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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 .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 29 3:00 pm Louisiana Tech * No. 4 FSN W 56–2776,021 [ 1]
September 5 12:30 pm UAB * No. 4 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE W 38–775,921 [ 2]
September 12 6:00 pm at California * No. 4 FSN W 24–367,000
September 26 2:30 pm No. 9 Washington * No. 2 ABC W 55–776,372
October 3 6:00 pm vs. Oklahoma State No. 2 FSN W 24–1779,555
October 10 2:30 pm at No. 18 Texas A&M No. 2 ABC L 21–2860,798
October 17 6:00 pm Kansas No. 8 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) FSN W 41–076,174
October 24 11:30 am No. 19 Missouri No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) FSN W 20–1376,425
October 31 2:30 pm Texas No. 7 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC L 16–2076,434
November 7 1:00 pm at Iowa State No. 14 W 42–745,817
November 14 2:30 pm at No. 2 Kansas State No. 11 ABC L 30–4044,298
1:30 pm Colorado No. 14 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry ) ABC W 16–1475,958
7:30 pm vs. No. 5 Arizona * No. 14 ESPN L 20–2365,354
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster and coaching staff [ edit ]
1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
SE
17
Scott Aguglia
Fr
IB
38
Dan Alexander
So
G
64
Steve Altstadt
Fr
WB
82
Sean Applegate
Jr
C
51
Matt Baldwin
Jr
TE
94
Damien Bauman
Jr
TE
33
Sasho Becvarovski
So
SE
20
Tom Beveridge
So
TE
Jon Bowling
Fr
WB
14
Lance Brown
Sr
IB
36
Correll Buckhalter
So
IB
Chris Butler
Fr
SE
6
Kenny Cheatham
Sr
QB
Joe Chrisman
Fr
QB
9
Monte Christo
Sr
FB
31
Chris Cielocha
Fr
OT
68
Jeff Clausen
Jr
OL
Wes Cody
Fr
SE
Danny Cork
Fr
WB
81
Ben Cornelsen
Fr
QB
7
Eric Crouch
Fr
TE
Will Dabbert
Fr
SE
3
Matt Davison
So
TE
85
T.J. DeBates
Jr
IB
31
Dahrran Diedrick
Fr
OT
76
Billy Diekmann
So
SE
Chad Duryea
Fr
OL
Kyle Eisenhauer
Fr
IB
4
DeAngelo Evans
So
WB
2
Demond Finister
Jr
SE
83
Craig Fischer
Jr
WB
Austin Forster
Fr
OL
Joe Freeman
Fr
SE
29
Pat Friesen
Fr
WB
30
Paul Fujan
Fr
OT
74
Lonnie Fulton
Jr
G
72
Ben Gessford
Sr
WB
8
John Gibson
So
TE
Aaron Golliday
Fr
FB
46
Nick Gragert
Fr
OT
74
Mike Green
Fr
RB
DeAntae Grixby
Fr
QB
Sam Gutz
Fr
SE
Seth Gutz
Jr
OL
Andy Gwennap
Fr
SE
80
Billy Haafke
Sr
SE
Troy Hassebroek
Fr
C
78
Aaron Havlovic
Jr
C
78
Aaron Havolovic
Jr
WB
Dan Hennings
Fr
C
59
Josh Heskew
Sr
G
55
Russ Hochstein
So
FB
Casey Hughes
Fr
TE
88
Sheldon Jackson
Sr
OT
69
Adam Julch
Jr
FB
Paul Kastl
Fr
FB
33
Ben Kingston
Jr
SE
John Klem
Fr
OL
Scott Koethe
Fr
OT
75
Kyle Kollmorgen
Fr
OL
David Kolowski
Fr
OL
Nate Kolterman
Fr
FB
40
Billy Legate
Sr
QB
1
Frankie London
Jr
SE
Josh Lyman
Fr
FB
45
Joel Makovicka
Sr
WB
Shawn McGann
Fr
TE
