American college football season
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.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 4 11:00 am at Iowa * No. 5 ABC W 42–770,397
September 11 2:30 pm California * No. 5 ABC W 45–077,617
September 18 11:30 am Southern Miss * No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE PPV W 20–1377,826
September 25 6:00 pm at Missouri No. 6 FSN W 40–1068,174
October 2 11:30 am Oklahoma State No. 6 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 38–1477,740
October 9 6:00 pm Iowa State No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN W 49–1477,743
October 23 2:30 pm at No. 18 Texas No. 3 ABC L 20–2484,082
October 30 6:00 pm at Kansas No. 8 FSN W 24–1745,100
November 6 2:30 pm No. 21 Texas A&M No. 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC W 37–077,705
November 13 2:30 pm No. 5 Kansas State No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC W 41–1577,744
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 22–665,063
, 20007:00 pm vs. No. 6 Tennessee * No. 3 ABC W 31–2171,526
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster and coaching staff [ edit ]
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
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
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
Nebraska at Iowa [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
0
7 14 21
42
Iowa
0
0 0 7
7
California at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
California
0
0 0 0
0
• Nebraska
7
21 10 7
45
Southern Miss at Nebraska [box score]
Nebraska at Missouri [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
16
3 14 7
40
Missouri
0
3 0 7
10
Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]
Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Iowa State
0
0 0 14
14
• Nebraska
21
7 14 7
49
Nebraska at Texas [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
13 0 7
20
• Texas
3
0 14 7
24
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 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 at Nebraska [box score]
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 vs Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Texas
0
0 0 6
6
• Nebraska
10
5 7 0
22
Tennessee vs Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Tennessee
0
7 7 7
21
• Nebraska
14
3 7 7
31
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
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).
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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 [ edit ]
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]
Venues Bowls and rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
National championships in bold