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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
[ 1]
September 91:30 PMNorthern Illinois * No. 4
W 48-17 76,194
September 161:30 PMUtah * No. 4
Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 42-30 76,333
September 237:00 PMat Minnesota * No. 3
W 48-0 58,368
September 301:30 PMOregon State * No. 3
Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 35-7 76,290
October 71:30 PMKansas State No. 4
Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 58-7 76,265
October 141:30 PMat Missouri No. 4
PPV W 50-7 55,620
October 211:30 PMat Oklahoma State No. 4
W 48-23 40,000
October 281:30 PMIowa State No. 4
Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 49-17 52,877
November 41:30 PMat No. 2 Colorado No. 3
CBS L 21-27 52,877
November 111:30 PMKansas No. 6
Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 51-14 76,232
November 181:30 PMOklahoma No. 6
Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 42-25 76,404
January 13:30 PMvs. No. 5 Florida State * No. 6
NBC L 17-41 73,953
Template:CFB Schedule End
Roster and coaching staff
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
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
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/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]
Utah
Utah at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Utah
13
3 0 14
30
• Nebraska
7
14 7 14
42
Date: 1989-09-16Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame 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
Oregon State
Oregon State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: 1989-09-30Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,290
Kansas State
Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
Date: 1989-10-07Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame 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
Oklahoma State
Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]
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: 1989-10-28Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame 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
Kansas
Kansas at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas
7
0 7 0
14
• Nebraska
16
7 21 7
51
Date: 1989-11-11Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame 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: 1989-11-18Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NebraskaGame attendance: 76,404
Florida State
Nebraska vs Florida State [box score]
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
[ 2]
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]
References
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