American college football season
The 1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska .
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 9 1:30 pm Northern Illinois * No. 4 W 48–1776,194 September 16 1:30 pm Utah * No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 42–3076,333 September 23 7:00 pm at Minnesota * No. 3 W 48–058,368 September 30 1:30 pm Oregon State * No. 3 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 35–776,290 October 7 1:30 pm Kansas State No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 58–776,265 October 14 1:30 pm at Missouri No. 4 PPV W 50–755,620 October 21 1:30 pm at Oklahoma State No. 4 W 48–2340,000 October 28 1:30 pm Iowa State No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 49–1776,371 November 4 1:30 pm at No. 2 Colorado No. 3 CBS L 21–2752,877 November 11 1:30 pm Kansas No. 6 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 51–1476,232 November 18 1:30 pm Oklahoma No. 6 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 42–2576,404 January 1 3:30 pm vs. No. 5 Florida State * No. 6 NBC L 17–4173,953 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster and coaching staff [ edit ] 1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class IB 4 George Achola So SE 82 Chip Bahe Sr IB Andrew Scott Baldwin So SE Paul Baumert So WB 21 Richard Bell Sr G 69 Bill Bobbora Sr WB 81 Lance Bobolz Jr OT 76 Brian Boerboom So SE 31 Jon Bostick So FB 29 Bryan Carpenter Sr G 65 Jeff Chaney So C Terris Chorney So IB 32 Ken Clark Sr TE 98 Joe D'Alesio Sr OT Jason Daniel So WB 6 Brad Devall Jr OT Monte Dickson So WB 11 Mark Dowse So QB 12 Jerry Dunlap Jr QB Pete Maletto Jr C 58 David Edeal Jr OT 73 Steve Engstrom Jr OT Terry Eyman Jr C 52 Roger Fitzke Sr IB 23 Leodis Flowers So TE 80 Chris Garrett So QB 14 Gerry Gdowski Sr FB Robert Glantz So OT 70 Doug Glaser Sr QB 1 Mike Grant So SE 19 Morgan Gregory Sr QB 15 Tom Haase So WB 33 Tyrone Hughes Fr FB 41 Tim Johnk So OT Mike Johnston So QB 2 Mickey Joseph So G 62 Erik Kiehn Jr FB Jerry Kleidosty So TE 85 Monte Kratzenstein Sr G Pat Kudrna So TE Doug Langemeier So TE Daryl Leise So G 67 Rob Leuck Sr FB 18 Lance Lewis So TE Bill Liska QB 10 Keithen McCant So SE 83 Tim McCoy Sr IB Andre McDuffy So G 54 Chris O'Gara Sr TE John Parrella So G Scott Peterson So SE Dan Pleasant So WB Kelly Prater So OT 78 Tom Punt Jr OT Ray Reifenrath So IB 20 Terry Rodgers Sr G 64 John Roschal Sr G 64 Brad Rother Sr FB 25 Sam Schmidt Sr G 75 Will Shields Fr FB 34 Omar Soto Jr WB 22 Nate Turner So G 66 Jim Wanek Jr TE 89 William Washington Fr WB Lamont White So G 61 Erik Wiegert So C 68 Jake Young Sr C 53 Bill Ziegelbein So
Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 28 Eric Anderson Jr DT 90 Le Andre Anderson Jr ILB Alvin Banks So DT 94 Brian Brown So DT 95 Paul Brungardt Jr FS 8 Tyrone Byrd Fr ILB 49 Chris Caliendo Sr OLB Kylin Camp So FS 31 Steve Carmer So SS 17 Reggie Cooper Jr SS 24 Curtis Cotton So CB 45 Jon Crippen Jr OLB 88 Mike Croel Jr SS 7 Jim Dobesh SS Darin Duin So MG 63 Brian Edgren Jr MG 97 Pat Engelbert So ILB 43 Shane Geiken So CB Sam Goff So ILB 39 Mark Hagge Sr OLB 92 Corey Hedrick Jr CB 9 Robert Hicks Jr OLB 93 Travis Hill Fr ILB 55 Randall Jobman Sr MG Greg Koellner So OLB Justin Krantz So ILB 35 Scott Kurtz Jr CB 3 Tyrone Legette So CB 5 Tahaun Lewis Jr DT 99 Kevin Miller Sr OLB 42 Jeff Mills Sr CB Steve Mitchell So ILB 46 Brian Mohnsen So MG 13 Junior Monarrez Sr MG 74 Mike Murray Sr FS Scott Olson Jr ILB 37 Mike Petko So CB 38 Bruce Pickens Jr OLB 83 Brad Reilly Jr FS 6 John Reece Fr FS 26 Marvin Sanders Sr DT 56 Joe Sims Jr OLB 86 Joe Spitzenberger Jr OLB 87 Dan Svehla Jr OLB 87 Matt Svehla Jr FS 1 Will Thomas So ILB 40 Pat Tyrance Jr DT 75 Ray Valladao Sr DT 57 Kenny Walker Jr DT 91 Kent Wells Sr OLB 84 Rick Wendland Jr OLB 96 David White Fr SS 27 Freeman White So ILB Paul Wightman So SS Gordon Wilson So ILB 51 Andrew Zacharias So
Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 44 Gregg Barrios Jr P 48 Scott Beckler Sr PK 36 Todd Bennett Jr PK 16 Chris Drennan Sr P Chuck Humphrey So P/PK 7 Tom Janky Jr P Shawn Liliedahl So P 47 Mike Stigge Fr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride 9th season as DC/DL coach 13th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado Kevin Steele 1st season as LB coach 1st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Tennessee Ron Brown 3rd season as WR/TE coach 3rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown Dan Young 7th season as OL/K coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir 16th season as OL coach 16th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling Tony Samuel 4th season as OLB coach 4th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska George Darlington DB coach 17th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers Frank Solich 7th season as RB coach 11th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Boyd Epley 21st season as S&C coach 21st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska Jack Pierce 11th year at Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2011-01-17
Depth chart [ edit ] Defense
FS Tyrone Byrd Marvin Sanders Will Thomas
OUTSIDE INSDIE INSDIE OUTSIDE Jeff Mills Mike Petko Pat Tyrance Mike Croel Travis Hill Randall Jobman Chris Caliendo David White Joe Spitzenberger Mark Hagge Scott Kurtz Dan Svehla
SS Reggie Cooper Curtis Cotton Freeman White
CB Bruce Pickens Jon Crippen Robert Hicks
DE NT DE Joe Sims Mike Murray Kent Wells Ray Valladao Pat Engelbert Kenny Walker Paul Brungardt Junior Monarrez Le Andre Anderson
CB Tahaun Lewis Tyrone Legette John Reece
Offense
WR Jon Bostick Morgan Gregory Chip Bahe ⋅
LT LG C RG RT Tom Punt Jim Wanek Jake Young Bill Bobbora Doug Glaser Terry Eyman Jon Roschal David Edeal Erik Wiegert Brian Boerboom Brain Boerboom Will Shields Roger Fitzke Chris O'Gara Steve Engstrom
TE Monte Kratzenstein Chris Garrett William Washington
WR Richard Bell Nate Turner Tyrone Hughes
QB Gerry Gdowski Mike Grant Mickey Joseph Jerry Dunlap
RB Ken Clark Leodis Flowers Terry Rodgers Andre McDuffy
FB Bryan Carpenter Sam Schmidt Tim Johnk
Game summaries [ edit ] Northern Illinois [ edit ] Northern Illinois at Nebraska [box score]
Utah at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Utah 13 3 0 14 30 • Nebraska 7 14 7 14 42
Date: 1989-09-16Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,333
Minnesota [ edit ] Nebraska at Minnesota [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 17 10 14 48 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon State [ edit ] Oregon State at Nebraska [box score] Date: 1989-09-30Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,290
Kansas State [ edit ] Kansas State at Nebraska [box score] Date: 1989-10-07Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,265
Missouri [ edit ] Nebraska at Missouri [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 26 10 7 7 50 Missouri 0 0 7 0 7
Oklahoma State [ edit ] Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]
Iowa State [ edit ] Iowa State at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 7 3 7 0 17 • Nebraska 14 14 14 7 49
Date: 1989-10-28Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 52,877
Colorado [ edit ] Nebraska at Colorado [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 7 7 7 0 21 • Colorado 14 3 7 3 27
Kansas at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 7 0 7 0 14 • Nebraska 16 7 21 7 51
Date: 1989-11-11Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,232
Oklahoma [ edit ] Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score] 1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 7 11 0 7 25 • Nebraska 22 3 14 3 42
Date: 1989-11-18Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,404
Florida State [ edit ] Nebraska vs Florida State [box score]
Rankings [ edit ] 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 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 6 6 6 7 6 6 11 Coaches 12
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Award Name(s) All-America 1st team Doug Glaser, Jake Young All-America 2nd team Reggie Cooper All-America 3rd team Ken Clark Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year Gerry Gdowski Big 8 Defensive Freshman of the Year Tyrone Byrd All-Big 8 1st team Ken Clark, Reggie Cooper, Gerry Gdowski, Doug Glaser, Jeff Mills, Bruce Pickens , Pat Tyrance, Kent Wells , Jake Young All-Big 8 2nd team Mike Croel , Mike Murray, William Washington All-Big 8 honorable mention Gregg Barrios, Richard Bell, Tyrone Byrd, Bryan Carpenter, Morgan Gregory, Randall Jobman, Tahaun Lewis, Mike Petko, Marvin Sanders, Jim Wanek
NFL and pro players [ edit ] The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1989 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[2]
References [ edit ]
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