1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Fiesta Bowl, L 17–41 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 11
1989 record	10–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (17th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (20th year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (9th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,650)

1989 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Colorado $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#11 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	1:30 PM	Northern Illinois*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 48-17	76,194
September 16	1:30 PM	Utah*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 42-30	76,333
September 23	7:00 PM	at Minnesota*	No. 3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis		W 48-0	58,368
September 30	1:30 PM	Oregon State*	No. 3	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 35-7	76,290
October 7	1:30 PM	Kansas State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 58-7	76,265
October 14	1:30 PM	at Missouri	No. 4	Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri	PPV	W 50-7	55,620
October 21	1:30 PM	at Oklahoma State	No. 4	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 48-23	40,000
October 28	1:30 PM	Iowa State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 49-17	52,877
November 4	1:30 PM	at No. 2 Colorado	No. 3	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	CBS	L 21-27	52,877
November 11	1:30 PM	Kansas	No. 6	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 51-14	76,232
November 18	1:30 PM	Oklahoma	No. 6	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 42-25	76,404
January 1	3:30 PM	vs. No. 5 Florida State*	No. 6	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 17-41	73,953
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Roster and coaching staff

1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster

Players Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
IB	`4`	Achola, GeorgeGeorge Achola	3.0 !So
SE	`82`	Bahe, ChipChip Bahe	57.0 !Sr
IB		Baldwin, Andrew ScottAndrew Scott Baldwin	3.0 !So
SE		Baumert, PaulPaul Baumert	3.0 !So
WB	`21`	Bell, RichardRichard Bell	57.0 !Sr
OG	`69`	Bobbora, BillBill Bobbora	57.0 !Sr
WB	`81`	Bobolz, LanceLance Bobolz	5.0 !Jr
OT	`76`	Boerboom, BrianBrian Boerboom	3.0 !So
SE	`31`	Bostick, JonJon Bostick	3.0 !So
FB	`29`	Carpenter, BryanBryan Carpenter	57.0 !Sr
OG	`65`	Chaney, JeffJeff Chaney	3.0 !So
C		Chorney, TerrisTerris Chorney	3.0 !So
IB	`32`	Clark, KenKen Clark	57.0 !Sr
TE	`98`	D'Alesio, JoeJoe D'Alesio	57.0 !Sr
OT		Daniel, JasonJason Daniel	3.0 !So
WB	`6`	Devall, BradBrad Devall	5.0 !Jr
OT		Dickson, MonteMonte Dickson	3.0 !So
WB	`11`	Dowse, MarkMark Dowse	3.0 !So
QB	`12`	Dunlap, JerryJerry Dunlap	5.0 !Jr
QB	`.`	Maletto, PetePete Maletto	5.0 !Jr
C	`58`	Edeal, DavidDavid Edeal	5.0 !Jr
OT	`73`	Engstrom, SteveSteve Engstrom	5.0 !Jr
OT		Eyman, TerryTerry Eyman	5.0 !Jr
C	`52`	Fitzke, RogerRoger Fitzke	57.0 !Sr
IB	`23`	Flowers, LeodisLeodis Flowers	3.0 !So
TE	`80`	Garrett, ChrisChris Garrett	3.0 !So
QB	`14`	Gdowski, GerryGerry Gdowski	57.0 !Sr
Player

