1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football Nebraska Cornhuskers logo, 1992–2003.svg 150 Big 12 Conference North Division Big 12 20 19 9–4 5–3 Frank Solich I formation 1st Charlie McBride 18th 4–3 Memorial Stadium Holiday Bowl L 20–23 vs. Arizona The 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as a member of the North Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Frank Solich, the Cornhuskers compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for second place in the Big 12's North Division. Nebraska was invited to the Holiday Bowl, where the Cornhuskers lost to Arizona. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Schedule 1998 AP Central August 29 3:00 pm w y 4 Louisiana Tech Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE Eddie Robinson Classic FSN 56–27 76,021 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81517613/nu-passes-still-test/ Lincoln Journal Star NU passes still test August 30, 1998 July 15, 2021 Newspapers.com September 5 12:30 pm w y 4 UAB Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE 38–7 75,921 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90484971/rough-start-turns-into-rout/ Lincoln Journal Star Rough start turns into rout September 6, 1998 December 12, 2021 Newspapers.com September 12 6:00 pm w y y 4 California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA FSN 24–3 67,000 September 26 2:30 pm w y 2 Washington 9 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE College GameDay ABC 55–7 76,372 October 3 6:00 pm w y 2 Oklahoma State Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO FSN 24–17 79,555 October 10 2:30 pm l y 2 Texas A&M 18 Kyle Field College Station, TX ABC 21–28 60,798 October 17 6:00 pm w y 8 Kansas Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry FSN 41–0 76,174 October 24 11:30 am w 7 Missouri 19 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry FSN 20–13 76,425 October 31 2:30 pm l 7 Texas Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC 16–20 76,434 November 7 1:00 pm w y 14 Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA rivalry 42–7 45,817 November 14 2:30 pm l y 11 Kansas State 2 KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS rivalry, College GameDay ABC 30–40 44,298 November 27, 1998 1:30 pm w 14 Colorado Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry ABC 16–14 75,958 December 30, 1998 7:30 pm l y y 14 Arizona 5 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA Holiday Bowl ESPN 20–23 65,354 Rankings 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 15 4 (4) 4 (2) 3 (1) 2 (1) 2 (7) 2 (1) 8 7 7 14 11 17 14 13 14 19 Coaches 0 15 3 (12) 3 (8) 3 (7) 2 (7) 2 (15) 2 (6) 8 7 7 15 11 19 17 17 16 20 BCS 8 14 6 12 11 14 12 11 11 Game summaries Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech at Nebraska [box score] Louisiana Tech Nebraska 0 6 15 6 14 21 7 14 August 29 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 76,021 Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino and Eric Clemons FSN UAB UAB at Nebraska [box score] UAB Nebraska 0 7 0 0 7 14 0 17 September 5 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 75,921 California Nebraska at California [box score] Nebraska California 7 7 0 10 0 0 3 0 September 12 California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California CST 67,000 Washington Washington at Nebraska [box score] Washington Nebraska 0 7 0 0 21 14 20 0 September 26 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 76,372 Oklahoma State Nebraska vs Oklahoma State [box score] Nebraska Oklahoma State 0 3 14 7 0 3 7 7 October 3 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri CST 79,555 Texas A&M Nebraska at Texas A&M [box score] Nebraska Texas A&M 0 7 0 14 7 7 7 7 October 10 Kyle Field, College Station, Texas CST 60,798 Kansas Kansas at Nebraska [box score] Kansas Nebraska 0 0 0 0 10 7 14 10 October 17 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 76,174 Missouri Missouri at Nebraska [box score] Missouri