1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 12 champion Big 12 North Division co-champion Fiesta Bowl champion
Big 12 Championship Game, W 22–6 vs. Texas
Fiesta Bowl, W 31–21 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 3
Record	12–1 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Frank Solich (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (19th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1999 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 3 Nebraska xy$		7	–	1					12	–	1
No. 6 Kansas State x		7	–	1					11	–	1
Colorado		5	–	3					7	–	5
Kansas		3	–	5					5	–	7
Iowa State		1	–	7					4	–	7
Missouri		1	–	7					4	–	7
South Division
No. 21 Texas xy		6	–	2					9	–	5
Oklahoma		5	–	3					7	–	5
Texas Tech		5	–	3					6	–	5
No. 23 Texas A&M		5	–	3					8	–	4
Oklahoma State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Baylor		0	–	8					1	–	10
Championship: Nebraska 22, Texas 6
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Nebraska won its 43rd and final Big 12 championship (including titles in the MVIAA/Big Eight) this season by winning the Big 12 Championship Game over Texas. As of the 2023 season, this season was the most recent conference championship for Nebraska.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	11:00 am	at Iowa*	No. 5	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	ABC	W 42–7	70,397
September 11	2:30 pm	California*	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 45–0	77,617
September 18	11:30 am	Southern Miss*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	PPV	W 20–13	77,826
September 25	6:00 pm	at Missouri	No. 6	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)	FSN	W 40–10	68,174
October 2	11:30 am	Oklahoma State	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	FSN	W 38–14	77,740
October 9	6:00 pm	Iowa State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	FSN	W 49–14	77,743
October 23	2:30 pm	at No. 18 Texas	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (College GameDay)	ABC	L 20–24	84,082
October 30	6:00 pm	at Kansas	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	FSN	W 24–17	45,100
November 6	2:30 pm	No. 21 Texas A&M	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 37–0	77,705
November 13	2:30 pm	No. 5 Kansas State	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	W 41–15	77,744
November 26	1:30 pm	at Colorado	No. 3	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	W 33–30 OT	52,946
December 4	7:00 pm	vs. No. 12 Texas	No. 3	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	W 22–6	65,063
January 2	7:00 pm	vs. No. 6 Tennessee*	No. 3	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ABC	W 31–21	71,526
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster and coaching staff

