Schedule
[1]
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 4 |
11:00 AM |
at Iowa* |
No. 5 |
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA |
ABC |
W 42–7 |
70,397 |
September 11 |
2:30 PM |
California* |
No. 5 |
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE |
ABC |
W 45–0 |
77,617 |
September 18 |
11:30 AM |
Southern Miss* |
No. 4 |
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE |
PPV |
W 20–13 |
77,826 |
September 25 |
6:00 PM |
at Missouri |
No. 6 |
Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Rivalry) |
FSN |
W 40–10 |
68,174 |
October 2 |
11:30 AM |
Oklahoma State |
No. 6 |
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE |
FSN |
W 38–14 |
77,740 |
October 9 |
6:00 PM |
Iowa State |
No. 4 |
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE |
FSN |
W 49–14 |
77,743 |
October 23 |
2:30 PM |
at No. 18 Texas |
No. 3 |
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX |
ABC |
L 20–24 |
84,082 |
October 30 |
6:00 PM |
at Kansas |
No. 8 |
Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS |
FSN |
W 24–17 |
45,100 |
November 6 |
2:30 PM |
No. 21 Texas A&M |
No. 9 |
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE |
ABC |
W 37–0 |
77,705 |
November 13 |
2:30 PM |
No. 5 Kansas State |
No. 7 |
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE |
ABC |
W 41–15 |
77,744 |
November 26 |
1:30 PM |
at Colorado |
No. 3 |
Folsom Field • Boulder, CO (Rivalry) |
ABC |
W 33–30 OT |
52,946 |
December 4 |
7:00 PM |
vs. No. 12 Texas |
No. 3 |
Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Big 12 Championship Game) |
ABC |
W 22–6 |
65,063 |
January 2 |
7:00 PM |
vs. No. 6 Tennessee* |
No. 3 |
Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl) |
ABC |
W 31–21 |
71,526 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
Roster and coaching staff
1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster |
Players |
Coaches |
Offense
Pos. | # | Name | Class |
SE |
17 |
Scott Aguglia |
So |
IB |
41 |
Matt Albertson |
Fr |
IB |
38 |
Dan Alexander |
Jr |
OG |
64 |
Steve Altstadt |
So |
WB |
82 |
Sean Applegate |
Sr |
C |
51 |
Matt Baldwin |
Sr |
TE |
94 |
Damien Bauman |
Sr |
WB |
81 |
Jeremy Bender |
Fr |
SE |
20 |
Tom Beveridge |
Jr |
TE |
84 |
Jon Bowling |
Fr |
IB |
36 |
Correll Buckhalter |
Jr |
IB |
|
Chad Buller |
Fr |
IB |
34 |
Chris Butler |
Fr |
QB |
10 |
Joe Chrisman |
Fr |
OG |
59 |
Wes Cody |
Fr |
SE |
93 |
Kelly Cook |
Fr |
WB |
86 |
Ben Cornelsen |
Fr |
QB |
7 |
Eric Crouch |
So |
TE |
91 |
Will Dabbert |
Fr |
FB |
|
Judd Davies |
Fr |
IB |
|
Josh Davis |
Fr |
SE |
3 |
Matt Davison |
Jr |
C |
|
Jon Dawson |
Fr |
TE |
85 |
T.J. DeBates |
Sr |
IB |
30 |
Dahrran Diedrick |
Fr |
OT |
76 |
Billy Diekmann |
Jr |
IB |
4 |
DeAngelo Evans |
Jr |
OG |
|
Toniu Fonoti |
Fr |
WB |
14 |
Austin Forster |
Fr |
WB |
8 |
John Gibson |
Jr |
TE |
99 |
Aaron Golliday |
Fr |
FB |
46 |
Nick Gragert |
So |
OG |
74 |
Mike Green |
So |
OT |
|
Tim Green |
Fr |
IB |
6 |
DeAntae Grixby |
Fr |
SE |
92 |
Seth Gutz |
Jr |
OG |
61 |
Andy Gwennap |
Fr |
OT |
|
Brian Hale |
Fr |
WB |
18 |
Troy Hassebroek |
Fr |
C |
78 |
Aaron Havlovic |
Sr |
SE |
80 |
Larry Henderson |
Sr |
OG |
55 |
Russ Hochstein |
Jr |
FB |
32 |
Casey Hughes |
Fr |
TE |
|
Trevor Johnson |
Fr |
OT |
69 |
Adam Julch |
Sr |
FB |
40 |
Paul Kastl |
Fr |
FB |
22 |
Ben Kingston |
Sr |
WB |
21 |
John Klem |
Fr |
OT |
68 |
Scott Koethe |
Fr |
OT |
75 |
Kyle Kollmorgen |
So |
C |
71 |
David Kolowski |
Fr |
OT |
67 |
Nate Kolterman |
Fr |
WB |
95 |
Paul Kosch |
Fr |
WB |
|
Tim Liley |
Fr |
OG |
|
Jack Limbaugh |
Fr |
SE |
|
Brett Lindstrom |
Fr |
WB |
1 |
Frankie London |
Sr |
OG |
|
Chris Loos |
Fr |
QB |
|
Jammal Lord |
Fr |
OT |
75 |
James Mayberry |
Fr |
WB |
33 |
Dwayne McClary |
Jr |
SE |
|
Luke McGowen |
Fr |
TE |
90 |
Jake McKee |
Jr |
IB |
|
Robin Miller |
Fr |
FB |
15 |
Willie Miller |
Jr |
FB |
|
Justin Montgomery |
Fr |
TE |
43 |
John Murphy |
Jr |
OT |
|
Brian Nelson |
Fr |
QB |
12 |
Bobby Newcombe |
Jr |
SE |
|
Ryan Ommert |
Fr |
QB |
14 |
Jeff Perino |
Sr |
FB |
37 |
Hank Piening |
Jr |
FB |
42 |
Kevin Pitts |
Fr |
WB |
|
Matt Plooster |
Fr |
C |
54 |
Dominic Raiola |
So |
IB |
|
Tim Reese |
Fr |
QB |
16 |
Jay Runty |
Jr |
OG |
66 |
Jon Rutherford |
So |
OG |
79 |
Chris Saalfeld |
Jr |
OT |
65 |
Jason Schwab |
Sr |
OG |
63 |
James Sherman |
Sr |
C |
53 |
Matt Shook |
Fr |
OT |
72 |
Leif Sidwell |
Fr |
WB |
|
Stuart Siegel |
Fr |
TE |
|
Sean Steenson |
Fr |
OG |
57 |
Dan Swantek |
So |
SE |
9 |
Wilson Thomas |
RFr |
SE |
|
Fred Thorne |
Fr |
IB |
24 |
Alik Tillery |
So |
FB |
35 |
Tyrone Uhlir |
Fr |
OT |
|
