1988_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team

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1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 8 champion
Orange Bowl, L 3–23 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
Record	11–2 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (16th season);
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (19th season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (8th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season

The 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
IB	`4`	George Achola	So
C	`59`	Jeff Anderson	Jr
G	`53`	Mark Antonietti	Sr
SE	`18`	Tony Avant	Jr
SE	`82`	Chip Bahe	Jr
WB	`21`	Richard Bell	Jr
G	`69`	Bill Bobbora	Jr
WB	`33`	Dana Brinson	Sr
FB	`29`	Bryan Carpenter	Jr
IB	`32`	Ken Clark	Jr
IB	`1`	Ray Coleman	Sr
WB	`6`	Brad Devall	So
QB	`12`	Jerry Dunlap	So
C	`54`	David Edeal	So
OT	`73`	Steve Engstrom	So
OT	`77`	Terry Eyman	So
C	`52`	Roger Fitzke	Jr
IB	`3`	Leodis Flowers	Fr
TE	`80`	Chris Garrett	Fr
TE	`87`	Keith Gawrick	So
QB	`14`	Gerry Gdowski	Jr
OT	`70`	Doug Glaser	Jr
SE	`19`	Morgan Gregory	Jr
OT	`61`	Mike Griffin	Jr
TE	`94`	Corey Grobe	Sr
FB	`24`	Brian Harchelroad	Jr
FB	`37`	Tim Johnk	So
QB	`2`	Mickey Joseph	Fr
G	`65`	Andy Keeler	Sr
FB	`36`	Barry Kitrell	Sr
IB	`34`	Tyreese Knox	Sr
TE	`85`	Monte Kratzenstein	Jr
SE	`83`	Tim McCoy	Jr
TE	`43`	Todd Millikan	Sr
G	`76`	John Nelson	Sr
TE	`86`	Chris O'Gara	Jr
QB	`11`	Mike Preston	Jr
OT	`78`	Tom Punt	So
IB	`20`	Terry Rodgers	Jr
G	`64`	John Roschal	Jr
OT	`72`	Brad Rother	Jr
FB	`25`	Sam Schmidt	Jr
OT	`62`	Bob Sledge	Sr
QB	`9`	Steve Taylor	Sr
WB	`22`	Nate Turner	Fr
WB	`31`	Jamie Worden	Sr
C	`68`	Jake Young	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`96`	Le Andre Anderson	So
S	`23`	Mark Blazek	Sr
OLB	`81`	Kurt Broer	Sr
DT	`95`	Paul Brungardt	So
LB	`37`	Peter Buchanan	Sr
LB	`49`	Chris Caliendo	Jr
SS	`17`	Reggie Cooper	So
CB	`45`	Jon Crippen	So
OLB	`88`	Mike Croel	So
CB	`28`	John Custard	Sr
DT	`98`	Joe D'Alesio	Jr
SS	`7`	Jim Dobesh	So
DT	`90`	Tye Doll	Jr
MG	`63`	Brian Edgren	So
MG	`97`	Pat Engelbert	So
LB	`47`	LeRoy Etienne	Sr
LB	`51`	Brad Ferguson	Jr
CB	`10`	Charles Fryar	Sr
DT	`84`	Willie Griffin	Sr
LB	`39`	Mark Hagge	Jr
CB	`8`	Lorenzo Hicks	Sr
S	`4`	Tim Jackson	Sr
LB	`55`	Randall Jobman	Jr
LB	`67`	Rob Leuck	Jr
CB	`18`	Lance Lewis	Fr
CB	`5`	Tahaun Lewis	So
OLB	`93`	Jon Marco	Sr
LB	`35`	Brian Miller	Sr
MG	`99`	Kevin Miller	Jr
OLB	`42`	Jeff Mills	Jr
MG	`13`	Junior Monarrez	Jr
MG	`74`	Mike Murray	Jr
MG	`96`	Lawrence Pete	Sr
CB	`38`	Bruce Pickens	So
MG	`92`	Sean Putnam	Sr
QB	`14`	Pete Maletto	So
CB	`26`	Marvin Sanders	Jr
CB		Bill Settles
DT	`56`	Joe Sims	So
DT	`66`	Kurt Skradis	Sr
OLB	`87`	Dan Svehla	So
OLB	`89`	Broderick Thomas	Sr
LB	`40`	Pat Tyrance	So
DT	`75`	Ray Valladao	Jr
SS	`41`	Scott Vampola	Jr
CB	`27`	Cartier Walker	Sr
LB	`57`	Kenny Walker	So
MG	`61`	Jim Wanek	So
DT	`91`	Kent Wells	Jr
S	`1`	Rick Wendland	Jr
S	`15`	Wendell Wooten	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK	`44`	Gregg Barrios	So
P	`48`	Scott Beckler	Jr
PK	`16`	Chris Drennan	Jr
P/PK	`13`	Tom Janky	So
P	`46`	John Kroeker	Sr

