American college football season
The 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska .
Nebraska won its 43rd and final Big 12 championship (including titles in the MVIAA/Big Eight ) this season by winning the Big 12 Championship Game over Texas . As of the 2023 season, this season was the most recent conference championship for Nebraska.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 4 11:00 am at Iowa * No. 5 ABC W 42–770,397 September 11 2:30 pm California * No. 5 ABC W 45–077,617 September 18 11:30 am Southern Miss * No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE PPV W 20–1377,826 September 25 6:00 pm at Missouri No. 6 FSN W 40–1068,174 October 2 11:30 am Oklahoma State No. 6 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 38–1477,740 October 9 6:00 pm Iowa State No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 49–1477,743 October 23 2:30 pm at No. 18 Texas No. 3 ABC L 20–2484,082 October 30 6:00 pm at Kansas No. 8 FSN W 24–1745,100 November 6 2:30 pm No. 21 Texas A&M No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC W 37–077,705 November 13 2:30 pm No. 5 Kansas State No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC W 41–1577,744 1:30 pm at Colorado No. 3 ABC W 33–30 OT 52,946 December 4 7:00 pm vs. No. 12 Texas No. 3 ABC W 22–665,063 , 20007:00 pm vs. No. 6 Tennessee * No. 3 ABC W 31–2171,526 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster and coaching staff [ edit ] 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 17 Scott Aguglia So IB 41 Matt Albertson Fr IB 38 Dan Alexander Jr G 64 Steve Altstadt So WB 82 Sean Applegate Sr C 51 Matt Baldwin Sr TE 94 Damien Bauman Sr WB 81 Jeremy Bender Fr SE 20 Tom Beveridge Jr TE 84 Jon Bowling Fr IB 36 Correll Buckhalter Jr IB Chad Buller Fr IB 34 Chris Butler Fr QB 10 Joe Chrisman Fr G 59 Wes Cody Fr SE 93 Kelly Cook Fr WB 86 Ben Cornelsen Fr QB 7 Eric Crouch So TE 91 Will Dabbert Fr FB Judd Davies Fr IB Josh Davis Fr SE 3 Matt Davison Jr C Jon Dawson Fr TE 85 T.J. DeBates Sr IB 30 Dahrran Diedrick Fr OT 76 Billy Diekmann Jr IB 4 DeAngelo Evans Jr G Toniu Fonoti Fr WB 14 Austin Forster Fr WB 8 John Gibson Jr TE 99 Aaron Golliday Fr FB 46 Nick Gragert So G 74 Mike Green So OT Tim Green Fr IB 6 DeAntae Grixby Fr SE 92 Seth Gutz Jr G 61 Andy Gwennap Fr OT Brian Hale Fr WB 18 Troy Hassebroek Fr C 78 Aaron Havlovic Sr SE 80 Larry Henderson Sr G 55 Russ Hochstein Jr FB 32 Casey Hughes Fr TE Trevor Johnson Fr OT 69 Adam Julch Sr FB 40 Paul Kastl Fr FB 22 Ben Kingston Sr WB 21 John Klem Fr OT 68 Scott Koethe Fr OT 75 Kyle Kollmorgen So C 71 David Kolowski Fr OT 67 Nate Kolterman Fr WB 95 Paul Kosch Fr WB Tim Liley Fr G Jack Limbaugh Fr SE Brett Lindstrom Fr WB 1 Frankie London Sr G Chris Loos Fr QB Jammal Lord Fr OT 75 James Mayberry Fr WB 33 Dwayne McClary Jr SE Luke McGowen Fr TE 90 Jake McKee Jr IB Robin Miller Fr FB 15 Willie Miller Jr FB Justin Montgomery Fr TE 43 John Murphy Jr OT Brian Nelson Fr QB 12 Bobby Newcombe Jr SE Ryan Ommert Fr QB 14 Jeff Perino Sr FB 37 Hank Piening Jr FB 42 Kevin Pitts Fr WB Matt Plooster Fr C 54 Dominic Raiola So IB Tim Reese Fr QB 16 Jay Runty Jr G 66 Jon Rutherford So G 79 Chris Saalfeld Jr OT 65 Jason Schwab Sr G 63 James Sherman Sr C 53 Matt Shook Fr OT 72 Leif Sidwell Fr WB Stuart Siegel Fr TE Sean Steenson Fr G 57 Dan Swantek So SE 9 Wilson Thomas RFr SE Fred Thorne Fr IB 24 Alik Tillery So FB 35 Tyrone Uhlir Fr OT Dan Vili Waldrop Fr OT Cody Volk Fr OT 58 Dave Volk So WB 5 Shevin Wiggins Sr OT 77 Mike Wilford Fr TE 87 Tracey Wistrom So G Matt Witulski Fr