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

FB Glantz, RobertRobert Glantz 3.0 !So

OT 70 Glaser, DougDoug Glaser 57.0 !Sr

QB 1 Grant, MikeMike Grant 3.0 !So

SE 19 Gregory, MorganMorgan Gregory 57.0 !Sr

QB 15 Haase, TomTom Haase 3.0 !So

WB 33 Hughes, TyroneTyrone Hughes 1.0 !Fr

FB 41 Johnk, TimTim Johnk 3.0 !So

OT Johnston, MikeMike Johnston 3.0 !So

QB 2 Joseph, MickeyMickey Joseph 3.0 !So

OG 62 Kiehn, ErikErik Kiehn 5.0 !Jr

FB Kleidosty, JerryJerry Kleidosty 3.0 !So

TE 85 Kratzenstein, MonteMonte Kratzenstein 57.0 !Sr

OG Kudrna, PatPat Kudrna 3.0 !So

TE Langemeier, DougDoug Langemeier 3.0 !So

TE Leise, DarylDaryl Leise 3.0 !So

OG 67 Leuck, RobRob Leuck 57.0 !Sr

FB 18 Lewis, LanceLance Lewis 3.0 !So

TE Liska, BillBill Liska

QB 10 McCant, KeithenKeithen McCant 3.0 !So

SE 83 McCoy, TimTim McCoy 57.0 !Sr

IB McDuffy, AndreAndre McDuffy 3.0 !So

OG 54 O'Gara, ChrisChris O'Gara 57.0 !Sr

TE Parrella, JohnJohn Parrella 3.0 !So

OG Peterson, ScottScott Peterson 3.0 !So

SE Pleasant, DanDan Pleasant 3.0 !So

WB Prater, KellyKelly Prater 3.0 !So

OT 78 Punt, TomTom Punt 5.0 !Jr

OT Reifenrath, RayRay Reifenrath 3.0 !So

IB 20 Rodgers, TerryTerry Rodgers 57.0 !Sr

OG 64 Roschal, JohnJohn Roschal 57.0 !Sr

OG 64 Rother, BradBrad Rother 57.0 !Sr

FB 25 Schmidt, SamSam Schmidt 57.0 !Sr

OG 75 Shields, WillWill Shields 1.0 !Fr

FB 34 Soto, OmarOmar Soto 5.0 !Jr

WB 22 Turner, NateNate Turner 3.0 !So

OG 66 Wanek, JimJim Wanek 5.0 !Jr

TE 89 Washington, WilliamWilliam Washington 1.0 !Fr

WB White, LamontLamont White 3.0 !So

OG 61 Wiegert, ErikErik Wiegert 3.0 !So

C 68 Young, JakeJake Young 57.0 !Sr

C 53 Ziegelbein, BillBill Ziegelbein 3.0 !So

defensive_players=

CB 28 Anderson, EricEric Anderson 5.0 !Jr

DT 90 Anderson, Le AndreLe Andre Anderson 5.0 !Jr

ILB Banks, AlvinAlvin Banks 3.0 !So

DT 94 Brown, BrianBrian Brown 3.0 !So

DT 95 Brungardt, PaulPaul Brungardt 5.0 !Jr

FS 8 Byrd, TyroneTyrone Byrd 1.0 !Fr

ILB 49 Caliendo, ChrisChris Caliendo 57.0 !Sr

OLB Camp, KylinKylin Camp 3.0 !So

FS 31 Carmer, SteveSteve Carmer 3.0 !So

SS 17 Cooper, ReggieReggie Cooper 5.0 !Jr

SS 24 Cotton, CurtisCurtis Cotton 3.0 !So

CB 45 Crippen, JonJon Crippen 5.0 !Jr

OLB 88 Croel, MikeMike Croel 5.0 !Jr

SS 7 Dobesh, JimJim Dobesh

SS Duin, DarinDarin Duin 3.0 !So

MG 63 Edgren, BrianBrian Edgren 5.0 !Jr

MG 97 Engelbert, PatPat Engelbert 3.0 !So

ILB 43 Geiken, ShaneShane Geiken 3.0 !So

CB Goff, SamSam Goff 3.0 !So

ILB 39 Hagge, MarkMark Hagge 57.0 !Sr

OLB 92 Hedrick, CoreyCorey Hedrick 5.0 !Jr

CB 9 Hicks, RobertRobert Hicks 5.0 !Jr

OLB 93 Hill, TravisTravis Hill 1.0 !Fr

ILB 55 Jobman, RandallRandall Jobman 57.0 !Sr

MG Koellner, GregGreg Koellner 3.0 !So

OLB Krantz, JustinJustin Krantz 3.0 !So

ILB 35 Kurtz, ScottScott Kurtz 5.0 !Jr

CB 3 Legette, TyroneTyrone Legette 3.0 !So

CB 5 Lewis, TahaunTahaun Lewis 5.0 !Jr

DT 99 Miller, KevinKevin Miller 57.0 !Sr

OLB 42 Mills, JeffJeff Mills 57.0 !Sr

CB Mitchell, SteveSteve Mitchell 3.0 !So

ILB 46 Mohnsen, BrianBrian Mohnsen 3.0 !So

MG 13 Monarrez, JuniorJunior Monarrez 57.0 !Sr

MG 74 Murray, MikeMike Murray 57.0 !Sr

FS Olson, ScottScott Olson 5.0 !Jr

ILB 37 Petko, MikeMike Petko 3.0 !So

CB 38 Pickens, BruceBruce Pickens 5.0 !Jr

OLB 83 Reilly, BradBrad Reilly 5.0 !Jr

FS 6 Reece, JohnJohn Reece 1.0 !Fr

FS 26 Sanders, MarvinMarvin Sanders 57.0 !Sr

DT 56 Sims, JoeJoe Sims 5.0 !Jr

OLB 86 Spitzenberger, JoeJoe Spitzenberger 5.0 !Jr

OLB 87 Svehla, DanDan Svehla 5.0 !Jr

OLB 87 Svehla, MattMatt Svehla 5.0 !Jr

FS 1 Thomas, WillWill Thomas 3.0 !So

ILB 40 Tyrance, PatPat Tyrance 5.0 !Jr

DT 75 Valladao, RayRay Valladao 57.0 !Sr

DT 57 Walker, KennyKenny Walker 5.0 !Jr

DT 91 Wells, KentKent Wells 57.0 !Sr

OLB 84 Wendland, RickRick Wendland 5.0 !Jr

OLB 96 White, DavidDavid White 1.0 !Fr

SS 27 White, FreemanFreeman White 3.0 !So

ILB Wightman, PaulPaul Wightman 3.0 !So

SS Wilson, GordonGordon Wilson 3.0 !So

ILB 51 Zacharias, AndrewAndrew Zacharias 3.0 !So

special_teams_players=

PK 44 Barrios, GreggGregg Barrios 5.0 !Jr

P 48 Beckler, ScottScott Beckler 57.0 !Sr

PK 36 Bennett, ToddTodd Bennett 5.0 !Jr

PK 16 Drennan, ChrisChris Drennan 57.0 !Sr

P Humphrey, ChuckChuck Humphrey 3.0 !So

P/PK 7 Janky, TomTom Janky 5.0 !Jr

P Liliedahl, ShawnShawn Liliedahl 3.0 !So

