American college football season
1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football |
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Big 12 champion Big 12 North Division co-champion Fiesta Bowl champion |
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Big 12 Championship Game, W 22–6 vs. Texas |
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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. 2 |
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AP | No. 3 |
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Record | 12–1 (7–1 Big 12) |
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Head coach | - Frank Solich (2nd season)
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Offensive scheme | I formation |
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Defensive coordinator | Charlie McBride (19th season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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The 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Nebraska won its 43rd and final Big 12 championship (including titles in the MVIAA/Big Eight) this season by winning the Big 12 Championship Game over Texas. As of the 2023 season, this season was the most recent conference championship for Nebraska.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | 11:00 am | at Iowa* | No. 5 | | ABC | W 42–7 | 70,397 |
September 11 | 2:30 pm | California* | No. 5 | | 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 | | 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 | | ABC | L 20–24 | 84,082 |
October 30 | 6:00 pm | at Kansas | No. 8 | | 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 (rivalry)
| ABC | W 41–15 | 77,744 |
November 26 | 1:30 pm | at Colorado | No. 3 | | ABC | W 33–30 OT | 52,946 |
December 4 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 12 Texas | No. 3 | | ABC | W 22–6 | 65,063 |
January 2 | 7:00 pm | vs. No. 6 Tennessee* | No. 3 | | ABC | W 31–21 | 71,526 |
- *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
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 | G | 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 | G | 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 | G | | Toniu Fonoti | Fr | WB | 14 | Austin Forster | Fr | WB | 8 | John Gibson | Jr | TE | 99 | Aaron Golliday | Fr | FB | 46 | Nick Gragert | So | G | 74 | Mike Green | So | OT | | Tim Green | Fr | IB | 6 | DeAntae Grixby | Fr | SE | 92 | Seth Gutz | Jr | G | 61 | Andy Gwennap | Fr | OT | | Brian Hale | Fr | WB | 18 | Troy Hassebroek | Fr | C | 78 | Aaron Havlovic | Sr | SE | 80 | Larry Henderson | Sr | G | 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 | G | | Jack Limbaugh | Fr | SE | | Brett Lindstrom | Fr | WB | 1 | Frankie London | Sr | G | | 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 | G | 66 | Jon Rutherford | So | G | 79 | Chris Saalfeld | Jr | OT | 65 | Jason Schwab | Sr | G | 63 | James Sherman | Sr | C | 53 | Matt Shook | Fr | OT | 72 | Leif Sidwell | Fr | WB | | Stuart Siegel | Fr | TE | | Sean Steenson | Fr | G | 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 | G | | Matt Witulski | Fr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | RE | 98 | Demoine Adams | RFr | WLB | | Blake Anderson | Fr | LCB | 28 | Josh Anderson | Jr | SLB | 41 | Rod Baker | Jr | DT | | Ryon Bingham | Fr | FS | | Rob Blomeier | Fr | ROV | 4 | Mic Boettner | So | FS | 14 | Dion Booker | So | NT | | Andy Bowman | Fr | ROV | 21 | Mike Brown | Sr | RCB | 22 | Ralph Brown | Sr | SLB | | Brad Bryan | Fr | MLB | 39 | Ben Buettenback | Sr | MLB | 48 | Jamie Burrow | So | NT | 55 | Jon Clanton | RFr | MLB | 52 | Jon Coyne | So | LCB | 3 | Keyuo Craver | So | ROV | 2 | Mike Demps | RFr | RE | | Chris Estudillo | Fr | RE | | Lee File | Fr | FS | 19 | Clint Finley | Jr | ROV | 38 | Eric Fischer | Jr | WLB | 58 | Gabe Fries | RFr | RE | | John Garrison | Fr | ROV | | Taylor Gehman | Fr | RCB | 5 | DeJuan Groce | Fr | RE | 97 | Matt Grummert | Jr | LCB | | Kevin Guse | Fr | FS | 45 | Brad Hamik | Jr | RCB | 18 | Jeff Hemje | So | SLB | | Anthony Hoke | Fr | LCB | 24 | Matt Ickes | So | WLB | 50 | Julius Jackson | Sr | WLB | | Blanchard Johnson | Fr | WLB | 27 | Eric Johnson | Sr | RE | | Patrick Kabongo | Fr | DT | 91 | Loran Kaiser | Jr | RE | 57 | Chris Kelsay | Fr | WLB | 47 | Josh Kohl | Sr | RCB | | Cali Lemelle | Fr | ROV | 29 | Gregg List | Sr | NT | 70 | Jason Lohr | So | RE | 86 | Jeremy Lyman | RFr | MLB | | Mike Makris | Fr | DT | 94 | Stephen Manning | RFr | DT | 70 | Matt McGinn | So | FS | 32 | Greg McGraw | Sr | WLB | | Tim Miller | Fr | RE | 93 | Brandon Mooberry | Jr | RCB | 7 | Christopher Moran | Sr | RCB | 35 | Don Neal | Fr | DT | 87 | Casey Nelson | So | NT | 62 | Jeff Nelson | RFr | SLB | 37 | Tony Ortiz | Sr | RE | | Spencer Owen | Fr | NT | | Phil Peetz | Fr | SLB | 44 | Jon Penny | So | NT | | Chad Peterson | Fr | FS | 12 | Jerrell Pippens | Fr | MLB | 13 | Carlos Polk | Jr | ROV | 10 | Brandon Quindt | Jr | LCB | 31 | Tyler Rauenzahn | Fr | SLB | 23 | Steve Raymond | Sr | RCB | | Pat Ricketts | Fr | RE | 85 | Kyle Ringenberg | RFr | RE | 80 | Eric Ryan | Sr | MLB | | Steve Safranek | Fr | FS | 11 | Carl Scholting | Fr | SLB | 49 | Scott Shanle | RFr | LCB | | Ronjiel Sharpe | Fr | SLB | 46 | Brian Shaw | Sr | DT | 56 | Jeremy Slechta | So | WLB | | Jemond Smith | RFr | RE | 92 | Justin Smith | RFr | MLB | 40 | Luke Smith | RFr | WLB | 34 | Randy Stella | RFr | LCB | 16 | Erwin Swiney | Jr | NT | | Junior Tagoa'i | Fr | MLB | 90 | Tony Tata | RFr | FS | 8 | Aaron Terpening | RFr | RE | 83 | Kyle Vanden Bosch | Jr | SLB | | Chuck Vander Linden | Fr | WLB | 9 | Mark Vedral | So | ROV | 25 | Joe Walker | Jr | NT | 96 | Steve Warren | Sr | RE | 82 | Adrian Warrior | Fr | ROV | 42 | Troy Watchorn | Jr | RE | 95 | J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann | So | LCB | 1 | Donn Williams | Fr | RE | 81 | Aaron Wills | Sr | RE | 88 | Colin Wills | Fr | ROV | 20 | Wes Woodward | So | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | PK | 26 | Josh Brown | Fr | P | 17 | Dan Hadenfeldt | Sr | P | | Kyle Larson | Fr | PK | 28 | Chace Long | Jr | P/PK | 88 | Chuck Tack | So | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Charlie McBride
19th season as DC/DL 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 |
Depth chart
Defense | FS | Clint Finley | Dion Booker | Greg McGraw | | WILL | MIKE | SAM | Eric Johnson Julies Jackson | Carlos Polk | Tony Ortiz Brian Shaw | Randy Stella | Jamie Burrow | Scott Shanle | Mark Vedral | Ben Buttenback | Rod Baker | | ROVER | Mike Brown | Joe Walker Mark Vedral | Gregg List | | CB | Keyuo Craver | DeJuan Groce | Donn Williams | | | DE | DT | DT | DE | Kyle Vanden Bosch | Steve Warren | Loran Kaiser | Aaron Willis | Demoine Adams | Jason Lohr | Jeremy Slechta | Chris Kelsay Justin Smith | J.P. Wichmann | Jon Clanton | Matt McGinn | Eric Ryan | | | CB | Ralph Brown | Jeff Hemje | Josh Anderson | | Offense | WR | Matt Davison | Wilson Thomas | Tom Beveridge | | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | Adam Julch | James Sherman | Dominic Raiola | Russ Hochsein | Dave Volk | Jon Rutherford | Toniu Fonoti | Mat Baldwin | Steve Alstadt | Kyle Kollmorgen | Billy Diekmann | Wes Cody | Aaron Havlovic | Chris Saalfeld | Scott Koethe | | TE | Tracey Wistrom T.J DeBates | Aaron Golliday | Jon Bowling | | WR | Bobby Newcombe | Sean Applegate | John Gibson | | | QB | Eric Crouch | Bobby Newcombe | Joe Chirsman | | | | RB | Dan Alexander | Correll Buckhalter | Dahrran Diedrick | | | FB | Willie Miller | Ben Kingston | Tyrone Uhlir | | Special teams | PK Josh Brown | P Dan Hadenfeldt | KR Joe Walker | PR Bobby Newcombe | | | | | |
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 movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Coaches Poll | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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BCS | Not released | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Not released |
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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
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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.[2]
References
- ^ 1999 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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