1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

[edit] Before the season

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[edit] Roster

[edit] Coaching staff

[edit] Game notes

[edit] Rankings

[edit] After the season

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	1995 Big 8 Football standings
	Rankings: AP / Coaches

1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
	National Champions; Big 8 Champions
	Fiesta Bowl, W 62-24 vs Florida
Conference	Big 8
	Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#1
1995 record	12-0 (7-0 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
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The 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team was the representative of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Following the success of the 1994 season, in which Tommie Frazier and Brook Berringer led the team to Tom Osborne's first national championship, the 1995 version improved in every facet. With the powerful rushing offense and a dominating defense, Nebraska captured its second consecutive national title. The 1995-1996 season set up a record-breaking three championships in four years, as the 1994 and 1995 seasons were followed by Tom Osborne's third title in 1997.

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Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
August 31	at Oklahoma State	#2	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 64-21	42,100
September 9*	at Michigan State	#2	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan	W 50-10	73,891
September 16*	Arizona State	#2	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 77-28	75,418
September 23*	Pacific	#2	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 49-7	75,630
September 30*	Washington State	#2	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 35-21	75,777
October 14	Missouri	#2	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 57-0	75,552
October 21†	#8 Kansas State	#2	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 49-25	76,072
October 28	at #7 Colorado	#2	Folsom Field • Boulder, Colorado	W 44-21	54,063
November 4	Iowa State	#1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 73-14	75,505
November 11	at #10 Kansas	#1	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas	W 41-3	53,300
November 24	Oklahoma ¹	#1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 37-0	75,662
January 2*	vs. #2 Florida	#1	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl)	W 62-24	79,864
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

¹ Final Big 8 Conference football game. The Big 8 absorbed four teams from the dissolving Southwest Conference after the 1995 season and became the Big 12 Conference.

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Name	Title	First year in this position	Years at Nebraska	Alma Mater
Tom Osborne	Head Coach Offensive Coordinator	1973	1964-1997	Hastings College
Charlie McBride	Defensive Coordinator Linebackers	1981	1977-1999	Colorado
Turner Gill	Assistant Head Coach Quarterbacks	1992	1989, 1992-2004	North Texas
Craig Bohl			1981-1983, 1995-2002	Nebraska
Ron Brown	Receivers Tight Ends	1987	1987-2003, 2008-	Brown University
Dan Young	Offensive Line Kicking	1983	1983-2002	Reed College
Milt Tenopir	Offensive Line	1974	1974-2002	Sterling
Tony Samuel	Outside Linebackers	1986	1986-1996	Nebraska
George Darlington	Defensive Backs		1973-2002	Rutgers
Frank Solich	Running Backs	1983	1979-2003	Nebraska
Boyd Epley	Head Strength Coach	1969	1969-2003	Nebraska

Nebraska at Michigan State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	10	10	16	14	50
Michigan State	7	0	3	0	10

Date: 1995-09-09
Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Game attendance: 73,891

Arizona State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona State	7	14	7	0	28
• Nebraska	35	28	0	14	77

Date: 1995-09-16
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,418

Pacific at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pacific	0	0	7	0	7
• Nebraska	21	14	14	0	49

Date: 1995-09-23
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,630

Washington State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	7	0	0	14	21
• Nebraska	0	20	8	7	35

Date: 1995-09-30
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,777

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	7	21	22	7	57

Date: 1995-10-14
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,552

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	6	0	0	19	25
• Nebraska	14	21	7	7	49

Date: 1995-10-21
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,072

Nebraska at Colorado [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	21	10	3	10	44
Colorado	7	7	7	0	21

Date: 1995-10-28
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Game attendance: 54,063

Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	0	7	0	7	14
• Nebraska	20	18	28	7	73

Date: 1995-11-04
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,505

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	14	0	14	13	41
Kansas	0	3	0	0	3

Date: 1995-11-11
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
Game attendance: 53,300

Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	10	3	10	14	37

Date: 1995-11-24
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,662

Florida vs Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	10	0	8	6	24
• Nebraska	6	29	14	13	62

Date: 1996-01-02
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Game attendance: 79,864

Entering the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, Nebraska was thought of by some an underdog (including Sports Illustrated in their 12/26/1995 issue), even though it came into the game riding a long streak as the #1 team in the country. Their opponent, the University of Florida Gators, were considered to possess a defense with overwhelming speed. Many favored the Florida defensive speed in contrast to the traditional run-first, power-option offense of Nebraska, even though oddsmakers had made Nebraska a 3.5-point favorite. [1] On January 2, 1996, Nebraska defeated Florida 62-24, marking the largest margin of victory and highest score in a national championship game in history.

