2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

The 2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by second-year head coach Scott Frost and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.[1] They finished the season 5–7, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.

2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest Division
2019 record5–7 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTroy Walters (2nd season)
Offensive schemeNo-huddle spread option
Defensive coordinatorErik Chinander (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 85,458)
Uniform
2019 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
No. 3 Ohio State xy$^  9 –0     13 –1  
No. 9 Penn State  7 –2     11 –2  
No. 18 Michigan  6 –3     9 –4  
Indiana  5 –4     8 –5  
Michigan State  4 –5     7 –6  
Maryland  1 –8     3 –9  
Rutgers  0 –9     2 –10  
West Division
No. 11 Wisconsin xy  7 –2     10 –4  
No. 10 Minnesota x  7 –2     11 –2  
No. 15 Iowa  6 –3     10 –3  
Illinois  4 –5     6 –7  
Purdue  3 –6     4 –8  
Nebraska  3 –6     5 –7  
Northwestern  1 –8     3 –9  
Championship: Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 21
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Cornhuskers finished the 2018 season 4–8 and 3–6 in Big Ten conference play, a tie for a fifth-place finish in the West Division. The 2018 team was coached by first-year head coach Scott Frost, who came back to his alma mater after leading UCF for two seasons prior.

Offseason

Position key
Back B Center C Cornerback CB Defensive back DB
Defensive end DE Defensive lineman DL Defensive tackle DT End E
Fullback FB Guard G Halfback HB Kicker K
Kickoff returner KR Offensive tackle OT Offensive lineman OL Linebacker LB
Long snapper LS Punter P Punt returner PR Quarterback QB
Running back RB Safety S Tight end TE Wide receiver WR

Recruits

The Cornhuskers signed a total of 24 scholarship recruits during the Early Signing Period on December 19, 2018.[2]

Scholarship recruits
Walk-on recruits

Outgoing
NameNumberPositionHeightWeightClassHometownDestination
Greg Bell#25RB6'0"205JuniorChula Vista, CASan Diego State
Cole Frahm#39K6'5"210SophomoreOmaha, NESouth Dakota State
Branden Hohenstein#47TE6'4"205JuniorJackson, NEAbilene Christian
Tyjon Lindsey#1WR5'9"160SophomoreLas Vegas, NVOregon State
Justin McGriff#13WR6'6"210RS-FreshmanTampa, FLASA College (Miami)
Guy Thomas#18LB6'3"230SophomoreMiami, FLColorado
Caleb Lightbourn#35P6'3"250SeniorWashougal, WAOregon State
Breon Dixon#34OLB5'11"205JuniorSuwanee, GAIowa Western CC
Cam'ron Jones#29DB6'1"180RS-FreshmanMansfield, TXSouthern Methodist
Quayshon Alexander#30OLB6'3"250JuniorWayne, NJTowson

Incoming
Name Number Position Height Weight Class Hometown Previous School
Darrion Daniels #79 DL 6'4" 340 Senior Dallas, TX Oklahoma State
Kanawai Noa #9 WR 6'0" 200 Senior Honolulu, HI California
Dedrick Mills #26 RB 5'11" 220 Junior Waycross, GA Garden City CC
Travis Vokolek #83 TE 6'6" 250 Junior Springfield, MO Rutgers

Spring scrimmage
2019 Red—White Spring Game
1 234Total
White 3 370 13
• Red 7 1700 24

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Lott Trophy[4] Mohamed Barry LB SR
Maxwell Award[5] Adrian Martinez QB SO
Davey O'Brien Award[6] Adrian Martinez QB SO
Biletnikoff Award[7] JD Spielman WR JR
John Mackey Award[8] Jack Stoll TE JR
Butkus Award[9] Mohamed Barry LB SR
Dodd Trophy[10] Scott Frost HC
Wuerffel Trophy[11] Ben Stille DL JR
Walter Camp Award[12] Adrian Martinez QB SO
Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year Award[13] Kanawai Noa WR SR
Manning Award[14] Adrian Martinez QB SO

