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1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

 
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1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
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Big 12 Champions
Coaches Poll National Champions
1997 Big 12 Championship Game,
W 54-15 vs Texas A&M
Orange Bowl, W 42-17 vs Tennessee
Conference Big 12 Conference North
Ranking
Coaches #1
AP #2
1997 record 13-0 (8-0 Big 12)
Head coach Tom Osborne
Offensive coordinator Tom Osborne
Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride

Home stadium

Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1996 1998 »
1997 Big 12 Football standings
 v  d  e    Conf       Overall
Team W   L     W   L
North
#2 / 1 Nebraska 8 0     13 0
#8 / 7 Kansas State 7 1     11 1
#23 / 23 Missouri 5 3     7 5
Colorado 3 5     5 6
Kansas 3 5     6 5
Iowa State 1 7     1 10
South
#20 / 21 Texas A&M 6 2     9 4
#24 / 24 Oklahoma State 5 3     8 4
Texas Tech 5 3     6 5
Texas 2 6     4 7
Oklahoma 2 6     4 8
Baylor 1 7     2 9

Championship:   Nebraska 54 vs Texas A&M 15
Rankings: AP / Coaches

The 1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team was the representative of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Contents

Schedule

[1]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 30* Akron #6 Memorial StadiumLincoln, Nebraska W 59-14   75,124
September 13* Central Florida #6 Memorial StadiumLincoln, Nebraska W 38-24   75,327
September 20* at #2 Washington #7 Husky StadiumSeattle, Washington W 27-14   74,023
October 4 #17 Kansas State #3 Memorial StadiumLincoln, Nebraska W 56-26   75,856
October 11 at Baylor #3 Floyd Casey StadiumWaco, Texas W 49-21   38,175
October 18† Texas Tech #2 Memorial StadiumLincoln, Nebraska W 29-0   75,764
October 25 at Kansas #1 University of Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, Kansas W 35-0   75,764
November 1 Oklahoma #1 Memorial StadiumLincoln, Nebraska W 69-7   75,926
November 8 at Missouri #1 Faurot FieldColumbia, Missouri (The "Flea Kicker" Game) W 45-38 yes  66,846
November 15 Iowa State #3 Memorial StadiumLincoln, Nebraska W 77-14   75,613
November 28 at Colorado #2 Folsom FieldBoulder, Colorado W 27-24   52,738
December 6 vs. #14 Texas A&M #2 AlamodomeSan Antonio, Texas (Big 12 Championship Game) ABC W 54-15   64,824
January 2* vs. #3 Tennessee #2 Pro Player StadiumMiami Gardens, Florida (Orange Bowl) W 42-17   72,385
*Non-Conference Game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.


Roster

[2][3]

Alexander, Dan #38 (Fr.) FB
Allen, Derek #95 (So.) DT
Almanzar, Luis #89 (Fr.) DT
Altstadt, Steve (Fr.) OL
Anderson, Eric #70 (Sr.) OT
Anderson, Josh #28 (Fr.) LCB
Antholz, Travis #94 (So.) TE
Applegate, Sean #82 (So.) WB
Arens, Erick #40 (So.) WLB
Baker, Rod #36 (Fr.) WLB
Baldwin, Matt #52 (So.) C
Bassett, Chris #87 (Sr.) RE
Becvarovski, Sasho #76 (Fr.) OG
Benes, Jason #24 (Sr.) LCB
Beveridge, Tom #20 (Fr.) SE
Boettner, Mic (Fr.) DB
Booker, Dion (Fr.) DB
Brown, Kris #35 (Jr.) PK
Brown, Lance #14 (Jr.) WB
Brown, Mike #21 (So.) ROV
Brown, Ralph #22 (So.) RCB
Buckhalter, Correll #36 (Fr.) IB
Buettenback, Ben #39 (So.) MLB
Bunton, Grant (Fr.) LB
Burrow, Jamie (Fr.) LB
Carpenter, Tim #90 (Sr.) TE
Cheatham, Kenny #6 (Jr.) SE
Christo, Monte #9 (Jr.) QB
Clausen, Jeff #68 (So.) OT
Cobb, Josh #42 (Jr.) FB
Cornelsen, Ben (Fr.) WB
Cotten, Tyler (Fr.) WB
Coyne, Jon (Fr.) LB
Crouch, Eric (Fr.) QB
Davison, Matt #3 (Fr.) SE
DeBates, T.J. #85 (So.) TE
Deitloff, Chris #54 (Fr.) SLB
Demps, Damian (Fr.) DB
Denney, Luke (Fr.) SE
Dennis, Leslie #2 (Sr.) RCB
Diekmann, Billy #77 (Fr.) OT
Dittrick, George #17 (Fr.) ROV
Drum, Brandon #58 (Jr.) DT
Dush, Jason #61 (Fr.) DT
Ebke, Mitch #33 (Fr.) FS
Edwards, J.R. #2 (So.) SE
Evans, DeAngelo #4 (So.) IB
Finister, Demond #12 (So.) WB
Finley, Clint #19 (Fr.) FS
Fischer, Craig #83 (So.) SE
Fischer, Eric #5 (Fr.) FS
Foreman, Jay #44 (Jr.) MLB
Friesen, Pat (Fr.) SE
Froehlich, Russell #34 (Jr.) SLB
Frost, Scott #7 (Sr.) QB
Fujan, Paul (Fr.) WB
Fulton, Lonnie #74 (So.) OT
Gates, Jay #18 (Sr.) RCB
Gentile, Mike #10 (Fr.) SE
Gessford, Ben #72 (Jr.) OG
Gibson, John #27 (Fr.) WB
Giles, Marcus (Fr.) IB
Gill, Bobby #77 (So.) DT

