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
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
Seasons ← 1991 1993 →

1992 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	1:00 pm	Utah*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	Prime	W 49–22	76,234
September 12	1:00 pm	Middle Tennessee*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 48–7	76,184
September 19	6:45 pm	at No. 2 Washington*	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ESPN	L 14–29	73,333
September 26	1:00 pm	Arizona State*	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 45–24	76,138
October 10	1:00 pm	Oklahoma State	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 55–0	76,116
October 24	1:00 pm	at Missouri	No. 8	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)		W 34–24	53,337
October 31	3:00 pm	No. 8 Colorado	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ESPN	W 52–7	76,287
November 7	6:30 pm	No. 13 Kansas	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ESPN	W 49–7	76,165
November 14	1:00 pm	at Iowa State	No. 7	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 10–19	42,008
November 27	12:30 pm	at Oklahoma	No. 12	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	ABC	W 33–9	69,770
December 5	10:00 pm	vs. Kansas State	No. 11	Tokyo Dome Bunkyō, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic, rivalry)		W 38–24	50,000
January 1	7:00 pm	vs. No. 3 Florida State*	No. 11	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 14–27	57,327	^[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	11	11	11	12	15	15	14	11	8	8	7	7	12	12	11	11	14
Coaches																	14

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

At Iowa State

#7 Nebraska Cornhuskers (7–1) at Iowa State Cyclones (3–6)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	3	7	0	0	10
Iowa St	3	9	0	7	19

at Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa

Date: November 14, 1992
Game time: 1:00 p.m. CDT
Game attendance: 42,008
Box Score

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nebraska	Passing	Tommie Frazier	3/12, 54 Yds, TD
	Rushing	Tommie Frazier	13 Rush, 92 Yds
	Receiving	Derek Brown	1 Rec, 20 Yds
Iowa St	Passing	Marv Seiler	3/4, 26 Yds
	Rushing	Marv Seiler	24 Rush, 144 Yds
	Receiving	Sundiata Patterson	2 Rec, 13 Yds

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	NU	ISU
1	9:46	11	60		Iowa St	37-yard field goal by Ty Stewart	0	3
1	5:17	9	56		Nebraska	33-yard field goal by Byron Bennett	3	3
2	14:23	12	66		Iowa St	32-yard field goal by Ty Stewart	3	6
2	11:49	7	80		Nebraska	Lance Lewis 15-yard touchdown reception from Tommie Frazier, Byron Bennett kick good	10	6
2	5:49	13	46		Iowa St	45-yard field goal by Ty Stewart	10	9
2	1:38	7	27		Iowa St	30-yard field goal by Ty Stewart	10	12
4	10:50	2	80		Iowa St	Chris Ulrich 2-yard touchdown run, Ty Stewart kick good	10	19
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							10	19

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

Personnel

Roster

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
G	`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
G	`65`	Jason Licht	Jr
OT	`77`	Lance Lundberg	Jr
IB		Jeff Makovicka	Fr
FB	`7`	Andre McDuffy	Sr
QB	`9`	John McMillen	Sr
G	`62`	Ken Mehlin	Jr
G		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
G		Steve Ott	Fr
C	`53`	Jon Pedersen	So
SE		Brett Popplewell	Fr
G		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
G	`75`	Will Shields	Sr
G	`78`	Trent (T.J.) Slansky	Sr
OT		Robert Smith	Fr
G	`66`	Brenden Stai	Jr
FB		Chad Stanley	Fr
WB		Tom Steer	So
TE	`88`	Mike Vedral	Sr
G		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
G	`58`	Joel Wilks	Jr
OT	`56`	Rob Zatechka	So
G	`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/DL 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
Bill Busch
3rd year at 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
Sedric Collins

OUTSIDE	INSIDE	INSIDE	OUTSIDE
Travis Hill	Ed Stewart	Mike Anderson	Trev Alberts
Donta Jones	Troy Branch	Darren Williams	David White
David Leader Lance Gray	Matt Penland	Phil Ellis	Dwayne Harris

SS
Steve Carmer
Toby Wright
Zeke Cisco

CB
Kenny Whilhite
Barron Miles
Mike Heins

DE	NT	DE
John Parrella	David Noonan	Bruce Moore
Kevin Ramaekers	Terry Connealy	Jamie Liewer
Matt Hilman	Bill Humphrey	Billy Wade

CB
John Reece
Kareem Moss
Lorenzo Brinkley

Offense

WR
Vincent Hawkins
Abdul Muhammad
David Seizys

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Lance Lundberg	Ken Mehlin	Jim Scott	Will Shields	Zach Wiegert
Rob Zatechka	Chris Zyzda	Terris Chorney	Brenden Stai	Joel Gesky
Brady Caskey	Joel Wilks	Aaron Graham	T.J. Slansky	Brady Caskey

TE
Gerald Armstrong
William Washingtion
Matt Shaw

WR
Corey Dixon
Trumane Bell Tyrone Hughes
Darin Duin

QB
Tommie Frazier
Mike Grant
Joel Cornwell

RB
Calvin Jones Derek Brown
Jeff Makovicka
⋅

FB
Lance Lewis
Andre McDuffy Corey Schlesinger
David Fiala

Special teams
PK Byron Bennett
P Mike Stigge

Awards

^[2]

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

^ "Nebraska's bowl skid extended to six games". The Alliance Times-Herald. January 2, 1993. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 1992 Husker Honors
^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.

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