1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Fiesta Bowl, L 17-41 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#12
AP	#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*	#4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 48-17	76,194
September 16	1:30 PM	Utah*	#4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 42-30	76,333
September 23	7:00 PM	at Minnesota*	#3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN		W 48-0	58,368
September 30	1:30 PM	Oregon State*	#3	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 35-7	76,290
October 7	1:30 PM	Kansas State	#4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 58-7	76,265
October 14	1:30 PM	at Missouri	#4	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	PPV	W 50-7	55,620
October 21	1:30 PM	at Oklahoma State	#4	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK		W 48-23	40,000
October 28	1:30 PM	Iowa State	#4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 49-17	52,877
November 4	1:30 PM	at #2 Colorado	#3	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	CBS	L 21-27	52,877
November 11	1:30 PM	Kansas	#6	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 51-14	76,232
November 18	1:30 PM	Oklahoma	#6	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 42-25	76,404
January 1	3:30 PM	vs. #5 Florida State*	#6	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (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 So SE 82 Bahe, ChipChip Bahe Sr IB Baldwin, Andrew ScottAndrew Scott Baldwin So SE Baumert, PaulPaul Baumert So WB 21 Bell, RichardRichard Bell Sr OG 69 Bobbora, BillBill Bobbora Sr WB 81 Bobolz, LanceLance Bobolz Jr OT 76 Boerboom, BrianBrian Boerboom So SE 31 Bostick, JonJon Bostick So FB 29 Carpenter, BryanBryan Carpenter Sr OG 65 Chaney, JeffJeff Chaney So C Chorney, TerrisTerris Chorney So IB 32 Clark, KenKen Clark Sr TE 98 D'Alesio, JoeJoe D'Alesio Sr OT Daniel, JasonJason Daniel So WB 6 Devall, BradBrad Devall Jr OT Dickson, MonteMonte Dickson So WB 11 Dowse, MarkMark Dowse So QB 12 Dunlap, JerryJerry Dunlap Jr C 58 Edeal, DavidDavid Edeal Jr OT 73 Engstrom, SteveSteve Engstrom Jr OT Eyman, TerryTerry Eyman Jr C 52 Fitzke, RogerRoger Fitzke Sr IB 23 Flowers, LeodisLeodis Flowers So TE 80 Garrett, ChrisChris Garrett So QB 14 Gdowski, GerryGerry Gdowski Sr FB Glantz, RobertRobert Glantz So OT 70 Glaser, DougDoug Glaser Sr QB 1 Grant, MikeMike Grant So SE 19 Gregory, MorganMorgan Gregory Sr QB 15 Haase, TomTom Haase So WB 33 Hughes, TyroneTyrone Hughes Fr FB 41 Johnk, TimTim Johnk So OT Johnston, MikeMike Johnston So QB 2 Joseph, MickeyMickey Joseph So OG 62 Kiehn, ErikErik Kiehn Jr FB Kleidosty, JerryJerry Kleidosty So TE 85 Kratzenstein, MonteMonte Kratzenstein Sr OG Kudrna, PatPat Kudrna So TE Langemeier, DougDoug Langemeier So TE Leise, DarylDaryl Leise So OG 67 Leuck, RobRob Leuck Sr FB 18 Lewis, LanceLance Lewis So TE Liska, BillBill Liska QB 10 McCant, KeithenKeithen McCant So SE 83 McCoy, TimTim McCoy Sr IB McDuffy, AndreAndre McDuffy So OG 54 O'Gara, ChrisChris O'Gara Sr TE Parrella, JohnJohn Parrella So OG Peterson, ScottScott Peterson So SE