1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Fiesta Bowl, L 17–41 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 11
Record	10–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (17th season);
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (9th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

CoachesNo. 12

APNo. 11

Record10–2 (6–1 Big 8)

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1989 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Colorado $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Nebraska	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Kansas	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	1:30 pm	Northern Illinois*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 48–17	76,194	^[1]
September 16	1:30 pm	Utah*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 42–30	76,333	^[2]
September 23	7:00 pm	at Minnesota*	No. 3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)		W 48–0	58,368	^[3]
September 30	1:30 pm	Oregon State*	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 35–7	76,290	^[4]
October 7	1:30 pm	Kansas State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 58–7	76,265	^[5]
October 14	1:30 pm	at Missouri	No. 4	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	PPV	W 50–7	55,620	^[6]
October 21	1:30 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 4	Lewis Field Stillwater OK		W 48–23	40,000	^[7]
October 28	1:30 pm	Iowa State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 49–17	76,371	^[8]
November 4	1:30 pm	at No. 2 Colorado	No. 3	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	CBS	L 21–27	52,877	^[9]
November 11	1:30 pm	Kansas	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 51–14	76,232	^[10]
November 18	1:30 pm	Oklahoma	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 42–25	76,404	^[11]
January 1, 1990	3:30 pm	vs. No. 5 Florida State*	No. 6	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 17–41	73,953	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah	13	3	0	14	30
• Nebraska	7	14	7	14	42

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	7	17	10	14	48
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon State	0	0	7	0	7
• Nebraska	7	7	7	14	35

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	0	0	7	0	7
• Nebraska	14	21	23	0	58

Schedule

Award	Name(s)
All-America 1st team	Doug Glaser, Jake Young
All-America 2nd team	Reggie Cooper
All-America 3rd team	Ken Clark
Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year	Gerry Gdowski
Big 8 Defensive Freshman of the Year	Tyrone Byrd
All-Big 8 1st team	Ken Clark, Reggie Cooper, Gerry Gdowski, Doug Glaser, Jeff Mills, Bruce Pickens, Pat Tyrance, Kent Wells, Jake Young
All-Big 8 2nd team	Mike Croel, Mike Murray, William Washington
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Gregg Barrios, Richard Bell, Tyrone Byrd, Bryan Carpenter, Morgan Gregory, Randall Jobman, Tahaun Lewis, Mike Petko, Marvin Sanders, Jim Wanek