Nebraska 0 13 0 0 3 3 7 7 October 24 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 76,425 Texas Texas at Nebraska [box score] Texas Nebraska 7 3 0 10 0 3 10 3 October 31 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 76,434 Iowa State Nebraska at Iowa State [box score] Nebraska Iowa State 7 14 7 14 0 0 0 7 November 7 Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa CST 45,817 Kansas State Nebraska at Kansas State [box score] Nebraska Kansas State 7 10 7 6 7 7 10 16 November 14 KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas CST 44,298 Colorado Colorado at Nebraska [box score] Colorado Nebraska 7 0 7 0 7 3 3 3 November 27 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 75,958 Arizona Nebraska vs Arizona [box score] Nebraska Arizona 0 13 0 7 6 3 0 14 December 30 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego CST 65,354 Personnel Roster 1998 Nebraska Cornhuskers y Scott Aguglia 17 SE F Dan Alexander 38 IB SO y Dan Alexander (Arena football) Steve Altstadt 64 OG RF Sean Applegate 82 WB J Matt Baldwin 51 C J Damien Bauman 94 TE J Sasho Becvarovski 33 TE SO Tom Beveridge 20 SE SO Jon Bowling 84 TE F Lance Brown 14 WB S Correll Buckhalter 36 IB SO y Chris Butler 19 IB F Kenny Cheatham 6 SE S Joe Chrisman 11 QB F Monte Christo 9 QB S Chris Cielocha 31 FB F Jeff Clausen 68 OT J Wes Cody 56 OL F Danny Cork 21 SE F Ben Cornelsen 89 WB RF Eric Crouch 7 QB RFr y Will Dabbert 86 TE F Matt Davison 3 SE SO T.J. DeBates 85 TE J Dahrran Diedrick 30 IB F Billy Diekmann 76 OT SO Chad Duryea 81 SE F Kyle Eisenhauer 72 OL F DeAngelo Evans 4 IB SO Demond Finister 2 WB J Craig Fischer 83 SE J Austin Forster 25 WB F Joe Freeman 77 OL F Pat Friesen 29 SE F Paul Fujan 30 WB RF Lonnie Fulton 74 OT J Ben Gessford 72 OG S John Gibson 8 WB SO Aaron Golliday 99 TE F Nick Gragert 46 FB RF Mike Green 70 OT RF DeAntae Grixby 27 IB F Sam Gutz 13 QB F Seth Gutz 91 SE J Andy Gwennap 51 OL F Billy Haafke 80 SE S Troy Hassebroek 7 SE F Aaron Havlovic 78 C J Dan Hennings 10 WB F Josh Heskew 59 C S Russ Hochstein 55 OG SO y Casey Hughes 44 FB F Sheldon Jackson 88 TE S y Adam Julch 69 OT J Paul Kastl 47 FB F Ben Kingston 22 FB J John Klem 9 SE F Scott Koethe 57 OL F Kyle Kollmorgen 75 OT RF David Kolowski 53 OL F Nate Kolterman 67 OL F Billy Legate 40 FB S Frankie London 1 QB/WB J Josh Lyman SE F Joel Makovicka 45 FB S y Shawn McGann 35 WB F Jake McKee 90 TE SO Willie Miller 15 FB SO John Murphy 43 TE SO Bobby Newcombe 12 QB SO y Hank Piening 37 FB SO Dominic Raiola 54 C RF y Tyler Rauenzahn 41 IB F Jay Runty 16 QB SO Jon Rutherford 66 OG RF Chris Saalfeld 79 OG SO Jason Schwab 65 OT J James Sherman 63 OG J Matt Shook 62 OL F Leif Sidwell 79 OL F Travis Soucie 32 IB SO Jeremy Stanislav 48 FB SO Jim Tansey 73 OT J Wilson Thomas 8 SE F Alik Tillery 24 IB RF Tyrone Uhlir 31 FB F Justin Valencia 78 OL F Casey Vanderhoef 26 WB SO Dave Volk 58 OT RF Brandt Wade 61 OG S Dan White 34 IB RF Shevin Wiggins 5 WB S Mike Wilford 50 OL F Tracey Wistrom 87 TE RF Steve Ziemba 52 OL F Demoine Adams 98 RE F y Luis Almanzar 89 NT SO Josh Anderson 28 RCB SO Rod Baker 41 WLB SO Mic Boettner 4 ROV RF Dion Booker 14 FS RF Mike Brown 21 ROV J y Mike Brown (safety) Ralph Brown 22 RCB J y Ralph Brown (cornerback) Ben Buettenback 39 MLB J Jamie Burrow 48 MLB RF Jon Clanton 55 DL F Jon Coyne 52 MLB F Keyuo Craver 3 CB F y Mike Demps 2 DB RF Mason Dutton 56 LB F Mitch Ebke 33 FS SO John Eisenberg ROV SO Clint Finley 19 FS SO Eric Fischer 38 ROV SO Jay Foreman 44 MLB S y Jay Foreman (American football) Gabe Fries 58 LB F Russell Froehlich 43 SLB S Bobby Gill 77 NT SO Matt Grummert 97 RE SO Chris Gustafson 53 SLB F Brad Hamik 45 FS SO Jeff Hemje 18 LCB F Quint Hogrefe 49 SLB S Richard Hughes 67 DL F Matt Ickes 24 RCB RF Julius Jackson 50 WLB J Eric Johnson 27 WLB J y Eric Johnson (defensive back, born 1976) Loran Kaiser 91 DT SO Chad Kelsay 57 RE S Chris Kelsay 34 RE F y Josh Kohl 47 WLB J Paul Kosch 1 DB F Adam Lechtenberg 6 DB F Gregg List 29 ROV J Jason Lohr 