1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 8 champion
Orange Bowl (BC NCG), L 16–18 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
Record	11–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (21st season);
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (13th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1992 1994 ⊟

1993 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Colorado	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Kansas State	4	–	2	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Oklahoma %	4	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oklahoma State	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Bowl Coalition representative as champion % – Bowl Coalition at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	1:00 pm	North Texas*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 76–14	75,614
September 11	1:00 pm	Texas Tech*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 50–27	75,771
September 18	2:30 pm	at UCLA*	No. 8	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 14–13	50,299
September 25	1:00 pm	Colorado State*	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 48–13	75,625
October 7	7:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 7	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	ESPN	W 27–13	35,580
October 16	1:00 pm	Kansas State	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	Prime	W 45–28	75,721
October 23	1:00 pm	Missouri	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 49–7	75,574
October 30	2:30 pm	at No. 20 Colorado	No. 6	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	W 21–17	52,277
November 6	1:00 pm	at Kansas	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)		W 21–20	47,500
November 13	1:00 pm	Iowa State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 49–17	75,513
November 26	2:30 pm	No. 16 Oklahoma	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	W 21–7	75,674
January 1, 1994	7:00 pm	vs. No. 1 Florida State*	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 16–18	81,536	^[1]
*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	8	9	9	8	6	6	7	6	5	6	6	4	3	2	2	2	3
Coaches														1	1	1	3

Game summaries

North Texas

North Texas at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	7	7	0	14
• Nebraska	28	14	21	13	76

Date: September 4
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,614

Texas Tech

Texas Tech at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	7	7	7	6	27
• Nebraska	10	10	16	14	50

Date: September 11
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,771

UCLA

Nebraska at UCLA [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	0	7	7	0	14
UCLA	3	7	0	3	13

Date: September 18
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Game attendance: 50,299

Colorado State

Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado State	3	3	0	7	13
• Nebraska	14	14	6	14	48

Date: September 25
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,625

Oklahoma State

Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	0	6	7	14	27
Oklahoma State	6	7	0	0	13

Date: October 7
Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 35,580

Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	7	7	7	7	28
• Nebraska	14	17	0	14	45

Date: October 16
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,721

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	0	7	0	0	7
• Nebraska	0	21	14	14	49

Date: October 23
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,574

Colorado

Nebraska at Colorado [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	21	0	0	0	21
Colorado	3	7	0	7	17

Date: October 30
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Game attendance: 52,277

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	7	7	0	7	21
Kansas	7	0	7	6	20

Date: November 6
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
Game attendance: 47,500

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	7	3	0	7	17
• Nebraska	21	0	14	14	49

Date: November 13
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,513

Oklahoma

Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score]

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

Date: November 26
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 75,674

Florida State

Florida State vs Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Florida State	0	6	9	3	18
Nebraska	0	7	0	9	16

Date: January 1
Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami
Game attendance: 81,536
Referee: John Soffey
TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg, Bob Trumpy and O. J. Simpson

