1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, L 14–27 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
1992 record	9–3 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (20th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (23rd season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (12th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,650)

1992 Big Eight Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Nebraska $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Colorado %	5	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
No. 22 Kansas	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma	3	–	2	–	2			5	–	4	–	2
Oklahoma State	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Bowl Coalition representative as champion % – Bowl Coalition at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	1:00 pm	Utah*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	Prime	W 49–22	76,234
September 12	1:00 pm	Middle Tennessee State*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		W 48–7	76,184
September 19	6:45 pm	at No. 2 Washington*	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle	ESPN	L 14–29	73,333
September 26	1:00 pm	Arizona State*	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		W 45–24	76,138
October 10	1:00 pm	Oklahoma State	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		W 55–0	76,116
October 24	1:00 pm	at Missouri	No. 8	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (rivalry)		W 34–24	53,337
October 31	3:00 pm	No. 8 Colorado	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)	ESPN	W 52–7	76,287
November 7	6:30 pm	No. 13 Kansas	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPN	W 49–7	76,165
November 14	1:00 pm	at Iowa State	No. 7	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa		L 10–19	42,008
November 27	12:30 pm	at Oklahoma	No. 12	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma (rivalry)	ABC	W 33–9	69,770
December 5	10:00 pm	vs. Kansas State	No. 11	Tokyo Dome Bunkyō, Tokyo (Coca-Cola Classic)		W 38–24	50,000
January 1	7:00 pm	vs. No. 3 Florida State*	No. 11	Miami Orange Bowl Miami (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 14–27	57,327
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster and coaching staff

