American college football season
The 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 29 3:00 pm Louisiana Tech * No. 4 FSN W 56–2776,021 [ 1] September 5 12:30 pm UAB * No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 38–775,921 [ 2] September 12 6:00 pm at California * No. 4 FSN W 24–367,000 September 26 2:30 pm No. 9 Washington * No. 2 ABC W 55–776,372 October 3 6:00 pm vs. Oklahoma State No. 2 FSN W 24–1779,555 October 10 2:30 pm at No. 18 Texas A&M No. 2 ABC L 21–2860,798 October 17 6:00 pm Kansas No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) FSN W 41–076,174 October 24 11:30 am No. 19 Missouri No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) FSN W 20–1376,425 October 31 2:30 pm Texas No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC L 16–2076,434 November 7 1:00 pm at Iowa State No. 14 W 42–745,817 November 14 2:30 pm at No. 2 Kansas State No. 11 ABC L 30–4044,298 1:30 pm Colorado No. 14 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC W 16–1475,958 7:30 pm vs. No. 5 Arizona * No. 14 ESPN L 20–2365,354 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster and coaching staff [ edit ] 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 17 Scott Aguglia Fr IB 38 Dan Alexander So G 64 Steve Altstadt Fr WB 82 Sean Applegate Jr C 51 Matt Baldwin Jr TE 94 Damien Bauman Jr TE 33 Sasho Becvarovski So SE 20 Tom Beveridge So TE Jon Bowling Fr WB 14 Lance Brown Sr IB 36 Correll Buckhalter So IB Chris Butler Fr SE 6 Kenny Cheatham Sr QB Joe Chrisman Fr QB 9 Monte Christo Sr FB 31 Chris Cielocha Fr OT 68 Jeff Clausen Jr OL Wes Cody Fr SE Danny Cork Fr WB 81 Ben Cornelsen Fr QB 7 Eric Crouch Fr TE Will Dabbert Fr SE 3 Matt Davison So TE 85 T.J. DeBates Jr IB 31 Dahrran Diedrick Fr OT 76 Billy Diekmann So SE Chad Duryea Fr OL Kyle Eisenhauer Fr IB 4 DeAngelo Evans So WB 2 Demond Finister Jr SE 83 Craig Fischer Jr WB Austin Forster Fr OL Joe Freeman Fr SE 29 Pat Friesen Fr WB 30 Paul Fujan Fr OT 74 Lonnie Fulton Jr G 72 Ben Gessford Sr WB 8 John Gibson So TE Aaron Golliday Fr FB 46 Nick Gragert Fr OT 74 Mike Green Fr RB DeAntae Grixby Fr QB Sam Gutz Fr SE Seth Gutz Jr OL Andy Gwennap Fr SE 80 Billy Haafke Sr SE Troy Hassebroek Fr C 78 Aaron Havlovic Jr C 78 Aaron Havolovic Jr WB Dan Hennings Fr C 59 Josh Heskew Sr G 55 Russ Hochstein So FB Casey Hughes Fr TE 88 Sheldon Jackson Sr OT 69 Adam Julch Jr FB Paul Kastl Fr FB 33 Ben Kingston Jr SE John Klem Fr OL Scott Koethe Fr OT 75 Kyle Kollmorgen Fr OL David Kolowski Fr OL Nate Kolterman Fr FB 40 Billy Legate Sr QB 1 Frankie London Jr SE Josh Lyman Fr FB 45 Joel Makovicka Sr WB Shawn McGann Fr TE 87 Jake McKee So FB 15 Willie Miller So TE 43 John Murphy So QB 12 Bobby Newcombe So FB 37 Hank Piening So C 54 Dominic Raiola Fr IB Tyler Rauenzahn Fr QB 16 Jay Runty So G 66 Jon Rutherford RFr G 79 Chris Saalfeld So OT 65 Jason Schwab Jr G 63 James Sherman Jr OL Matt Shook Fr OL Leif Sidwell Fr IB 32 Travis Soucie So FB 48 Jeremy Stanislav So OT 73 Jim Tansey Jr SE Wilson Thomas Fr IB 24 Alik Tillery Fr FB Tyrone Uhlir Fr OL Justin Valencia Fr WB 26 Casey Vanderhoef So OT 58 Dave Volk Fr G 61 Brandt Wade Sr IB 34 Dan White Fr WB 5 Shevin Wiggins Sr OL Mike Wilford Fr TE 90 Tracey Wistrom Fr OL Steve Ziemba Fr
