1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Template:Short description Template:1990 Big Eight Conference football standings The 1990 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Game summaries

Baylor

Baylor at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Baylor 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 0 6 0 7 13 Date: September 1 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 6:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,184

Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Northern Illinois 8 3 3 0 14 • Nebraska 16 10 13 21 60 Date: September 8 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,043

Minnesota

Minnesota at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 14 28 14 0 56 Date: September 22 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,354

Oregon State

Oregon State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon State 7 0 0 0 7 • Nebraska 3 0 7 21 31 Date: September 29 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,061

Kansas State

Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 3 7 14 21 45 Kansas State 2 0 0 6 8 Date: October 6 Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas Game start: 1:10 PM CST Game attendance: 35,757

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 7 7 0 7 21 • Nebraska 28 17 10 14 69 Date: October 13 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,317

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 0 0 3 0 3 • Nebraska 7 0 10 14 31 Date: October 20 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 76,251

Iowa State

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 3 14 21 7 45 Iowa State 10 0 0 3 13 Date: October 27 Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game start: 1:00 PM CST Game attendance: 54,475

#9 Colorado

Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • #9 Colorado 0 0 0 27 27 #3 Nebraska 0 6 6 0 12 Date: November 3 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 3:00 PM CST Game attendance: 76,464

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 10 10 14 41 Kansas 3 0 0 6 9 Date: November 10 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas Game start: 1:00 PM CST Game attendance: 36,000

Oklahoma

Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 3 0 7 0 10 • Oklahoma 0 21 14 10 45 Date: November 23 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 74,910

Georgia Tech

Nebraska vs Georgia Tech [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 14 7 0 21 • Georgia Tech 7 17 7 14 45 Date: January 1 Location: Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida Game start: 12:30 PM CST Game attendance: 72,328

Awards

Award	Name(s)
All-America	Kenny Walker
All-Big 8	Reggie Cooper, Mike Croel, Johnny Mitchell, Bruce Pickens, Tom Punt, Will Shields, Pat Tyrance, Kenny Walker

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1990 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.

Name	Team
Trev Alberts	Indianapolis Colts
Mike Anderson	Amsterdam Admirals
Derek Brown	New Orleans Saints
Terris Chorney	Edmonton Eskimos
Reggie Cooper	Dallas Cowboys
Mike Croel	Denver Broncos
Travis Hill	Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes	New Orleans Saints
Tyrone Legette	New Orleans Saints
Keithen McCant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Johnny Mitchell	New York Jets
John Parrella	Buffalo Bills
Bruce Pickens	Atlanta Falcons
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Will Shields	Kansas City Chiefs
Joe Sims	Atlanta Falcons
Nate Turner	Buffalo Bills
Kenny Walker	Denver Broncos
David White	New England Patriots