American college football season
The 1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1993 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 4 1:00 pm North Texas * No. 9 W 76–1475,614 September 11 1:00 pm Texas Tech * No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 50–2775,771 September 18 2:30 pm at UCLA * No. 8 ABC W 14–1350,299 September 25 1:00 pm Colorado State * No. 6 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 48–1375,625 7:00 pm at Oklahoma State No. 7 ESPN W 27–1335,580 October 16 1:00 pm Kansas State No. 6 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) Prime W 45–2875,721 October 23 1:00 pm Missouri No. 5 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 49–775,574 October 30 2:30 pm at No. 20 Colorado No. 6 ABC W 21–1752,277 November 6 1:00 pm at Kansas No. 6 W 21–2047,500 November 13 1:00 pm Iowa State No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 49–1775,513 2:30 pm No. 16 Oklahoma No. 2 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC W 21–775,674 January 1, 1994 7:00 pm vs. No. 1 Florida State * No. 2 NBC L 16–1881,536 [ 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 8 9 9 8 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 4 3 2 2 2 3 Coaches 1 1 1 3
North Texas at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total North Texas 0 7 7 0 14 • Nebraska 28 14 21 13 76
Texas Tech at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Texas Tech 7 7 7 6 27 • Nebraska 10 10 16 14 50
Nebraska at UCLA [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 7 7 0 14 UCLA 3 7 0 3 13
Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]
Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]
Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
Missouri at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 0 21 14 14 49
Nebraska at Colorado [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 21 0 0 0 21 Colorado 3 7 0 7 17
Nebraska at Kansas [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 7 0 7 21 Kansas 7 0 7 6 20
Iowa State at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 7 3 0 7 17 • Nebraska 21 0 14 14 49
Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 7 0 0 0 7 • Nebraska 0 7 0 14 21
Florida State vs Nebraska [box score]
1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 88 Eric Alford Jr TE Jacques Allen So TE 95 Gerald Armstrong Sr SE 7 Reggie Baul So TE 80 Trumane Bell Sr IB 21 Damon Benning Fr QB 18 Brook Berringer So OT 61 Brady Caskey Jr IB 25 Clinton Childs So FB 26 Troy Barnes Jr SE 23 Aaron Davis Fr OT 75 Chris Dishman Fr SE 2 Corey Dixon Sr FB 37 Kyle Emsick Jr FB 28 David Fiala Sr IB Jason Fisher Jr QB 15 Tommie Frazier So G 64 Bart Furrow Sr OT 59 Joel Gesky Jr TE 87 Mark Gilman So C 63 Aaron Graham So FB 29 Lance Gray Sr TE 89 Erich Hohl Jr SE 81 Brendan Holbein Fr C 51 Bill Humphrey Jr WB 33 Clester Johnson So IB 44 Calvin Jones Jr C Jeff Katt So G Steve Long Fr OT 77 Lance Lundberg Sr IB 19 Jeff Makovicka So G 62 Ken Mehlin Sr G 70 Wayne Meylan So OT 78 Kory Mikos Fr WB 27 Abdul Muhammad Jr TE 91 Merritt Nelson So FB Chris Norris So OT Brian Nunns So G 69 Steve Ott So C 53 Jon Pedersen Jr IB 1 Lawrence Phillips Fr WB 39 Brett Popplewell So G 65 Bryan Pruitt So QB 8 Ben Rutz Fr FB 40 Cory Schlesinger Jr IB Damon Schmadeke So FB Brian Schuster Fr TE 88 T.J. Scribner Fr WB 22 David Seizys Sr TE 85 Matt Shaw Jr IB 47 Marvin Sims Fr FB Mike Smith Fr G 66 Brenden Stai Jr FB Chad Stanley So OT Adam Treu Fr QB 11 Matt Turman Fr WB Jon Vedral Fr QB 9 Tony Veland So G 68 Steve Volin So C Matt Vrzal Fr SE 82 Riley Washington Fr OT 72 Zach Wiegert Jr G 76 Joel Wilks Sr G 56 Rob Zatechka Jr