Preseason Big Ten poll

Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. In the 2019 poll, Nebraska was projected to win the West Division.[15]

East
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Michigan222 (20)
2Ohio State214 (14)
3Michigan State156
4Penn State154
5Indiana86.5
6Maryland82.5
7Rutgers37
West
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Nebraska198 (14)
2Iowa194.5 (14)
3Wisconsin172.5 (4)
4Northwestern142.5 (1)
5Purdue110.5
6Minnesota100 (1)
7Illinois34
Media poll (Big Ten Championship)
Rank Team Votes
1Michigan over Nebraska8
2Michigan over Iowa8
3Ohio State over Iowa6
4Ohio State over Nebraska4
5Ohio State over Wisconsin3
6Nebraska over Michigan2
7Michigan over Wisconsin1
8Ohio State over Minnesota1
9Northwestern over Michigan1

Schedule

The 2019 schedule consists of seven home and five away games in the regular season. Nebraska will host conference foes Ohio State, Northwestern, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa and the Cornhuskers will travel to play Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue and Maryland in Big Ten play.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3111:00 amSouth Alabama*No. 24
ESPNW 35–2189,502
September 72:30 pmat Colorado*No. 25
FOXL 31–34 OT52,829
September 147:00 pmNorthern Illinois*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
FS1W 44–889,593
September 217:00 pmat Illinois
BTNW 42–3844,512
September 286:30 pmNo. 5 Ohio State
ABCL 7–4889,759
October 53:00 pmNorthwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
FOXW 13–1089,348
October 126:30 pmat Minnesota
FS1L 7–3443,502
October 262:30 pmIndiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
BTNL 31–3889,317
November 211:00 amat Purdue
FOXL 27–3150,606
November 1611:00 amNo. 14 Wisconsin
BTNL 21–3788,842
November 232:30 pmat Maryland
BTNW 54–734,082
November 291:30 pmNo. 17 Iowa
BTNL 24–2789,039