Personnel

Roster

1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`88`	Eric Alford	Jr
TE		Jacques Allen	So
TE	`95`	Gerald Armstrong	Sr
SE	`7`	Reggie Baul	So
TE	`80`	Trumane Bell	Sr
IB	`21`	Damon Benning	Fr
QB	`18`	Brook Berringer	So
OT	`61`	Brady Caskey	Jr
IB	`25`	Clinton Childs	So
FB	`26`	Troy Barnes	Jr
SE	`23`	Aaron Davis	Fr
OT	`75`	Chris Dishman	Fr
SE	`2`	Corey Dixon	Sr
FB	`37`	Kyle Emsick	Jr
FB	`28`	David Fiala	Sr
IB		Jason Fisher	Jr
QB	`15`	Tommie Frazier	So
G	`64`	Bart Furrow	Sr
OT	`59`	Joel Gesky	Jr
TE	`87`	Mark Gilman	So
C	`63`	Aaron Graham	So
FB	`29`	Lance Gray	Sr
TE	`89`	Erich Hohl	Jr
SE	`81`	Brendan Holbein	Fr
C	`51`	Bill Humphrey	Jr
WB	`33`	Clester Johnson	So
IB	`44`	Calvin Jones	Jr
C		Jeff Katt	So
G		Steve Long	Fr
OT	`77`	Lance Lundberg	Sr
IB	`19`	Jeff Makovicka	So
G	`62`	Ken Mehlin	Sr
G	`70`	Wayne Meylan	So
OT	`78`	Kory Mikos	Fr
WB	`27`	Abdul Muhammad	Jr
TE	`91`	Merritt Nelson	So
FB		Chris Norris	So
OT		Brian Nunns	So
G	`69`	Steve Ott	So
C	`53`	Jon Pedersen	Jr
IB	`1`	Lawrence Phillips	Fr
WB	`39`	Brett Popplewell	So
G	`65`	Bryan Pruitt	So
QB	`8`	Ben Rutz	Fr
FB	`40`	Cory Schlesinger	Jr
IB		Damon Schmadeke	So
FB		Brian Schuster	Fr
TE	`88`	T.J. Scribner	Fr
WB	`22`	David Seizys	Sr
TE	`85`	Matt Shaw	Jr
IB	`47`	Marvin Sims	Fr
FB		Mike Smith	Fr
G	`66`	Brenden Stai	Jr
FB		Chad Stanley	So
OT		Adam Treu	Fr
QB	`11`	Matt Turman	Fr
WB		Jon Vedral	Fr
QB	`9`	Tony Veland	So
G	`68`	Steve Volin	So
C		Matt Vrzal	Fr
SE	`82`	Riley Washington	Fr
OT	`72`	Zach Wiegert	Jr
G	`76`	Joel Wilks	Sr
G	`56`	Rob Zatechka	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OLB	`34`	Trev Alberts	Sr
CB		Dave Alderman	Fr
ILB	`36`	Leonard Alexander	Jr
CB	`31`	Marcus Anderson	Sr
LB	`48`	Mike Anderson	Sr
OLB		Larry Arnold	So
FS		Dennis Bailey	Fr
LB	`23`	Ernie Beler	Sr
CB		Chad Blahak	Fr
LB	`54`	Troy Branch	Sr
LB	`5`	Lorenzo Brinkley	Sr
FS		Chad Brouse	Fr
LB		Clint Brown	Jr
CB		Willis Brown	Fr
FS	`45`	Zeke Cisco	Sr
FS	`17`	Sedric Collins	Jr
LB	`46`	Doug Colman	So
NT	`99`	Terry Connealy	Jr
FS	`4`	Troy Dumas	Jr
LB	`41`	Phil Ellis	So
OLB	`58`	Luther Hardin	So
OLB	`86`	Dwayne Harris	Jr
OLB	`97`	Paul Hawley	So
FS	`25`	Mike Heins	Sr
LB		Jon Hesse	RFr
OLB	`38`	Todd Heyne	Sr
OLB	`92`	Jerad Higman	Sr
DT	`96`	Jason Jenkins	Jr
OLB	`84`	Donta Jones	Jr
LB	`49`	John Martin	Jr
CB	`14`	Barron Miles	Jr
ROV	`10`	Mike Minter	Fr
OLB	`90`	Bruce Moore	Sr
OLB	`42`	Ed Morrow	Fr
CB	`1`	Kareem Moss	Jr
NT	`73`	David Noonan	Sr
DT		Jeff Ogard	Fr
OLB	`98`	Jeff Olsen	Fr
LB	`52`	Aaron Penland	So
DT	`57`	Jason Pesterfield	Jr
DT	`55`	Christian Peter	So
LB	`35`	Jim Prevette	Sr
DT	`67`	Kevin Ramaekers	Sr
CB	`6`	John Reece	Sr
ROV		Mike Roberts	Fr
NT	`74`	Scott Saltsman	Fr
CB		Darren Schmadeke	So
LB	`24`	Dean Schneider	Sr
LB		Adam Schultze	So
ROV		Jason Simdorn	Jr
LB	`32`	Ed Stewart	Jr
RCB	`16`	Eric Stokes	Fr
LB		Ryan Terwilliger	Fr
DT		Jared Tomich	So
DT	`94`	Larry Townsend	Fr
DT	`93`	Billy Wade	Sr
OLB	`43`	Austin Wertz	Sr
ROV		Matt Westenburg	Jr
ILB	`98`	Daren Williams	Sr
FS	`8`	Tyrone Williams	So
FS		Trampis Wrice	So
ROV	`3`	Toby Wright	Sr
FS		Chad Young	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P/PK	`13`	Byron Bennett	Sr
PK		Jeremy Jensen	So
PK	`12`	Tom Sieler	Jr

Head coach

Tom Osborne
   21st season
   30th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Hastings College

