1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
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Holiday Bowl, L 20–23 vs. Arizona
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 19
1998 record	9–4 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Frank Solich (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Solich (1st season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (18th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 72,700)
Seasons

1998 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
#10 Kansas State x		8	–	0					11	–	2
#19 Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
#21 Missouri		5	–	3					8	–	4
Colorado		4	–	4					8	–	4
Kansas		1	–	7					4	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7					3	–	8
South
#11 Texas A&M x†		7	–	1					11	–	3
#15 Texas		6	–	2					9	–	3
Texas Tech		4	–	4					7	–	5
Oklahoma State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Oklahoma		3	–	5					5	–	6
Baylor		1	–	7					2	–	9
Championship: Texas A&M 36, Kansas State 33 (2OT)
† – BCS representative as champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29*	3:00 PM	Louisiana Tech	#4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Eddie Robinson Classic)	FSN	W 56–27	76,021
September 5*	12:30 PM	UAB	#4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 38–7	75,921
September 12*	6:00 PM	at California	#4	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	FSN	W 24–3	67,000
September 26*	2:30 PM	#9 Washington	#2	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 55–7	76,372
October 3	6:00 PM	vs. Oklahoma State	#2	Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO	FSN	W 24–17	79,555
October 10	2:30 PM	at #18 Texas A&M	#2	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ABC	L 21–28	60,798
October 17†	6:00 PM	Kansas	#8	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FSN	W 41–0	76,174
October 24	11:30 AM	#19 Missouri	#7	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	FSN	W 20–13	76,425
October 31	2:30 PM	#20 Texas	#7	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 16–20	76,434
November 7	1:00 PM	at Iowa State	#14	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA		W 42–7	45,817
November 14	2:30 PM	at #2 Kansas State	#11	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ABC	L 30–40	44,298
November 27	3:30 PM	Colorado	#14	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	ABC	W 16–14	75,958
December 30*	7:30 PM	vs. #5 Arizona	#14	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–23	65,354
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Roster and coaching staff