87
Jake McKee
So
FB
15
Willie Miller
So
TE
43
John Murphy
So
QB
12
Bobby Newcombe
So
FB
37
Hank Piening
So
C
54
Dominic Raiola
Fr
IB
Tyler Rauenzahn
Fr
QB
16
Jay Runty
So
G
66
Jon Rutherford
RFr
G
79
Chris Saalfeld
So
OT
65
Jason Schwab
Jr
G
63
James Sherman
Jr
OL
Matt Shook
Fr
OL
Leif Sidwell
Fr
IB
32
Travis Soucie
So
FB
48
Jeremy Stanislav
So
OT
73
Jim Tansey
Jr
SE
Wilson Thomas
Fr
IB
24
Alik Tillery
Fr
FB
Tyrone Uhlir
Fr
OL
Justin Valencia
Fr
WB
26
Casey Vanderhoef
So
OT
58
Dave Volk
Fr
G
61
Brandt Wade
Sr
IB
34
Dan White
Fr
WB
5
Shevin Wiggins
Sr
OL
Mike Wilford
Fr
TE
90
Tracey Wistrom
Fr
OL
Steve Ziemba
Fr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
RE
Demoine Adams
Fr
NT
89
Luis Almanzar
So
RCB
28
Josh Anderson
So
WLB
41
Rod Baker
So
ROV
4
Mic Boettner
Fr
FS
14
Dion Booker
Fr
ROV
21
Mike Brown
Jr
RCB
22
Ralph Brown
Jr
MLB
39
Ben Buettenback
Jr
MLB
48
Jamie Burrow
Fr
DL
Jon Clanton
Fr
MLB
52
Jon Coyne
Fr
CB
3
Keyuo Craver
Fr
DB
Mike Demps
Fr
LB
Mason Dutton
Fr
FS
33
Mitch Ebke
So
ROV
John Eisenberg
So
FS
19
Clint Finley
So
ROV
38
Eric Fischer
So
MLB
44
Jay Foreman
Sr
LB
Gabe Fries
Fr
SLB
43
Russell Froehlich
Sr
NT
77
Bobby Gill
So
RE
97
Matt Grummert
So
SLB
53
Chris Gustafson
Fr
FS
45
Brad Hamik
So
LCB
18
Jeff Hemje
Fr
SLB
49
Quint Hogrefe
Sr
DL
Richard Hughes
Fr
RCB
24
Matt Ickes
Fr
WLB
50
Julius Jackson
Jr
WLB
1
Eric Johnson
Sr
DT
91
Loran Kaiser
So
RE
57
Chad Kelsay
Sr
RE
Chris Kelsay
Fr
WLB
47
Josh Kohl
Jr
DB
Paul Kosch
Fr
DB
Adam Lechtenberg
Fr
ROV
29
Gregg List
Jr
DL
Jason Lohr
Fr
RE
Jeremy Lyman
Fr
DL
Stephen Manning
Fr
DT
70
Matt McGinn
Fr
FS
27
Greg McGraw
Jr
SLB
32
Levi Mehl
Fr
RE
93
Brandon Mooberry
So
DB
Christopher Moran
Jr
DT
90
Casey Nelson
Fr
DL
Jeff Nelson
Fr
DL
Andrew Offner
Fr
SLB
37
Tony Ortiz
Jr
MLB
42
Jon Penny
Fr
RCB
11
Jerome Peterson
Jr
MLB
13
Carlos Polk
So
ROV
10
Brandon Quindt
So
SLB
23
Steve Raymond
Jr
LCB
9
Khari Reynolds
So
RE
Kyle Ringenberg
Fr
MLB
34
Brandon Roth
Fr
RE
84
Mike Rucker
Sr
RE
80
Eric Ryan
Jr
LB
Scott Shanle
Fr
SLB
46
Brian Shaw
Jr
RE
98
Scott Siebenborn
So
DT
Jeremy Slechta
Fr
WLB
Jemond Smith
Fr
RE
Justin Smith
Fr
LB
Luke Smith
Fr
LB
Randy Stella
Fr
LCB
16
Erwin Swiney
So
LB
Tony Tata
Fr
DB
Aaron Terpening
Fr
RE
92
Travis Toline
Sr
RCB
12
Arion Turner
Fr
MLB
48
Chad Tuttle
So
RE
83
Kyle Vanden Bosch
So
WLB
26
Mark Vedral
Fr
ROV
25
Joe Walker
So
RE
94
Brandon Wardyn
So
NT
96
Steve Warren
Jr
FS
42
Troy Watchorn
So
RE
95
J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann
Fr
RE
81
Aaron Wills
Jr
RE
Colin Wills
Fr
DT
99
Jason Wiltz
Sr
LCB
20
Wes Woodward
Fr
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Charlie McBride 18th season as DC/DL 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
Defense
FS
Mike Brown
Clint Finley
Dion Booker Greg McGraw
WILL
MIKE
SAM
Eric Johnson
Jay Foreman
Tony Ortiz
Julies Jackson
Carlos Polk
Brian Shaw
Josh Kohl
Jamie Burrow
Rod Baker
ROVER
Joe Walker Mike Brown
Gregg List
Troy Watchorn
CB
Erwin Swiney
Keyuo Craver
Jeff Hemje
DE
DT
DT
DE
Mike Rucker
Jason Wiltz Steve Warren
Loran Kaiser
Chad Kelsay
Aaron Wills
Jason Lohr
Jeremy Slechta
Kyle Vanden Bosch
Travis Toline
Bobby Gill
Luis Almanzar
J.P. Wichmann
CB
Ralph Brown
Khari Reynolds
Jerome Peterson
Offense
WR
Matt Davison
Kenny Cheathman
Billy Haafke
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
Adam Julch
James Sherman
Josh Heskew
Ben Gessford
James Schwab
Kyle Kollmorgan
Dominic Raiola
Dominic Raiola
Russ Hochstein
Dave Volk
Ben Gessford
Jon Rutherford
Matt Baldwin
Brandt Wade.
Billy Diekmann
TE
Sheldon Jackson
Tracey Wistrom T.J DeBates
Damien Bauman
WR
Shevin Wiggins
Lance Brown
Sean Applegate Frankie London
QB
Eric Crouch Bobby Newcombe
Monte Christo
⋅
RB
Correll Buckhalter
Dan Alexander
DeAngelo Evans Dan White
FB
Joel Machovicka
Billy Legate
Willie Miller
Louisiana Tech at Nebraska [box score]
UAB at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
UAB
0
7 0 0
7
• Nebraska
7
14 0 17
38
Nebraska at California [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
7
7 0 10
24
California
0
0 3 0
3
Washington at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Washington
0
7 0 0
7
• Nebraska
21
14 20 0
55
Nebraska vs Oklahoma State [box score]
Nebraska at Texas A&M [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
7 0 14
21
• Texas A&M
7
7 7 7
28
Kansas at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas
0
0 0 0
0
• Nebraska
10
7 14 10
41
Missouri at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Missouri
0
13 0 0
13
• Nebraska
3
3 7 7
20
Texas at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Texas
7
3 0 10
20
Nebraska
0
3 10 3
16
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Nebraska
7
14 7 14
42
Iowa State
0
0 0 7
7
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]
Colorado at Nebraska [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Colorado
7
0 7 0
14
• Nebraska
7
3 3 3
16
Nebraska vs Arizona [box score]
1
2 3 4 Total
Nebraska
0
13 0 7
20
• Arizona
6
3 0 14
23
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP 4 (4) 4 (2) 3 (1) 2 (1) 2 (7) 2 (1) 8 7 7 14 11 17 14 13 14 19 Coaches Poll 3 (12) 3 (8) 3 (7) 2 (7) 2 (15) 2 (6) 8 7 7 15 11 19 17 17 16 20 BCS Not released 6 12 11 14 12 11 11 Not released
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.
[ 3]
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 [ edit ]
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.[ 4]
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