 

Gragert, Nick (Fr.) FB
Green, Ahman #30 (Jr.) IB
Green, Mike (Fr.) OL
Grummert, Matt #75 (Fr.) RE
Guidry, George #9 (Fr.) RE
Gustafson, Chris (Fr.) LB
Haafke, Billy #80 (Jr.) SE
Hadenfeldt, Dan #12 (So.) PK
Hamik, Brad #45 (Fr.) FS
Harrison, Brandon (Jr.) CB
Havlovic, Aaron #53 (So.) OG
Henson, Kyle #51 (Jr.) OT
Heskew, Josh #59 (Jr.) C
Hochstein, Russ #55 (Fr.) OG
Hogrefe, Quint #49 (Jr.) SLB
Hoskinson, Matt #62 (Sr.) OG
Ickes, Matt (Fr.) DB
Jackson, Julius #50 (So.) WLB
Jackson, Sheldon #88 (Jr.) TE
Jackson, Vershan #34 (Sr.) TE
Johnson, Eric #1 (Jr.) WLB
Johnson, Marcus #56 (So.) OG
Johnson, Nate (Fr.) SE
Jones, Dave #88 (Sr.) DT
Jones, Jordan (Fr.) WB
Julch, Adam #69 (So.) OT
Kaiser, Loran #91 (Fr.) DT
Kelsay, Chad #57 (Jr.) RE
Kingston, Ben #22 (So.) FB
Kobus, Chad #87 (So.) TE
Kohl, Josh #47 (So.) WLB
Kollmorgen, Kyle (Fr.) OL
Kosch, Jesse #19 (Sr.) P
Lafleur, Bill #23 (Jr.) P
Lake, Jeff (Robert) #89 (Sr.) SE
Legate, Billy #40 (Jr.) FB
Lenners, Curt #82 (Sr.) RE
List, Gregg #29 (So.) ROV
London, Frankie #1 (So.) QB
Long, Chace #28 (Fr.) PK
Makaiwi, Kalin #6 (Jr.) ROV
Makovicka, Joel #45 (Jr.) FB
Matthews, Glen #97 (Jr.) DT
McCullough, Jason #85 (Jr.) DT
McFarlin, Octavious #4 (Sr.) WLB
McGinn, Matt (Fr.) DL
McGraw, Greg #25 (So.) FS
McKee, Jake #41 (Fr.) TE
Mehl, Levi (Fr.) LB
Milius, Tom #78 (So.) DT
Miller, Willie #32 (Fr.) FB
Mooberry, Brandon #93 (Fr.) RE
Morro, Brian #8 (Jr.) P
Murphy, John #81 (Fr.) TE
Newcombe, Bobby #12 (Fr.) QB
Olnes, Jason #37 (So.) IB
Ortiz, Tony #37 (So.) SLB
Penny, Jon (Fr.) LB
Peter, Jason #55 (Sr.) DT
Peterson, Jerome #11 (So.) LCB
Piening, Hank #36 (Fr.) IB
Polk, Carlos #13 (Fr.) MLB
Pollack, Fred #73 (Sr.) OT

 