1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 17 Aguglia, ScottScott Aguglia 1.0 !Fr IB 38 Alexander, DanDan Alexander 3.0 !So OG 64 Altstadt, SteveSteve Altstadt 1.0 !Fr WB 82 Applegate, SeanSean Applegate 5.0 !Jr C 51 Baldwin, MattMatt Baldwin 5.0 !Jr TE 94 Bauman, DamienDamien Bauman 5.0 !Jr TE 33 Becvarovski, SashoSasho Becvarovski 3.0 !So SE 20 Beveridge, TomTom Beveridge 3.0 !So TE    Bowling, JonJon Bowling 1.0 !Fr WB 14 Brown, LanceLance Brown 7.0 !Sr IB 36 Buckhalter, CorrellCorrell Buckhalter 3.0 !So IB    Butler, ChrisChris Butler 1.0 !Fr SE 6  Cheatham, KennyKenny Cheatham 7.0 !Sr QB    Chrisman, JoeJoe Chrisman 1.0 !Fr QB 9  Christo, MonteMonte Christo 7.0 !Sr FB 31 Cielocha, ChrisChris Cielocha 1.0 !Fr OT 68 Clausen, JeffJeff Clausen 5.0 !Jr OL    Cody, WesWes Cody 1.0 !Fr SE    Cork, DannyDanny Cork 1.0 !Fr WB 81 Cornelsen, BenBen Cornelsen 1.0 !Fr QB 7  Crouch, EricEric Crouch 1.0 !Fr TE    Dabbert, WillWill Dabbert 1.0 !Fr SE 3  Davison, MattMatt Davison 3.0 !So TE 85 DeBates, T.J.T.J. DeBates 5.0 !Jr IB 31 Diedrick, DahrranDahrran Diedrick 1.0 !Fr OT 76 Diekmann, BillyBilly Diekmann 3.0 !So SE    Duryea, ChadChad Duryea 1.0 !Fr OL    Eisenhauer, KyleKyle Eisenhauer 1.0 !Fr IB 4  Evans, DeAngeloDeAngelo Evans 3.0 !So WB 2  Finister, DemondDemond Finister 5.0 !Jr SE 83 Fischer, CraigCraig Fischer 5.0 !Jr WB    Forster, AustinAustin Forster 1.0 !Fr OL    Freeman, JoeJoe Freeman 1.0 !Fr SE 29 Friesen, PatPat Friesen 1.0 !Fr WB 30 Fujan, PaulPaul Fujan 1.0 !Fr OT 74 Fulton, LonnieLonnie Fulton 5.0 !Jr OG 72 Gessford, BenBen Gessford 7.0 !Sr WB 8  Gibson, JohnJohn Gibson 3.0 !So TE    Golliday, AaronAaron Golliday 1.0 !Fr FB 46 Gragert, NickNick Gragert 1.0 !Fr OT 74 Green, MikeMike Green 1.0 !Fr RB    Grixby, DeAntaeDeAntae Grixby 1.0 !Fr QB    Gutz, SamSam Gutz 1.0 !Fr SE    Gutz, SethSeth Gutz 5.0 !Jr OL    Gwennap, AndyAndy Gwennap 1.0 !Fr SE 80 Haafke, BillyBilly Haafke 7.0 !Sr SE    Hassebroek, TroyTroy Hassebroek 1.0 !Fr C 78 Havlovic, AaronAaron Havlovic 5.0 !Jr C 78 Havolovic, AaronAaron Havolovic 5.0 !Jr WB    Hennings, DanDan Hennings 1.0 !Fr C 59 Heskew, JoshJosh Heskew 7.0 !Sr OG 55 Hochstein, RussRuss Hochstein 3.0 !So FB    Hughes, CaseyCasey Hughes 1.0 !Fr TE 88 Jackson, SheldonSheldon Jackson 7.0 !Sr OT 69 Julch, AdamAdam Julch 5.0 !Jr FB    Kastl, PaulPaul Kastl 1.0 !Fr FB 33 Kingston, BenBen Kingston 5.0 !Jr SE    Klem, JohnJohn Klem 1.0 !Fr OL    Koethe, ScottScott Koethe 1.0 !Fr OT 75 Kollmorgen, KyleKyle Kollmorgen 1.0 !Fr OL    Kolowski, DavidDavid Kolowski 1.0 !Fr OL    Kolterman, NateNate Kolterman 1.0 !Fr FB 40 Legate, BillyBilly Legate 7.0 !Sr QB 1  London, FrankieFrankie London 5.0 !Jr SE    Lyman, JoshJosh Lyman 1.0 !Fr FB 45 Makovicka, JoelJoel Makovicka 7.0 !Sr WB    McGann, ShawnShawn McGann 1.0 !Fr TE 87 McKee, JakeJake McKee 3.0 !So FB 15 Miller, WillieWillie Miller 3.0 !So TE 43 Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy 3.0 !So QB 12 Newcombe, BobbyBobby Newcombe 3.0 !So FB 37 Piening, HankHank