1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season

1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Big 12 North Division champion
Orange Bowl champion

Big 12 Championship Game, L 27–37 vs. Texas

Orange Bowl, W 41–21 vs. Virginia Tech

Conference| Big 12 Conference
Division| North Division
Ranking
Coaches| No. 6
AP| No. 6
Record| 11–2 (8–0 Big 12)
Head coach|

* Tom Osborne (24th season)

Offensive scheme| I formation
Defensive coordinator| Charlie McBride (16th season)
Base defense| 4–3
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 1995

1997 ->

1996 Big 12 Conference football standings

* v
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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
North Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  |
No. 8 Colorado |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 2  |
No. 17 Kansas State |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
Missouri |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Kansas |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Iowa State |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
South Division
No. 23 Texas x$  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Texas Tech |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Texas A&M |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Oklahoma |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Oklahoma State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Baylor |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27

* x - Division champion/co-champions
* $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
% – Bowl Alliance at-large representative

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. This was the first season for Nebraska in the Big 12 Conference, which took on that name after their previous conference, the Big Eight Conference? added four schools from the disbanded Southwest Conference. Nebraska was placed in the new conference’s North Division along with Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, and Colorado.

The Cornhuskers entered the season as the two-time defending national champions, having won the first Bowl Alliance championship game at the Fiesta Bowl in January 1996, and were ranked #1 in the polls to start the season. Nebraska also entered the season with a winning streak of 25 games, having not lost since falling to Florida State in the 1994 Orange Bowl.

Nebraska opened the season with a rout of Michigan State in their home opener and traveled to face Arizona State, a team they had defeated 77-28 the year before. This time, the results were different as Nebraska was shut out in a 19-0 defeat to snap their winning streak. They would not lose again during the regular season, winning the Big XII North and climbing back up to #3 in the polls. Their division win earned the Cornhuskers a place in the first Big 12 Championship Game against the winner of the South Division, unranked Texas. With a potential national championship game berth at stake, Nebraska lost for the second time in 1996 as Texas defeated them 37-27 to secure the automatic Bowl Alliance berth for the conference.

Despite this, Nebraska managed to qualify for the Bowl Alliance as an at-large team and was invited to play in the Orange Bowl, where they beat Virginia Tech.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 7| 11:00 am| Michigan State*| No. 1|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE

| ABC| W 55–14| 75,590
September 21| 9:15 pm| at No. 17 Arizona State*| No. 1|

* Sun Devil Stadium
* Tempe, AZ

| FSN| L 0–19| 74,089
September 28| 11:30 am| Colorado State*| No. 8|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE

| ABC| W 65–9| 75,575
October 5| 11:30 am| at No. 16 Kansas State| No. 7|

* KSU Stadium
* Manhattan, KS (rivalry)

| ABC| W 39–3| 43,916
October 12| 1:00 pm| Baylor| No. 5|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE

| | W 49–0| 75,478
October 19| 2:30 pm| at Texas Tech| No. 5|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX

| ABC| W 24–10| 51,344
October 26| 6:00 pm| Kansas| No. 5|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE (rivalry)

| FSN| W 63–7| 75,158
November 2| 11:00 am| at Oklahoma| No. 5|

* Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
* Norman, OK (rivalry)

| ABC| W 73–21| 75,004
November 9| 1:00 pm| Missouri| No. 5|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE (rivalry)

| | W 51–7| 75,133
November 16| 1:00 pm| at Iowa State| No. 5|

* Cyclone Stadium
* Ames, IA (rivalry)

| | W 49–14| 47,850
November 29| 1:30 pm| No. 5 Colorado| No. 4|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lincoln, NE (rivalry)

| ABC| W 17–12| 75,695
December 7| 12:00 pm| vs. Texas| No. 3|

* Trans World Dome
* St. Louis, MO (Big 12 Championship Game)

| ABC| L 27–37| 63,109
December 31| 7:00 pm| vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech*| No. 6|

* Pro Player Stadium
* Miami Gardens, FL (Orange Bowl)

| CBS| W 41–21| 51,212

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

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## Rankings

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See also: 1996 NCAA Division I-A football 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| 15| 16| Final
AP| 1 (50)| 1 (50)| 1 (49)| 1 (57)| 1 (58)| 8| 7| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 4| 3 (1)| 6| 6
Coaches| 1 (47)| | 1 (51)| 1 (57)| 1 (58)| 7| 6| 4| 4| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 4| 3| 6| 6