Defense Pos. # Name Class RE Demoine Adams Fr NT 89 Luis Almanzar So RCB 28 Josh Anderson So WLB 41 Rod Baker So ROV 4 Mic Boettner Fr FS 14 Dion Booker Fr ROV 21 Mike Brown Jr RCB 22 Ralph Brown Jr MLB 39 Ben Buettenback Jr MLB 48 Jamie Burrow Fr DL Jon Clanton Fr MLB 52 Jon Coyne Fr CB 3 Keyuo Craver Fr DB Mike Demps Fr LB Mason Dutton Fr FS 33 Mitch Ebke So ROV John Eisenberg So FS 19 Clint Finley So ROV 38 Eric Fischer So MLB 44 Jay Foreman Sr LB Gabe Fries Fr SLB 43 Russell Froehlich Sr NT 77 Bobby Gill So RE 97 Matt Grummert So SLB 53 Chris Gustafson Fr FS 45 Brad Hamik So LCB 18 Jeff Hemje Fr SLB 49 Quint Hogrefe Sr DL Richard Hughes Fr RCB 24 Matt Ickes Fr WLB 50 Julius Jackson Jr WLB 1 Eric Johnson Sr DT 91 Loran Kaiser So RE 57 Chad Kelsay Sr RE Chris Kelsay Fr WLB 47 Josh Kohl Jr DB Paul Kosch Fr DB Adam Lechtenberg Fr ROV 29 Gregg List Jr DL Jason Lohr Fr RE Jeremy Lyman Fr DL Stephen Manning Fr DT 70 Matt McGinn Fr FS 27 Greg McGraw Jr SLB 32 Levi Mehl Fr RE 93 Brandon Mooberry So DB Christopher Moran Jr DT 90 Casey Nelson Fr DL Jeff Nelson Fr DL Andrew Offner Fr SLB 37 Tony Ortiz Jr MLB 42 Jon Penny Fr RCB 11 Jerome Peterson Jr MLB 13 Carlos Polk So ROV 10 Brandon Quindt So SLB 23 Steve Raymond Jr LCB 9 Khari Reynolds So RE Kyle Ringenberg Fr MLB 34 Brandon Roth Fr RE 84 Mike Rucker Sr RE 80 Eric Ryan Jr LB Scott Shanle Fr SLB 46 Brian Shaw Jr RE 98 Scott Siebenborn So DT Jeremy Slechta Fr WLB Jemond Smith Fr RE Justin Smith Fr LB Luke Smith Fr LB Randy Stella Fr LCB 16 Erwin Swiney So LB Tony Tata Fr DB Aaron Terpening Fr RE 92 Travis Toline Sr RCB 12 Arion Turner Fr MLB 48 Chad Tuttle So RE 83 Kyle Vanden Bosch So WLB 26 Mark Vedral Fr ROV 25 Joe Walker So RE 94 Brandon Wardyn So NT 96 Steve Warren Jr FS 42 Troy Watchorn So RE 95 J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann Fr RE 81 Aaron Wills Jr RE Colin Wills Fr DT 99 Jason Wiltz Sr LCB 20 Wes Woodward Fr
Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride 18th season as DC/DL coach 22nd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill 7th season as QB coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Craig Bohl 4th season as LB coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Ron Brown 12th season as WR/TE coach 12th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown Dan Young 16th season as OL/K coach 16th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir 25th season as OL coach 25th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling Nelson Barnes 2nd season as RE coach 2nd year at Nebraska Alma mater: North Texas George Darlington DB coach 26th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers Dave Gillespie 1st season as RB coach 10th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha Boyd Epley 30th season as S&C coach 30th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 17, 2011
Defense
FS Mike Brown Clint Finley Dion Booker Greg McGraw
WILL MIKE SAM Eric Johnson Jay Foreman Tony Ortiz Julies Jackson Carlos Polk Brian Shaw Josh Kohl Jamie Burrow Rod Baker
ROVER Joe Walker Mike Brown Gregg List Troy Watchorn
CB Erwin Swiney Keyuo Craver Jeff Hemje
DE DT DT DE Mike Rucker Jason Wiltz Steve Warren Loran Kaiser Chad Kelsay Aaron Wills Jason Lohr Jeremy Slechta Kyle Vanden Bosch Travis Toline Bobby Gill Luis Almanzar J.P. Wichmann