1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 17 Scott Aguglia So IB 41 Matt Albertson Fr IB 38 Dan Alexander Jr G 64 Steve Altstadt So WB 82 Sean Applegate Sr C 51 Matt Baldwin Sr TE 94 Damien Bauman Sr WB 81 Jeremy Bender Fr SE 20 Tom Beveridge Jr TE 84 Jon Bowling Fr IB 36 Correll Buckhalter Jr IB Chad Buller Fr IB 34 Chris Butler Fr QB 10 Joe Chrisman Fr G 59 Wes Cody Fr SE 93 Kelly Cook Fr WB 86 Ben Cornelsen Fr QB 7 Eric Crouch So TE 91 Will Dabbert Fr FB Judd Davies Fr IB Josh Davis Fr SE 3 Matt Davison Jr C Jon Dawson Fr TE 85 T.J. DeBates Sr IB 30 Dahrran Diedrick Fr OT 76 Billy Diekmann Jr IB 4 DeAngelo Evans Jr G Toniu Fonoti Fr WB 14 Austin Forster Fr WB 8 John Gibson Jr TE 99 Aaron Golliday Fr FB 46 Nick Gragert So G 74 Mike Green So OT Tim Green Fr IB 6 DeAntae Grixby Fr SE 92 Seth Gutz Jr G 61 Andy Gwennap Fr OT Brian Hale Fr WB 18 Troy Hassebroek Fr C 78 Aaron Havlovic Sr SE 80 Larry Henderson Sr G 55 Russ Hochstein Jr FB 32 Casey Hughes Fr TE Trevor Johnson Fr OT 69 Adam Julch Sr FB 40 Paul Kastl Fr FB 22 Ben Kingston Sr WB 21 John Klem Fr OT 68 Scott Koethe Fr OT 75 Kyle Kollmorgen So C 71 David Kolowski Fr OT 67 Nate Kolterman Fr WB 95 Paul Kosch Fr WB Tim Liley Fr G Jack Limbaugh Fr SE Brett Lindstrom Fr WB 1 Frankie London Sr G Chris Loos Fr QB Jammal Lord Fr OT 75 James Mayberry Fr WB 33 Dwayne McClary Jr SE Luke McGowen Fr TE 90 Jake McKee Jr IB Robin Miller Fr FB 15 Willie Miller Jr FB Justin Montgomery Fr TE 43 John Murphy Jr OT Brian Nelson Fr QB 12 Bobby Newcombe Jr SE Ryan Ommert Fr QB 14 Jeff Perino Sr FB 37 Hank Piening Jr FB 42 Kevin Pitts Fr WB Matt Plooster Fr C 54 Dominic Raiola So IB Tim Reese Fr QB 16 Jay Runty Jr G 66 Jon Rutherford So G 79 Chris Saalfeld Jr OT 65 Jason Schwab Sr G 63 James Sherman Sr C 53 Matt Shook Fr OT 72 Leif Sidwell Fr WB Stuart Siegel Fr TE Sean Steenson Fr G 57 Dan Swantek So SE 9 Wilson Thomas RFr SE Fred Thorne Fr IB 24 Alik Tillery So FB 35 Tyrone Uhlir Fr OT Dan Vili Waldrop Fr OT Cody Volk Fr OT 58 Dave Volk So WB 5 Shevin Wiggins Sr OT 77 Mike Wilford Fr TE 87 Tracey Wistrom So G Matt Witulski Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class RE 98 Demoine Adams RFr WLB Blake Anderson Fr LCB 28 Josh Anderson Jr SLB 41 Rod Baker Jr DT Ryon Bingham Fr FS Rob Blomeier Fr ROV 4 Mic Boettner So FS 14 Dion Booker So NT Andy Bowman Fr ROV 21 Mike Brown Sr RCB 22 Ralph Brown Sr SLB Brad Bryan Fr MLB 39 Ben Buettenback Sr MLB 48 Jamie Burrow So NT 55 Jon Clanton RFr MLB 52 Jon Coyne So LCB 3 Keyuo Craver So ROV 2 Mike Demps RFr RE Chris Estudillo Fr RE Lee File Fr FS 19 Clint Finley Jr ROV 38 Eric Fischer Jr WLB 58 Gabe Fries RFr RE John Garrison Fr ROV Taylor Gehman Fr RCB 5 DeJuan Groce Fr RE 97 Matt Grummert Jr LCB Kevin Guse Fr FS 45 Brad Hamik Jr RCB 18 Jeff Hemje So SLB Anthony Hoke Fr LCB 24 Matt Ickes So WLB 50 Julius Jackson Sr WLB Blanchard Johnson Fr WLB 27 Eric Johnson Sr RE Patrick Kabongo Fr DT 91 Loran Kaiser Jr RE 57 Chris Kelsay Fr WLB 47 Josh Kohl Sr RCB Cali Lemelle Fr ROV 29 Gregg List Sr NT 70 Jason Lohr So RE 86 Jeremy Lyman RFr MLB Mike Makris Fr DT 94 Stephen Manning RFr DT 70 Matt McGinn So FS 32 Greg McGraw Sr WLB Tim Miller Fr RE 93 Brandon Mooberry Jr RCB 7 Christopher Moran Sr RCB 35 Don Neal Fr DT 87 Casey Nelson So NT 62 Jeff Nelson RFr SLB 37 Tony Ortiz Sr RE Spencer Owen Fr NT Phil Peetz Fr SLB 44 Jon Penny So NT Chad Peterson Fr FS 12 Jerrell Pippens Fr MLB 13 Carlos Polk Jr ROV 10 Brandon Quindt Jr LCB 31 Tyler Rauenzahn Fr SLB 23 Steve Raymond Sr RCB Pat Ricketts Fr RE 85 Kyle Ringenberg RFr RE 80 Eric Ryan Sr MLB Steve Safranek Fr FS 11 Carl Scholting Fr SLB 49 Scott Shanle RFr LCB Ronjiel Sharpe Fr SLB 46 Brian Shaw Sr DT 56 Jeremy Slechta So WLB Jemond Smith RFr RE 92 Justin Smith RFr MLB 40 Luke Smith RFr WLB 34 Randy Stella RFr LCB 16 Erwin Swiney Jr NT Junior Tagoa'i Fr MLB 90 Tony Tata RFr FS 8 Aaron Terpening RFr RE 83 Kyle Vanden Bosch Jr SLB Chuck Vander Linden Fr WLB 9 Mark Vedral So ROV 25 Joe Walker Jr NT 96 Steve Warren Sr RE 82 Adrian Warrior Fr ROV 42 Troy Watchorn Jr RE 95 J.P. (John Paul) Wichmann So LCB 1 Donn Williams Fr RE 81 Aaron Wills Sr RE 88 Colin Wills Fr ROV 20 Wes Woodward So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 26 Josh Brown Fr P 17 Dan Hadenfeldt Sr P Kyle Larson Fr PK 28 Chace Long Jr P/PK 88 Chuck Tack So	Head coach Frank Solich    2nd season    21st year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride    19th season as DC/DL coach    23rd year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill    8th season as QB coach    8th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Craig Bohl    5th season as LB coach    8th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Ron Brown    13th season as WR/TE coach    13th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Brown Dan Young    17th season as OL/K coach    17th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir    26th season as OL coach    26th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Sterling Nelson Barnes    3rd season as RE coach    3rd year at Nebraska    Alma mater: North Texas George Darlington    DB coach    27th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Rutgers Dave Gillespie    2nd season as RB coach    11th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha Boyd Epley    31st season as S&C coach    31st year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 17, 2011

Depth chart

Defense
FS Clint Finley Dion Booker Greg McGraw		WILL MIKE SAM Eric Johnson Julies Jackson Carlos Polk Tony Ortiz Brian Shaw Randy Stella Jamie Burrow Scott Shanle Mark Vedral Ben Buttenback Rod Baker					ROVER Mike Brown Joe Walker Mark Vedral Gregg List
CB Keyuo Craver DeJuan Groce Donn Williams		DE DT DT DE Kyle Vanden Bosch Steve Warren Loran Kaiser Aaron Willis Demoine Adams Jason Lohr Jeremy Slechta Chris Kelsay Justin Smith J.P. Wichmann Jon Clanton Matt McGinn Eric Ryan						CB Ralph Brown Jeff Hemje Josh Anderson
Offense
WR Matt Davison Wilson Thomas Tom Beveridge		LT LG C RG RT Adam Julch James Sherman Dominic Raiola Russ Hochsein Dave Volk Jon Rutherford Toniu Fonoti Mat Baldwin Steve Alstadt Kyle Kollmorgen Billy Diekmann Wes Cody Aaron Havlovic Chris Saalfeld Scott Koethe					TE Tracey Wistrom T.J DeBates Aaron Golliday Jon Bowling	WR Bobby Newcombe Sean Applegate John Gibson
				QB Eric Crouch Bobby Newcombe Joe Chirsman
		RB Dan Alexander Correll Buckhalter Dahrran Diedrick			FB Willie Miller Ben Kingston Tyrone Uhlir		Special teams PK Josh Brown P Dan Hadenfeldt KR Joe Walker PR Bobby Newcombe

Game summaries

Iowa

Nebraska at Iowa [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 7 14 21 42 Iowa 0 0 0 7 7 Date: September 4 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 70,397 TV announcers (ABC): Roger Twibell & Bob Griese

California

California at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total California 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 7 21 10 7 45 Date: September 11 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,617 TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson & Bob Griese

Southern Miss

Southern Miss at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Southern Miss 7 0 6 0 13 • Nebraska 6 6 8 0 20 Date: September 18 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,826

Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 16 3 14 7 40 Missouri 0 3 0 7 10 Date: September 25 Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri Game attendance: 68,174 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 0 0 7 7 14 • Nebraska 21 10 7 0 38 Date: October 2 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,740 TV announcers (FSN): Drew Goodman & Keith Jackson

Iowa State

Iowa State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 0 0 0 14 14 • Nebraska 21 7 14 7 49 Date: October 9 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,743 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

