1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football Nebraska Cornhuskers logo, 1992–2003.svg 150 Big 12 Conference North Division Big 12 2 3 12–1 7–1 Frank Solich 2nd Charlie McBride 19th I formation 4–3 Memorial Stadium Big 12 championBig 12 North Division co-championFiesta Bowl champion Big 12 Championship Game W 22–6 vs. Texas Fiesta Bowl W 31–21 vs. Tennessee The 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as a member of the North Division of the Big 12 Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Frank Solich, the Cornhuskers compiled an overall record of 12–1 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the Big 12's North Division title with Kansas State. By virtue of a head-to-head win over the Wildcats, Nebraska advanced to the Big 12 Championship Game, where the Cornhuskers avenged their one loss during the regular season, defeating Texas to capture in the conference championship. Nebraska was then invited to the Fiesta Bowl, where the Cornhuskers beat Tennessee. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nebraska's Big 12 title was 43rd conference championship overall for the program, and remains Nebraska's most recent one through the 2025 season. Schedule 1999 AP Central September 4 11:00 am w y y 5 Iowa Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA rivalry ABC 42–7 70,397 September 11 2:30 pm w y 5 California Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC 45–0 77,617 September 18 11:30 am w y 4 Southern Miss Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE PPV 20–13 77,826 Defense doesn't rest, Blackshirts' 2 TDs help NU hold on September 19, 1999 Lincoln Journal Star https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109343919/defense-doesnt-rest-blackshirts-2-tds/ September 11, 2022 Newspapers.com September 25 6:00 pm w y 6 Missouri Faurot Field Columbia, MO rivalry FSN 40–10 68,174 October 2 11:30 am w 6 Oklahoma State Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE FSN 38–14 77,740 October 9 6:00 pm w y 4 Iowa State Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry FSN 49–14 77,743 October 23 2:30 pm l y 3 Texas 18 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX College GameDay ABC 20–24 84,082 October 30 6:00 pm w y 8 Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS rivalry FSN 24–17 45,100 November 6 2:30 pm w 9 Texas A&M 21 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ABC 37–0 77,705 November 13 2:30 pm w 7 Kansas State 5 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE rivalry ABC 41–15 77,744 November 26, 1999 1:30 pm w y 3 Colorado Folsom Field Boulder, CO rivalry ABC 33–30 OT 52,946 December 4 7:00 pm w y 3 Texas 12 Alamodome San Antonio, TX Big 12 Championship Game ABC 22–6 65,063 January 2, 2000, 2000 7:00 pm w y y 3 Tennessee 6 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ Fiesta Bowl ABC 31–21 71,526 https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-nebraska-runs-over-tenne/157459576/ Chicago Tribune Nebraska runs over Tennessee January 3, 2000 October 19, 2024 Newspapers.com Rankings 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 16 6 5 5 4 6 6 4 3 3 8 9 7 4 3 3 3 3 Coaches 0 16 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 9 6 4 3 3 3 2 BCS 9 15 7 8 6 3 3 3 3 Game summaries Iowa Nebraska at Iowa Nebraska Iowa 0 7 14 21 0 0 0 7 September 4 Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa 12:00 CST 70,397 Roger Twibell, Bob Griese, & Todd Harris ABC California California at Nebraska California Nebraska 0 0 0 0 7 21 10 7 September 11 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska 3:30 