Roster and coaching staff
2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 11 Austin Allen So
OL 72 Matthew Anderson Fr
OL 61 Mitchell Balenger RFr
OL 73 Broc Bando So
WR 36 Christian Banker So
OL 74 Brant Banks Fr
RB 38 Brody Belt RFr
OL 54 Bryce Benhart Fr
OL 59 Ian Boerkircher RFr
RB 33 Jaylin Bradley So
RB 35 Moses Bryant RFr
QB 17 Andrew Bunch Jr
WR 45 Ty Chaffin Jr
WR 13 Darien Chase Fr
OL 71 Matt Farniok (C) Jr
OL 68 Will Farniok RFr
WR 29 Bennett Folkers RFr
OL 52 AJ Forbes RFr
OL 78 Jimmy Fritzsche Fr
OL 65 Christian Gaylord  Sr
TE 46 John Goodwin Fr
RB 49 Austin Hemphill Sr
TE 87 Chris Hickman Fr
OL 75 Trent Hixson So
WR 89 Todd Honas Jr
WR 5 Demariyon Houston Fr
WR 47 Austin Jablonski Fr
OL 76 Brenden Jaimes Jr
RB 24 Cooper Jewett Fr
RB 14 Rahmir Johnson Fr
WR 22 Miles Jones RFr
OL 51 Cameron Jurgens RFr
TE 48 Bryson Krull RFr
WR 85 Wyatt Liewer RFr
OL 77 Michael Lynn Fr
QB 2 Adrian Martinez (C) So
QB 18 Matt Masker RFr
RB 37 Wyatt Mazour Sr
QB 7 Luke McCaffrey Fr
WR 4 Jaevon McQuitty So
QB 14 Brayden Miller Fr
OL 66 Hunter Miller So
RB 26 Dedrick Mills Jr
OL 53 Riley Moses Fr
WR 3 Jamie Nance Fr
WR 9 Kanawai Noa Sr
OL 67 Garrett Nuss Fr
TE 40 Brian Perez Jr
OL 57 Ethan Piper Fr
TE 82 Kurt Rafdal So
OL 50 John Raridon Jr
WR/RB 1 Wan'Dale Robinson Fr
RB 43 Connor Ruth RFr
RB 46 Corbin Ruth So
OL 70 Matt Sichterman So
WR 10 JD Spielman Jr
OL 79 Noah Starfursky Fr
TE 86 Jack Stoll Jr
RB 25 Ronald Thompkins Fr
QB 16 Noah Vedral So
OL 62 Nick Virka Sr
TE 83 Travis Vokolek Jr
WR 81 Kade Warner So
RB 28 Maurice Washington So
OL 58 Josh Wegener Jr
RB 31 Zach Weinmaster Fr
WR 19 Mike Williams Sr
OL 56 Boe Wilson Jr
WR 8 Jaron Woodyard Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
OLB 45 David Alston RFr
S 4 Avery Anderson Sr
DL 75 Fyn Anderson Sr
ILB 50 Jake Archer RFr
ILB 51 Anthony Banderas RFr
ILB 7 Mohamed Barry (C) Sr
CB 23 Dicaprio Bootle Jr
OLB 85 John Bullock Fr
CB 39 Bradley Bunner So
CB 25 Tony Butler Jr
ILB 58 Chris Cassidy RFr
CB 11 Braxton Clark RFr
CB 16 Ethan Cox So
DL 93 Damion Daniels So
DL 79 Darrion Daniels (C) Sr
OLB 22 Alex Davis Sr
DL 96 Carlos Davis Sr
DL 94 Khalil Davis Sr
S 19 Marquel Dismuke Jr
OLB 13 JoJo Domann Jr
S 18 Myles Farmer Fr
DL 82 Colton Feist RFr
OLB 43 Tyrin Ferguson Sr
OLB 89 Jamin Graham Fr
S 47 Tyson Guzman Fr
ILB 10 Jackson Hannah Fr
ILB 42 Nick Henrich Fr
DL 80 Jacob Herbek Fr
ILB 3 Will Honas Jr
DL 70 Matt Huser Fr
ILB 39 Garrett Hustedt Fr
DL 38 Damian Jackson So
CB 21 Lamar Jackson Sr
OLB 32 Pernell Jefferson Jr
ILB 53 Joseph Johnson RFr
S 36 Reid Karel Sr
OLB 81 Nick Leader Fr
S 6 Eric Lee Jr. Sr
DL 90 Ben Lingenfelter So
S 48 Lane McCallum So
ILB 59 Caden McCormack Fr
ILB 31 Collin Miller Jr
DL 9 DaiShon Neal Sr
OLB 44 Garrett Nelson Fr
DL 52 Mosai Newsom Fr
CB 12 Quinton Newsome Fr
OLB 34 Simon Otte RFr
OLB 55 Jordan Paup So
S 26 Noa Pola-Gates Fr
ILB 28 Luke Reimer Fr
DL 84 Eli Richter Fr
DL 99 Ty Robinson Fr
DL 98 Casey Rogers RFr
CB 37 Phalen Sanford RFr
OLB 54 Ryan Schommer RFr
OLB 83 Sam Shurtleff Fr
ILB 41 Garrett Snodgrass Fr
S 49 Isaiah Stalbird RFr
DL 95 Ben Stille Jr
CB 24 Jeramiah Stovall Sr
S 30 Eli Sullivan Jr
OLB 2 Caleb Tannor So
DB 5 Cam Taylor-Britt So
DL 97 Deontre Thomas So
DL 11 Vaha Vainuku Sr
DL 55 Chris Walker So
DL 92 Tate Wildeman RFr
S 8 Deontai Williams  Jr
DB 33 Javin Wright Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 98 Isaac Armstrong Sr
P 95 Grant Detlefsen Fr
PK 93 Gabe Heins Fr
PK 97 Dylan Jorgensen Fr
LS 94 Cade Mueller RFr
PK 32 Barret Pickering So
LS 91 Cameron Pieper RFr
P 99 William Przystup RFr
LS 92 Chase Urbach Sr
P 90 Jackson Walker Sr
Head coach
  • Scott Frost
       4th season as HC
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Nebraska
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Erik Chinander
       4th season as DC
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Iowa
  • Troy Walters
       11th season as WR coach, 5th as OC
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Stanford
  • Greg Austin
       7th season as OL coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Nebraska
  • Sean Beckton
       4th season as TE coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Central Florida
  • Jovan Dewitt
       11th season as OLB coach, 7th as ST coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Northern Michigan
  • Travis Fisher
       8th season as DB coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Central Florida
  • Ryan Held
       4th season as RB coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Nebraska
  • Barrett Ruud
       2nd season as ILB coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Nebraska
  • Tony Tuioti
       4th season as DL coach
       1st year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Hawaii
  • Mario Verduzco
       27th season as QB coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: San Jose St.
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 8, 2019