## Personnel

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### Roster

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1996 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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FB | `38` | Dan Alexander | Fr
OT | `70` | Eric Anderson | Jr
WB | `35` | Sean Applegate | Fr
RB | `` | Rod Baker | Fr
C | `57` | Matt Baldwin | Fr
OL | `` | Sasho Becvarovski | Fr
IB | `21` | Damon Benning | Sr
SE | `` | Tom Beveridge | Fr
WB | `14` | Lance Brown | So
TE | `90` | Tim Carpenter | Jr
SE | `6` | Kenny Cheatham | So
QB | `9` | Monte Christo | So
OT | `68` | Jeff Clausen | Fr
FB | `42` | Josh Cobb | So
TE | `83` | T.J. DeBates | Fr
C | `` | Chris Deitloff | Fr
OL | `` | Billy Diekmann | Fr
G | `75` | Chris Dishman | Sr
OL | `` | Trenton Douglas | Fr
SE | `` | J.R. Edwards | Fr
IB | `22` | Chad Eicher | Jr
IB | `4` | DeAngelo Evans | Fr
OL | `` | Justin Ferrell | Fr
SE | `87` | Demond Finister | Fr
QB | `` | Clint Finley | Fr
SE | `88` | Craig Fischer | Fr
SE | `` | Tim Frame | Fr
QB | `7` | Scott Frost | Jr
OT | `53` | Lonnie Fulton | Fr
WB | `` | Mike Gentile | Fr
OT | `72` | Ben Gessford | So
WB | `` | John Gibson | Fr
IB | `30` | Ahman Green | So
SE | `80` | Billy Haafke | So
TE | `` | Chris Hastings | Fr
C | `54` | Aaron Havlovic | Fr
SE | `82` | Ryan Held | Jr
OT | `74` | Kyle Henson | So
C | `59` | Josh Heskew | Jr
OL | `` | Russ Hochstein | Fr
SE | `5` | Brendan Holbein | Sr
G | `66` | Joe Horst | Jr
G | `62` | Matt Hoskinson | Jr
TE | `88` | Sheldon Jackson | So
TE | `34` | Vershan Jackson | Jr
G | `52` | Marcus Johnson | Fr
OT | `69` | Adam Julch | Fr
FB | `22` | Ben Kingston | So
TE | `83` | Chad Kobus | Fr
SE | `89` | Jeff (Robert) Lake | Jr
FB | `40` | Billy Legate | So
QB | `1` | Frankie London | Fr
FB | `45` | Joel Makovicka | So
TE | `` | Jake McKee | Fr
OT | `78` | Kory Mikos | Sr
WB | `17` | Andy Miller | So
FB | `` | Willie Miller | Fr
IB | `24` | Jason Olnes | Fr
QB | `12` | Jeff Perino | Fr
RB | `` | Hank Piening | Fr
OT | `73` | Fred Pollack | Jr
IB | `27` | Steve Raymond | Fr
TE | `86` | Dorrick Roy | So
QB | `` | Jay Runty | Fr
OL | `` | Chris Saalfeld | Fr
FB | `` | Matt Schoening | Fr
FB | `28` | Brian Schuster | Sr
G | `65` | Jason Schwab | Fr
C | `56` | Doug Seaman | Jr
G | `63` | James Sherman | Fr
IB | `31` | James Sims | Jr
RB | `` | Travis Soucie | Fr
FB | `` | Jeremy Stanislav | Fr
OT | `69` | Jim Tansey | Fr
C | `67` | Aaron Taylor | Jr
FB | `` | Arby Todd | Fr
OT | `77` | Adam Treu | Sr
QB | `11` | Matt Turman | Sr
G | `71` | Mike Van Cleave | Jr
WB | `25` | Jon Vedral | Sr
C | `51` | Matt Vrzal | Sr
G | `61` | Brandt Wade | So
OL | `` | Brian Walters | Fr
TE | `` | Brandon Wardyn | Fr
OL | `` | David Webber | Fr
WB | `33` | Sean Wieting | Jr
WB | `29` | Shevin Wiggins | So
QB | `` | Chad Wiles | Fr
TE | `85` | Aaron Wills | Fr
G | `64` | Jon Zatechka | Jr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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CB | `48` | Dave Alderman | Sr
