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1991 Nebraska

9–⁠2–⁠1 (6–⁠0–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Tom Osborne, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1991, game by game: won vs. Utah State 59–28; won vs. Colorado State 71–14; lost vs. No. 4 Washington 21–36; won at No. 24 Arizona State 18–9; won at Oklahoma State 49–15; won vs. Kansas State 38–31; won vs. Missouri 63–6; tied at No. 15 Colorado 19–19; won at Kansas 59–23; won vs. Iowa State 38–13; won vs. No. 19 Oklahoma 19–14; lost vs. No. 1 Miami 0–22+57−22Won 59–28 vs. Utah State+31Utah StateWon 71–14 vs. Colorado State+57Colorado StateLost 21–36 vs. No. 4 Washington-15No. 4 WashingtonWon 18–9 at No. 24 Arizona State+9No. 24 Arizona StateWon 49–15 at Oklahoma State+34Oklahoma StateWon 38–31 vs. Kansas State+7Kansas StateWon 63–6 vs. Missouri+57MissouriTied 19–19 at No. 15 Colorado0No. 15 ColoradoWon 59–23 at Kansas+36KansasWon 38–13 vs. Iowa State+25Iowa StateWon 19–14 vs. No. 19 Oklahoma+5No. 19 OklahomaLost 0–22 vs. No. 1 Miami-22No. 1 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsUtah StateW 59–⁠2878%
Sep 14vsColorado StateW 71–⁠1468%
Sep 21vs4WashingtonL 21–⁠3651%
Sep 28at24Arizona StateW 18–⁠951%
Oct 12atOklahoma StateW 49–⁠1574%
Oct 19vsKansas StateW 38–⁠3180%
Oct 26vsMissouriW 63–⁠680%
Nov 2at15ColoradoT 19–⁠1936%
Nov 9atKansasW 59–⁠2368%
Nov 16vsIowa StateW 38–⁠1390%
Nov 29vs19OklahomaW 19–⁠1461%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs1MiamiOrange BowlL 0–⁠2235%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 22–⁠0 in the Orange Bowl; No. 15 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 14
  3. Wk 3: 13
  4. Wk 4: 9
  5. Wk 5: 16
  6. Wk 6: 15
  7. Wk 7: 14
  8. Wk 8: 9
  9. Wk 9: 9
  10. Wk 10: 9
  11. Wk 11: 11
  12. Wk 12: 11
  13. Wk 13: 11
  14. Wk 14: 11
  15. Wk 15: 11
  16. Final: 15

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1991.

Big Eight champions6–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Colorado

Led the nationCalvin Jones: yards per carry (8.3)

Record
9–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0–⁠1 shared first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 9
Points
454–⁠230
Coach
Tom Osborne
Elo
1698 +95 this season
SP+ rating
24.0 No. 9 of 104; offense No. 3, defense No. 42
SRS
20.6 No. 7 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Charlie McBride
Offense
I formation
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 1Johnny Mitchell TENew York Jets
Rd 3Tyrone Legette DBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 6Nate Turner RBBuffalo Bills
Rd 7Curtis Cotton DBLos Angeles Raiders
Rd 7Jon Bostick WRDenver Broncos

All-Big Eight

6 first team, 8 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠115
Colorado6–⁠0–⁠18–⁠3–⁠120
Oklahoma5–⁠29–⁠316
Kansas State4–⁠37–⁠4
Kansas3–⁠46–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Missouri1–⁠63–⁠7–⁠1
Oklahoma State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠10–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.