1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Fiesta Bowl, L 17–41 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 11
Record	10–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (17th season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (9th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1989 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Colorado $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	1:30 pm	Northern Illinois*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 48–17	76,194
September 16	1:30 pm	Utah*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 42–30	76,333
September 23	7:00 pm	at Minnesota*	No. 3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)		W 48–0	58,368
September 30	1:30 pm	Oregon State*	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 35–7	76,290
October 7	1:30 pm	Kansas State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 58–7	76,265
October 14	1:30 pm	at Missouri	No. 4	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	PPV	W 50–7	55,620
October 21	1:30 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 4	Lewis Field Stillwater OK		W 48–23	40,000
October 28	1:30 pm	Iowa State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 49–17	76,371
November 4	1:30 pm	at No. 2 Colorado	No. 3	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	CBS	L 21–27	52,877
November 11	1:30 pm	Kansas	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 51–14	76,232
November 18	1:30 pm	Oklahoma	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 42–25	76,404
January 1, 1990	3:30 pm	vs. No. 5 Florida State*	No. 6	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 17–41	73,953
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the 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 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 QB Pete Maletto 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 OLB 83 Brad Reilly 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 Tom Osborne    17th season    26th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride    9th season as DC/DL 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

Depth chart

Defense
FS Tyrone Byrd Marvin Sanders Will Thomas		OUTSIDE INSDIE INSDIE OUTSIDE Jeff Mills Mike Petko Pat Tyrance Mike Croel Travis Hill Randall Jobman Chris Caliendo David White Joe Spitzenberger Mark Hagge Scott Kurtz Dan Svehla					SS Reggie Cooper Curtis Cotton Freeman White
CB Bruce Pickens Jon Crippen Robert Hicks		DE NT DE Ray Valladao Mike Murray Kent Wells Joe Sims Pat Engelbert Kenny Walker Paul Brungardt Junior Monarrez Le Andre Anderson						CB Tahaun Lewis Tyrone Legette John Reece
Offense
WR Jon Bostick Morgan Gregory Chip Bahe ⋅		LT LG C RG RT Tom Punt Jim Wanek Jake Young Bill Bobbora Doug Glaser Terry Eyman Jon Roschal David Edeal Erik Wiegert Brian Boerboom Brain Boerboom Will Shields Roger Fitzke Chris O'Gara Steve Engstrom					TE Monte Kratzenstein Chris Garrett William Washington	WR Richard Bell Nate Turner Tyrone Hughes
				QB Gerry Gdowski Mike Grant Mickey Joseph Jerry Dunlap
		RB Ken Clark Leodis Flowers Terry Rodgers Andre McDuffy			FB Bryan Carpenter Sam Schmidt Tim Johnk		Special teams PK Greg Barrios P Mike Stigge

Game summaries

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 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

Main article: 1990 Fiesta Bowl

Rankings

See also: 1989 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	6	6	6	7	6	6	11
Coaches																	12

Awards

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.

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