DT | `90` | Derek Allen | Fr
DT | `94` | Luis Almanzar | Fr
DB | `` | Josh Anderson | Fr
RE | `96` | Travis Antholz | Fr
WLB | `40` | Erick Arens | Fr
SLB | `81` | Larry Arnold | Sr
RE | `87` | Chris Bassett | Jr
FS | `24` | Jason Benes | Jr
RCB | `17` | Chad Blahak | Sr
LB | `` | Blaine Boellstorff | Fr
LCB | `20` | Michael Booker | Sr
DB | `21` | Mike Brown | Fr
DB | `22` | Ralph Brown | Fr
MLB | `47` | Ben Buettenback | Fr
RCB | `2` | Leslie Dennis | Jr
ROV | `20` | George Dittrick | Fr
DT | `74` | Brandon Drum | So
DL | `` | Jason Dush | Fr
WLB | `43` | Terrell Farley | Sr
DB | `` | Eric Fischer | Fr
MLB | `56` | Jay Foreman | So
SLB | `37` | Russell Froehlich | So
RCB | `12` | Mike Fullman | Sr
RE | `85` | Sean Gard | Jr
DL | `` | Bobby Gill | Fr
DE | `` | George Guidry | Fr
SLB | `86` | Trent Gumm | So
DB | `` | Brad Hamik | Fr
LB | `44` | Jon Hesse | Sr
WLB | `49` | Quint Hogrefe | So
WLB | `53` | Matt Hunting | Jr
MLB | `50` | Julius Jackson | Fr
RCB | `` | Tom Jeffrey | Fr
DB | `` | Eric Johnson | So
RE | `` | Dave Jones | So
DE | `` | Loran Kaiser | Fr
RE | `57` | Chad Kelsay | So
WLB | `43` | Josh Kohl | Fr
RE | `80` | Curt Lenners | Jr
ROV | `14` | Gregg List | Fr
WLB | `35` | Casey Macken | So
ROV | `21` | Kalin Makaiwi | So
RCB | `2` | Alex McClymont | So
ROV | `4` | Octavious McFarlin | Jr
FS | `29` | Greg McGraw | Fr
DT | `72` | Tom Milius | Fr
RE | `83` | Bryce Miller | Sr
ROV | `10` | Mike Minter | Sr
RE | `` | Brandon Mooberry | Fr
RE | `` | John Murphy | Fr
DT | `97` | Jeff Ogard | Sr
SLB | `37` | Tony Ortiz | Fr
DT | `95` | Jason Peter | Jr
RCB | `26` | Jerome Peterson | Fr
LB | `` | Carlos Polk | Fr
DB | `` | Brandon Quindt | Fr
CB | `` | Khari Reynolds | Fr
ROV | `39` | Mike Roberts | Sr
DL | `` | Laron Rooks | Fr
RE | `84` | Mike Rucker | So
RE | `86` | Eric Ryan | Fr
DT | `74` | Scott Saltsman | Sr
RE | `` | Matt Schwager | Fr
RE | `15` | Kareem Sears | Fr
SLB | `46` | Brian Shaw | Fr
DL | `` | Scott Siebenborn | Fr
FS | `16` | Eric Stokes | Sr
WLB | `91` | Ryan Terwilliger | Sr
DT | `79` | Ross Tessendorf | So
LCB | `27` | Andy Thompson | So
RE | `92` | Travis Toline | So
RE | `93` | Jared Tomich | Sr
DT | `94` | Larry Townsend | Sr
DT | `65` | Theron Troxel | Fr
LB | `` | Chad Tuttle | Fr
LB | `` | Noland Urban | Fr
DB | `` | Casey Vanderhoef | Fr
FS | `32` | Eric Walther | So
FS | `3` | Eric Warfield | Jr
DT | `` | Steve Warren | Fr
DB | `` | Troy Watchorn | Fr
WLB | `52` | Keely Watson | Jr
FS | `25` | Jeff Wells | Fr
SLB | `28` | Jamel Williams | Sr
DT | `99` | Jason Wiltz | So
DL | `` | Terry Winston | Fr
RE | `98` | Grant Wistrom | Jr
RE | `87` | Brendan Zahl | Jr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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PK | `35` | Kris Brown | So
P/PK | `17` | Dan Hadenfeldt | Fr
P | `19` | Jesse Kosch | Jr
P | `23` | Bill Lafleur | So
PK | `` | Chace Long | Fr
P | `8` | Brian Morro | So
PK | `13` | Ted Retzlaff | Jr

