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
Record	9–3 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (20th season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (12th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

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

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 (rivalry)		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, 1993	7:00 pm	vs. No. 3 Florida State*	No. 11	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (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

Rankings

See also: 1992 NCAA Division I-A football 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]

Team	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]

Team	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]

Team	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]

Team	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]

Team	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]

Team	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]

Team	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]

Team	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)

Quarter	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 Plays Yards TOP 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]

Team	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]

Team	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]

Team	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 81 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 70 Mark Brown Fr OT 61 Brady Caskey Jr C 55 Terris Chorney Sr OT 73 Silas Cleveland Jr QB 10 Joel Cornwell Sr IB 17 Scott Davenport Fr SE 2 Corey Dixon Jr SE 28 Darin Duin Sr FB 37 Kyle Emsick So FB 28 David Fiala Jr IB Jason Fisher So QB 15 Tommie Frazier Fr OT 59 Joel Gesky So TE 84 Mark Gilman Fr C 63 Aaron Graham Fr QB 1 Mike Grant Sr FB Rod Haarberg Jr WB 38 Vincent Hawkins Sr TE 90 Erich Hohl So OL Robert Hughes Jr SE 33 Tyrone Hughes Sr OT Shyuan Jasper So OT 69 Dave Jensen Sr IB 44 Calvin Jones So FB 26 Lance Lewis Sr G 65 Jason Licht Jr OT 77 Lance Lundberg Jr IB 24 Jeff Makovicka Fr FB 7 Andre McDuffy Sr QB 9 John McMillen Sr G 62 Ken Mehlin Jr G 53 Wayne Meylan Fr WB 27 Abdul Muhammad So C 57 Brad Mundt Sr SE 94 Merritt Nelson Fr FB 35 Chris Norris Fr C Don O'Neill Jr G 74 Steve Ott Fr C 53 Jon Pedersen So SE 39 Brett Popplewell Fr G 65 Bryan Pruitt Fr WB 82 Eric Schepers Jr FB 40 Cory Schlesinger So IB 23 Damon Schmadeke Fr WB 14 Darren Schmadeke Fr C 51 Jim Scott Sr WB 22 David Seizys Jr TE 85 Matt Shaw So G 75 Will Shields Sr G 78 Trent (T.J.) Slansky Sr OT Robert Smith Fr G 66 Brenden Stai So FB 41 Chad Stanley Fr WB 36 Tom Steer So TE 88 Mike Vedral Sr QB 16 Tony Veland Fr G 58 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 39 Leonard Alexander So CB 22 Marcus Anderson Jr ILB 48 Mike Anderson Jr MG 63 Ryan Barry Jr SS 23 Ernie Beler Jr OLB Ken Bello Fr ILB 54 Troy Branch Jr CB 5 Lorenzo Brinkley Jr OLB 87 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 58 Luther Hardin Fr OLB 86 Dwayne Harris So CB 25 Mike Heins Jr FS Jay Herman So LB Jon Hesse Fr OLB 36 Todd Heyne Jr OLB 85 Jerad Higman Jr OLB 93 Travis Hill Sr DT 74 Matt Hilman Sr MG 97 Bill Humphrey So MG 95 Jerry Irons Jr CB 37 Clester Johnson Fr 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 95 John Martin So CB 15 Brady Mercer So CB 14 Barron Miles So DT 90 Bruce Moore Jr CB 29 Kareem Moss So ILB Ryan Murtaugh So MG 73 David Noonan Jr DB Matt Orduna Fr DT 92 John Parrella Sr ILB 52 Aaron Penland Fr ILB 55 Matt Penland Jr DT 52 Jason Pesterfield So DT 66 Christian Peter Fr SS Frank Phillips Fr ILB 35 Jim Prevette Jr DT 67 Kevin Ramaekers Jr CB 6 John Reece Jr OLB 24 Dean Schneider Jr ILB 28 Adam Schultze So FS Jason Simdorn So CB Jeff Solich So ILB 32 Ed Stewart So DT 83 Billy Wade Jr SS 43 Austin Wertz Jr FS 11 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 12 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

FS Tyrone Byrd Troy Dumas Sedric Collins OLB ILB ILB OLB 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 Ernie Beler CB Kenny Wilhite Barron Miles Mike Heins DT MG DT 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

Offensive Starters 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 Dave Jensen Joel Wilks Aaron Graham T.J. Slansky Brady Caskey TE Gerlad Armstrong William Washington Matt Shaw Mike Vedral SE Corey Dixon Trumane Bell Tyrone Hughes WB Vincent Hawkins Abdul Muhammad David Seizys QB Tommie Frazier Mike Grant Tony Veland FB Lance Lewis Andre McDuffy Corey Schlesinger David Fiala IB Calvin Jones Derek Brown Andre McDuffy Jeff Makovicka

Special teams Kicker Byron Bennett Punter Mike Stigge DS Aaron Graham Holder Kickoff cover unit KR Tyrone Hughes Corey Dixon PR Tyrone Hughes Corey Dixon

Awards

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.

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
Ed Stewart	Carolina Panthers
Tony Veland	Denver Broncos
David White	New England Patriots
Zach Wiegert	St. Louis Rams
Toby Wright	Los Angeles Rams
Rob Zatechka	New York Giants