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.
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 1 | 6:30 pm | Baylor* | No. 7 | | ESPN | W 13–0 | 76,184 | |
September 8 | 1:30 pm | Northern Illinois* | No. 10 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| | W 60–14 | 76,043 | |
September 22 | 1:30 pm | Minnesota* | No. 8 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| | W 56–0 | 76,354 | |
September 29 | 1:30 pm | Oregon State* | No. 8 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| | W 31–7 | 76,061 | |
October 6 | 1:10 pm | at Kansas State | No. 8 | | | W 45–8 | 35,757 | |
October 13 | 1:30 pm | Missouri | No. 7 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| | W 69–21 | 76,317 | |
October 20 | 1:30 pm | Oklahoma State | No. 4 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| | W 31–3 | 76,251 | |
October 27 | 1:00 pm | at Iowa State | No. 4 | | | W 45–13 | 54,475 | |
November 3 | 3:00 pm | No. 9 Colorado | No. 3 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| ESPN | L 12–27 | 76,464 | |
November 10 | 1:00 pm | at Kansas | No. 13 | | | W 41–9 | 36,000 | |
| 1:30 pm | at Oklahoma | No. 10 | | CBS | L 10–45 | 74,910 | |
, 1991 | 12:30 pm | vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech* | No. 19 | | ABC | L 21–45 | 72,328 | [1] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 24 |
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Coaches | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 |
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Baylor
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Baylor at Nebraska [box score]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Baylor |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
• Nebraska |
0 |
6 | 0 | 7 |
13 |
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Northern Illinois
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Northern Illinois at Nebraska [box score]
- Date: September 8
- Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Game start: 1:30 PM CST
- Game attendance: 76,043
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Minnesota
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Minnesota at Nebraska [box score]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Minnesota |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
• Nebraska |
14 |
28 | 14 | 0 |
56 |
- Date: September 22
- Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Game start: 1:30 PM CST
- Game attendance: 76,354
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Oregon State
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Oregon State at Nebraska [box score]
- Date: September 29
- Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Game start: 1:30 PM CST
- Game attendance: 76,061
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Kansas State
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Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
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Missouri
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Missouri at Nebraska [box score]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Missouri |
7 |
7 | 0 | 7 |
21 |
• Nebraska |
28 |
17 | 10 | 14 |
69 |
- Date: October 13
- Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Game start: 1:30 PM CST
- Game attendance: 76,317
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Oklahoma State
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Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
- Date: October 20
- Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Game start: 1:30 PM CST
- Game attendance: 76,251
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Iowa State
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Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
• Nebraska |
3 |
14 | 21 | 7 |
45 |
Iowa State |
10 |
0 | 0 | 3 |
13 |
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#9 Colorado
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Colorado at Nebraska [box score]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
• #9 Colorado |
0 |
0 | 0 | 27 |
27 |
#3 Nebraska |
0 |
6 | 6 | 0 |
12 |
- Date: November 3
- Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Game start: 3:00 PM CST
- Game attendance: 76,464
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Kansas
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Nebraska at Kansas [box score]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
• Nebraska |
7 |
10 | 10 | 14 |
41 |
Kansas |
3 |
0 | 0 | 6 |
9 |
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Oklahoma
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Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Nebraska |
3 |
0 | 7 | 0 |
10 |
• Oklahoma |
0 |
21 | 14 | 10 |
45 |
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Georgia Tech
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Nebraska vs Georgia Tech [box score]
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1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster |
Players |
Coaches |
Offense
Pos. | # | Name | Class |
IB |
4 |
George Achola |
Jr |
IB |
29 |
Scott Baldwin |
So |
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 |
26 |
Lance Lewis |
Jr |
SE |
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Keith Makell |
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QB |
10 |
Keithen McCant |
Jr |
FB |
7 |
Andre McDuffy |
Jr |
TE |
86 |
Johnny Mitchell |
Fr |
OT |
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Matt Morse |
Fr |
OT |
51 |
Brent Pick |
Sr |
SE |
82 |
Dan Pleasant |
Jr |
SE |
16 |
Vernon Powell |
So |
WB |
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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 |
G |
66 |
Jim Wanek |
Jr |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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- 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 |
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Tyrone Byrd
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Steve Carmer
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Will Thomas
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OUTSIDE
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Travis Hill
| Mike Petko
| Pat Tyrance
| Mike Croel
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David White Dan Svehla
| Matt Penland
| Mike Anderson
| Trev Alberts
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Joe Spitzenberger
| Troy Branch
| Shane Geiken
| Rick Wendland
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SS
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Reggie Cooper
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Curtis Cotton
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Ed Stewart
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CB
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Bruce Pickens
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Robert Hicks
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Jon Crippen
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DE
| NT
| DE
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Joe Sims
| Pat Engelbert
| Kenny Walker
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Brian Brown
| Greg Koellner
| Le Andre Anderson
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John Parrella
| Mike Jefferson
| Jamie Liewer
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CB
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Tahaun Lewis
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Tyrone Legette
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Eric Anderson
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Offense
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WR
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Jon Bostick
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Dan Pleasant
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Mark Dowse
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LT
| LG
| C
| RG
| RT
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Tom Punt
| Jim Wanek
| David Edeal
| Erik Wiegert Will Shields
| Brian Boerboom
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Steve Engstrom
| Jeff Chaney
| Bill Ziegelbein
| Dave Jensen
| Terry Eyman
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Brent Pick
| Chris Zyzda
| Terris Chorney
| Scott Peterson
| Ray Reifenrath
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TE
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Johnny Mitchell
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William Washington
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Chris Garrett
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WR
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Nate Turner
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Tyrone Hughes
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Brad Devall
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QB
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Mickey Joseph
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Mike Grant
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Tom Haase
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RB
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Leodis Flowers
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Scott Bladwin
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Derek Brown Georgie Achola
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FB
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Lance Lewis
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Omar Soto
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Tim Johnk
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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]
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