CST 77,617 Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, & Todd Harris ABC Southern Miss Southern Miss at Nebraska'' | Visitor = Southern Miss | Host = Nebraska''' 7 0 6 0 6 6 8 0 September 18 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska CST 77,826 Missouri Nebraska at Missouri Nebraska Missouri 16 3 14 7 0 3 0 7 September 25 Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri 7:00 CST 68,174 Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino, & Eric Clemons FSN Oklahoma State Oklahoma State at Nebraska Oklahoma State Nebraska 0 0 7 7 21 10 7 0 October 2 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska 12:30 CST 77,740 Drew Goodman, Keith Jackson, & Jim Knox FSN Iowa State Iowa State at Nebraska Iowa State Nebraska 0 0 0 14 21 7 14 7 October 9 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska 7:00 CST 77,743 Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino, & Eric Clemons FSN Texas Nebraska at Texas Nebraska Texas 0 13 0 7 3 0 14 7 October 23 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas 3:30 CST 84,082 Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, & Jack Arute ABC Kansas Nebraska at Kansas Nebraska Kansas 0 0 10 14 2 7 0 8 October 30 Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas 7:00 CST 45,100 Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino, & Eric Clemons FSN Texas A&M Texas A&M at Nebraska Texas A&M Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 14 November 6 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska 3:30 CST 77,705 Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, & Jack Arute ABC Kansas State Kansas State at Nebraska Kansas State Nebraska 0 9 0 6 16 8 0 17 November 13 Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska 3:30 CST 77,744 Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, & Lynn Swann ABC Colorado Nebraska at Colorado Nebraska Colorado 14 10 3 0 6 0 3 0 24 3 November 26 Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado 2:30 CST 52,946 Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, & Steve Cyphers ABC Texas Texas vs Nebraska Texas Nebraska 0 0 0 6 10 5 7 0 December 4 Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas 4:30 CST 65,063 Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, & Jack Arute ABC Tennessee Tennessee vs Nebraska Tennessee Nebraska 0 7 7 7 14 3 7 7 January 2 Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona 7:30 CST 71,526 Tim Brant, Dean Blevins, & Leslie Gudel ABC Personnel Roster 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers y Scott Aguglia 17 SE SO Matt Albertson 41 IB F Dan Alexander 38 IB J y Dan Alexander (Arena football) Steve Altstadt 64 OG SO Sean Applegate 82 WB S Matt Baldwin 51 C S Damien Bauman 94 TE S Jeremy Bender 81 WB F Tom Beveridge 20 SE J Jon Bowling 84 TE F Correll Buckhalter 36 IB J y Chad Buller 39 IB F Chris Butler 34 IB F Joe Chrisman 10 QB F Wes Cody 59 OG F Kelly Cook 93 SE F Ben Cornelsen 86 WB F Eric Crouch 7 QB SO y Will Dabbert 91 TE F Judd Davies 34 FB F Josh Davis 24 IB F Matt Davison 3 SE J Jon Dawson 74 C F T.J. DeBates 85 TE S Dahrran Diedrick 30 IB F y Billy Diekmann 76 OT J DeAngelo Evans 4 IB J Toniu Fonoti 77 OG F y Austin Forster 14 WB F John Gibson 8 WB J Aaron Golliday 99 TE F Nick Gragert 46 FB SO Mike Green 74 OG SO Tim Green 75 OT F DeAntae Grixby 6 IB F Seth Gutz 92 SE J Andy Gwennap 61 OG F Brian Hale 73 OT F Troy Hassebroek 18 WB F Aaron Havlovic 78 C S Larry Henderson 80 SE S Russ Hochstein 55 OG J y Casey Hughes 32 FB F Trevor Johnson 82 TE F y Trevor Johnson (American football) Adam Julch 69 OT S Paul Kastl 40 FB