CB Ralph Brown Khari Reynolds Jerome Peterson
Offense
WR Matt Davison Kenny Cheathman Billy Haafke
LT LG C RG RT Adam Julch James Sherman Josh Heskew Ben Gessford James Schwab Kyle Kollmorgan Dominic Raiola Dominic Raiola Russ Hochstein Dave Volk Ben Gessford Jon Rutherford Matt Baldwin Brandt Wade. Billy Diekmann
TE Sheldon Jackson Tracey Wistrom T.J DeBates Damien Bauman
WR Shevin Wiggins Lance Brown Sean Applegate Frankie London
QB Eric Crouch Bobby Newcombe Monte Christo ⋅
RB Correll Buckhalter Dan Alexander DeAngelo Evans Dan White
FB Joel Machovicka Billy Legate Willie Miller
Louisiana Tech at Nebraska [box score]
UAB at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total UAB 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 14 0 17 38
Nebraska at California [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 7 0 10 24 California 0 0 3 0 3
Washington at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Washington 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 21 14 20 0 55
Nebraska vs Oklahoma State [box score]
Nebraska at Texas A&M [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 7 0 14 21 • Texas A&M 7 7 7 7 28
Kansas at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 10 7 14 10 41
Missouri at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 0 13 0 0 13 • Nebraska 3 3 7 7 20
Texas at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Texas 7 3 0 10 20 Nebraska 0 3 10 3 16
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 14 7 14 42 Iowa State 0 0 0 7 7
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
Colorado at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 7 0 7 0 14 • Nebraska 7 3 3 3 16
Nebraska vs Arizona [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 13 0 7 20 • Arizona 6 3 0 14 23
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP 4 (4) 4 (2) 3 (1) 2 (1) 2 (7) 2 (1) 8 7 7 14 11 17 14 13 14 19 Coaches Poll 3 (12) 3 (8) 3 (7) 2 (7) 2 (15) 2 (6) 8 7 7 15 11 19 17 17 16 20 BCS Not released 6 12 11 14 12 11 11 Not released
First-year Head Coach Solich was new to the job title but still in his element, after having served as an assistant in varying capacities with Nebraska since 1975. Solich completed his inaugural season with a final record of 9–4 (5–3), after having lost much of the 1997 national championship team's talent to graduation. Nonetheless, Nebraska finished tied for 2nd place in the Big 12 North Division, and tied for 4th conference-wide.
The season was concluded by #14 Nebraska falling to #5 Arizona 20–23 at the Holiday Bowl.
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Award Name(s) All-American 2nd Team Sheldon Jackson All-American 3rd Team Ralph Brown All-Big 12 1st team Ralph Brown, Josh Heskew, Sheldon Jackson, Jay Foreman , Mike Brown , Chad Kelsay All-Big 12 2nd team Kris Brown , Mike Rucker , Joe Walker, Bill Lafleur All-Big 12 3rd team Shevin Wiggins All-Big 12 honorable mention Kenny Cheatham, Matt Davison, Russ Hochstein , Joel Makovicka , Jason Schwab
NFL and pro players [ edit ] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1998 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[ 4]
Venues Bowls and rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold