1988 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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.

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

1988 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
No. 14 Oklahoma	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 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

Schedule

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 (rivalry)		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 (rivalry)		W 48–3	35,000
October 29	1:30 pm	Missouri	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)		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 (rivalry)		W 7–0	76,359
November 19	2:30 pm	at No. 9 Oklahoma	No. 7	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma (rivalry)	CBS	W 7–3	75,004
January 2	7:00 pm	vs. No. 2 Miami (FL)*	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami (Orange Bowl) (rivalry)	NBC	L 3–23	79,480
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the 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 George Achola So C 59 Jeff Anderson Jr G 53 Mark Antonietti Sr SE 18 Tony Avant Jr SE 82 Chip Bahe Jr WB 21 Richard Bell Jr G 69 Bill Bobbora Jr WB 33 Dana Brinson Sr FB 29 Bryan Carpenter Jr IB 32 Ken Clark Jr IB 1 Ray Coleman Sr WB 6 Brad Devall So QB 12 Jerry Dunlap So C 54 David Edeal So OT 73 Steve Engstrom So OT 77 Terry Eyman So C 52 Roger Fitzke Jr IB 3 Leodis Flowers Fr TE 80 Chris Garrett Fr TE 87 Keith Gawrick So QB 14 Gerry Gdowski Jr OT 70 Doug Glaser Jr SE 19 Morgan Gregory Jr OT 61 Mike Griffin Jr TE 94 Corey Grobe Sr FB 24 Brian Harchelroad Jr FB 37 Tim Johnk So QB 2 Mickey Joseph Fr G 65 Andy Keeler Sr FB 36 Barry Kitrell Sr IB 34 Tyreese Knox Sr TE 85 Monte Kratzenstein Jr SE 83 Tim McCoy Jr TE 43 Todd Millikan Sr G 76 John Nelson Sr TE 86 Chris O'Gara Jr QB 11 Mike Preston Jr OT 78 Tom Punt So IB 20 Terry Rodgers Jr G 64 John Roschal Jr OT 72 Brad Rother Jr FB 25 Sam Schmidt Jr OT 62 Bob Sledge Sr QB 9 Steve Taylor Sr WB 22 Nate Turner Fr WB 31 Jamie Worden Sr C 68 Jake Young Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 96 Le Andre Anderson So S 23 Mark Blazek Sr OLB 81 Kurt Broer Sr DT 95 Paul Brungardt So LB 37 Peter Buchanan Sr LB 49 Chris Caliendo Jr SS 17 Reggie Cooper So CB 45 Jon Crippen So OLB 88 Mike Croel So CB 28 John Custard Sr DT 98 Joe D'Alesio Jr SS 7 Jim Dobesh So DT 90 Tye Doll Jr MG 63 Brian Edgren So MG 97 Pat Engelbert So LB 47 LeRoy Etienne Sr LB 51 Brad Ferguson Jr CB 10 Charles Fryar Sr DT 84 Willie Griffin Sr LB 39 Mark Hagge Jr CB 8 Lorenzo Hicks Sr S 4 Tim Jackson Sr LB 55 Randall Jobman Jr LB 67 Rob Leuck Jr CB 18 Lance Lewis Fr CB 5 Tahaun Lewis So OLB 93 Jon Marco Sr LB 35 Brian Miller Sr MG 99 Kevin Miller Jr OLB 42 Jeff Mills Jr MG 13 Junior Monarrez Jr MG 74 Mike Murray Jr MG 96 Lawrence Pete Sr CB 38 Bruce Pickens So MG 92 Sean Putnam Sr QB 14 Pete Maletto So CB 26 Marvin Sanders Jr CB Bill Settles DT 56 Joe Sims So DT 66 Kurt Skradis Sr OLB 87 Dan Svehla So OLB 89 Broderick Thomas Sr LB 40 Pat Tyrance So DT 75 Ray Valladao Jr SS 41 Scott Vampola Jr CB 27 Cartier Walker Sr LB 57 Kenny Walker So MG 61 Jim Wanek So DT 91 Kent Wells Jr S 1 Rick Wendland Jr S 15 Wendell Wooten Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 44 Gregg Barrios So P 48 Scott Beckler Jr PK 16 Chris Drennan Jr P/PK 13 Tom Janky So P 46 John Kroeker Sr	Head coach Tom Osborne    16th season    25th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride    8th season as DC/DL 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 LB coach    27th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Wyoming Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2011-01-17

Depth chart

Defense
FS Tim Jackson Marvin Sanders Wendell Wooten		OUTSIDE INSIDE INSIDE OUTSIDE Jeff Mills Leroy Etienne Chris Caliendo Broderick Thomas Jon Marco Randall Jobman Pat Tyrance Mike Croel Kurt Broer Mark Hagge Brad Ferguson Dan Svehla					SS Reggie Cooper Mark Blazek Scott Vampola
CB Charles Fryar Tahaun Lewis Jon Crippen		DE NT DE Kent Wells Lawrence Pete Willie Griffin Paul Brungardt Mike Murray Joe Sims Ray Valladao Junior Monarrez Le Andre Anderson						CB Lorenzo Hicks Bruce Pickens John Custard
Offense
WR Morgan Gregory Nate Turner Chip Bahe		LT LG C RG RT Bob Sledge Andy Keeler Jake Young John Nelson Doug Glaser Tom Punt Mark Antonietti David Edeal Bill Bobbora Terry Eyman Steve Engstrom Jim Wanek Roger Fitzke Chris O'Gara Steve Engstrom					TE Todd Millikan Monte Kratzenstein Corey Grobe	WR Richard Bell Dana Brinson Jamie Worden
				QB Steve Taylor Gerry Gdowski Mickey Joseph
		RB Ken Clark Tyreese Knox Terry Rodgers Leodis Flowers			FB Bryan Carpenter Lance Lewis Sam Schmidt		Special teams PK Gregg Barrios Chris Drennan P John Kroeker

Game summaries

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

At 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

At 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

At 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

At 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

At Oklahoma

See also: Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry

#7 Nebraska Cornhuskers (10–1) at #9 Oklahoma Sooners (9–1)

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

at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma

• Date: November 19, 1988
• Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: Rain
• Game attendance: 75,004
• TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger
• Box Score, Box Score

External videos
Full game
Game highlights

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nebraska	Passing	Steve Taylor	2/12, 48 Yds, INT
	Rushing	Ken Clark	24 Rush, 167 Yds
	Receiving	Richard Bell	2 Rec, 48 Yds
Oklahoma	Passing	Charles Thompson	3/9, 39 Yds, INT
	Rushing	Mike Gaddis	12 Rush, 45 Yds
	Receiving	Artie Guess	1 Rec, 28 Yds

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP NU OU 1 11:06 9 80 Nebraska Steve Taylor 1-yard touchdown run, Gregg Berrios kick good 7 0 3 1:50 6 19 Oklahoma 29-yard field goal by R.D. Lashar 7 3 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 7 3

Orange Bowl (vs Miami (FL))

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

See also: 1988 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

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

Awards

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.

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