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	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Coaches																	1

Due to their performance against Florida as well as beating 4 teams that finished in the top 10 by an average score of 49-18, their consistent dominance (smallest margin of victory was 14 points), their record setting offensive performance, and their statistically impressive defense throughout the season, the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers are widely considered one of the greatest teams in college football history. The team set Division 1-A records by averaging 7.0 yards per rushing attempt and also by allowing zero quarterback sacks on the season. Noted for its strong special teams play, the team also connected on 13 of 16 field goal attempts, and it also tied an NCAA record by allowing only five punt returns (for a total of 12 yards) all season. The 1995 Huskers also averaged a victory margin of more than 38 points, the largest of any Division 1-A team since World War II, despite regularly resting their starters in the second halves of games. Averaging more than 53 points per game (including the bowl win), the team averaged 29.8 points per first half - a higher number than the per-game scoring average of many national champions, even including such modern champions as the 2006 Florida Gators, the 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes, and the 1992 Alabama Crimson Tide. Analysts often make comparisons to other recent highly-regarded champions, such as the 2001 Miami Hurricanes and the 2004 USC Trojans^[4]. Such comparisons, as noted by the experts themselves, are nearly impossible to make, as rankings vary from evaluation to evaluation.

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Award	Name(s)
Sporting News Player of the Year	Tommie Frazier
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award	Tommie Frazier
UPI Player-of-the-Year	Tommie Frazier
Maxwell Award	Tommie Frazier
All-America 1st team	Tommie Frazier, Aaron Graham, Jared Tomich
All-America 2nd team	Terrell Farley
All-America 3rd team	Grant Wistrom, Aaron Taylor
All-America honorable mention	Chris Dishman, Tommie Frazier, Ahman Green, Christian Peter
Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year	Tommie Frazier
Big 8 Defensive Newcomer of the Year	Terrell Farley
Big 8 Freshman of the Year	Ahman Green
Big 8 Offensive Newcomer of the Year	Ahman Green
All-Big 8 1st team	Eric Anderson, Chris Dishman, Terrell Farley, Tommie Frazier, Aaron Graham, Ahman Green, Christian Peter, Aaron Taylor, Jared Tomich, Tyrone Williams, Grant Wistrom
All-Big 8 2nd team	Reggie Baul, Mike Minter, Tony Veland
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Kris Brown, Phil Ellis, Brendan Holbein, Clester Johnson, Jeff Makovicka, Jason Peter

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1995 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.^[6]

Name	Team
Eric Anderson	Amsterdam Admirals
Michael Booker	Atlanta Falcons
Kris Brown	Pittsburgh Steelers
Doug Colman	New York Giants
Chris Dishman	Arizona Cardinals
Jay Foreman	Buffalo Bills
Tommie Frazier	Montreal Alouettes
Scott Frost	New York Jets
Aaron Graham	Arizona Cardinals
Ahman Green	Seattle Seahawks
Jon Hesse	Green Bay Packers
Sheldon Jackson	Buffalo Bills
Vershan Jackson	Kansas City Chiefs
Chad Kelsay	Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Lafleur	Barcelona Dragons
Joel Makovicka	Arizona Cardinals
Mike Minter	Carolina Panthers
Tony Ortiz	Scottish Claymores
Christian Peter	New York Giants
Jason Peter	Carolina Panthers
Lawrence Phillips	St. Louis Rams
Mike Rucker	Carolina Panthers
Eric Stokes	Seattle Seahawks
Jared Tomich	New Orleans Saints
Larry Townsend	Berlin Thunder
Adam Treu	Oakland Raiders
Tony Veland	Denver Broncos
Eric Warfield	Kansas City Chiefs
Jamel Williams	Washington Redskins
Tyrone Williams	Green Bay Packers
Jason Wiltz	New York Jets
Grant Wistrom	St. Louis Rams
Jon Zatechka	Berlin Thunder