Head coach

Tom Osborne
   16th season
   25th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Charlie McBride
   8th season as DC/DL coach
   12th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Colorado
Ron Brown
   2nd season as WR/TE coach
   2nd year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Brown
Dan Young
   6th season as OL/K coach
   6th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Reed
Milt Tenopir
   15th season as OL coach
   15th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Sterling
Tony Samuel
   3rd season as OLB coach
   3rd year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
George Darlington
   DB coach
   16th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Rutgers
Frank Solich
   6th season as RB coach
   10th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Boyd Epley
   20th season as S&C coach
   20th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Jack Pierce
10th year at Nebraska
John Melton
   16th season as LB coach
   27th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Wyoming

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-01-17

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1988 Husker Honors

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	7:00 pm	vs. No. 10 Texas A&M*	No. 2	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey (Kickoff Classic)	Raycom	W 23–14	58,162
September 3	1:30 pm	Utah State*	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		W 63–13	76,233
September 10	7:00 pm	at No. 5 UCLA*	No. 2	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	ABC	L 28–41	84,086
September 24	6:00 pm	Arizona State*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPN	W 47–16	76,312
October 1	1:30 pm	UNLV*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		W 48–6	76,398
October 8	1:00 pm	at Kansas	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas (rivalry)		W 63–10	32,500
October 15	1:30 pm	No. 10 Oklahoma State	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska		W 63–42	76,432
October 22	1:30 pm	at Kansas State	No. 5	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas (rivalry)		W 48–3	35,000
October 29	1:30 pm	Missouri	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)		W 26–18	76,316
November 5	1:00 pm	at Iowa State	No. 7	Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa		W 51–16	50,158
November 12	1:30 pm	No. 19 Colorado	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)		W 7–0	76,359
November 19	2:30 pm	at No. 9 Oklahoma	No. 7	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma (rivalry)	CBS	W 7–3	75,004
January 2	7:00 pm	vs. No. 2 Miami (FL)*	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami (Orange Bowl) (rivalry)	NBC	L 3–23	79,480
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	7	0	0	0	7
Oklahoma	0	0	3	0	3

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nebraska	Passing	Steve Taylor	2/12, 48 Yds, INT
	Rushing	Ken Clark	24 Rush, 167 Yds
	Receiving	Richard Bell	2 Rec, 48 Yds
Oklahoma	Passing	Charles Thompson	3/9, 39 Yds, INT
	Rushing	Mike Gaddis	12 Rush, 45 Yds
	Receiving	Artie Guess	1 Rec, 28 Yds

Award	Name(s)
All-America 1st team	Broderick Thomas, Jake Young
Big 8 coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year	Broderick Thomas
Big 8 Defensive Newcomer of the Year	Bruce Pickens
All-Big 8 1st team	Dana Brinson, Ken Clark, LeRoy Etienne, Charles Fryar, Willie Griffin, Tim Jackson, Andy Keeler, Todd Millikan, Lawrence Pete, Bob Sledge, Steve Taylor, Broderick Thomas, Jake Young
All-Big 8 2nd team	Reggie Cooper, Doug Glaser
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Richard Bell, Mark Blazek, Chris Caliendo, Bryan Carpenter, Morgan Gregory, John Kroeker, Jeff Mills, John Nelson

Name	Team
Richard Bell	Pittsburgh Steelers
Dana Brinson	San Diego Chargers
Pete Buchanan	Toronto Argonauts
Ken Clark	Indianapolis Colts
Reggie Cooper	Dallas Cowboys
Mike Croel	Denver Broncos
LeRoy Etienne	San Francisco 49ers
Tim Jackson	Dallas Cowboys
Keith Jones	Cleveland Browns
Jeff Mills	San Diego Chargers
Lawrence Pete	Detroit Lions
Bruce Pickens	Atlanta Falcons
Tim Rother	Los Angeles Raiders
Joe Sims	Atlanta Falcons
Steve Taylor	Edmonton Eskimos
Broderick Thomas	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Nate Turner	Buffalo Bills
Kenny Walker	Denver Broncos
Kent Wells	New York Giants

1988_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team

1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Schedule

Roster and coaching staff

Depth chart

Game summaries

Texas A&M

Utah State

At UCLA

Arizona State

UNLV

At Kansas

Oklahoma State

At Kansas State

Missouri

At Iowa State

Colorado

At Oklahoma

Orange Bowl (vs Miami (FL))

Rankings

Awards

NFL and pro players

References

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 14 Oklahoma	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Colorado	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Kansas	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	2	2	2	11	10	9	9	7	5	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	10
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