Defense Pos. # Name Class RE 98 Demoine Adams RFr WLB Blake Anderson Fr LCB 28 Josh Anderson Jr SLB 41 Rod Baker Jr DT Ryon Bingham Fr FS Rob Blomeier Fr ROV 4 Mic Boettner So FS 14 Dion Booker So NT Andy Bowman Fr ROV 21 Mike Brown Sr RCB 22 Ralph Brown Sr SLB Brad Bryan Fr MLB 39 Ben Buettenback Sr MLB 48 Jamie Burrow So NT 55 Jon Clanton RFr MLB 52 Jon Coyne So LCB 3 Keyuo Craver So ROV 2 Mike Demps RFr RE Chris Estudillo Fr RE Lee File Fr FS 19 Clint Finley Jr ROV 38 Eric Fischer Jr WLB 58 Gabe Fries RFr RE John Garrison Fr ROV Taylor Gehman Fr RCB 5 DeJuan Groce Fr RE 97 Matt Grummert Jr LCB Kevin Guse Fr FS 45 Brad Hamik Jr RCB 18 Jeff Hemje So SLB Anthony Hoke Fr LCB 24 Matt Ickes So WLB 50 Julius Jackson Sr WLB Blanchard Johnson Fr WLB 27 Eric Johnson Sr RE Patrick Kabongo Fr DT 91 Loran Kaiser Jr RE 57 Chris Kelsay Fr WLB 47 Josh Kohl Sr RCB Cali Lemelle Fr ROV 29 Gregg List Sr NT 70 Jason Lohr So RE 86 Jeremy Lyman RFr MLB Mike Makris Fr DT 94 Stephen Manning RFr DT 70 Matt McGinn So FS 32 Greg McGraw Sr WLB Tim Miller Fr RE 93 Brandon Mooberry Jr RCB 7 Christopher Moran Sr RCB 35 Don Neal Fr DT 87 Casey Nelson So NT 62 Jeff Nelson RFr SLB 37 Tony Ortiz Sr RE Spencer Owen Fr NT Phil Peetz Fr SLB 44 Jon Penny So NT Chad Peterson Fr FS 12 Jerrell Pippens Fr MLB 13 Carlos Polk Jr ROV 10 Brandon Quindt Jr LCB 31 Tyler Rauenzahn Fr SLB 23 Steve Raymond Sr RCB Pat Ricketts Fr RE 85 Kyle Ringenberg RFr RE 80 Eric Ryan Sr MLB Steve Safranek Fr FS 11 Carl Scholting Fr SLB 49 Scott Shanle RFr LCB Ronjiel Sharpe Fr SLB 46 Brian Shaw Sr DT 56 Jeremy Slechta So WLB Jemond Smith RFr RE 92 Justin Smith RFr MLB 40 Luke Smith RFr WLB 34 Randy Stella RFr LCB 16 Erwin Swiney Jr NT Junior Tagoa'i Fr MLB 90 Tony Tata RFr FS 8 Aaron Terpening RFr RE 83 Kyle Vanden Bosch Jr SLB Chuck Vander Linden Fr WLB 9 Mark Vedral So ROV 25 Joe Walker Jr NT 96 Steve Warren Sr RE 82 Adrian Warrior Fr ROV 42 Troy Watchorn Jr RE 95 J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann So LCB 1 Donn Williams Fr RE 81 Aaron Wills Sr RE 88 Colin Wills Fr ROV 20 Wes Woodward So
Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride 19th season as DC/DL coach 23rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill 8th season as QB coach 8th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Craig Bohl 5th season as LB coach 8th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Ron Brown 13th season as WR/TE coach 13th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown Dan Young 17th season as OL/K coach 17th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir 26th season as OL coach 26th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling Nelson Barnes 3rd season as RE coach 3rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: North Texas George Darlington DB coach 27th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers Dave Gillespie 2nd season as RB coach 11th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha Boyd Epley 31st season as S&C coach 31st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 17, 2011
Defense
FS Clint Finley Dion Booker Greg McGraw
WILL MIKE SAM Eric Johnson Julies Jackson Carlos Polk Tony Ortiz Brian Shaw Randy Stella Jamie Burrow Scott Shanle Mark Vedral Ben Buttenback Rod Baker
ROVER Mike Brown Joe Walker Mark Vedral Gregg List
CB Keyuo Craver DeJuan Groce Donn Williams
