1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 12 champion; Big 12 North Division co-champion; Fiesta Bowl champion
Big 12 Championship Game, W 22–6 vs. Texas
Fiesta Bowl, W 31–21 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 3
Record	12–1 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Frank Solich (2nd season);
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (19th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 3 Nebraska xy$	7	–	1	12	–	1
No. 6 Kansas State x	7	–	1	11	–	1
Colorado	5	–	3	7	–	5
Kansas	3	–	5	5	–	7
Iowa State	1	–	7	4	–	7
Missouri	1	–	7	4	–	7
South Division
No. 21 Texas xy	6	–	2	9	–	5
Oklahoma	5	–	3	7	–	5
Texas Tech	5	–	3	6	–	5
No. 23 Texas A&M	5	–	3	8	–	4
Oklahoma State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Baylor	0	–	8	1	–	10
Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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 at 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	Source
September 4	11:00 am	at Iowa*	No. 5	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	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	^[1]
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 (College GameDay)	ABC	L 20–24	84,082
October 30	6:00 pm	at Kansas	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	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	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, 2000	7:00 pm	vs. No. 6 Tennessee*	No. 3	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	W 31–21	71,526	^[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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	6	5	5	4	6	6	4	3	3	8	9	7	4	3	3	3	3
Coaches Poll	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	9	9	6	4	3	3	3	2
BCS	Not released									7	8	6	3	3	3	3	Not released

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

Date: September 4
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 70,397
TV announcers (ABC): Roger Twibell & Bob Griese

California

California at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
California	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	7	21	10	7	45

Date: September 11
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 77,617
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson & Bob Griese

Southern Miss

Southern Miss at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Southern Miss	7	0	6	0	13
• Nebraska	6	6	8	0	20

Date: September 18
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 77,826

Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	16	3	14	7	40
Missouri	0	3	0	7	10

Date: September 25
Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri
Game attendance: 68,174
TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	0	0	7	7	14
• Nebraska	21	10	7	0	38

Date: October 2
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 77,740
TV announcers (FSN): Drew Goodman & Keith Jackson

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

Date: October 9
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 77,743
TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

Texas

Nebraska at Texas [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	0	13	0	7	20
• Texas	3	0	14	7	24

Date: October 23
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Game attendance: 84,082
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	0	0	10	14	24
Kansas	2	7	0	8	17

Date: October 30
Location: Memorial Stadium (University of Kansas), Lawrence, Kansas
Game attendance: 45,100
TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

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

Date: November 6
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 77,705
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	0	9	0	6	15
• Nebraska	16	8	0	17	41

Date: November 13
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 77,744
TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese & Lynn Swann

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

Date: November 26
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Game attendance: 52,946
TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese & Lynn Swann

Texas

Texas vs Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	0	0	0	6	6
• Nebraska	10	5	7	0	22

Date: December 4
Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
Game attendance: 65,063
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Tennessee

Tennessee vs Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	0	7	7	7	21
• Nebraska	14	3	7	7	31

Date: January 2
Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Game attendance: 71,526
Television network: ABC

Personnel

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

Frank Solich
   2nd season
   21st year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska

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

Awards

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

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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.^[4]

Name	Team
Demoine Adams	Edmonton Eskimos
Dan Alexander	Tennessee Titans
Damien Bauman	New Orleans VooDoo
Ryon Bingham	San Diego Chargers
Josh Brown	Seattle Seahawks
Mike Brown	Chicago Bears
Ralph Brown	New York Giants
Correll Buckhalter	Philadelphia Eagles
Keyuo Craver	New Orleans Saints
Eric Crouch	St. Louis Rams
Josh Davis	New York Jets
Clint Finley	Kansas City Chiefs
Toniu Fonoti	San Diego Chargers
Aaron Golliday	Scottish Claymores
DeJuan Groce	St. Louis Rams
Russ Hochstein	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Eric Johnson	Oakland Raiders
Trevor Johnson	New York Jets
Patrick Kabongo	Detroit Lions
Chris Kelsay	Buffalo Bills
Kyle Larson	Cincinnati Bengals
Jammal Lord	Houston Texans
Bobby Newcombe	Montreal Alouettes
Tony Ortiz	Scottish Claymores
Jerrell Pippens	Chicago Bears
Carlos Polk	San Diego Chargers
Dominic Raiola	Detroit Lions
Scott Shanle	St. Louis Rams
Jeremy Slechta	Philadelphia Eagles
Erwin Swiney	Green Bay Packers
Kyle Vanden Bosch	Arizona Cardinals
Joe Walker	Tennessee Titans
Steve Warren	Green Bay Packers

References

^ "Defense doesn't rest, Blackshirts' 2 TDs help NU hold on". Lincoln Journal Star. September 19, 1999. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Nebraska runs over Tennessee". Chicago Tribune. January 3, 2000. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 1999 Husker Honors
^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

[1] "Defense doesn't rest, Blackshirts' 2 TDs help NU hold on". Lincoln Journal Star. September 19, 1999. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Nebraska runs over Tennessee". Chicago Tribune. January 3, 2000. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] 1999 Husker Honors

[4] "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

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1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Big 12 champion Big 12 North Division co-champion Fiesta Bowl champion
Big 12 Championship Game, W 22–6 vs. Texas
Fiesta Bowl, W 31–21 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 3
Record	12–1 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Frank Solich (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (19th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
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