Pleasant, DanDan Pleasant So WB Prater, KellyKelly Prater So OT 78 Punt, TomTom Punt Jr OT Reifenrath, RayRay Reifenrath So IB 20 Rodgers, TerryTerry Rodgers Sr OG 64 Roschal, JohnJohn Roschal Sr OG 64 Rother, BradBrad Rother Sr FB 25 Schmidt, SamSam Schmidt Sr OG 75 Shields, WillWill Shields Fr FB 34 Soto, OmarOmar Soto Jr WB 22 Turner, NateNate Turner So OG 66 Wanek, JimJim Wanek Jr TE 89 Washington, WilliamWilliam Washington Fr WB White, LamontLamont White So OG 61 Wiegert, ErikErik Wiegert So C 68 Young, JakeJake Young Sr C 53 Ziegelbein, BillBill Ziegelbein So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 28 Anderson, EricEric Anderson Jr DT 90 Anderson, Le AndreLe Andre Anderson Jr ILB Banks, AlvinAlvin Banks So DT 94 Brown, BrianBrian Brown So DT 95 Brungardt, PaulPaul Brungardt Jr FS 8 Byrd, TyroneTyrone Byrd Fr ILB 49 Caliendo, ChrisChris Caliendo Sr OLB Camp, KylinKylin Camp So FS 31 Carmer, SteveSteve Carmer So SS 17 Cooper, ReggieReggie Cooper Jr SS 24 Cotton, CurtisCurtis Cotton So CB 45 Crippen, JonJon Crippen Jr OLB 88 Croel, MikeMike Croel Jr SS 7 Dobesh, JimJim Dobesh SS Duin, DarinDarin Duin So MG 63 Edgren, BrianBrian Edgren Jr MG 97 Engelbert, PatPat Engelbert So ILB 43 Geiken, ShaneShane Geiken So CB Goff, SamSam Goff So ILB 39 Hagge, MarkMark Hagge Sr OLB 92 Hedrick, CoreyCorey Hedrick Jr CB 9 Hicks, RobertRobert Hicks Jr OLB 93 Hill, TravisTravis Hill Fr ILB 55 Jobman, RandallRandall Jobman Sr MG Koellner, GregGreg Koellner So OLB Krantz, JustinJustin Krantz So ILB 35 Kurtz, ScottScott Kurtz Jr CB 3 Legette, TyroneTyrone Legette So CB 5 Lewis, TahaunTahaun Lewis Jr DT 99 Miller, KevinKevin Miller Sr OLB 42 Mills, JeffJeff Mills Sr CB Mitchell, SteveSteve Mitchell So ILB 46 Mohnsen, BrianBrian Mohnsen So MG 13 Monarrez, JuniorJunior Monarrez Sr MG 74 Murray, MikeMike Murray Sr FS Olson, ScottScott Olson Jr ILB 37 Petko, MikeMike Petko So CB 38 Pickens, BruceBruce Pickens Jr FS 6 Reece, JohnJohn Reece Fr FS 26 Sanders, MarvinMarvin Sanders Sr DT 56 Sims, JoeJoe Sims Jr OLB 86 Spitzenberger, JoeJoe Spitzenberger Jr OLB 87 Svehla, DanDan Svehla Jr OLB 87 Svehla, MattMatt Svehla Jr FS 1 Thomas, WillWill Thomas So ILB 40 Tyrance, PatPat Tyrance Jr DT 75 Valladao, RayRay Valladao Sr DT 57 Walker, KennyKenny Walker Jr DT 91 Wells, KentKent Wells Sr OLB 84 Wendland, RickRick Wendland Jr OLB 96 White, DavidDavid White Fr SS 27 White, FreemanFreeman White So ILB Wightman, PaulPaul Wightman So SS Wilson, GordonGordon Wilson So ILB 51 Zacharias, AndrewAndrew Zacharias So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 44 Barrios, GreggGregg Barrios Jr P 48 Beckler, ScottScott Beckler Sr PK 36 Bennett, ToddTodd Bennett Jr PK 16 Drennan, ChrisChris Drennan Sr P Humphrey, ChuckChuck Humphrey So P/PK 7 Janky, TomTom Janky Jr P Liliedahl, ShawnShawn Liliedahl So P 47 Stigge, MikeMike Stigge 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, Minnesota 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

1. "Football - 1989 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
2. 1989 Husker Honors
3. "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-05-15.