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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 .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 1 6:30 pm Baylor * No. 7 ESPN W 13–076,184
September 8 1:30 pm Northern Illinois * No. 10 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 60–1476,043
September 22 1:30 pm Minnesota * No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 56–076,354
September 29 1:30 pm Oregon State * No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 31–776,061
October 6 1:10 pm at Kansas State No. 8 W 45–835,757
October 13 1:30 pm Missouri No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) W 69–2176,317
October 20 1:30 pm Oklahoma State No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 31–376,251
October 27 1:00 pm at Iowa State No. 4 W 45–1354,475
November 3 3:00 pm No. 9 Colorado No. 3 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ESPN L 12–2776,464
November 10 1:00 pm at Kansas No. 13 W 41–936,000
1:30 pm at Oklahoma No. 10 CBS L 10–4574,910
, 199112:30 pm vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech * No. 19 ABC L 21–4572,328 [ 1]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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 Final AP 7 10 8 8 8 8 7 4 4 3 13 11 10 19 19 24 Coaches 17
Baylor at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Baylor
0
0 0 0
0
• Nebraska
0
6 0 7
13
Northern Illinois at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 8Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,043
Minnesota at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Minnesota
0
0 0 0
0
• Nebraska
14
28 14 0
56
Date: September 22Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,354
Oregon State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: September 29Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,061
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
Missouri at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Missouri
7
7 0 7
21
• Nebraska
28
17 10 14
69
Date: October 13Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,317
Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: October 20Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,251
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
3
14 21 7
45
Iowa State
10
0 0 3
13
Colorado at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• #9 Colorado
0
0 0 27
27
#3 Nebraska
0
6 6 0
12
Date: November 3Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame start: 3:00 PM CST Game attendance: 76,464
Nebraska at Kansas [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
7
10 10 14
41
Kansas
3
0 0 6
9
Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
3
0 7 0
10
• Oklahoma
0
21 14 10
45
Nebraska vs Georgia Tech [box score]
1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
IB
4
George Achola
Jr
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
35
Lance Lewis
Jr
SE
Keith Makell
QB
10
Keithen McCant
Jr
FB
7
Andre McDuffy
Jr
TE
86
Johnny Mitchell
Fr
OT
Matt Morse
Fr
OT
51
Brent Pick
Sr
SE
82
Dan Pleasant
Jr
SE
16
Vernon Powell
So
WB
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
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
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
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
MG
66
Jim Wanek
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
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
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
Defense
FS
Tyrone Byrd
Steve Carmer
Will Thomas
OUTSIDE
INSDIE
INSDIE
OUTSIDE
Travis Hill
Mike Petko
Pat Tyrance
Mike Croel
David White Dan Svehla
Matt Penland
Mike Anderson
Trev Alberts
Joe Spitzenberger
Troy Branch
Shane Geiken
Rick Wendland
SS
Reggie Cooper
Curtis Cotton
Ed Stewart
CB
Bruce Pickens
Robert Hicks
John Custard
DE
NT
DE
Joe Sims
Pat Engelbert
Kenny Walker
Brian Brown
Greg Koellner
Le Andre Anderson
John Parrella
Mike Jefferson
Jamie Liewer
CB
Tahaun Lewis
Tyrone Legette
Eric Anderson
Offense
WR
Jon Bostick
Dan Pleasant
Mark Dowse
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Tom Punt
Jim Wanek
David Edeal
Erik Wiegert Will Shields
Brian Boerboom
Steve Engstrom
Jeff Chaney
Bill Ziegelbein
Dave Jensen
Terry Eyman
Brent Pick
Chris Zyzda
Terris Chorney
Scott Peterson
Ray Reifenrath
TE
Johnny Mitchell
William Washington
Chris Garrett
WR
Nate Turner
Tyrone Hughes
Brad Devall
QB
Mickey Joseph
Mike Grant
Tom Haase
RB
Leodis Flowers
Derek Brown
Georgie Achola
FB
Scott Bladwin
Lance Lewis Omar Soto
Tim Johnk
[ 2]
NFL and pro players [ edit ]
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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