1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big Eight co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 0–22 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 15
Record	9–2–1 (6–0–1 Big Eight)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (19th season);
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (11th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1991 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. 16

APNo. 15

Record9–2–1 (6–0–1 Big Eight)

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1991 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 15 Nebraska +	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Colorado +	6	–	0	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 16 Oklahoma	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Kansas State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Missouri	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Oklahoma State	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	10	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	1:00 pm	Utah State*	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 59–28	76,115	^[1]
September 14	1:00 pm	Colorado State*	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	Prime	W 71–14	76,379	^[2]
September 21	7:00 pm	No. 4 Washington*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 21–36	76,304	^[3]
September 28	9:00 pm	at No. 24 Arizona State*	No. 16	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		W 18–9	72,812	^[4]
October 12	2:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 14	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 49–15	30,150	^[5]
October 19	1:00 pm	Kansas State	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 38–31	76,209	^[6]
October 26	1:00 pm	Missouri	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 63–6	76,244	^[7]
November 2	6:30 pm	at No. 15 Colorado	No. 9	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ESPN	T 19–19	52,319	^[8]
November 9	1:00 pm	at Kansas	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	Prime	W 59–23	40,000	^[9]
November 16	1:00 pm	Iowa State	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 38–13	76,078	^[10]
November 29	12:30 pm	No. 19 Oklahoma	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	W 19–14	76,386	^[11]
January 1, 1992	7:00 pm	vs. No. 1 Miami (FL)*	No. 11	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl, rivalry)	NBC	L 0–22	77,747	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time Source: ^[13]^[14]

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah State	7	7	6	8	28
• Nebraska	17	7	16	19	59

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado State	0	0	14	0	14
• Nebraska	17	26	14	14	71

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	8	0	3	7	18
Arizona State	0	3	6	0	9

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	14	7	7	21	49
Oklahoma State	0	3	5	7	15

Schedule


Q1	11:20	NEB	Bennett 27 yard field goal	NEB 3–0

Q1	7:20	COLO	Hagan 11 yard run (Harper kick)	COLO 7–3

Q2	6:54	COLO	Harper 27 yard field goal	COLO 10–3

Q2	1:17	NEB	Bostick 49 yard pass from McCant (kick blocked)	COLO 10–9

Q2	1:17	COLO	Biekert 85 blocked PAT return	COLO 12–9

Q3	5:12	NEB	Bennett 35 yard field goal	Tie 12–12

Q3	0:27	COLO	Hagan 4 yard run (Harper kick)	COLO 19–12

Q4	6:41	NEB	D. Brown 7 yard run (Bennett kick)	Tie 19–19


Q1	11:04	MIA	K. Williams 8 yard pass from Torretta (Huerta kick)	MIA 7–0

Q1	5:04	MIA	Huerta 24 yard field goal	MIA 10–0

Q1	4:02	MIA	Huerta 24 yard field goal	MIA 13–0

Q3	11:19	MIA	L. Jones 1 yard run (pass failed)	MIA 19–0

Q3	2:33	MIA	Huerta 54 yard field goal	MIA 22–0

Award	Name(s)
All-America 2nd team	Will Shields
All-America 3rd team	Derek Brown, Johnny Mitchell
Big Eight coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year	Keithen McCant
Big Eight Offensive Newcomer of the Year	Calvin Jones
All-Big Eight 1st team	Brian Boerboom, Jon Bostick, Derek Brown, Tyrone Legette, Keithen McCant, Johnny Mitchell, Will Shields, Mike Stigge, Erik Wiegert
All-Big Eight 2nd team	Steve Carmer, Curtis Cotton, Pat Engelbert, Travis Hill, Calvin Jones, Mike Petko
All-Big Eight honorable mention	Mike Anderson, Byron Bennett, Tyrone Byrd, Lance Lewis, John Parrella, Jim Scott, William Washington, David White, Kenny Wilhite