F Ben Kingston 22 FB S John Klem 21 WB F Scott Koethe 67 OT F Kyle Kollmorgen 75 OT SO David Kolowski 71 C F Nate Kolterman 67 OT F Paul Kosch 95 WB F Tim Liley 92 WB F Jack Limbaugh OG F Brett Lindstrom 28 SE F Frankie London 1 WB S Chris Loos 71 OG F Jammal Lord 10 QB F y Dwayne McClary 33 WB J Luke McGowen 33 SE F Jake McKee 90 TE J Robin Miller 20 IB F Willie Miller 15 FB J Justin Montgomery FB F John Murphy 43 TE J Brian Nelson 62 OT F Bobby Newcombe 12 QB J y Ryan Ommert 23 SE F Jeff Perino 14 QB S Hank Piening 37 FB J Kevin Pitts 42 FB F Matt Plooster 81 WB F Dominic Raiola 54 C SO y Tim Reese 46 IB F Jay Runty 16 QB J Jon Rutherford 66 OG SO Chris Saalfeld 79 OG J Jason Schwab 65 OT S James Sherman 63 OG S Matt Shook 53 C F Leif Sidwell 72 OT F Stuart Siegel 25 WB F Sean Steenson 95 TE F Dan Swantek 57 OG SO Wilson Thomas 9 SE RF Fred Thorne 47 SE F Alik Tillery 24 IB SO Tyrone Uhlir 35 FB F Dan Vili Waldrop 68 OT F Cody Volk 71 OT F Dave Volk 58 OT SO} Mike Wilford 77 OT F Tracey Wistrom 87 TE SO Matt Witulski 76 OG F Demoine Adams 98 RE RF y Blake Anderson WLB F Josh Anderson 28 LCB J Rod Baker 41 SLB J Ryon Bingham 59 DT F y Rob Blomeier 15 FS F Mic Boettner 4 ROV SO Dion Booker 14 FS SO Andy Bowman 61 NT F Mike Brown 21 ROV S y Mike Brown (safety) Ralph Brown 22 RCB S y Ralph Brown (cornerback) Brad Bryan 49 SLB F Ben Buettenback 39 MLB S Jamie Burrow 48 MLB SO Jon Clanton 55 NT RF Jon Coyne 52 MLB SO Keyuo Craver 3 LCB SO y Mike Demps 2 ROV RF Chris Estudillo 85 RE F Lee File 64 RE F Clint Finley 19 FS J Eric Fischer 38 ROV J Gabe Fries 58 WLB RF John Garrison 52 RE/DT F Taylor Gehman 1 ROV F DeJuan Groce 5 RCB F y Matt Grummert 97 RE J Kevin Guse 14 LCB F Brad Hamik 45 FS J Jeff Hemje 18 RCB SO Anthony Hoke 51 SLB F Matt Ickes 24 LCB SO Julius Jackson 50 WLB S Blanchard Johnson WLB F Eric Johnson 27 WLB S y Eric Johnson (defensive back, born 1976) Patrick Kabongo 94 RE F y Loran Kaiser 91 DT J Chris Kelsay 57 RE F y Josh Kohl 47 WLB S Cali Lemelle RCB F Gregg List 29 ROV S Jason Lohr 70 NT SO Jeremy Lyman 86 RE RF Mike Makris 54 MLB F Stephen Manning 94 DT RF Matt McGinn 71 DT SO Greg McGraw 32 FS S Tim Miller 58 WLB F Brandon Mooberry 93 RE J Christopher Moran 7 RCB S Don Neal 35 RCB F Casey Nelson 87 DT SO Jeff Nelson 62 NT RF Tony Ortiz 37 SLB S Spencer Owen 84 RE F Phil Peetz 78 NT F Jon Penny 44 SLB SO Chad Peterson 63 NT F Jerrell Pippens 12 FS F y Carlos Polk 13 MLB J y Brandon Quindt 10 ROV J Tyler Rauenzahn 31 LCB F Steve Raymond 23 SLB S Pat Ricketts 6 RCB F Kyle Ringenberg 85 RE RF Eric Ryan 80 RE S Steve Safranek 12 MLB F Carl Scholting 11 FS F Scott Shanle 43 SLB RF y Ronjiel Sharpe 48 LCB F Brian Shaw 46 SLB S Jeremy Slechta 56 DT SO Jemond Smith WLB RF Justin Smith 92 RE RF Luke Smith 40 MLB RF Randy Stella 34 WLB RF Erwin Swiney 16 LCB J y Junior Tagoa'i 92 NT F Tony Tata 90 MLB RF Aaron Terpening 8 FS RF Kyle Vanden Bosch 83 RE J y Chuck Vander Linden 21 SLB F Mark Vedral 9 WLB SO Joe Walker 25 ROV J Steve Warren 96 NT S y Adrian Warrior 82 RE F Troy Watchorn 42 ROV J J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann 95 RE SO Donn Williams 1 LCB F Aaron Wills 81 RE S Colin Wills 88 RE F Wes Woodward 20 ROV SO Josh Brown 26 PK F y Josh Brown (American football) Dan Hadenfeldt 17 P S Kyle Larson 18 P F y Kyle Larson (American football) Chace Long 28 PK J Chuck Tack 88 P/PK SO http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1999 January 17, 2011 Frank Solich   2nd season   21st year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska Charlie McBride   19th season as DC/DL coach   23rd year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill   8th season as QB coach   8th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska Craig Bohl   5th season as LB coach   8th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska Ron Brown   13th season as WR/TE coach   13th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Brown Dan Young   17th season as OL/K coach   17th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir   26th season as OL coach   26th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Sterling Nelson Barnes   3rd season as RE coach   3rd year at Nebraska   Alma mater: North Texas George Darlington   DB coach   27th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Rutgers Dave Gillespie   2nd season as RB coach   11th year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha Boyd Epley   31st season as S&C coach   31st year at Nebraska   Alma mater: Nebraska Depth chart Pro-Set 4–3 Yes No Yes Eric Crouch Bobby Newcombe Joe Chirsman Dan Alexander Correll Buckhalter Dahrran Diedrick Willie Miller Ben Kingston Tyrone Uhlir Matt Davison Wilson Thomas Tom Beveridge Bobby Newcombe Sean Applegate John Gibson Tracey Wistrom T.J DeBates Aaron Golliday Jon Bowling Adam Julch Jon Rutherford Billy Diekmann James Sherman Toniu Fonoti Wes Cody Dominic Raiola Matt Baldwin Aaron Havlovic Russ Hochstein Steve Alstadt Chris Saalfeld Dave Volk Kyle Kollmorgen Scott Koethe Eric Johnson Julius Jackson Randy Stella Mark Vedral WILL Carlos Polk Jamie Burrow Ben Buettenback MIKE Tony Ortiz Brian Shaw Scott Shanle Rod Baker SAM Clint Finley Dion Booker Greg McGraw Mike Brown Joe Walker Gregg List ROVER Keyuo Craver DeJuan Groce Donn Williams Ralph Brown Jeff Hemje Josh Anderson Kyle Vanden Bosch Demoine Adams J.P. Wichmann Eric Ryan Steve Warren Jason Lohr Jon Clanton Loran Kaiser Jeremy Slechta Matt McGinn Aaron Willis Chris Kelsay Justin Smith Josh Brown Dan Hadenfeldt Joe Walker Bobby Newcombe 110 88 No Awards Award Name(s) All-American 1st Team Ralph Brown, Mike Brown, Dominic Raiola, Dan Hadenfeldt, Brian Shaw All-American 2nd Team Steve Warren Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year Eric Crouch All-Big 12 1st team Mike Brown, Ralph Brown, Eric Crouch, Russ Hochstein, Bobby Newcombe, Carlos Polk, Dominic Raiola, Steve Warren, Tracey Wistrom All-Big 12 2nd team Dan Hadenfeldt, Julius Jackson, Kyle Vanden Bosch All-Big 12 honorable mention Keyuo Craver, Matt Davison, Dave Volk Big 12 coach of the Year Frank Solich 1999 Husker Honors NFL and pro players The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1999 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 Damien Bauman New Orleans VooDoo Ryon Bingham San Diego Chargers Josh Brown Seattle Seahawks Mike Brown Chicago Bears Ralph Brown New York Giants Correll Buckhalter Philadelphia Eagles Keyuo Craver New Orleans Saints Eric Crouch St. Louis Rams Josh Davis New York Jets Clint Finley Kansas City Chiefs Toniu Fonoti San Diego Chargers Aaron Golliday Scottish Claymores DeJuan Groce St. Louis Rams Russ Hochstein Tampa Bay Buccaneers Eric Johnson Oakland Raiders Trevor Johnson New York Jets Patrick Kabongo Detroit Lions Chris Kelsay Buffalo Bills Kyle Larson Cincinnati Bengals Jammal Lord Houston Texans Bobby Newcombe Montreal Alouettes Tony Ortiz Scottish Claymores Jerrell Pippens Chicago Bears Carlos Polk San Diego Chargers Dominic Raiola Detroit Lions 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 References Nebraska Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons Category:Big 12 Conference football champion seasons Category:Fiesta Bowl champion seasons Nebraska Cornhuskers football