Head coach

* Tom Osborne
24th season
33rd year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Hastings College

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Charlie McBride
16th season as DC/DL coach
20th year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Colorado
* Turner Gill
5th season as QB coach
5th year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Nebraska
* Craig Bohl
2nd season as LB coach
5th year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Nebraska
* Ron Brown
10th season as WR/TE coach
10th year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Brown
* Dan Young
14th season as OL/K coach
14th year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Reed
* Milt Tenopir
23rd season as OL coach
23rd year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Sterling
* Tony Samuel
11th season as OLB coach
11th year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Nebraska
* George Darlington
DB coach
24th year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Rutgers
* Frank Solich
14th season as RB coach
18th year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Nebraska
* Boyd Epley
28th season as S&C coach
28th year at Nebraska
Alma mater: Nebraska

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster
Last update: January 17, 2011

### Depth chart

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Defense

| FS

Eric Stokes
Eric Warfield
Eric Walther

| WILL | MIKE | SAM

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Terrell Farley
Ryan Terwilliger  | John Hesse  | Jamel Williams
Mike Minter
Octavious McFarlin  | Jay Foreman  | Brian Shaw
Eric Johnson  | Julius Jackson  | Tony Ortiz
| ROVER

Mike Minter
Octavious McFarlin
Gregg List
| CB

Michael Booker
Jerome Peterson
Mike Fullman

| DE | DT | DT | DE

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Grant Wistrom  | Jason Peter  | Jeff Ogard  | Jared Tomich
Chad Kelsay  | Scott Saltsman  | Jason Wiltz  | Mike Rucker
Kareem Sears  | Derek Allen  | Steve Warren  | Travis Toline
|  | CB

Ralph Brown
Mike Brown
Leslie Dennis

Offense

| WR

Jon Vedral
Lance Brown
Shevin Wiggins
|  | LT | LG | C | RG | RT

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Adam Treu  | Chris Dishman  | Aaron Taylor  | Jon Zatechka  | Eric Anderson
Fred Pollack  | James Shreman  | Josh Heskew  | Matt Hoskinson  | Kory Mikos
Adam Julch  | Brandt Wade  | Matt Vrzal  | Mike Van Cleave | Jeff Clausen
| TE

Tim Carpenter
Vershan Jackson
Sheldon Jackson
| WR

Brandon Holbein
Kenny Cheatham
Jeff Lake

|  | QB

Scott Frost
Matt Turman
Monte Christo
|  | RB

Ahman Green
DeAngelo Evans
Damon Benning
James Sims
|  | FB

Brian Schuster
Joel Makovicka
Billy Legate
| Special teams

PK Kris Brown
P Jesse Kosch

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## Game summaries

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### Michigan State

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Michigan State at Nebraska [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Michigan State | 0 | 0| 7| 7 | 14
• Nebraska | 7 | 20| 21| 7 | 55

* Date: September 7
* Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
* Game attendance: 75,590

### Arizona State

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Nebraska at Arizona State [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Nebraska | 0 | 0| 0| 0 | 0
• Arizona State | 9 | 8| 0| 2 | 19

* Date: September 21
* Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
* Game attendance: 74,089

### Colorado State

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Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Colorado State | 0 | 6| 0| 3 | 9
• Nebraska | 7 | 17| 20| 21 | 65

* Date: September 28
* Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
* Game attendance: 75,575

### Kansas State

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Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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• Nebraska | 6 | 12| 14| 7 | 39
Kansas State | 0 | 3| 0| 0 | 3

* Date: October 5
* Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
* Game attendance: 43,916

### Baylor

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Baylor at Nebraska [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Baylor | 0 | 0| 0| 0 | 0
• Nebraska | 7 | 21| 14| 7 | 49

* Date: October 12
* Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
* Game attendance: 75,478

### Texas Tech

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Nebraska at Texas Tech [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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• Nebraska | 7 | 3| 7| 7 | 24
Texas Tech | 7 | 3| 0| 0 | 10