Piening 3.0 !So C 54 Raiola, DominicDominic Raiola 1.0 !Fr IB    Rauenzahn, TylerTyler Rauenzahn 1.0 !Fr QB 16 Runty, JayJay Runty 3.0 !So OG 66 Rutherford, JonJon Rutherford 2.0 !RFr OG 79 Saalfeld, ChrisChris Saalfeld 3.0 !So OT 65 Schwab, JasonJason Schwab 5.0 !Jr OG 63 Sherman, JamesJames Sherman 5.0 !Jr OL    Shook, MattMatt Shook 1.0 !Fr OL    Sidwell, LeifLeif Sidwell 1.0 !Fr IB 32 Soucie, TravisTravis Soucie 3.0 !So FB 48 Stanislav, JeremyJeremy Stanislav 3.0 !So OT 73 Tansey, JimJim Tansey 5.0 !Jr SE    Thomas, WilsonWilson Thomas 1.0 !Fr IB 24 Tillery, AlikAlik Tillery 1.0 !Fr FB    Uhlir, TyroneTyrone Uhlir 1.0 !Fr OL    Valencia, JustinJustin Valencia 1.0 !Fr WB 26 Vanderhoef, CaseyCasey Vanderhoef 3.0 !So OT 58 Volk, DaveDave Volk 1.0 !Fr OG 61 Wade, BrandtBrandt Wade 7.0 !Sr IB 34 White, DanDan White 1.0 !Fr WB 5  Wiggins, ShevinShevin Wiggins 7.0 !Sr OL    Wilford, MikeMike Wilford 1.0 !Fr TE 90 Wistrom, TraceyTracey Wistrom 1.0 !Fr OL    Ziemba, SteveSteve Ziemba 1.0 !Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class RE    Adams, DemoineDemoine Adams 1.0 !Fr NT 89 Almanzar, LuisLuis Almanzar 3.0 !So RCB 28 Anderson, JoshJosh Anderson 3.0 !So WLB 41 Baker, RodRod Baker 3.0 !So ROV 4  Boettner, MicMic Boettner 1.0 !Fr FS 14 Booker, DionDion Booker 1.0 !Fr ROV 21 Brown, MikeMike Brown 5.0 !Jr RCB 22 Brown, RalphRalph Brown 5.0 !Jr MLB 39 Buettenback, BenBen Buettenback 5.0 !Jr MLB 48 Burrow, JamieJamie Burrow 1.0 !Fr DL    Clanton, JonJon Clanton 1.0 !Fr MLB 52 Coyne, JonJon Coyne 1.0 !Fr CB 3  Craver, KeyuoKeyuo Craver 1.0 !Fr DB    Demps, MikeMike Demps 1.0 !Fr LB    Dutton, MasonMason Dutton 1.0 !Fr FS 33 Ebke, MitchMitch Ebke 3.0 !So FS 19 Finley, ClintClint Finley 3.0 !So ROV 38 Fischer, EricEric Fischer 3.0 !So MLB 44 Foreman, JayJay Foreman 7.0 !Sr LB    Fries, GabeGabe Fries 1.0 !Fr SLB 43 Froehlich, RussellRussell Froehlich 7.0 !Sr NT 77 Gill, BobbyBobby Gill 3.0 !So DB    Groce, DeJuanDeJuan Groce 1.0 !Fr RE 97 Grummert, MattMatt Grummert 3.0 !So SLB 53 Gustafson, ChrisChris Gustafson 1.0 !Fr FS 45 Hamik, BradBrad Hamik 3.0 !So LCB 18 Hemje, JeffJeff Hemje 1.0 !Fr SLB 49 Hogrefe, QuintQuint Hogrefe 7.0 !Sr DL    Hughes, RichardRichard Hughes 1.0 !Fr RCB 24 Ickes, MattMatt Ickes 1.0 !Fr WLB 50 Jackson, JuliusJulius Jackson 5.0 !Jr WLB 1  Johnson, EricEric Johnson 7.0 !Sr DT 91 Kaiser, LoranLoran Kaiser 3.0 !So RE 57 Kelsay, ChadChad Kelsay 7.0 !Sr RE    Kelsay, ChrisChris Kelsay 1.0 !Fr WLB 47 Kohl, JoshJosh Kohl 5.0 !Jr DB    Kosch, PaulPaul Kosch 1.0 !Fr DB    Lechtenberg, AdamAdam Lechtenberg 1.0 !Fr ROV 29 List, GreggGregg List 5.0 !Jr DL    Lohr, JasonJason Lohr 1.0 !Fr RE    Lyman, JeremyJeremy Lyman 1.0 !Fr DL    Manning, StephenStephen Manning 1.0 !Fr DT 70 McGinn, MattMatt McGinn 1.0 !Fr FS 27 McGraw, GregGreg McGraw 5.0 !Jr SLB 32 Mehl, LeviLevi Mehl 1.0 !Fr RE 93 Mooberry, BrandonBrandon Mooberry 3.0 !So DB    Moran, ChristopherChristopher Moran 5.0 !Jr DT 90 Nelson, CaseyCasey Nelson 1.0 !Fr DL    Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson 1.0 !Fr DL    Offner, AndrewAndrew Offner 1.0 !Fr SLB 37 Ortiz, TonyTony Ortiz 5.0 !Jr MLB 42 Penny, JonJon Penny 1.0 !Fr RCB 11 Peterson, JeromeJerome Peterson 5.0 !Jr MLB 13 Polk, CarlosCarlos Polk 3.0 !So ROV 10 Quindt, BrandonBrandon Quindt 3.0 !So SLB 23 Raymond, SteveSteve Raymond 5.0 !Jr LCB 9  Reynolds, KhariKhari Reynolds 3.0 !So RE    Ringenberg, KyleKyle Ringenberg 1.0 !Fr MLB 34 Roth, BrandonBrandon Roth 1.0 !Fr RE 84 Rucker, MikeMike Rucker 7.0 !Sr RE 80 Ryan, EricEric Ryan 5.0 !Jr LB    Shanle, ScottScott Shanle 1.0 !Fr SLB 46 Shaw, BrianBrian Shaw 5.0 !Jr RE 98 Siebenborn, ScottScott Siebenborn 3.0 !So DT    Slechta, JeremyJeremy Slechta 1.0 !Fr WLB    Smith, JemondJemond Smith 1.0 !Fr RE    Smith, JustinJustin Smith 1.0 !Fr LB    Smith, LukeLuke Smith 1.0 !Fr LB    Stella, RandyRandy Stella 1.0 !Fr LCB 16 Swiney, ErwinErwin Swiney 3.0 !So LB    Tata, TonyTony Tata 1.0 !Fr DB    Terpening, AaronAaron Terpening 1.0 !Fr RE 92 Toline, TravisTravis Toline 7.0 !Sr RCB 12 Turner, ArionArion Turner 1.0 !Fr MLB 48 Tuttle, ChadChad Tuttle 3.0 !So RE 83 Vanden Bosch, KyleKyle Vanden Bosch 3.0 !So WLB 26 Vedral, MarkMark Vedral 1.0 !Fr ROV 25 Walker, JoeJoe Walker 3.0 !So RE 94 Wardyn, BrandonBrandon Wardyn 3.0 !So NT 96 Warren, SteveSteve Warren 5.0 !Jr FS 42 Watchorn, TroyTroy Watchorn 3.0 !So RE 95 Wichmann, J.P. (John Paul)J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann 1.0 !Fr RE 81 Wills, AaronAaron Wills 5.0 !Jr RE    Wills, ColinColin Wills 1.0 !Fr DT 99 Wiltz, JasonJason Wiltz 7.0 !Sr LCB 20 Woodward, WesWes Woodward 1.0 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK    Brown, JoshJosh Brown 1.0 !Fr PK 35 Brown, KrisKris Brown 7.0 !Sr PK 17 Hadenfeldt, DanDan Hadenfeldt 5.0 !Jr P 23 Lafleur, BillBill Lafleur 7.0 !Sr PK 28 Long, ChaceChace Long 3.0 !So P 8  Morro, BrianBrian Morro 7.0 !Sr P/PK 17 Tack, ChuckChuck Tack 1.0 !Fr	Head coach Frank Solich    1st season    20th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride    18th season as DC/LB coach    22nd year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill    7th season as QB coach    7th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Craig Bohl    4th season as LB coach    7th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Ron Brown    12th season as WR/TE coach    12th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Brown Dan Young    16th season as OL/K coach    16th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir    25th season as OL coach    25th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Sterling Nelson Barnes    2nd season as RE coach    2nd year at Nebraska    Alma mater: North Texas George Darlington    DB coach    26th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Rutgers Dave Gillespie    1st season as RB coach    10th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha Boyd Epley    30th season as S&C coach    30th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 17, 2011