70 DL F Jeremy Lyman 86 RE F Stephen Manning 82 DL F Matt McGinn 69 DT RF Greg McGraw 32 FS J Levi Mehl 36 SLB RF Brandon Mooberry 93 RE SO Christopher Moran 7 DB J Casey Nelson 87 DT F Jeff Nelson 95 DL F Andrew Offner 97 DL F Tony Ortiz 37 SLB J Jon Penny 54 MLB RF Jerome Peterson 11 RCB J Carlos Polk 13 MLB SO y Brandon Quindt 10 ROV SO Steve Raymond 23 SLB J Khari Reynolds 9 LCB SO Kyle Ringenberg 85 RE F Brandon Roth 40 MLB RF Mike Rucker 84 RE S y Eric Ryan 80 RE J Scott Shanle 4 LB F y Brian Shaw 46 SLB J Scott Siebenborn 98 RE SO Jeremy Slechta 94 DT F Jemond Smith 13 WLB F Justin Smith 71 RE F Luke Smith 52 LB F Randy Stella 53 LB F Erwin Swiney 16 LCB SO y Tony Tata 90 LB F Aaron Terpening 16 DB F Travis Toline 92 RE S Arion Turner 12 RCB RF Chad Tuttle 51 MLB SO Kyle Vanden Bosch 83 RE SO y Mark Vedral 26 WLB RF Joe Walker 25 ROV SO Brandon Wardyn 94 RE SO Steve Warren 96 NT J y Troy Watchorn 42 FS SO J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann 95 RE RF Aaron Wills 81 RE J Colin Wills 88 RE F Jason Wiltz 99 DT S Wes Woodward 20 LCB RF Josh Brown PK F Kris Brown 35 PK S y Dan Hadenfeldt 17 PK J Bill Lafleur 23 P S y Chace Long 28 PK SO Brian Morro 8 P S Chuck Tack 17 P/PK F http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1998 January 17, 2011 Frank Solich   1st season   20th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska 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 Depth chart Pro-Set 4–3 Yes No Yes Bobby Newcombe Eric Crouch Monte Christo Correll Buckhalter Dan Alexander DeAngelo Evans Dan White Joel Makovicka Willie Miller Billy Legate Matt Davison Kenny Cheatham Billy Haafke Shevin Wiggins Lance Brown Sean Applegate Frankie London Sheldon Jackson Tracey Wistrom T.J DeBates Damien Bauman Adam Julch Ben Gessford Kyle Kollmorgan James Sherman Dominic Raiola Jon Rutherford Josh Heskew Dominic Raiola Matt Baldwin Ben Gessford Russ Hochstein Brandt Wade Jason Schwab Dave Volk Billy Diekmann Eric Johnson Julius Jackson Josh Kohl WILL Jay Foreman Carlos Polk Jamie Burrow MIKE Tony Ortiz Brian Shaw Rod Baker SAM Mike Brown Clint Finley Dion Booker Greg McGraw Joe Walker Mike Brown Gregg List Troy Watchorn ROVER Erwin Swiney Keyuo Craver Jeff Hemje Ralph Brown Khari Reynolds Jerome Peterson Mike Rucker Aaron Wills Travis Toline Jason Wiltz Steve Warren Jason Lohr Bobby Gill Loran Kaiser Jeremy Slechta Luis Almanzar Chad Kelsay Kyle Vanden Bosch J.P. Wichmann Kris Brown Bill Lafleur Shevin Wiggins Joe Walker 110 90 No Awards 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 1998 Husker Honors NFL and pro players 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.All Time NFL Huskers http://nflhuskers.com/alltime.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090815013540/http://nflhuskers.com/alltime.html August 15, 2009 live May 15, 2009 Name Team Demoine Adams Edmonton Eskimos Dan Alexander Tennessee Titans Josh Brown Seattle Seahawks Kris Brown Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Brown Chicago Bears Ralph Brown New York Giants Correll Buckhalter Philadelphia Eagles Keyuo Craver New Orleans Saints Eric Crouch St. Louis Rams Clint Finley Kansas City Chiefs Jay Foreman Buffalo Bills Aaron Golliday Scottish Claymores DeJuan Groce St. Louis Rams Russ Hochstein Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sheldon Jackson Buffalo Bills Eric Johnson Oakland Raiders Chad Kelsay Pittsburgh Steelers Chris Kelsay Buffalo Bills Bill Lafleur Barcelona Dragons Joel Makovicka Arizona Cardinals Bobby Newcombe Montreal Alouettes Tony Ortiz Scottish Claymores Carlos Polk San Diego Chargers Dominic Raiola Detroit Lions Mike Rucker Carolina Panthers Scott Shanle St. Louis Rams Jeremy Slechta Philadelphia Eagles Erwin Swiney Green Bay Packers Kyle Vanden Bosch Arizona Cardinals Joe Walker Tennessee Titans Steve Warren Green Bay Packers Jason Wiltz New York Jets References Nebraska Cornhuskers Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons Nebraska Cornhuskers football