* Date: October 19
* Location: Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium, Lubbock, Texas
* Game attendance: 51,344

### Kansas

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Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Kansas | 0 | 7| 0| 0 | 7
• Nebraska | 7 | 35| 14| 7 | 63

* Date: October 26
* Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
* Game attendance: 75,158

### Oklahoma

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Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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• Nebraska | 0 | 17| 28| 28 | 73
Oklahoma | 0 | 0| 0| 21 | 21

* Date: November 2
* Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
* Game attendance: 75,004

### Missouri

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Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Missouri | 0 | 0| 0| 7 | 7
• Nebraska | 7 | 16| 28| 0 | 51

* Date: November 9
* Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
* Game attendance: 75,133

### Iowa State

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Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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• Nebraska | 20 | 8| 14| 7 | 49
Iowa State | 0 | 0| 7| 7 | 14

* Date: November 16
* Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa
* Game attendance: 47,850

### Colorado

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Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Colorado | 6 | 0| 3| 3 | 12
• Nebraska | 7 | 10| 0| 0 | 17

* Date: November 29
* Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
* Game attendance: 75,695

### Texas

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Nebraska vs Texas [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Nebraska | 7 | 10| 7| 3 | 27
• Texas | 7 | 13| 3| 14 | 37

* Date: December 7
* Location: Trans World Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
* Game attendance: 63,109

### Virginia Tech

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Virginia Tech vs Nebraska [box score]

Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Virginia Tech | 7 | 7| 7| 0 | 21
• Nebraska | 0 | 17| 14| 10 | 41

* Date: December 31
* Location: Pro Player Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
* Game attendance: 51,212

## Rankings

[edit]

See also: 1996 NCAA Division I-A football 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| 16| Final
AP| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 8| 7| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 4| 3| 6| 6
Coaches| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6

## Awards

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Award  | Name(s)

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All-America 1st team  | Aaron Taylor, Jared Tomich, Grant Wistrom
All-America 2nd team  | Chris Dishman
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year  | Grant Wistrom
All-America Freshman 1st team  | Ralph Brown
All-Big 12 1st team  | Chris Dishman, Jon Hesse, Jared Tomich, Mike Minter, Jason Peter, Aaron Taylor, Grant Wistrom
All-Big 12 2nd team  | Eric Anderson, Michael Booker, Kris Brown, Jeff Ogard, Jamel Williams
All-Big 12 3rd team  | Scott Frost, Terrell Farley, Ahman Green
All-Big 12 honorable mention  | Ralph Brown, DeAngelo Evans, Brendan Holbein, Vershan Jackson, Jesse Kosch, Brian Schuster, Eric Stokes, Jon Vedral, Jamel Williams
Big 12 coach of the Year  | Tom Osborne

### NFL and pro players

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The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1996 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[3]

Name  | Team

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Dan Alexander | Tennessee Titans
Eric Anderson | Amsterdam Admirals
Michael Booker | Atlanta Falcons
Kris Brown | Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Brown | Chicago Bears
Ralph Brown | New York Giants
Chris Dishman | Arizona Cardinals
Clint Finley | Kansas City Chiefs
Jay Foreman | Buffalo Bills
Ahman Green | Seattle Seahawks
Jon Hesse | Green Bay Packers
Russ Hochstein | Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sheldon Jackson | Buffalo Bills
Vershan Jackson | Kansas City Chiefs
Eric Johnson | Oakland Raiders
Chad Kelsay | Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Lafleur | Barcelona Dragons
Joel Makovicka | Arizona Cardinals
Mike Minter | Carolina Panthers
Tony Ortiz | Scottish Claymores
Jason Peter | Carolina Panthers
Carlos Polk | San Diego Chargers
Mike Rucker | Carolina Panthers
Eric Stokes | Seattle Seahawks
Jared Tomich | New Orleans Saints
Larry Townsend | Berlin Thunder
Adam Treu | Oakland Raiders
Eric Warfield | Kansas City Chiefs
Steve Warren | Green Bay Packers
Jamel Williams | Washington Redskins
Jason Wiltz | New York Jets
Grant Wistrom | St. Louis Rams
Jon Zatechka | Berlin Thunder

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Football - 1996 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
2. ^ 1996 Husker Honors
3. ^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.

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Venues|

* Lincoln Park (1891–1892)
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* Antelope Field (1897–1907)
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