1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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.

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

1993 Big Eight Conference football standings

	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

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
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

See also: 1993 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	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

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.

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