1991 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Template:Short description Template:1991 Big Eight Conference football standings 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.

Game summaries

Utah State

Utah State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Utah State 7 7 6 8 28 • Nebraska 17 7 16 19 59 Date: September 7 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,115

Colorado State

Colorado State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado State 0 0 14 0 14 • Nebraska 17 26 14 14 71 Date: September 14 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,379

Washington

Washington at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Washington 0 6 10 20 36 Nebraska 7 7 7 0 21 Date: September 21 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,304

Arizona State

Nebraska at Arizona State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 8 0 3 7 18 Arizona State 0 3 6 0 9 Date: September 28 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game attendance: 72,812

Oklahoma State

Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 7 7 21 49 Oklahoma State 0 3 5 7 15 Date: October 12 Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma Game attendance: 30,150

Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 7 10 14 0 31 • Nebraska 14 3 7 14 38 Date: October 19 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,209

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 3 3 0 0 6 • Nebraska 21 21 14 7 63 Date: October 26 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,244

Colorado

Nebraska at Colorado [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 3 6 3 7 19 Colorado 7 5 7 0 19 Date: November 2 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,319

Scoring summary 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

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 17 14 28 59 Kansas 17 3 3 0 23 Date: November 9 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 40,000

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 0 6 0 7 13 • Nebraska 10 14 7 7 38 Date: November 16 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,078

Oklahoma

Oklahoma at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma 7 7 0 0 14 • Nebraska 0 3 7 9 19 Date: November 29 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,386 Game weather: Rain

Scoring summary Q1 11:39 OKLA Gundy 1 yard run (Blanton kick) OKLA 7–0 Q2 12:39 OKLA Gaddis 1 yard run (Blanton kick) OKLA 14–0 Q2 6:58 NEB Bennett 22 yard field goal OKLA 14–3 Q3 9:53 NEB McCant 5 yard run (Bennett kick) OKLA 14–10 Q4 12:20 NEB Bennett 33 yard field goal OKLA 14–13 Q4 2:57 NEB C. Jones 15 yard run (pass failed) NEB 19–14

Miami (FL)

Orange Bowl [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Miami 13 0 9 0 22 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 Date: January 1 Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami Game attendance: 77,747 Television network: NBC

Scoring summary 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

Awards

Award	Name(s)
All-America 2nd team	Will Shields
All-America 3rd team	Derek Brown, Johnny Mitchell
Big 8 coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year	Keithen McCant
Big 8 Offensive Newcomer of the Year	Calvin Jones
All-Big 8 1st team	Brian Boerboom, Jon Bostick, Derek Brown, Tyrone Legette, Keithen McCant, Johnny Mitchell, Will Shields, Mike Stigge, Erik Wiegert
All-Big 8 2nd team	Steve Carmer, Curtis Cotton, Pat Engelbert, Travis Hill, Calvin Jones, Mike Petko
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Mike Anderson, Byron Bennett, Tyrone Byrd, Lance Lewis, John Parrella, Jim Scott, William Washington, David White, Kenny Wilhite

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1991 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
Doug Colman	New York Giants
Corey Dixon	Atlanta Falcons
Troy Dumas	Kansas City Chiefs
Travis Hill	Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes	New Orleans Saints
Calvin Jones	Los Angeles Raiders
Donta Jones	Pittsburgh Steelers
Tyrone Legette	New Orleans Saints
Keithen McCant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Johnny Mitchell	New York Jets
John Parrella	Buffalo Bills
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Cory Schlesinger	Detroit Lions
Will Shields	Kansas City Chiefs
Brenden Stai	Pittsburgh Steelers
Ed Stewart	Carolina Panthers
Nate Turner	Buffalo Bills
David White	New England Patriots
Zach Wiegert	Los Angeles Rams
Rob Zatechka	New York Giants