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Charlie McBride
   13th season as DC/DL coach
   17th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Colorado
Turner Gill
   2nd season as QB coach
   2nd year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Kevin Steele
   5th season as LB coach
   5th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Tennessee
Ron Brown
   7th season as WR/TE coach
   7th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Brown
Dan Young
   11th season as OL/K coach
   11th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Reed
Milt Tenopir
   20th season as OL coach
   20th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Sterling
Tony Samuel
   8th season as RE coach
   8th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
George Darlington
   DB coach
   21st year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Rutgers
Frank Solich
   11th season as RB coach
   15th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Boyd Epley
   25th season as S&C coach
   25th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Bill Busch
4th year at Nebraska

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 17, 2011

Depth chart

Defense

FS
Troy Dumas
John Reece
Mike Heins

WILL	MIKE	SAM
Ed Stewart	Mike Anderson	Ernie Beler Lorenzo Brinkley
Troy Branch	Darren Williams	Austin Wertz
Phill Ellis	Doug Colman	Zeke Cisco

ROVER
Toby Wright
Mike Minter
Jason Simdorn

CB
Barron Miles
Kareem Moss
Darren Schmadeke

DE	DT	DT	DE
Donta Jones	Terry Connealy	Kevin Ramaekers	Trev Alberts
Bruce Moore	Christian Peter	Billy Wade David Noonan	Dwayne Harris
Jerad Higman	Scott Saltsman	Jason Pesterfield	Luther Hardin

CB
John Reece Tyrone Williams
Eric Stokes
⋅

Offense

WR
Abdul Muhammad
Clester Johnson
David Seizys

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Lance Lundberg	Rob Zatechka	Ken Mehlin	Brenden Stai	Zach Wiegert
Chris Dishman	Joel Wilks	Aaron Graham	Steve Ott	Joel Gesky
Brady Caskey	Bart Furrow	Jon Pedersen	Bryan Pruitt	Brady Caskey

TE
Gerald Armstrong
Trumane Bell
Matt Shaw Eric Alford

WR
Corey Dixon
Reggie Baul
Brett Popplewell

QB
Tommie Frazier
Brook Berringer
Tony Veland

RB
Calvin Jones
Lawrence Phillips
Damon Benning

FB
Corey Schlesinger
Jeff Makovicka
David Fiala

Special teams
PK Byron Bennett
P Byron Bennett

After the season

Awards

^[2]

Award	Name(s)
Butkus Award	Trev Alberts
All-America 1st team	Trev Alberts
All-America 2nd team	Zach Wiegert
All-America 3rd team	Calvin Jones
Big 8 Coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big 8 Male Athlete of the Year	Trev Alberts
Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year	Trev Alberts
Big 8 Defensive Newcomer of the Year	Tyrone Williams
All-Big 8 1st team	Trev Alberts, Terry Conneally, Calvin Jones, Lance Lundberg, Ken Mehlin, Barron Miles, Kevin Ramaekers, Zach Wiegert
All-Big 8 2nd team	Tommie Frazier, John Reece, Ed Stewart, Toby Wright
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Mike Anderson, Gerald Armstrong, Byron Bennett, Corey Dixon, Abdul Muhammad

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1993 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.^[3]

Name	Team
Trev Alberts	Indianapolis Colts
Mike Anderson	Amsterdam Admirals
Doug Colman	New York Giants
Chris Dishman	Arizona Cardinals
Corey Dixon	Atlanta Falcons
Troy Dumas	Kansas City Chiefs
Tommie Frazier	Montreal Alouettes
Aaron Graham	Arizona Cardinals
Jon Hesse	Green Bay Packers
Calvin Jones	Los Angeles Raiders
Donta Jones	Pittsburgh Steelers
Keithen McCant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Barron Miles	Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Minter	Carolina Panthers
Kareem Moss	BC Lions
Christian Peter	New York Jets
Lawrence Phillips	St. Louis Rams
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Cory Schlesinger	Detroit Lions
Brenden Stai	Pittsburgh Steelers
Eric Stokes	Seattle Seahawks
Jared Tomich	New Orleans Saints
Larry Townsend	Berlin Thunder
Adam Treu	Oakland Raiders
Tony Veland	Denver Broncos
Zach Wiegert	St. Louis Rams
Tyrone Williams	Green Bay Packers
Toby Wright	Los Angeles Rams
Rob Zatechka	New York Giants

References

^ "So, who's #1? Freshman kicker gives FSU leg up, win over Nebraska". Chicago Tribune. January 2, 1994. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 1993 Husker Honors
^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

[1] "So, who's #1? Freshman kicker gives FSU leg up, win over Nebraska". Chicago Tribune. January 2, 1994. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] 1993 Husker Honors

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

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