American college football season
1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Division | North Division |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 20 |
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AP | No. 19 |
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Record | 9–4 (5–3 Big 12) |
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Head coach | - Frank Solich (1st season)
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Offensive scheme | I formation |
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Defensive coordinator | Charlie McBride (18th season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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The 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 29 | 3:00 pm | Louisiana Tech* | No. 4 | | FSN | W 56–27 | 76,021 | [1] |
September 5 | 12:30 pm | UAB* | No. 4 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| | W 38–7 | 75,921 | [2] |
September 12 | 6:00 pm | at California* | No. 4 | | FSN | W 24–3 | 67,000 | |
September 26 | 2:30 pm | No. 9 Washington* | No. 2 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (College GameDay)
| ABC | W 55–7 | 76,372 | |
October 3 | 6:00 pm | vs. Oklahoma State | No. 2 | | FSN | W 24–17 | 79,555 | |
October 10 | 2:30 pm | at No. 18 Texas A&M | No. 2 | | ABC | L 21–28 | 60,798 | |
October 17 | 6:00 pm | Kansas | No. 8 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| FSN | W 41–0 | 76,174 | |
October 24 | 11:30 am | No. 19 Missouri | No. 7 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| FSN | W 20–13 | 76,425 | |
October 31 | 2:30 pm | Texas | No. 7 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| ABC | L 16–20 | 76,434 | |
November 7 | 1:00 pm | at Iowa State | No. 14 | | | W 42–7 | 45,817 | |
November 14 | 2:30 pm | at No. 2 Kansas State | No. 11 | | ABC | L 30–40 | 44,298 | |
November 27 | 1:30 pm | Colorado | No. 14 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| ABC | W 16–14 | 75,958 | |
December 30 | 7:30 pm | vs. No. 5 Arizona* | No. 14 | | ESPN | L 20–23 | 65,354 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Roster and coaching staff
1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | SE | 17 | Scott Aguglia | Fr | IB | 38 | Dan Alexander | So | G | 64 | Steve Altstadt | Fr | WB | 82 | Sean Applegate | Jr | C | 51 | Matt Baldwin | Jr | TE | 94 | Damien Bauman | Jr | TE | 33 | Sasho Becvarovski | So | SE | 20 | Tom Beveridge | So | TE | | Jon Bowling | Fr | WB | 14 | Lance Brown | Sr | IB | 36 | Correll Buckhalter | So | IB | | Chris Butler | Fr | SE | 6 | Kenny Cheatham | Sr | QB | | Joe Chrisman | Fr | QB | 9 | Monte Christo | Sr | FB | 31 | Chris Cielocha | Fr | OT | 68 | Jeff Clausen | Jr | OL | | Wes Cody | Fr | SE | | Danny Cork | Fr | WB | 81 | Ben Cornelsen | Fr | QB | 7 | Eric Crouch | Fr | TE | | Will Dabbert | Fr | SE | 3 | Matt Davison | So | TE | 85 | T.J. DeBates | Jr | IB | 31 | Dahrran Diedrick | Fr | OT | 76 | Billy Diekmann | So | SE | | Chad Duryea | Fr | OL | | Kyle Eisenhauer | Fr | IB | 4 | DeAngelo Evans | So | WB | 2 | Demond Finister | Jr | SE | 83 | Craig Fischer | Jr | WB | | Austin Forster | Fr | OL | | Joe Freeman | Fr | SE | 29 | Pat Friesen | Fr | WB | 30 | Paul Fujan | Fr | OT | 74 | Lonnie Fulton | Jr | G | 72 | Ben Gessford | Sr | WB | 8 | John Gibson | So | TE | | Aaron Golliday | Fr | FB | 46 | Nick Gragert | Fr | OT | 74 | Mike Green | Fr | RB | | DeAntae Grixby | Fr | QB | | Sam Gutz | Fr | SE | | Seth Gutz | Jr | OL | | Andy Gwennap | Fr | SE | 80 | Billy Haafke | Sr | SE | | Troy Hassebroek | Fr | C | 78 | Aaron Havlovic | Jr | C | 78 | Aaron Havolovic | Jr | WB | | Dan Hennings | Fr | C | 59 | Josh Heskew | Sr | G | 55 | Russ Hochstein | So | FB | | Casey Hughes | Fr | TE | 88 | Sheldon Jackson | Sr | OT | 69 | Adam Julch | Jr | FB | | Paul Kastl | Fr | FB | 33 | Ben Kingston | Jr | SE | | John Klem | Fr | OL | | Scott Koethe | Fr | OT | 75 | Kyle Kollmorgen | Fr | OL | | David Kolowski | Fr | OL | | Nate Kolterman | Fr | FB | 40 | Billy Legate | Sr | QB | 1 | Frankie London | Jr | SE | | Josh Lyman | Fr | FB | 45 | Joel Makovicka | Sr | WB | | Shawn McGann | Fr | TE | 87 | Jake McKee | So | FB | 15 | Willie Miller | So | TE | 43 | John Murphy | So | QB | 12 | Bobby Newcombe | So | FB | 37 | Hank Piening | So | C | 54 | Dominic Raiola | Fr | IB | | Tyler Rauenzahn | Fr | QB | 16 | Jay Runty | So | G | 66 | Jon Rutherford | RFr | G | 79 | Chris Saalfeld | So | OT | 65 | Jason Schwab | Jr | G | 63 | James Sherman | Jr | OL | | Matt Shook | Fr | OL | | Leif Sidwell | Fr | IB | 32 | Travis Soucie | So | FB | 48 | Jeremy Stanislav | So | OT | 73 | Jim Tansey | Jr | SE | | Wilson Thomas | Fr | IB | 24 | Alik Tillery | Fr | FB | | Tyrone Uhlir | Fr | OL | | Justin Valencia | Fr | WB | 26 | Casey Vanderhoef | So | OT | 58 | Dave Volk | Fr | G | 61 | Brandt Wade | Sr | IB | 34 | Dan White | Fr | WB | 5 | Shevin Wiggins | Sr | OL | | Mike Wilford | Fr | TE | 90 | Tracey Wistrom | Fr | OL | | Steve Ziemba | Fr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | RE | | Demoine Adams | Fr | NT | 89 | Luis Almanzar | So | RCB | 28 | Josh Anderson | So | WLB | 41 | Rod Baker | So | ROV | 4 | Mic Boettner | Fr | FS | 14 | Dion Booker | Fr | ROV | 21 | Mike Brown | Jr | RCB | 22 | Ralph Brown | Jr | MLB | 39 | Ben Buettenback | Jr | MLB | 48 | Jamie Burrow | Fr | DL | | Jon Clanton | Fr | MLB | 52 | Jon Coyne | Fr | CB | 3 | Keyuo Craver | Fr | DB | | Mike Demps | Fr | LB | | Mason Dutton | Fr | FS | 33 | Mitch Ebke | So | ROV | | John Eisenberg | So | FS | 19 | Clint Finley | So | ROV | 38 | Eric Fischer | So | MLB | 44 | Jay Foreman | Sr | LB | | Gabe Fries | Fr | SLB | 43 | Russell Froehlich | Sr | NT | 77 | Bobby Gill | So | RE | 97 | Matt Grummert | So | SLB | 53 | Chris Gustafson | Fr | FS | 45 | Brad Hamik | So | LCB | 18 | Jeff Hemje | Fr | SLB | 49 | Quint Hogrefe | Sr | DL | | Richard Hughes | Fr | RCB | 24 | Matt Ickes | Fr | WLB | 50 | Julius Jackson | Jr | WLB | 1 | Eric Johnson | Sr | DT | 91 | Loran Kaiser | So | RE | 57 | Chad Kelsay | Sr | RE | | Chris Kelsay | Fr | WLB | 47 | Josh Kohl | Jr | DB | | Paul Kosch | Fr | DB | | Adam Lechtenberg | Fr | ROV | 29 | Gregg List | Jr | DL | | Jason Lohr | Fr | RE | | Jeremy Lyman | Fr | DL | | Stephen Manning | Fr | DT | 70 | Matt McGinn | Fr | FS | 27 | Greg McGraw | Jr | SLB | 32 | Levi Mehl | Fr | RE | 93 | Brandon Mooberry | So | DB | | Christopher Moran | Jr | DT | 90 | Casey Nelson | Fr | DL | | Jeff Nelson | Fr | DL | | Andrew Offner | Fr | SLB | 37 | Tony Ortiz | Jr | MLB | 42 | Jon Penny | Fr | RCB | 11 | Jerome Peterson | Jr | MLB | 13 | Carlos Polk | So | ROV | 10 | Brandon Quindt | So | SLB | 23 | Steve Raymond | Jr | LCB | 9 | Khari Reynolds | So | RE | | Kyle Ringenberg | Fr | MLB | 34 | Brandon Roth | Fr | RE | 84 | Mike Rucker | Sr | RE | 80 | Eric Ryan | Jr | LB | | Scott Shanle | Fr | SLB | 46 | Brian Shaw | Jr | RE | 98 | Scott Siebenborn | So | DT | | Jeremy Slechta | Fr | WLB | | Jemond Smith | Fr | RE | | Justin Smith | Fr | LB | | Luke Smith | Fr | LB | | Randy Stella | Fr | LCB | 16 | Erwin Swiney | So | LB | | Tony Tata | Fr | DB | | Aaron Terpening | Fr | RE | 92 | Travis Toline | Sr | RCB | 12 | Arion Turner | Fr | MLB | 48 | Chad Tuttle | So | RE | 83 | Kyle Vanden Bosch | So | WLB | 26 | Mark Vedral | Fr | ROV | 25 | Joe Walker | So | RE | 94 | Brandon Wardyn | So | NT | 96 | Steve Warren | Jr | FS | 42 | Troy Watchorn | So | RE | 95 | J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann | Fr | RE | 81 | Aaron Wills | Jr | RE | | Colin Wills | Fr | DT | 99 | Jason Wiltz | Sr | LCB | 20 | Wes Woodward | Fr | | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Charlie McBride
18th season as DC/DL coach 22nd year at Nebraska Alma mater: Colorado - Turner Gill
7th season as QB coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Craig Bohl
4th season as LB coach 7th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Ron Brown
12th season as WR/TE coach 12th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown - Dan Young
16th season as OL/K coach 16th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed - Milt Tenopir
25th season as OL coach 25th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling - Nelson Barnes
2nd season as RE coach 2nd year at Nebraska Alma mater: North Texas - George Darlington
DB coach 26th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers - Dave Gillespie
1st season as RB coach 10th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha - Boyd Epley
30th season as S&C coach 30th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
Roster Last update: January 17, 2011 |
Depth chart
Defense | FS | Mike Brown | Clint Finley | Dion Booker Greg McGraw | | WILL | MIKE | SAM | Eric Johnson | Jay Foreman | Tony Ortiz | Julies Jackson | Carlos Polk | Brian Shaw | Josh Kohl | Jamie Burrow | Rod Baker | | ROVER | Joe Walker Mike Brown | Gregg List | Troy Watchorn | | CB | Erwin Swiney | Keyuo Craver | Jeff Hemje | | | DE | DT | DT | DE | Mike Rucker | Jason Wiltz Steve Warren | Loran Kaiser | Chad Kelsay | Aaron Wills | Jason Lohr | Jeremy Slechta | Kyle Vanden Bosch | Travis Toline | Bobby Gill | Luis Almanzar | J.P. Wichmann | | | CB | Ralph Brown | Khari Reynolds | Jerome Peterson | | Offense | WR | Matt Davison | Kenny Cheathman | Billy Haafke | | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | Adam Julch | James Sherman | Josh Heskew | Ben Gessford | James Schwab | Kyle Kollmorgan | Dominic Raiola | Dominic Raiola | Russ Hochstein | Dave Volk | Ben Gessford | Jon Rutherford | Matt Baldwin | Brandt Wade. | Billy Diekmann | | TE | Sheldon Jackson | Tracey Wistrom T.J DeBates | Damien Bauman | | WR | Shevin Wiggins | Lance Brown | Sean Applegate Frankie London | | | QB | Eric Crouch Bobby Newcombe | Monte Christo | ⋅ | | | | RB | Correll Buckhalter | Dan Alexander | DeAngelo Evans Dan White | | | FB | Joel Machovicka | Billy Legate | Willie Miller | | Special teams | PK Kris Brown | P Bill Lafleur | KR Shevin Wiggins | PR Joe Walker | | | | | |
