1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, L 3–23 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
1988 record	11–2 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (16th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (19th year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (8th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,650)

1988 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
#14 Oklahoma	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#11 Oklahoma State	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Colorado	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Kansas	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	7:00 PM	vs. No. 10 Texas A&M*	No. 2	Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, New Jersey (Kickoff Classic)	Raycom	W 23–14	58,162
September 3	1:30 PM	Utah State*	No. 2	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 63–13	76,233
September 10	7:00 PM	at No. 5 UCLA*	No. 2	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California	ABC	L 28–41	84,086
September 24	6:00 PM	Arizona State*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPN	W 47–16	76,312
October 1	1:30 PM	UNLV*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 48–6	76,398
October 8	1:00 PM	at Kansas	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas		W 63–10	32,500
October 15	1:30 PM	No. 10 Oklahoma State	No. 7	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 63–42	76,432
October 22	1:30 PM	at Kansas State	No. 5	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		W 48–3	35,000
October 29	1:30 PM	Missouri	No. 5	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 26–18	76,316
November 5	1:00 PM	at Iowa State	No. 7	Cyclone Stadium • Ames, Iowa		W 51–16	50,158
November 12	1:30 PM	No. 19 Colorado	No. 7	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 7–0	76,359
November 19	2:30 PM	at No. 9 Oklahoma	No. 7	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma	CBS	W 7–3	75,004
January 2	7:00 PM	vs. No. 2 Miami (FL)*	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 3–23	79,480
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Roster and coaching staff