Aden, Matt #47 (So.) WLB
Alderman, Dave #48 (Jr.) FS
Allen, Derek (Fr.) DL
Allen, Jacques #27 (Sr.) WB
Anderson, Eric #70 (So.) OT
Antholz, Travis (Fr.) OLB
Arens, Erick (Fr.) RB
Arnold, Larry #23 (Jr.) SLB
Bailey, Dennis #14 (So.) FS
Baldwin, Matt (Fr.) OL
Baul, Reggie #7 (Sr.) SE
Benes, Jason #27 (So.) OLB
Benning, Damon #21 (Jr.) IB
Berringer, Brook #18 (Sr.) QB
Bilanzich, Andy (Fr.) P
Blahak, Chad #17 (Jr.) RCB
Booker, Michael #20 (Jr.) LCB
Brauer, Ryan (Fr.) LB
Brown, Kris (Fr.) PK
Brown, Lance #14 (So.) WB
Brummond, Darren #89 (Fr.) OLB
Buettenback, Ben (Fr.) LB
Buettner, Jerry #74 (Fr.) OT
Carpenter, Tim #90 (So.) TE
Cheatham, Kenny #6 (So.) SE
Childs, Clinton #26 (Sr.) IB
Christo, Monte #9 (So.) QB
Clausen, Jeff (Fr.) OL
Cobb, Josh #49 (So.) FB
Colman, Doug #46 (Sr.) MLB
Cook, Steve #45 (Fr.) MLB
Cooley, Rance (Fr.) LB
Crayton, Tray #12 (Fr.) FS
DeBates, T.J. (Fr.) LB
Dennis, Leslie #2 (So.) LCB
Dishman, Chris #75 (Jr.) OT
Drum, Brandon (Fr.) DL
Eicher, Chad #37 (So.) IB
Ellis, Phil #41 (Sr.) MLB
Evans, Korey (Fr.) OL
Farley, Terrell #43 (Jr.) LB
Finister, Demond (Fr.) WB
Foreman, Jay #56 (So.) SLB
Frazier, Tommie #15 (Sr.) QB
Froehlich, Russell #40 (Fr.) SLB
Froeschl, Nate (Fr.) RB
Frost, Scott #16 (So.) QB
Fullman, Mike #12 (Jr.) RCB
Fulton, Lonnie (Fr.) OL
Gard, Sean #88 (So.) OLB
Gessford, Ben #72 (Fr.) OT
Gilman, Mark #87 (Sr.) TE
Graham, Aaron #54 (Sr.) C
Green, Ahman #30 (Fr.) IB
Gumm, Trent #82 (Fr.) TE
Haafke, Billy #29 (So.) SE
Hadenfeldt, Dan (Fr.) P/PK
Hardin, Luther #58 (Sr.) OLB
Havlovic, Aaron (Fr.) C
Held, Ryan #10 (So.) QB

Herron, Chris #19 (Fr.) ROV
Heskew, Josh #59 (So.) C
Hesse, Jon #44 (Jr.) OLB
Hoffman, Michael #57 (So.) DT
Hogrefe, Quint #49 (Fr.) WLB
Holbein, Brendan #5 (Jr.) SE
Horst, Joe #85 (So.) TE
Hoskinson, Matt #62 (So.) OG
Hunting, Matt #38 (So.) WLB
Jackson, Jai #24 (Fr.) LCB
Jackson, Julius (Fr.) LB
Jackson, Sheldon #88 (Fr.) TE
Jackson, Vershan #34 (So.) TE
James, Kevin (Fr.) OT
Jenkins, Jason #96 (Sr.) DT
Johnson, Clester #33 (Sr.) WB
Johnson, Marcus (Fr.) OL
Julch, Adam (Fr.) OL
Kelsay, Chad (Fr.) LB
Kingston, Ben (Fr.) FB
Kobus, Chad (Fr.) DE
Kohl, Josh (Fr.) LB
Kosch, Jesse #19 (So.) P
Lafleur, Bill #30 (Fr.) P/PK
Lake, Jeff (Robert) #89 (So.) SE
Langan, Troy #53 (Jr.) C
Leece, Charlie #51 (Fr.) WLB
Legate, Billy #36 (Fr.) FB
Lesser, Mike #65 (So.) OG
List, Gregg (Fr.) QB
London, Frankie #1 (Fr.) QB
Macken, Casey #59 (Fr.) WLB
Makovicka, Jeff #22 (Sr.) FB
Makovicka, Joel #32 (Fr.) FB
Matthews, Karnell (Fr.) DB
McClymont, Alex (Fr.) RB
McFarlin, Octavious #4 (So.) ROV
McGraw, Greg (Fr.) DB
McIntyre, Corey (Fr.) RB
Mikos, Kory #78 (Jr.) OT
Milius, Tom (Fr.) DT
Miller, Andy #12 (Fr.) WB
Miller, Bryce #85 (Jr.) OLB
Minter, Mike #10 (Jr.) ROV
Morro, Brian #10 (Fr.) P
Nelson, Erik #76 (Fr.) DT
Nolting, Jeff #9 (So.) P
Norris, Chris #38 (Sr.) FB
Nunns, Brian #63 (Sr.) OT
Ogard, Jeff #97 (Jr.) DT
Olnes, Jason (Fr.) DB
Ortiz, Tony (Fr.) LB
Ott, Steve #69 (Sr.) OG
Penland, Aaron #52 (Sr.) WLB
Perino, Jeff (Fr.) QB
Peter, Christian #55 (Sr.) DT
Peter, Jason #95 (So.) DT
Petersen, Brent #84 (Fr.) TE
Peterson, Jerome (Fr.) DB
Phillips, Lawrence #1 (Jr.) IB

