:00 pm vs. Kansas State No. 11 W 38–2450,000 , 19937:00 pm vs. No. 3 Florida State * No. 11 NBC L 14–2757,327 [ 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 15 Final AP 11 11 11 12 15 15 14 11 8 8 7 7 12 12 11 11 14 Coaches 14
Utah at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Utah 0 0 14 8 22 • Nebraska 21 14 7 7 49
Middle Tennessee State [ edit ] Middle Tennessee State at Nebraska [box score]
Nebraska at Washington [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 7 7 0 14 • Washington 2 21 3 3 29
Arizona State at Nebraska [box score]
Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
Nebraska at Missouri [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 10 0 10 34 Missouri 0 14 7 3 24
Colorado at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 17 7 21 52
Kansas at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 28 14 0 49
#7 Nebraska Cornhuskers (7–1) at Iowa State Cyclones (3–6)
at Cyclone Stadium , Ames , Iowa
Date : November 14, 1992Game time : 1:00 p.m. CDT Game attendance : 42,008Box Score
Team Category Player Statistics Nebraska Passing Tommie Frazier 3/12, 54 Yds, TD Rushing Tommie Frazier 13 Rush, 92 Yds Receiving Derek Brown 1 Rec, 20 Yds Iowa St Passing Marv Seiler 3/4, 26 Yds Rushing Marv Seiler 24 Rush, 144 Yds Receiving Sundiata Patterson 2 Rec, 13 Yds
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP NU ISU 1 9:46 11 60 Iowa St 37-yard field goal by Ty Stewart 0 3 1 5:17 9 56 Nebraska 33-yard field goal by Byron Bennett 3 3 2 14:23 12 66 Iowa St 32-yard field goal by Ty Stewart 3 6 2 11:49 7 80 Nebraska Lance Lewis 15-yard touchdown reception from Tommie Frazier , Byron Bennett kick good 10 6 2 5:49 13 46 Iowa St 45-yard field goal by Ty Stewart 10 9 2 1:38 7 27 Iowa St 30-yard field goal by Ty Stewart 10 12 4 10:50 2 80 Iowa St Chris Ulrich 2-yard touchdown run, Ty Stewart kick good 10 19 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 10 19
Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 3 9 14 33 Oklahoma 3 6 0 0 9
Nebraska vs Kansas State [box score]
Florida State vs Nebraska [box score]
1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Jacques Allen Fr TE 95 Gerald Armstrong Jr SE 80 Trumane Bell Jr QB 18 Brook Berringer Fr FB Rick Blatny So IB 21 Derek Brown Jr OT Mark Brown Fr OT 61 Brady Caskey Jr C 55 Terris Chorney Sr OT Silas Cleveland Jr QB 10 Joel Cornwell Sr SE 2 Corey Dixon Jr SE 28 Darin Duin Sr FB Kyle Emsick So FB 24 David Fiala Jr IB Jason Fisher So QB 15 Tommie Frazier Fr OT 59 Joel Gesky So TE Mark Gilman Fr G 63 Aaron Graham Fr QB 1 Mike Grant Sr FB Rod Haarberg Jr WB 38 Vincent Hawkins Sr TE Erich Hohl So OL Robert Hughes Jr SE 33 Tyrone Hughes Sr OT Shyuan Jasper So OT 69 Dave Jensen Sr WB 7 Clester Johnson Fr IB 44 Calvin Jones So FB 26 Lance Lewis Sr G 65 Jason Licht Jr OT 77 Lance Lundberg Jr IB Jeff Makovicka Fr FB 7 Andre McDuffy Sr QB 9 John McMillen Sr G 62 Ken Mehlin Jr G Wayne Meylan Fr FS 5 Randy Montgomery So WB 27 Abdul Muhammad So C 57 Brad Mundt Sr SE Merritt Nelson Fr FB Chris Norris Fr C Don O'Neill Jr G Steve Ott Fr C 53 Jon Pedersen So SE Brett Popplewell Fr G Bryan Pruitt Fr WB Eric Schepers Jr FB 40 Cory Schlesinger So IB Damon Schmadeke Fr WB Darren Schmadeke Fr C Jim Scott Sr WB 22 David Seizys Jr TE Matt Shaw So G 75 Will Shields Sr G 78 Trent (T.J.) Slansky Sr OT Robert Smith Fr G 66 Brenden Stai Jr FB Chad Stanley Fr WB Tom Steer So TE 88 Mike Vedral Sr G Steve Volin Fr OT 68 Doug Waddell Sr TE 89 William Washington Sr WB 87 Tom Werner Sr OT 72 Zach Wiegert So SE 81 Duane Wiles So G 58 Joel Wilks Jr OT 56 Rob Zatechka So G 64 Chris Zyzda Sr