1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster

Players Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
IB	`4`	Achola, GeorgeGeorge Achola	3.0 !So
C	`59`	Anderson, JeffJeff Anderson	5.0 !Jr
OG	`53`	Antonietti, MarkMark Antonietti	57.0 !Sr
SE	`18`	Avant, TonyTony Avant	5.0 !Jr
SE	`82`	Bahe, ChipChip Bahe	5.0 !Jr
WB	`21`	Bell, RichardRichard Bell	5.0 !Jr
OG	`69`	Bobbora, BillBill Bobbora	5.0 !Jr
WB	`33`	Brinson, DanaDana Brinson	57.0 !Sr
FB	`29`	Carpenter, BryanBryan Carpenter	5.0 !Jr
IB	`32`	Clark, KenKen Clark	5.0 !Jr
IB	`1`	Coleman, RayRay Coleman	57.0 !Sr
WB	`6`	Devall, BradBrad Devall	3.0 !So
QB	`12`	Dunlap, JerryJerry Dunlap	3.0 !So
C	`54`	Edeal, DavidDavid Edeal	3.0 !So
OT	`73`	Engstrom, SteveSteve Engstrom	3.0 !So
OT	`77`	Eyman, TerryTerry Eyman	3.0 !So
C	`52`	Fitzke, RogerRoger Fitzke	5.0 !Jr
IB	`3`	Flowers, LeodisLeodis Flowers	1.0 !Fr
TE	`80`	Garrett, ChrisChris Garrett	1.0 !Fr
TE	`87`	Gawrick, KeithKeith Gawrick	3.0 !So
QB	`14`	Gdowski, GerryGerry Gdowski	5.0 !Jr
OT	`70`	Glaser, DougDoug Glaser	5.0 !Jr
SE	`19`	Gregory, MorganMorgan Gregory	5.0 !Jr
OT	`61`	Griffin, MikeMike Griffin	5.0 !Jr
TE	`94`	Grobe, CoreyCorey Grobe	57.0 !Sr
FB	`24`	Harchelroad, BrianBrian Harchelroad	5.0 !Jr
FB	`37`	Johnk, TimTim Johnk	3.0 !So
QB	`2`	Joseph, MickeyMickey Joseph	1.0 !Fr
OG	`65`	Keeler, AndyAndy Keeler	57.0 !Sr
FB	`36`	Kitrell, BarryBarry Kitrell	57.0 !Sr
IB	`34`	Knox, TyreeseTyreese Knox	57.0 !Sr
TE	`85`	Kratzenstein, MonteMonte Kratzenstein	5.0 !Jr
SE	`83`	McCoy, TimTim McCoy	5.0 !Jr
TE	`43`	Millikan, ToddTodd Millikan	57.0 !Sr
OG	`76`	Nelson, JohnJohn Nelson	57.0 !Sr
TE	`86`	O'Gara, ChrisChris O'Gara	5.0 !Jr
QB	`11`	Preston, MikeMike Preston	5.0 !Jr
OT	`78`	Punt, TomTom Punt	3.0 !So
IB	`20`	Rodgers, TerryTerry Rodgers	5.0 !Jr
OG	`64`	Roschal, JohnJohn Roschal	5.0 !Jr
OT	`72`	Rother, BradBrad Rother	5.0 !Jr
FB	`25`	Schmidt, SamSam Schmidt	5.0 !Jr
OT	`62`	Sledge, BobBob Sledge	57.0 !Sr
QB	`9`	Taylor, SteveSteve Taylor	57.0 !Sr
WB	`22`	Turner, NateNate Turner	1.0 !Fr
WB	`31`	Worden, JamieJamie Worden	57.0 !Sr
C	`68`	Young, JakeJake Young	5.0 !Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`96`	Anderson, Le AndreLe Andre Anderson	3.0 !So
S	`23`	Blazek, MarkMark Blazek	57.0 !Sr
OLB	`81`	Broer, KurtKurt Broer	57.0 !Sr
DT	`95`	Brungardt, PaulPaul Brungardt	3.0 !So
LB	`37`	Buchanan, PeterPeter Buchanan	57.0 !Sr
LB	`49`	Caliendo, ChrisChris Caliendo	5.0 !Jr
SS	`17`	Cooper, ReggieReggie Cooper	3.0 !So
CB	`45`	Crippen, JonJon Crippen	3.0 !So
OLB	`88`	Croel, MikeMike Croel	3.0 !So
CB	`28`	Custard, JohnJohn Custard	57.0 !Sr
DT	`98`	D'Alesio, JoeJoe D'Alesio	5.0 !Jr
SS	`7`	Dobesh, JimJim Dobesh	3.0 !So
DT	`90`	Doll, TyeTye Doll	5.0 !Jr
MG	`63`	Edgren, BrianBrian Edgren	3.0 !So
MG	`97`	Engelbert, PatPat Engelbert	3.0 !So
LB	`47`	Etienne, LeRoyLeRoy Etienne	57.0 !Sr
LB	`51`	Ferguson, BradBrad Ferguson	5.0 !Jr
CB	`10`	Fryar, CharlesCharles Fryar	57.0 !Sr
DT	`84`	Griffin, WillieWillie Griffin	57.0 !Sr
LB	`39`	Hagge, MarkMark Hagge	5.0 !Jr
CB	`8`	Hicks, LorenzoLorenzo Hicks	57.0 !Sr
S	`4`	Jackson, TimTim Jackson	57.0 !Sr
LB	`55`	Jobman, RandallRandall Jobman	5.0 !Jr
LB	`67`	Leuck, RobRob Leuck	5.0 !Jr
CB	`18`	Lewis, LanceLance Lewis	1.0 !Fr
CB	`5`	Lewis, TahaunTahaun Lewis	3.0 !So
OLB	`93`	Marco, JonJon Marco	57.0 !Sr
LB	`35`	Miller, BrianBrian Miller	57.0 !Sr
MG	`99`	Miller, KevinKevin Miller	5.0 !Jr
OLB	`42`	Mills, JeffJeff Mills	5.0 !Jr
MG	`13`	Monarrez, JuniorJunior Monarrez	5.0 !Jr
MG	`74`	Murray, MikeMike Murray	5.0 !Jr
MG	`96`	Pete, LawrenceLawrence Pete	57.0 !Sr
CB	`38`	Pickens, BruceBruce Pickens	3.0 !So
MG	`92`	Putnam, SeanSean Putnam	57.0 !Sr
CB	`26`	Sanders, MarvinMarvin Sanders	5.0 !Jr
CB		Settles, BillBill Settles
DT	`56`	Sims, JoeJoe Sims	3.0 !So
DT	`66`	Skradis, KurtKurt Skradis	57.0 !Sr
OLB	`87`	Svehla, DanDan Svehla	3.0 !So
OLB	`89`	Thomas, BroderickBroderick Thomas	57.0 !Sr
LB	`40`	Tyrance, PatPat Tyrance	3.0 !So
DT	`75`	Valladao, RayRay Valladao	5.0 !Jr
SS	`41`	Vampola, ScottScott Vampola	5.0 !Jr
CB	`27`	Walker, CartierCartier Walker	57.0 !Sr
LB	`57`	Walker, KennyKenny Walker	3.0 !So
MG	`61`	Wanek, JimJim Wanek	3.0 !So
DT	`91`	Wells, KentKent Wells	5.0 !Jr
S	`1`	Wendland, RickRick Wendland	5.0 !Jr
S	`15`	Wooten, WendellWendell Wooten	57.0 !Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
PK	`44`	Barrios, GreggGregg Barrios	3.0 !So
P	`48`	Beckler, ScottScott Beckler	5.0 !Jr
PK	`16`	Drennan, ChrisChris Drennan	5.0 !Jr
P/PK	`13`	Janky, TomTom Janky	3.0 !So
P	`46`	Kroeker, JohnJohn Kroeker	57.0 !Sr