Game notes

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana Tech at Nebraska [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Louisiana Tech 0 6 15 6 27 • Nebraska 14 21 7 14 56 Date: August 29 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,021

UAB

UAB at Nebraska [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total UAB 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 14 0 17 38 Date: September 5 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,921

California

Nebraska at California [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 7 0 10 24 California 0 0 3 0 3 Date: September 12 Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California Game attendance: 67,000

Washington

Washington at Nebraska [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Washington 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 21 14 20 0 55 Date: September 26 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,372

Oklahoma State

Nebraska vs Oklahoma State [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 3 14 7 24 Oklahoma State 0 3 7 7 17 Date: October 3 Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri Game attendance: 79,555

Texas A&M

Nebraska at Texas A&M [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 7 0 14 21 • Texas A&M 7 7 7 7 28 Date: October 10 Location: Kyle Field, College Station, Texas Game attendance: 60,798

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 10 7 14 10 41 Date: October 17 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,174

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 0 13 0 0 13 • Nebraska 3 3 7 7 20 Date: October 24 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,425

Texas

Texas at Nebraska [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Texas 7 3 0 10 20 Nebraska 0 3 10 3 16 Date: October 31 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,434

Iowa State

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 14 7 14 42 Iowa State 0 0 0 7 7 Date: November 7 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 45,817

Kansas State

Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 7 10 7 6 30 • Kansas State 7 7 10 16 40 Date: November 14 Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas Game attendance: 44,298

Colorado

Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 7 0 7 0 14 • Nebraska 7 3 3 3 16 Date: November 27 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 75,958

Arizona

Nebraska vs Arizona [box score]

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 13 0 7 20 • Arizona 6 3 0 14 23 Date: December 30 Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California Game attendance: 65,354

Rankings

See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football 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	Final
AP	4	4	3	2	2	2	8	7	7	14	11	17	14	13	14	19
Coaches																20
BCS	Not released								6	12	11	14	12	11	11	N/A

After the season

First-year Head Coach Solich was new to the job title but still in his element, after having served as an assistant in varying capacities with Nebraska since 1975. Solich completed his inaugural season with a final record of 9–4 (5–3), after having lost much of the 1997 national championship team's talent to graduation. Nonetheless, Nebraska finished tied for 2nd place in the Big 12 North Division, and tied for 4th conference-wide.

The season was concluded by #14 Nebraska falling to #5 Arizona 20–23 at the Holiday Bowl.

Awards

Award	Name(s)
All-American 2nd Team	Sheldon Jackson
All-American 3rd Team	Ralph Brown
All-Big 12 1st team	Ralph Brown, Josh Heskew, Sheldon Jackson, Jay Foreman, Mike Brown, Chad Kelsay
All-Big 12 2nd team	Kris Brown, Mike Rucker, Joe Walker, Bill Lafleur
All-Big 12 3rd team	Shevin Wiggins
All-Big 12 honorable mention	Kenny Cheatham, Matt Davison, Russ Hochstein, Joel Makovicka, Jason Schwab

NFL and Pro Players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1998 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.

Name	Team
Demoine Adams	Edmonton Eskimos
Dan Alexander	Tennessee Titans
Josh Brown	Seattle Seahawks
Kris Brown	Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Brown	Chicago Bears
Ralph Brown	New York Giants
Correll Buckhalter	Philadelphia Eagles
Keyuo Craver	New Orleans Saints
Eric Crouch	St. Louis Rams
Clint Finley	Kansas City Chiefs
Jay Foreman	Buffalo Bills
Aaron Golliday	Scottish Claymores
DeJuan Groce	St. Louis Rams
Russ Hochstein	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sheldon Jackson	Buffalo Bills
Eric Johnson	Oakland Raiders
Chad Kelsay	Pittsburgh Steelers
Chris Kelsay	Buffalo Bills
Bill Lafleur	Barcelona Dragons
Joel Makovicka	Arizona Cardinals
Bobby Newcombe	Montreal Alouettes
Tony Ortiz	Scottish Claymores
Carlos Polk	San Diego Chargers
Dominic Raiola	Detroit Lions
Mike Rucker	Carolina Panthers
Scott Shanle	St. Louis Rams
Jeremy Slechta	Philadelphia Eagles
Erwin Swiney	Green Bay Packers
Kyle Vanden Bosch	Arizona Cardinals
Joe Walker	Tennessee Titans
Steve Warren	Green Bay Packers
Jason Wiltz	New York Jets