Preister, Ryan #57 (Fr.) OT
Quindt, Brandon #14 (Fr.) ROV
Raiola, Dominic (Fr.) C
Rasmussen, Buck (Fr.) OL
Raymond, Steve #23 (So.) SLB
Retzlaff, Ted #13 (Sr.) PK
Reynolds, Khari #10 (Fr.) RCB
Roth, Brandon (Fr.) LB
Roy, Dorrick #86 (Jr.) TE
Rucker, Mike #84 (Jr.) RE
Runty, Jay #16 (Fr.) QB
Rutherford, Jon (Fr.) OG
Ryan, Eric #80 (So.) RE
Saalfeld, Chris #79 (Fr.) OG
Schoening, Matt #21 (Fr.) FB
Schwab, Jason #65 (So.) OT
Seaman, Doug #54 (Sr.) C
Shaw, Brian #46 (So.) SLB
Sherman, James #63 (So.) OG
Siebenborn, Scott #76 (Fr.) RE
Sims, James #31 (Sr.) IB
Soucie, Travis #25 (Fr.) IB
Stanislav, Jeremy #43 (Fr.) FB
Svoboda, Ryan (Fr.) LB
Swiney, Erwin #16 (Fr.) DB
Tack, Chuck (Fr.) P/PK
Tansey, Jim #95 (So.) OT
Taylor, Aaron #67 (Sr.) OG
Terrio, Nick (Fr.) LB
Tessendorf, Ross #79 (Jr.) DT
Tillery, Alik (Fr.) DB
Toline, Travis #92 (Jr.) RE
Turner, Arion (Fr.) DB
Tuttle, Chad #48 (Fr.) MLB
Urban, Noland #56 (Fr.) MLB
Van Boening, Simon (Fr.) LB
Van Cleave, Mike #71 (Sr.) OT
Vanden Bosch, Kyle (Fr.) RE
Vanderhoef, Casey #26 (Fr.) WB
Vedral, Mark (Fr.) LB
Volk, Dave (Fr.) OL
Wade, Brandt #61 (Jr.) OG
Walker, Joe #27 (Fr.) CB
Walters, Brian #94 (Fr.) DT
Walther, Eric #32 (Jr.) FS
Wardyn, Brandon #90 (Fr.) RE
Warfield, Eric #3 (Sr.) FS
Warren, Steve #96 (So.) DT
Watchorn, Troy #42 (Fr.) ROV
White, Dan (Fr.) RB
Wichmann, J.P. (John Paul) (Fr.) LB
Wieting, Sean #33 (Sr.) WB
Wiggins, Shevin #5 (Jr.) WB
Wiles, Chad #3 (Fr.) QB
Wills, Aaron #81 (So.) RE
Wiltz, Jason #99 (Jr.) DT
Winkler, Andy #24 (So.) FB
Wistrom, Grant #98 (Sr.) RE
Wistrom, Tracey (Fr.) TE
Woodward, Wes (Fr.) DB
Zahl, Brendan #38 (Sr.) RE
Zatechka, Jon #64 (Sr.) OG

     

Coaching staff

Name Title First year
in this position
Years at Nebraska Alma Mater
Tom Osborne Head Coach
Offensive Coordinator
1973 1964-1997 Hastings College
Charlie McBride Defensive Coordinator
Linebackers
1981 1977-1999 Colorado
Turner Gill Assistant Head Coach
Quarterbacks
1992 1989, 1992-2004 Nebraska
Craig Bohl 1981-1983, 1995-2002 Nebraska
Ron Brown Receivers
Tight Ends
1987 1987-2003, 2008- Brown University
Dan Young Offensive Line
Kicking
1983 1983-2002 Reed College
Milt Tenopir Offensive Line 1974 1974-2002 Sterling
Nelson Barnes Rush Ends 1997 1997-2002 North Texas
George Darlington Defensive Backs 1973-2002 Rutgers
Frank Solich Running Backs 1983 1979-2003 Nebraska
Boyd Epley Head Strength Coach 1969 1969-2003 Nebraska

Game notes

Akron

Akron at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Akron 0 0 7 7 14
• Nebraska 14 24 14 7 59


Central Florida

Central Florida at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Central Florida 7 10 0 7 24
• Nebraska 0 14 17 7 38


Washington

Nebraska at Washington [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska 14 7 0 6 27
Washington 0 7 7 0 14


Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Kansas State 6 0 6 14 26
• Nebraska 10 10 21 15 56


Baylor

Nebraska at Baylor [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska 14 28 7 0 49
Baylor 7 0 0 14 21