Head coach

Tom Osborne
   16th season
   25th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Charlie McBride
   8th season as DC/LB coach
   12th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Colorado
Ron Brown
   2nd season as WR/TE coach
   2nd year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Brown
Dan Young
   6th season as OL/K coach
   6th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Reed
Milt Tenopir
   15th season as OL coach
   15th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Sterling
Tony Samuel
   3rd season as OLB coach
   3rd year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
George Darlington
   DB coach
   16th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Rutgers
Frank Solich
   6th season as RB coach
   10th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Boyd Epley
   20th season as S&C coach
   20th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Nebraska
Jack Pierce
10th year at Nebraska
John Melton
   16th season as TE/WB coach
   27th year at Nebraska
   Alma mater: Wyoming

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2011-01-17

Game notes

Texas A&M

Texas A&M vs Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	0	0	7	14
• Nebraska	0	3	9	11	23

Date: 1988-08-27
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game attendance: 58,162

Utah State

Utah State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utah State	0	0	7	6	13
• Nebraska	14	14	14	21	63

Date: 1988-09-03
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,233

UCLA

Nebraska at UCLA [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	0	13	7	8	28
• UCLA	28	10	3	0	41

Date: 1988-09-10
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Game attendance: 84,086
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, and Mike Adamle

Arizona State

Arizona State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona State	13	3	0	0	16
• Nebraska	9	21	0	17	47

Date: 1988-09-24
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,312

UNLV

UNLV at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
UNLV	0	0	0	6	6
• Nebraska	7	13	15	13	48

Date: 1988-10-01
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,398

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	28	21	7	7	63
Kansas	0	10	0	0	10

Date: 1988-10-08
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
Game attendance: 32,500

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma State	0	21	7	14	42
• Nebraska	35	14	7	7	63

Date: 1988-10-15
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,432

Kansas State

Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	14	20	14	0	48
Kansas State	3	0	0	0	3

Date: 1988-10-22
Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Game attendance: 35,000

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Missouri	3	3	9	3	18
• Nebraska	0	0	17	9	26

Date: 1988-10-29
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,316

Iowa State

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	7	24	7	13	51
Iowa State	0	0	3	13	16

Date: 1988-11-05
Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa
Game attendance: 35,000

Colorado

Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	0	0	0	0	0
• Nebraska	0	0	7	0	7

Date: 1988-11-12
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 76,359

Oklahoma

Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	7	0	0	0	7
Oklahoma	0	0	3	0	3

Date: 1988-11-19
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 75,004

Miami

Miami vs Nebraska [box score]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Miami	7	13	0	3	23
Nebraska	0	0	3	0	3

Date: 1989-01-02
Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami
Game attendance: 79,480

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	2	2	2	11	10	9	9	7	5	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	10
Coaches																	10

Awards

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Award	Name(s)
All-America 1st team	Broderick Thomas, Jake Young
Big 8 Coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year	Broderick Thomas
Big 8 Defensive Newcomer of the Year	Bruce Pickens
All-Big 8 1st team	Dana Brinson, Ken Clark, LeRoy Etienne, Charles Fryar, Willie Griffin, Tim Jackson, Andy Keeler, Todd Millikan, Lawrence Pete, Bob Sledge, Steve Taylor, Broderick Thomas, Jake Young
All-Big 8 2nd team	Reggie Cooper, Doug Glaser
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Richard Bell, Mark Blazek, Chris Caliendo, Bryan Carpenter, Morgan Gregory, John Kroeker, Jeff Mills, John Nelson

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1988 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.^[3]

Name	Team
Richard Bell	Pittsburgh Steelers
Dana Brinson	San Diego Chargers
Pete Buchanan	Toronto Argonauts
Ken Clark	Indianapolis Colts
Reggie Cooper	Dallas Cowboys
Mike Croel	Denver Broncos
LeRoy Etienne	San Francisco 49ers
Tim Jackson	Dallas Cowboys
Keith Jones	Cleveland Browns
Jeff Mills	San Diego Chargers
Lawrence Pete	Detroit Lions
Bruce Pickens	Atlanta Falcons
Tim Rother	Los Angeles Raiders
Joe Sims	Atlanta Falcons
Steve Taylor	Edmonton Eskimos
Broderick Thomas	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Nate Turner	Buffalo Bills
Kenny Walker	Denver Broncos
Kent Wells	New York Giants

References

↑ "Football - 1988 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
↑ 1988 Husker Honors
↑ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-05-15.

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Venues	Lincoln Park (1890–95) "M" Street Park (1894–96) Antelope Field (1897–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–22) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado Iowa (Heroes Trophy) Kansas Miami Minnesota ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Missouri (Victory Bell) Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin (Freedom Trophy)

Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Marching band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" 1939 Kansas State game 1971 Oklahoma game Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

Big Eight Conference football champions

MVIAA	Nebraska & Iowa (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909) Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919) Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Nebraska & Drake (1922) Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927)

Big Six	Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929) Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939) Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947)

Big Seven	Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949) Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)

Big Eight	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969) Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979) Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989) Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)

National championships in bold

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