Texas

Nebraska at Texas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 13 0 7 20 • Texas 3 0 14 7 24 Date: October 23 Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas Game attendance: 84,082 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Kansas

Nebraska at Kansas [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 0 0 10 14 24 Kansas 2 7 0 8 17 Date: October 30 Location: Memorial Stadium (University of Kansas), Lawrence, Kansas Game attendance: 45,100 TV announcers (FSN): Ron Thulin, Artie Gigantino & Eric Clemons

Texas A&M

Texas A&M at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 0 6 17 14 37 Date: November 6 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,705 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Kansas State

Kansas State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas State 0 9 0 6 15 • Nebraska 16 8 0 17 41 Date: November 13 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,744 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese & Lynn Swann

Colorado

Nebraska at Colorado [box score]

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Nebraska 14 10 3 0 6 33 Colorado 0 3 0 24 3 30 Date: November 26 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game attendance: 52,946 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese & Lynn Swann

Texas

Texas vs Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Texas 0 0 0 6 6 • Nebraska 10 5 7 0 22 Date: December 4 Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas Game attendance: 65,063 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson & Jack Arute

Tennessee

Tennessee vs Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 0 7 7 7 21 • Nebraska 14 3 7 7 31 Date: January 2 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game attendance: 71,526 Television network: ABC

Rankings

See also: 1999 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	6	5	5	4	6	6	4	3	3	8	9	7	4	3	3	3	3
Coaches Poll	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	9	9	6	4	3	3	3	2
BCS	Not released									7	8	6	3	3	3	3	Not released

After the season

Nebraska's longtime Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride retired after another season of success, helping Nebraska win the Big 12 Championship, with a final record of 12–1 (7–1). McBride's retirement followed 22 years of storied service to the Cornhuskers.

The season was concluded by #3 Nebraska defeating #6 Tennessee 31–21 at the Fiesta Bowl.

Second-year Head Coach Frank Solich's career record improved to 21–5 (12–4).

Awards

Award	Name(s)
All-American 1st Team	Ralph Brown, Mike Brown, Dominic Raiola, Dan Hadenfeldt, Brian Shaw
All-American 2nd Team	Steve Warren
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year	Eric Crouch
All-Big 12 1st team	Mike Brown, Ralph Brown, Eric Crouch, Russ Hochstein, Bobby Newcombe, Carlos Polk, Dominic Raiola, Steve Warren, Tracey Wistrom
All-Big 12 2nd team	Dan Hadenfeldt, Julius Jackson, Kyle Vanden Bosch
All-Big 12 honorable mention	Keyuo Craver, Matt Davison, Dave Volk
Big 12 coach of the Year	Frank Solich

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1999 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.

Name	Team
Demoine Adams	Edmonton Eskimos
Dan Alexander	Tennessee Titans
Damien Bauman	New Orleans VooDoo
Ryon Bingham	San Diego Chargers
Josh Brown	Seattle Seahawks
Mike Brown	Chicago Bears
Ralph Brown	New York Giants
Correll Buckhalter	Philadelphia Eagles
Keyuo Craver	New Orleans Saints
Eric Crouch	St. Louis Rams
Josh Davis	New York Jets
Clint Finley	Kansas City Chiefs
Toniu Fonoti	San Diego Chargers
Aaron Golliday	Scottish Claymores
DeJuan Groce	St. Louis Rams
Russ Hochstein	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Eric Johnson	Oakland Raiders
Trevor Johnson	New York Jets
Patrick Kabongo	Detroit Lions
Chris Kelsay	Buffalo Bills
Kyle Larson	Cincinnati Bengals
Jammal Lord	Houston Texans
Bobby Newcombe	Montreal Alouettes
Tony Ortiz	Scottish Claymores
Jerrell Pippens	Chicago Bears
Carlos Polk	San Diego Chargers
Dominic Raiola	Detroit Lions
Scott Shanle	St. Louis Rams
Jeremy Slechta	Philadelphia Eagles
Erwin Swiney	Green Bay Packers
Kyle Vanden Bosch	Arizona Cardinals
Joe Walker	Tennessee Titans
Steve Warren	Green Bay Packers