FINAL FOUR PREVIEW - 1995 Nebraska

1995 NEBRASKA (12-0)

AP National Champions
#11 overall seed - Woody Region Winner


Head Coach: Tom Osborne
Off. Coord.: Tom Osborne
Def. Coord.: Charlie McBride
QB Coach: Turner Gill
RB Coach: Frank Solich
OLB Coach: Tony Samuel

Schedule                 Result
@ Oklahoma State         W 64-21
@ Michigan State         W 50-10
Arizona State            W 77-28
Pacific                  W 49-7
Washington State         W 35-21
Missouri                 W 57-0
Kansas State (#7)        W 49-25
@ Colorado (#5)          W 44-21
Iowa State               W 73-14
@ Kansas (#9)            W 41-3
Oklahoma                 W 37-0
FIESTA BOWL
(National Championship Game) 
vs Florida (#2)          W 62-24

Average Score:         53.2 - 14.5
Against Top 25:            4-0
Against Top 10:            4-0

Tournament               Results
2005 Oregon State        W 60-13
2007 Boise State         W 47-21
1995 Miami, Ohio         W 45-17
1996 Penn State (#7)     W 41-20
1977 Alabama (#2)        W 35-21
1989 Miami (#1)          W 31-20
2004 Auburn (#2)         W 33-20
1988 Miami (#2)          W 29-24
1987 Florida State (#2)  W 37-23
NEXT UP:
2005 Texas (#1)

Average Score:         39.8 - 19.9
Top 10 teams Defeated:      6
National Champs Defeated:   1

*NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis indicate final AP Ranking

STARTING LINEUP
(BOLD = All American)
(NFL Draft Selection in parenthesis)

OFFENSE
QB Tommie Frazier
IB Ahman Green (3rd Rd, 1998)
FB Jeff Makovicka
WR Reggie Baul
WR Clester Johnson
TE Mark Gilman
LT Chris Dishman (4th Rd, 1997)
LG Aaron Taylor (7th Rd, 1998)
C Aaron Graham (4th Rd, 1996)
RG Steve Ott
RT Eric Anderson

Key Backups:
IB Lawrence Phillips (1st Rd, 1996)
RT Adam Treu (3rd Rd, 1997)
IB Damon Benning
IB Clinton Childs
QB Brook Berringer
WR Jon Vedral
FB Brian Schuster
WR Brendan Holbein
FB Joel Makovicka (4th Rd, 1999)
TE Sheldon Jackson (7th Rd, 1999)

DEFENSE
DE Jared Tomich (2nd Rd, 1997)
DT Christian Peter (5th Rd, 1996)
DT Jason Peter (1st Rd, 1998)
DE Grant Wistrom (1st Rd, 1998)
WLB Terrell Farley
MLB Doug Colman (6th Rd, 1996)
SLB Jamel Williams (5th Rd, 1997)
CB Tyrone Williams (3rd Rd, 1996)
FS Tony Veland (6th Rd, 1996)
ROV Mike Minter (2nd Rd, 1997)
CB Michael Booker (1st Rd, 1997)

Key Backups:
MLB Phil Ellis
LB Jon Hesse (7th Rd, 1997)
SLB Jay Foreman (5th Rd, 1999)
WLB Ryan Terwilliger
ROV Octavious McFarlin
DE Chad Kelsay (7th Rd, 1999)
CB Eric Stokes (5th Rd, 1997)
CB Mike Fullman
S Eric Warfield (7th Rd, 1998)
DE Mike Rucker (2nd Rd, 1999)

SPECIAL TEAMS
K Kris Brown (7th Rd, 1999)
P Jesse Kosch
KR Clinton Childs
PR Mike Fullman

AWARD WINNERS

Tommie Frazier - Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Maxwell Award, Big 8 Offensive POY, Sporting News POY

Nebraska in the Tournament
Overall Record: 98-31 (76.0%)
# of Teams in the Tournament: 32
# of Teams in Bracket of Champions: 10
Against Texas: 1-3
Against Miami: 4-3
Against Florida State: 2-3

Tom Osborne in the Tournament
Overall Record: 79-20
# of Teams in the Tournament: 21 (All with Nebraska)
# of Teams in Bracket of Champions: 9