P 47 Stigge, MikeMike Stigge 1.0 !Fr

Head coach

Tom Osborne
   17th season
   26th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Charlie McBride
   9th season as DC/LB 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

Game notes

Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northern Illinois	7	10	0	0	17
• Nebraska	7	10	21	10	48

Date: 1989-09-09
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,194

Utah

Utah at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah	13	3	0	14	30
• Nebraska	7	14	7	14	42

Date: 1989-09-16
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,333

Minnesota

Nebraska at Minnesota [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	7	17	10	14	48
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0

Date: 1989-09-23
Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis
Game attendance: 58,368

Oregon State

Oregon State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon State	0	0	7	0	7
• Nebraska	7	7	7	14	35

Date: 1989-09-30
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,290

Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	0	0	7	0	7
• Nebraska	14	21	23	0	58

Date: 1989-10-07
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,265

Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	26	10	7	7	50
Missouri	0	0	7	0	7

Date: 1989-10-14
Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri
Game attendance: 55,620

Oklahoma State

Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	10	10	14	14	48
Oklahoma State	3	10	3	7	23

Date: 1989-10-21
Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 40,000

Iowa State

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: 1989-10-28
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 52,877

Colorado

Nebraska at Colorado [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	7	7	7	0	21
• Colorado	14	3	7	3	27

Date: 1989-11-04
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Game attendance: 52,877

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	7	0	7	0	14
• Nebraska	16	7	21	7	51

Date: 1989-11-11
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,232

Oklahoma

Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	7	11	0	7	25
• Nebraska	22	3	14	3	42

Date: 1989-11-18
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,404

Florida State

Nebraska vs Florida State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	7	3	0	7	17
• Florida State	0	21	20	0	41

Date: 1990-01-01
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Game attendance: 73,953

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	6	6	6	7	6	6	11
Coaches																	12

Awards

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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

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.^[3]

Name	Team
Richard Bell	Pittsburgh Steelers
Terris Chorney	Edmonton Eskimos
Ken Clark	Indianapolis Colts
Reggie Cooper	Dallas Cowboys
Mike Croel	Denver Broncos
LeRoy Etienne	San Francisco 49ers
Travis Hill	Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes	New Orleans Saints
Keithen McCant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Jeff Mills	San Diego Chargers
John Parrella	Buffalo Bills
Bruce Pickens	Atlanta Falcons
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Will Shields	Kansas City Chiefs
Joe Sims	Atlanta Falcons
Nate Turner	Buffalo Bills
Kenny Walker	Denver Broncos
Kent Wells	New York Giants
David White	New England Patriots

References

↑ "Football - 1989 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
↑ 1989 Husker Honors
↑ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-05-15.

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Venues	Lincoln Park (1890–95) "M" Street Park (1894–96) Antelope Field (1897–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–22) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado Iowa (Heroes Trophy) Kansas Miami Minnesota ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Missouri (Victory Bell) Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin (Freedom Trophy)

Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Marching band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" 1939 Kansas State game 1971 Oklahoma game Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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