Depth chart

Game summaries

South Alabama
See also: 2019 South Alabama Jaguars football team
South Alabama at No. 24 Nebraska
1 234Total
South Alabama 7 0140 21
• No. 24 Nebraska 7 7147 35

at Colorado
See also: 2019 Colorado Buffaloes football team and Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry
No. 25 Nebraska at Colorado
1 234OTTotal
No. 25 Nebraska 7 100140 31
• Colorado 0 07243 34

Northern Illinois
See also: 2019 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
Northern Illinois at Nebraska
1 234Total
Northern Illinois 0 530 8
• Nebraska 10 2077 44

at Illinois
See also: 2019 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
Nebraska at Illinois
1 234Total
• Nebraska 7 71315 42
Illinois 14 7143 38

Nebraska trailed for most of the game, then came back to beat Illinois 42–38. With the victory, the Huskers got their first road win under Scott Frost and their 900th overall win in program history.

Ohio State
See also: 2019 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
No. 5 Ohio State at Nebraska
1 234Total
• No. 5 Ohio State 14 24100 48
Nebraska 0 070 7

Northwestern
See also: 2019 Northwestern Wildcats football team
Northwestern at Nebraska
1 234Total
Northwestern 0 370 10
• Nebraska 7 303 13

at Minnesota
See also: 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Nebraska at Minnesota
1 234Total
Nebraska 0 007 7
• Minnesota 7 7200 34

Indiana
See also: 2019 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Indiana at Nebraska
1 234Total
• Indiana 9 7157 38
Nebraska 14 737 31

at Purdue
See also: 2019 Purdue Boilermakers football team
Nebraska at Purdue
1 234Total
Nebraska 10 0314 27
• Purdue 0 14314 31
      

Wisconsin
See also: 2019 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Nebraska-Wisconsin football rivalry
No. 14 Wisconsin at Nebraska
1 234Total
• No. 14 Wisconsin 7 2073 37
Nebraska 7 770 21

at Maryland
See also: 2019 Maryland Terrapins football team
Nebraska at Maryland
1 234Total
• Nebraska 17 171010 54
Maryland 0 007 7

Iowa
See also: 2019 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry
No. 17 Iowa at Nebraska
1 234Total
• #17 Iowa 14 1003 27
Nebraska 3 7140 24

Big Ten Awards

Player of the Week Honors
Weekly Awards
Player Award Week Awarded Ref.
Wan'Dale Robinson Big Ten Freshman of the Week Week 4 [28]
Wan'Dale Robinson Big Ten Freshman of the Week Week 6 [29]

All-Conference Awards

2019 Big Ten All-Conference Teams and Awards[30]

Rankings
Further information: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 24 25-T NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches RV 25 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
CFP Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released

Players drafted into the NFL
See also: 2020 NFL Draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
6194Khalil DavisDTTampa Bay Buccaneers
7232Carlos DavisDTPittsburgh Steelers

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