DE DT DT DE Kyle Vanden Bosch Steve Warren Loran Kaiser Aaron Willis Demoine Adams Jason Lohr Jeremy Slechta Chris Kelsay Justin Smith J.P. Wichmann Jon Clanton Matt McGinn Eric Ryan
CB Ralph Brown Jeff Hemje Josh Anderson
Offense
WR Matt Davison Wilson Thomas Tom Beveridge
LT LG C RG RT Adam Julch James Sherman Dominic Raiola Russ Hochsein Dave Volk Jon Rutherford Toniu Fonoti Mat Baldwin Steve Alstadt Kyle Kollmorgen Billy Diekmann Wes Cody Aaron Havlovic Chris Saalfeld Scott Koethe
TE Tracey Wistrom T.J DeBates Aaron Golliday Jon Bowling
WR Bobby Newcombe Sean Applegate John Gibson
QB Eric Crouch Bobby Newcombe Joe Chirsman
RB Dan Alexander Correll Buckhalter Dahrran Diedrick
FB Willie Miller Ben Kingston Tyrone Uhlir
Nebraska at Iowa [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 7 14 21 42 Iowa 0 0 0 7 7
California at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total California 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 7 21 10 7 45
Southern Miss at Nebraska [box score]
Nebraska at Missouri [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 16 3 14 7 40 Missouri 0 3 0 7 10
Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
Iowa State at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 0 0 0 14 14 • Nebraska 21 7 14 7 49
Nebraska at Texas [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 13 0 7 20 • Texas 3 0 14 7 24
Nebraska at Kansas [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 0 10 14 24 Kansas 2 7 0 8 17
Texas A&M at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 0 6 17 14 37
Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
Nebraska at Colorado [box score] 1 2 3 4 OT Total • Nebraska 14 10 3 0 6 33 Colorado 0 3 0 24 3 30
Texas vs Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Texas 0 0 0 6 6 • Nebraska 10 5 7 0 22
Tennessee vs Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 0 7 7 7 21 • Nebraska 14 3 7 7 31
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 6 5 5 4 6 6 4 3 3 8 9 7 4 3 3 3 3 Coaches Poll 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 9 6 4 3 3 3 2 BCS Not released 7 8 6 3 3 3 3 Not released
Nebraska's longtime Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride retired after another season of success, helping Nebraska win the Big 12 Championship, with a final record of 12–1 (7–1). McBride's retirement followed 22 years of storied service to the Cornhuskers.
The season was concluded by #3 Nebraska defeating #6 Tennessee 31–21 at the Fiesta Bowl.
Second-year Head Coach Frank Solich's career record improved to 21–5 (12–4).
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Award Name(s) All-American 1st Team Ralph Brown , Mike Brown , Dominic Raiola , Dan Hadenfeldt, Brian Shaw All-American 2nd Team Steve Warren Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year Eric Crouch All-Big 12 1st team Mike Brown, Ralph Brown, Eric Crouch, Russ Hochstein , Bobby Newcombe, Carlos Polk , Dominic Raiola, Steve Warren, Tracey Wistrom All-Big 12 2nd team Dan Hadenfeldt, Julius Jackson, Kyle Vanden Bosch All-Big 12 honorable mention Keyuo Craver , Matt Davison, Dave Volk Big 12 coach of the Year Frank Solich
NFL and pro players [ edit ] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1999 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[ 2]
Venues Bowls and rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
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