Defense Pos. # Name Class OLB 34 Trev Alberts Sr CB Dave Alderman Fr ILB 36 Leonard Alexander Jr CB 31 Marcus Anderson Sr LB 48 Mike Anderson Sr OLB Larry Arnold So FS Dennis Bailey Fr LB 23 Ernie Beler Sr CB Chad Blahak Fr LB 54 Troy Branch Sr LB 5 Lorenzo Brinkley Sr FS Chad Brouse Fr LB Clint Brown Jr CB Willis Brown Fr FS 45 Zeke Cisco Sr FS 17 Sedric Collins Jr LB 46 Doug Colman So NT 99 Terry Connealy Jr FS 4 Troy Dumas Jr LB 41 Phil Ellis So OLB 58 Luther Hardin So OLB 86 Dwayne Harris Jr OLB 97 Paul Hawley So FS 25 Mike Heins Sr LB Jon Hesse RFr OLB 38 Todd Heyne Sr OLB 92 Jerad Higman Sr DT 96 Jason Jenkins Jr OLB 84 Donta Jones Jr LB 49 John Martin Jr CB 14 Barron Miles Jr ROV 10 Mike Minter Fr OLB 90 Bruce Moore Sr OLB 42 Ed Morrow Fr CB 1 Kareem Moss Jr NT 73 David Noonan Sr DT Jeff Ogard Fr OLB 98 Jeff Olsen Fr LB 52 Aaron Penland So DT 57 Jason Pesterfield Jr DT 55 Christian Peter So LB 35 Jim Prevette Sr DT 67 Kevin Ramaekers Sr CB 6 John Reece Sr ROV Mike Roberts Fr NT 74 Scott Saltsman Fr CB Darren Schmadeke So LB 24 Dean Schneider Sr LB Adam Schultze So ROV Jason Simdorn Jr LB 32 Ed Stewart Jr RCB 16 Eric Stokes Fr LB Ryan Terwilliger Fr DT Jared Tomich So DT 94 Larry Townsend Fr DT 93 Billy Wade Sr OLB 43 Austin Wertz Sr ROV Matt Westenburg Jr ILB 98 Daren Williams Sr FS 8 Tyrone Williams So FS Trampis Wrice So ROV 3 Toby Wright Sr FS Chad Young So
Special teams Pos. # Name Class P/PK 13 Byron Bennett Sr PK Jeremy Jensen So PK 12 Tom Sieler Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride 13th season as DC/DL coach 17th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill 2nd season as QB coach 2nd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Kevin Steele 5th season as LB coach 5th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Tennessee Ron Brown 7th season as WR/TE coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown Dan Young 11th season as OL/K coach 11th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir 20th season as OL coach 20th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling Tony Samuel 8th season as RE coach 8th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska George Darlington DB coach 21st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers Frank Solich 11th season as RB coach 15th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Boyd Epley 25th season as S&C coach 25th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Bill Busch 4th year at Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 17, 2011
Defense
FS Troy Dumas John Reece Mike Heins
WILL MIKE SAM Ed Stewart Mike Anderson Ernie Beler Lorenzo Brinkley Troy Branch Darren Williams Austin Wertz Phill Ellis Doug Colman Zeke Cisco
ROVER Toby Wright Mike Minter Jason Simdorn
CB Barron Miles Kareem Moss Darren Schmadeke
DE DT DT DE Donta Jones Terry Connealy Kevin Ramaekers Trev Alberts Bruce Moore Christian Peter Billy Wade David Noonan Dwayne Harris Jerad Higman Scott Saltsman Jason Pesterfield Luther Hardin
CB John Reece Tyrone Williams Eric Stokes ⋅
Offense
WR Abdul Muhammad Clester Johnson David Seizys
LT LG C RG RT Lance Lundberg Rob Zatechka Ken Mehlin Brenden Stai Zach Wiegert Chris Dishman Joel Wilks Aaron Graham Steve Ott Joel Gesky Brady Caskey Bart Furrow Jon Pedersen Bryan Pruitt Brady Caskey
TE Gerald Armstrong Trumane Bell Matt Shaw Eric Alford
WR Corey Dixon Reggie Baul Brett Popplewell
QB Tommie Frazier Brook Berringer Tony Veland
RB Calvin Jones Lawrence Phillips Damon Benning
FB Corey Schlesinger Jeff Makovicka David Fiala
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Award Name(s) Butkus Award Trev Alberts All-America 1st team Trev Alberts All-America 2nd team Zach Wiegert All-America 3rd team Calvin Jones Big 8 Coach of the Year Tom Osborne Big 8 Male Athlete of the Year Trev Alberts Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year Trev Alberts Big 8 Defensive Newcomer of the Year Tyrone Williams All-Big 8 1st team Trev Alberts, Terry Conneally, Calvin Jones , Lance Lundberg, Ken Mehlin, Barron Miles , Kevin Ramaekers, Zach Wiegert All-Big 8 2nd team Tommie Frazier , John Reece, Ed Stewart, Toby Wright All-Big 8 honorable mention Mike Anderson, Gerald Armstrong, Byron Bennett, Corey Dixon, Abdul Muhammad
NFL and pro players [ edit ] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1993 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