Texas Tech

Texas Tech at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0
• Nebraska 3 10 9 7 29


Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska 7 14 0 14 35
Kansas 0 0 0 0 0


Oklahoma

Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Oklahoma 0 0 7 0 7
• Nebraska 20 14 21 14 69


Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri [box score]
1 2 3 4 OT Total
• Nebraska 14 7 7 10 7 45
Missouri 7 17 7 7 0 38


Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Iowa State 7 0 0 7 14
• Nebraska 35 28 7 7 77


Colorado

Nebraska at Colorado [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska 3 7 17 0 27
Colorado 0 3 7 14 24


Texas A&M

Texas A&M vs Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Texas A&M 0 3 0 12 15
• Nebraska 16 21 3 14 54


Tennessee

Tennessee vs Nebraska [box score]
1 2 3 4 Total
Tennessee 0 3 6 8 17
• Nebraska 7 7 21 7 42


Statistics

  • QB Scott Frost: 88/159 (55.3%) for 1,237 yards (7.80) with 5 TD vs. 4 INT (2.52%). 176 carries for 1,095 yards (6.22) and 19 TD.
  • RB Ahman Green: 278 carries for 1,877 yards (6.75) with 22 TD. 16 catches for 151 yards and 0 TD.
  • FB Joel Makovicka: 105 carries for 685 yards (6.52) and 9 TD.
  • RB Correll Buckhalter: 54 carries for 311 yards (5.76) and 6 TD.
  • WR Lance Brown: 12 catches for 226 yards (18.83) and 0 TD.
  • WR Matt Davison: 10 catches for 219 yards (21.90) and 1 TD.

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 Wk 16 Final
AP 6 6 6 6 7 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 2
Coaches 1

After the season

Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne announced his retirement just prior to the 1998 Orange bowl, capping a remarkable career of success. The #2 Cornhuskers handily defeated the #3 Tennessee Volunteers 42-17, while #1 Michigan defeated #7 Washington State team 21-16. In postgame coverage on the field, Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost openly lobbied Coaches' Poll voters for support based on performance comparisons between Nebraska and Michigan, also mentioning Osborne's retirement. The voters apparently agreed, as Nebraska was ranked #1 in the final Coaches' Poll, while Michigan retained their pre-bowl #1 ranking in the AP Poll, creating a split National Championship.

Awards

[4]

Award Name(s)
Lombardi Award Grant Wistrom
Outland Trophy Aaron Taylor
Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year Grant Wistrom
All-America 1st team Jason Peter, Aaron Taylor, Grant Wistrom
All-America 2nd team Ahman Green
All-America 3rd team Eric Anderson
All-Big 12 1st team Eric Anderson, Mike Brown, Ralph Brown, Scott Frost, Ahman Green, Jason Peter, Aaron Taylor, Grant Wistrom
All-Big 12 2nd team Jay Foreman
All-Big 12 3rd team Josh Heskew, Chad Kelsay, Eric Warfield, Jon Zatechka
All-Big 12 honorable mention Kris Brown, Jesse Kosch, Joel Makovicka, Fred Pollack, Mike Rucker, Jason Wiltz

NFL and Pro Players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1997 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[5]

Name Team
Dan Alexander Tennessee Titans
Eric Anderson Amsterdam Admirals
Kris Brown Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Brown Chicago Bears
Ralph Brown New York Giants
Correll Buckhalter Philadelphia Eagles
Eric Crouch St. Louis Rams
Clint Finley Kansas City Chiefs
Jay Foreman Buffalo Bills
Scott Frost New York Jets
Ahman Green Seattle Seahawks
Russ Hochstein Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sheldon Jackson Buffalo Bills
Vershan Jackson Kansas City Chiefs
Eric Johnson Oakland Raiders
Chad Kelsay Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Lafleur Barcelona Dragons
Joel Makovicka Arizona Cardinals
Bobby Newcombe Montreal Alouettes
Tony Ortiz Scottish Claymores
Jason Peter Carolina Panthers
Carlos Polk San Diego Chargers
Dominic Raiola Detroit Lions
Mike Rucker Carolina Panthers
Erwin Swiney Green Bay Packers
Larry Townsend Berlin Thunder
Kyle Vanden Bosch Arizona Cardinals
Joe Walker Tennessee Titans
Eric Warfield Kansas City Chiefs
Steve Warren Green Bay Packers
Jason Wiltz New York Jets
Grant Wistrom St. Louis Rams
Jon Zatechka Berlin Thunder

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