Defense Pos. # Name Class OLB 34 Trev Alberts Jr ILB Leonard Alexander So CB 3 Marcus Anderson Jr ILB 48 Mike Anderson Jr MG Ryan Barry Jr SS 23 Ernie Beler Jr OLB Ken Bello Fr ILB 54 Troy Branch Jr CB 5 Lorenzo Brinkley Jr OLB Clint Brown So FS 8 Tyrone Byrd Sr FS 31 Steve Carmer Sr SS 45 Zeke Cisco Jr DB Anthony Cole Jr FS 17 Sedric Collins So ILB 46 Doug Colman So DT 99 Terry Connealy So OLB Mike Dickmeyer So FS 4 Troy Dumas So ILB 41 Phil Ellis Fr OLB 39 Greg Fletcher Jr MG 94 Bart Furrow Jr OLB Tory Garland So SS Travis Giesbrecht So DB Chris Grass Sr OLB 91 Lance Gray Jr FS Charles Green Fr DT Luther Hardin Fr OLB 86 Dwayne Harris So CB 25 Mike Heins Jr FS Jay Herman So LB Jon Hesse Fr OLB Todd Heyne Jr OLB Jerad Higman Jr OLB 93 Travis Hill Sr DT 74 Matt Hilman Sr MG 97 Bill Humphrey So MG 95 Jerry Irons Jr OLB 84 Donta Jones So ILB LeRoi Jones So OLB 42 David Leader Sr DT 70 Jamie Liewer Sr CB Ralph Lott Fr DL Dennis Martin Fr ILB John Martin So CB 15 Brady Mercer So CB 14 Barron Miles So DT 90 Bruce Moore Jr CB 1 Kareem Moss So ILB Ryan Murtaugh So MG 73 David Noonan Jr DB Matt Orduna Fr DT 92 John Parrella Sr ILB Aaron Penland Fr ILB 52 Matt Penland Jr OLB Jason Pesterfield So SS Frank Phillips Fr ILB Jim Prevette Jr DT 67 Kevin Ramaekers Jr CB 6 John Reece Jr FS 24 Dean Schneider Jr ILB Adam Schultze So FS Jason Simdorn So CB Jeff Solich So ILB 32 Ed Stewart So FS 16 Tony Veland Fr DT 83 Billy Wade Jr SS Austin Wertz Jr FS 12 Jamie Weyers Jr OLB 96 David White Sr ILB 49 Paul Wightman Sr CB 19 Kenny Wilhite Sr ILB 98 Daren Williams Jr ROV 3 Toby Wright Jr FS Chad Young Fr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class P/PK 13 Byron Bennett Jr P Chris Borland So PK Jeremy Jensen Fr P/PK 14 Jeff Lang So PK Kevin McMindes So PK 12 Tom Sieler So P 47 Mike Stigge Sr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride 12th season as DC/DL coach 16th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill 1st season as QB coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Kevin Steele 4th season as LB coach 4th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Tennessee Ron Brown 6th season as WR/TE coach 6th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown Dan Young 10th season as OL/K coach 10th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir 19th season as OL coach 19th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling Tony Samuel 7th season as OLB coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska George Darlington DB coach 20th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers Frank Solich 10th season as RB coach 14th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Boyd Epley 24th season as S&C coach 24th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Bill Busch 3rd year at Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 17, 2011
Defense
FS Tyrone Byrd Troy Dumas Sedric Collins
OUTSIDE INSIDE INSIDE OUTSIDE Travis Hill Ed Stewart Mike Anderson Trev Alberts Donta Jones Troy Branch Darren Williams David White David Leader Lance Gray Matt Penland Phil Ellis Dwayne Harris
SS Steve Carmer Toby Wright Zeke Cisco
CB Kenny Whilhite Barron Miles Mike Heins
DE NT DE John Parrella David Noonan Bruce Moore Kevin Ramaekers Terry Connealy Jamie Liewer Matt Hilman Bill Humphrey Billy Wade
CB John Reece Kareem Moss Lorenzo Brinkley
Offense
WR Vincent Hawkins Abdul Muhammad David Seizys
LT LG C RG RT Lance Lundberg Ken Mehlin Jim Scott Will Shields Zach Wiegert Rob Zatechka Chris Zyzda Terris Chorney Brenden Stai Joel Gesky Brady Caskey Joel Wilks Aaron Graham T.J. Slansky Brady Caskey
TE Gerald Armstrong William Washington Matt Shaw
WR Corey Dixon Trumane Bell Tyrone Hughes Darin Duin
QB Tommie Frazier Mike Grant Joel Cornwell
RB Calvin Jones Derek Brown Jeff Makovicka ⋅
FB Lance Lewis Andre McDuffy Corey Schlesinger David Fiala
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Award Name(s) Outland Trophy Will Shields All-America 1st team Travis Hill, Will Shields All-America 2nd team Trev Alberts , Calvin Jones , John Parrella All-America 3rd team Derek Brown , Tyrone Byrd, Mike Stigge Big 8 Coach of the Year Tom Osborne Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year Derek Brown, Calvin Jones Big 8 Offensive Newcomer of the Year Tommie Frazier Big 8 Freshman of the Year Tommie Frazier All-Big 8 1st team Trev Alberts, Derek Brown, Tyrone Byrd, Calvin Jones, Travis Hill, John Parrella, Jim Scott, Will Shields, William Washington, Zach Wiegert All-Big 8 2nd team Lance Lundberg, Mike Stigge All-Big 8 honorable mention Gerald Armstrong, Steve Carmer, Corey Dixon, Tommie Frazier, Tyrone Hughes, Lance Lewis, Ed Stewart, Kenny Wilhite
NFL and pro players [ edit ] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1992 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
MVIAA Big Six Big Seven Big Eight National championships in bold