Pollack, Fred #73 (So.) OT
Rainey, Chris (Fr.) DB
Raymond, Steve (Fr.) RB
Reddick, David #32 (Fr.) WB
Retzlaff, Ted #13 (So.) PK
Roberts, Mike #39 (Jr.) ROV
Roy, Dorrick #86 (Fr.) TE
Royce, Tom (Jr.) PK
Rucker, Mike #84 (Fr.) OLB
Saltsman, Scott #74 (Jr.) DT
Sassaman, Nick (Jr.) ROV
Schmadeke, Darren #37 (Sr.) LCB
Schmode, Anthony #66 (Fr.) OG
Schuster, Brian #28 (Jr.) FB
Schwab, Jason (Fr.) DT
Seaman, Doug #57 (So.) C
Sears, Kareem (Fr.) LB
Shaw, Brian (Fr.) LB
Sherman, James (Fr.) OL
Sims, James #31 (So.) IB
Skoda, Adam #35 (Fr.) MLB
Small, Jeff (Fr.) RB
Smith, Mike #35 (Jr.) FB
Stokes, Eric #16 (Jr.) LCB
Tansey, Jim (Fr.) OT
Taylor, Aaron #67 (So.) OG
Taylor, Chris (Fr.) DL
Terwilliger, Ryan #91 (Jr.) WLB
Tessendorf, Ross #53 (Fr.) DT
Toline, Travis #92 (Fr.) OLB
Tomich, Jared #93 (Sr.) OLB
Townsend, Larry #94 (Jr.) DT
Treu, Adam #77 (Jr.) OT
Troxel, Theron (Fr.) C
Tully, Kyle #76 (Fr.) OT
Turman, Matt #11 (Jr.) QB
Uhlir, Todd #24 (So.) IB
Van Cleave, Mike #71 (So.) OG
Vedral, Jon #25 (Jr.) WB
Veland, Tony #9 (Sr.) FS
Volin, Steve #68 (Sr.) OG
Vrzal, Matt #51 (Jr.) C
Wade, Brandt #61 (Fr.) OG
Walther, Eric #6 (Fr.) RCB
Warfield, Eric (So.) DB
Washington, Riley #3 (Jr.) WB
Wells, Jeff (Fr.) WB
Wieting, Sean #17 (So.) WB
Wiggins, Shevin (So.) WB
Williams, Jamel #28 (Jr.) WLB
Williams, Tyrone #8 (Sr.) RCB
Wills, Aaron (Fr.) OLB
Wiltz, Jason #99 (Fr.) DT
Winder, Shalis #82 (Jr.) OLB
Wistrom, Grant #98 (So.) OLB
Worthy, Ramone #34 (So.) SLB
Young, Chad (Sr.) FS
Zahl, Brendan #80 (So.) OLB
Zatechka, Jon #64 (So.) OG

^ "Football - 1995 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=3&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&KEY=&Q_SEASON=1995. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.
^ Nebraska 1995 Roster
^ "Nebraska 1995 Commitments". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. http://www.webcitation.org/5h6qApWu8. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.
^ Top 10 Perfect Seasons SportsIllustrated
^ 1995 Husker Honors
^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1242517036910412. Retrieved on 2009-05-15.

[0] "Football - 1995 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=3&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&KEY=&Q_SEASON=1995. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.

[1] Nebraska 1995 Roster

[2] "Nebraska 1995 Commitments". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. http://www.webcitation.org/5h6qApWu8. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.

[SI01-3] Top 10 Perfect Seasons SportsIllustrated

[4] 1995 Husker Honors

[5] "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1242517036910412. Retrieved on 2009-05-15.

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v • d • e	Conf					Overall
1995 Big 8 Football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 / 1 Nebraska	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
#5 / 4 Colorado	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#9 / 10 Kansas	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#7 / 6 Kansas State	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rankings: AP / Coaches