1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Jacques Allen Fr TE 95 Gerald Armstrong Jr SE 80 Trumane Bell Jr QB 18 Brook Berringer Fr FB Rick Blatny So IB 21 Derek Brown Jr OT Mark Brown Fr OT 61 Brady Caskey Jr C 55 Terris Chorney Sr OT Silas Cleveland Jr QB 10 Joel Cornwell Sr SE 2 Corey Dixon Jr SE 28 Darin Duin Sr FB Kyle Emsick So FB 24 David Fiala Jr IB Jason Fisher So QB 15 Tommie Frazier Fr OT 59 Joel Gesky So TE Mark Gilman Fr OG 63 Aaron Graham Fr QB 1 Mike Grant Sr FB Rod Haarberg Jr WB 38 Vincent Hawkins Sr TE Erich Hohl So OL Robert Hughes Jr SE 33 Tyrone Hughes Sr OT Shyuan Jasper So OT 69 Dave Jensen Sr WB 7 Clester Johnson Fr IB 44 Calvin Jones So FB 26 Lance Lewis Sr OG 65 Jason Licht Jr OT 77 Lance Lundberg Jr IB Jeff Makovicka Fr FB 7 Andre McDuffy Sr QB 9 John McMillen Sr OG 62 Ken Mehlin Jr OG Wayne Meylan Fr FS 5 Randy Montgomery So WB 27 Abdul Muhammad So C 57 Brad Mundt Sr SE Merritt Nelson Fr FB Chris Norris Fr C Don O'Neill Jr OG Steve Ott Fr C 53 Jon Pedersen So SE Brett Popplewell Fr OG Bryan Pruitt Fr WB Eric Schepers Jr FB 40 Cory Schlesinger So IB Damon Schmadeke Fr WB Darren Schmadeke Fr C Jim Scott Sr WB 22 David Seizys Jr TE Matt Shaw So OG 75 Will Shields Sr OG 78 Trent (T.J.) Slansky Sr OT Robert Smith Fr OG 66 Brenden Stai Jr FB Chad Stanley Fr WB Tom Steer So TE 88 Mike Vedral Sr OG Steve Volin Fr OT 68 Doug Waddell Sr TE 89 William Washington Sr WB 87 Tom Werner Sr OT 72 Zach Wiegert So SE 81 Duane Wiles So OG 58 Joel Wilks Jr OT 56 Rob Zatechka So OG 64 Chris Zyzda Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class OLB 34 Trev Alberts Jr ILB Leonard Alexander So CB 3 Marcus Anderson Jr ILB 48 Mike Anderson Jr MG Ryan Barry Jr SS 23 Ernie Beler Jr OLB Ken Bello Fr ILB 54 Troy Branch Jr CB 5 Lorenzo Brinkley Jr OLB Clint Brown So FS 8 Tyrone Byrd Sr FS 31 Steve Carmer Sr SS 45 Zeke Cisco Jr DB Anthony Cole Jr FS 17 Sedric Collins So ILB 46 Doug Colman So DT 99 Terry Connealy So OLB Mike Dickmeyer So FS 4 Troy Dumas So ILB 41 Phil Ellis Fr OLB 39 Greg Fletcher Jr MG 94 Bart Furrow Jr OLB Tory Garland So SS Travis Giesbrecht So DB Chris Grass Sr OLB 91 Lance Gray Jr FS Charles Green Fr DT Luther Hardin Fr OLB 86 Dwayne Harris So CB 25 Mike Heins Jr FS Jay Herman So LB Jon Hesse Fr OLB Todd Heyne Jr OLB Jerad Higman Jr OLB 93 Travis Hill Sr DT 74 Matt Hilman Sr MG 97 Bill Humphrey So MG 95 Jerry Irons Jr OLB 84 Donta Jones So ILB LeRoi Jones So OLB 42 David Leader Sr DT 70 Jamie Liewer Sr CB Ralph Lott Fr DL Dennis Martin Fr ILB John Martin So CB 15 Brady Mercer So CB 14 Barron Miles So DT 90 Bruce Moore Jr CB 1 Kareem Moss So ILB Ryan Murtaugh So MG 73 David Noonan Jr DB Matt Orduna Fr DT 92 John Parrella Sr ILB Aaron Penland Fr ILB 52 Matt Penland Jr OLB Jason Pesterfield So SS Frank Phillips Fr ILB Jim Prevette Jr DT 67 Kevin Ramaekers Jr CB 6 John Reece Jr FS 24 Dean Schneider Jr ILB Adam Schultze So FS Jason Simdorn So CB Jeff Solich So ILB 32 Ed Stewart So FS 16 Tony Veland Fr DT 83 Billy Wade Jr SS Austin Wertz Jr FS 12 Jamie Weyers Jr OLB 96 David White Sr ILB 49 Paul Wightman Sr CB 19 Kenny Wilhite Sr ILB 98 Daren Williams Jr ROV 3 Toby Wright Jr FS Chad Young Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P/PK 13 Byron Bennett Jr P Chris Borland So PK Jeremy Jensen Fr P/PK 14 Jeff Lang So PK Kevin McMindes So PK 12 Tom Sieler So P 47 Mike Stigge Sr	Head coach Tom Osborne    20th season    29th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride    12th season as DC/LB coach    16th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill    1st season as QB coach    1st year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Kevin Steele    4th season as LB coach    4th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Tennessee Ron Brown    6th season as WR/TE coach    6th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Brown Dan Young    10th season as OL/K coach    10th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir    19th season as OL coach    19th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Sterling Tony Samuel    7th season as OLB coach    7th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska George Darlington    DB coach    20th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Rutgers Frank Solich    10th season as RB coach    14th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Boyd Epley    24th season as S&C coach    24th 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 Tyrone Byrd Troy Dumas ⋅ OUTSIDE INSDIE INSDIE OUTSIDE Travis Hill Ed Steward Mike Anderson Trev Alberts Dontae Jones Ryan Terwilliger Darren Williams ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ SS Steve Carmer Toby Wright ⋅ CB Kenny Whilhite Barron Miles ⋅ DE NT DE John Parrella David Noonan Bruce Moore Terry Connealy ⋅ Kevin Ramaekers Jamie Liewer ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ CB John Reece Kareem Moss ⋅ Offense WR Vincent Hawkins Abdul Muhammad ⋅ LT LG C RG RT Lance Lundberg Ken Mehlin Jim Scott Will Shields Zach Wiegert Rob Zatechka Chris Zyzda Terris Chorney Brenden Stai Joel Wilks ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ TE Gerald Armstrong William Washingtion Matt Shaw WR Corey Dixon Trumane Bell Tyrone Hughes ⋅ QB Tommie Frazier Mike Grant ⋅ RB Calvin Jones Derek Brown Jeff Makovicka ⋅ FB Lance Lewis Andre McDuffy Corey Schlesinger ⋅ Special Teams PK Byron Bennett P Mike Stigge