Game summaries
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech at Nebraska [box score] |
UAB
UAB at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | UAB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Nebraska | 7 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 38 | |
California
Nebraska at California [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Nebraska | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 | California | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Washington
Washington at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Washington | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Nebraska | 21 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 55 | |
Oklahoma State
Nebraska vs Oklahoma State [box score] |
Texas A&M
Nebraska at Texas A&M [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 | • Texas A&M | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |
Kansas
Kansas at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Nebraska | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 41 | |
Missouri
Missouri at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Missouri | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | • Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |
Texas
Texas at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Texas | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 | Nebraska | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 | |
Iowa State
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Nebraska | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
Kansas State
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score] |
Colorado
Colorado at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Colorado | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | • Nebraska | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
Arizona
Nebraska vs Arizona [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 | • Arizona | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 23 | |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | 4 (4) | 4 (2) | 3 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (7) | 2 (1) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 19 |
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Coaches Poll | 3 (12) | 3 (8) | 3 (7) | 2 (7) | 2 (15) | 2 (6) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 20 |
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BCS | Not released | 6 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | Not released |
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After the season
First-year Head Coach Solich was new to the job title but still in his element, after having served as an assistant in varying capacities with Nebraska since 1975. Solich completed his inaugural season with a final record of 9–4 (5–3), after having lost much of the 1997 national championship team's talent to graduation. Nonetheless, Nebraska finished tied for 2nd place in the Big 12 North Division, and tied for 4th conference-wide.
The season was concluded by #14 Nebraska falling to #5 Arizona 20–23 at the Holiday Bowl.
Awards
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Award | Name(s) |
All-American 2nd Team | Sheldon Jackson |
All-American 3rd Team | Ralph Brown |
All-Big 12 1st team | Ralph Brown, Josh Heskew, Sheldon Jackson, Jay Foreman, Mike Brown, Chad Kelsay |
All-Big 12 2nd team | Kris Brown, Mike Rucker, Joe Walker, Bill Lafleur |
All-Big 12 3rd team | Shevin Wiggins |
All-Big 12 honorable mention | Kenny Cheatham, Matt Davison, Russ Hochstein, Joel Makovicka, Jason Schwab |
NFL and pro players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1998 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[4]
References
- ^ "NU passes still test". Lincoln Journal Star. August 30, 1998. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rough start turns into rout". Lincoln Journal Star. September 6, 1998. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 1998 Husker Honors
- ^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
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Venues | - Lincoln Park (1890–1895)
- "M" Street Park (1894–1996)
- Antelope Field (1897–1908)
- Nebraska Field (1909–1922)
- Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
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