Dan Vili Waldrop |
Fr |
OT |
|
Cody Volk |
Fr |
OT |
58 |
Dave Volk |
So |
WB |
5 |
Shevin Wiggins |
Sr |
OT |
77 |
Mike Wilford |
Fr |
TE |
87 |
Tracey Wistrom |
So |
OG |
|
Matt Witulski |
Fr |
|
Defense
|
Special teams
|
- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Charlie McBride
19th season as DC/LB coach 23rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado
- Turner Gill
8th season as QB coach 8th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
- Craig Bohl
5th season as LB coach 8th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
- Ron Brown
13th season as WR/TE coach 13th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown
- Dan Young
17th season as OL/K coach 17th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed
- Milt Tenopir
26th season as OL coach 26th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling
- Nelson Barnes
3rd season as RE coach 3rd year at Nebraska Alma mater: North Texas
- George Darlington
DB coach 27th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers
- Dave Gillespie
2nd season as RB coach 11th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha
- Boyd Epley
31st season as S&C coach 31st year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
Roster Last update: January 17, 2011 |
Game summaries
Iowa
Nebraska at Iowa [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
• Nebraska |
0 |
7 | 14 | 21 |
42 |
Iowa |
0 |
0 | 0 | 7 |
7 |
|
California
California at Nebraska [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
California |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
• Nebraska |
7 |
21 | 10 | 7 |
45 |
|
Southern Miss
Southern Miss at Nebraska [box score]
|
Missouri
Nebraska at Missouri [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
• Nebraska |
16 |
3 | 14 | 7 |
40 |
Missouri |
0 |
3 | 0 | 7 |
10 |
|
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
|
Iowa State
Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Iowa State |
0 |
0 | 0 | 14 |
14 |
• Nebraska |
21 |
7 | 14 | 7 |
49 |
|
Texas
Nebraska at Texas [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Nebraska |
0 |
13 | 0 | 7 |
20 |
• Texas |
3 |
0 | 14 | 7 |
24 |
|
Kansas
Nebraska at Kansas [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
• Nebraska |
0 |
0 | 10 | 14 |
24 |
Kansas |
2 |
7 | 0 | 8 |
17 |
|
Texas A&M
Texas A&M at Nebraska [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Texas A&M |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
• Nebraska |
0 |
6 | 17 | 14 |
37 |
|
Kansas State
Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
|
Colorado
Nebraska at Colorado [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
---|
• Nebraska |
14 |
10 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
33 |
Colorado |
0 |
3 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
30 |
|
Texas
Texas vs Nebraska [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Texas |
0 |
0 | 0 | 6 |
6 |
• Nebraska |
10 |
5 | 7 | 0 |
22 |
|
Tennessee
Tennessee vs Nebraska [box score]
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Tennessee |
0 |
7 | 7 | 7 |
21 |
• Nebraska |
14 |
3 | 7 | 7 |
31 |
|
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 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Coaches |
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|
2 |
BCS |
Not released |
8 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
After the season
Nebraska's longtime Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride retired after another season of success, helping Nebraska win the Big 12 Championship, with a final record of 12–1 (7–1). McBride's retirement followed 22 years of storied service to the Cornhuskers.
The season was concluded by #3 Nebraska defeating #6 Tennessee 31–21 at the Fiesta Bowl.
Second-year Head Coach Frank Solich's career record improved to 21–5 (12–4).
Awards
[2]
Award |
Name(s) |
All-American 1st Team |
Ralph Brown, Mike Brown, Dominic Raiola, Dan Hadenfeldt, Brian Shaw |
All-American 2nd Team |
Steve Warren |
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year |
Eric Crouch |
All-Big 12 1st team |
Mike Brown, Ralph Brown, Eric Crouch, Russ Hochstein, Bobby Newcombe, Carlos Polk, Dominic Raiola, Steve Warren, Tracey Wistrom |
All-Big 12 2nd team |
Dan Hadenfeldt, Julius Jackson, Kyle Vanden Bosch |
All-Big 12 honorable mention |
Keyuo Craver, Matt Davison, Dave Volk |
Big 12 Coach of the Year |
Frank Solich |
NFL and pro players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1999 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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