Game summaries

Utah

Utah at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Utah 0 0 14 8 22 • Nebraska 21 14 7 7 49 Date: September 5 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,234

Middle Tennessee State

Middle Tennessee State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Middle Tennessee State 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 7 20 14 48 Date: September 12 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,184

Washington

Nebraska at Washington [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 7 7 0 14 • Washington 2 21 3 3 29 Date: September 19 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Game attendance: 73,333

Arizona State

Arizona State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona State 0 10 14 0 24 • Nebraska 10 14 14 7 45 Date: September 26 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,138

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 13 21 14 7 55 Date: October 10 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,116

Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 10 0 10 34 Missouri 0 14 7 3 24 Date: October 24 Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri Game attendance: 53,337

Colorado

Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 17 7 21 52 Date: October 31 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,287

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 28 14 0 49 Date: November 7 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,165

Iowa State

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 3 7 0 0 10 • Iowa State 3 9 0 7 19 Date: November 14 Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 42,008

Oklahoma

Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 3 9 14 33 Oklahoma 3 6 0 0 9 Date: November 27 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 69,770

Kansas State

Nebraska vs Kansas State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 7 10 7 38 Kansas State 0 10 0 14 24 Date: December 5 Location: Tokyo Dome, Bunkyō, Tokyo Game attendance: 50,000

Florida State

Florida State vs Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida State 7 13 7 0 27 Nebraska 0 7 0 7 14 Date: January 1 Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami Game attendance: 57,327

Rankings

Ranking Movement

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	11	11	11	12	15	15	14	11	8	8	7	7	12	12	11	11	14
Coaches																	14

Awards

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Award	Name(s)
Outland Trophy	Will Shields
All-America 1st team	Travis Hill, Will Shields
All-America 2nd team	Trev Alberts, Calvin Jones, John Parrella
All-America 3rd team	Derek Brown, Tyrone Byrd, Mike Stigge
Big 8 Coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year	Derek Brown, Calvin Jones
Big 8 Offensive Newcomer of the Year	Tommie Frazier
Big 8 Freshman of the Year	Tommie Frazier
All-Big 8 1st team	Trev Alberts, Derek Brown, Tyrone Byrd, Calvin Jones, Travis Hill, John Parrella, Jim Scott, Will Shields, William Washington, Zach Wiegert
All-Big 8 2nd team	Lance Lundberg, Mike Stigge
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Gerald Armstrong, Steve Carmer, Corey Dixon, Tommie Frazier, Tyrone Hughes, Lance Lewis, Ed Stewart, Kenny Wilhite

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1992 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
Derek Brown	New Orleans Saints
Terris Chorney	Edmonton Eskimos
Doug Colman	New York Giants
Corey Dixon	Atlanta Falcons
Troy Dumas	Kansas City Chiefs
Tommie Frazier	Montreal Alouettes
Aaron Graham	Arizona Cardinals
Travis Hill	Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes	New Orleans Saints
Calvin Jones	Los Angeles Raiders
Donta Jones	Pittsburgh Steelers
Barron Miles	Pittsburgh Steelers
Kareem Moss	BC Lions
John Parrella	Buffalo Bills
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Cory Schlesinger	Detroit Lions
Will Shields	Kansas City Chiefs
Brenden Stai	Pittsburgh Steelers
Tony Veland	Denver Broncos
David White	New England Patriots
Zach Wiegert	St. Louis Rams
Toby Wright	Los Angeles Rams
Rob Zatechka	New York Giants

References

1. "Football - 1992 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
2. 1992 Husker Honors
3. "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.