1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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The 1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1974 college football season

1974 college football season

The 1974 college football season finished with two national champions. The Associated Press writers' poll ranked the University of Oklahoma, which was on probation and barred by the NCAA from postseason play, #1 at season's end...

. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium, Lincoln

Memorial Stadium is located on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It is the home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team....

in Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska

The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379....

Name	Title	First year in this position	Years at Nebraska	Alma Mater
Tom Osborne	\|Head Coach Offensive Coordinator	1973	1964–1997	Hastings College Hastings College Hastings College is a private, undergraduate, four-year, residential liberal arts college in Hastings, Nebraska, USA.- History :The college was founded in 1882 by a group of men and women seeking to establish a Presbyterian college dedicated to high academic and cultural standards...
Monte Kiffin Monte Kiffin Monte Kiffin is an American football coach. He is widely considered to be one of the preeminent defensive coordinators in modern football, as well as one of the greatest defensive coordinators in NFL history...	\|Defensive Coordinator	1973	1967–1976	Nebraska University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska...
Cletus Fischer	\|Offensive Line		1960–1985	Nebraska University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska...
Jim Ross	\|		1962–1976
John Melton	\|Tight Ends Wingbacks	1973	1962–1988	Wyoming University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
Mike Corgan	\|Running Backs	1962	1962–1982	Notre Dame University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
Warren Powers Warren Powers Warren Anthony Powers is a former American football coach. He was the head coach of the Missouri Tigers football program from 1978 to 1984. Prior to coming to Missouri, Powers was an assistant coach under both Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne at Nebraska...	\|Defensive Backs		1969–1976	Nebraska University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska...
Boyd Epley	\|Head Strength Coach	1969	1969–2003	Nebraska University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska...
Bill Myles	\|Offensive Line	1972	1972–1976
Jerry Moore Jerry Moore Gerald Hundley "Jerry" Moore is the current head football coach of the Appalachian State University Mountaineers located in the town of Boone in Watauga County, North Carolina. He has filled the position since 1989. Moore has had a winning record in 19 out of the last 20 seasons. He led the...	\|Wide Receivers	1973	1973–1978	Baylor Baylor University Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
George Darlington	\|		1973–2002	Rutgers Rutgers University Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
Rick Duval	\|Linebackers Recruiting Coordinator	1973	1973–1974	Worcester Worcester State College Worcester State University is a public, four-year college founded in 1874 as Worcester Normal School in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. Although WSC traditionally has an emphasis on education, business, and biotechnology, the College offers Bachelors and Masters degrees in over 20 academic...
Milt Tenopir	\|Offensive Line	1974	1974–2002	Sterling Sterling College (Kansas) Sterling College is a Christ-centered, four-year liberal arts college located in Sterling, Kansas with a mission "to develop creative and thoughtful leaders who understand a maturing Christian faith." The school is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and...

Oregon's only score came in the 4th quarter against Nebraska reserves, as the Cornhuskers entirely demolished the Ducks in Lincoln to open the season 1-0.

Wisconsin's air attack provided the Badgers with a 242-47 passing margin, while Nebraska's ground attack rolled up a 258-77 yard advantage on the ground, and the Cornhuskers led Wisconsin for all but six minutes of the game and were still in front by 6 when the Badgers pulled out a 77-yard touchdown pass and successful PAT with 3:29 in the 4th to pull ahead by 1 point, sending the Cornhuskers home with an early-season loss.

Nebraska RB Monte Anthony set a new freshman record with his 111 yards on 14 carries as Nebraska rolled up 563 total offensive yards on the way to exacting some revenge on the Big 10 conference following the previous week's loss to Wisconsin.

Nebraska's wrath toward the Big 10 was not completed yet, as the Cornhuskers steamrolled Minnesota 54-0 in a dominating defeat of the Golden Gophers.

Missouri, while unable to come up with any points of their own early on, still managed to hold Nebraska to a 10-0 lead well into the 4th quarter before suddenly coming to life and putting up 21 unanswered points in a stunning upset that left Nebraska winless at the outset of their conference schedule.

For the second time this season, #12 Nebraska came off of a loss with a vengeance, smashing #13 Kansas in a 56-0 shutout smackdown in Lawrence. Nebraska QB Dave Humm set a new Nebraska and Big 8 completion percentage record, a new team and conference season touchdowns record, and a new team/conference/national record of 15 consecutive pass completions, going 23 of 27 with no interceptions for the day, an especially remarkable event considering that the Cornhusker offense was known for its land-based attack.

Oklahoma State outrushed Nebraska 204-167 but was able to produce only a 4th quarter field goal, as Nebraska was also stymied offensively yet was able to survive the game by riding a single 3rd quarter touchdown for the win. The Blackshirts

Blackshirts (football)

The Blackshirts are the first-string defensive unit players for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.-History:The term originally dates back to the early 1960s and refers to the black practice jerseys that Nebraska's first-string defenders began to wear during practice...

saved the day, recovering a Cowboy fumble, reeling in an interception, and blocking a field goal attempt to help preserve the win.

Looking at the statistics might suggest this game was close, but Nebraska was comfortably leading 31-0 in the 4th when Cornhusker reserves took over and allowed Colorado to put up some numbers of their own to make it not look so bad. Despite nearly matched final offensive yardage and first down totals, the Buffaloes were unable to overcome a painful 1-5 turnover deficit.

The story of the previous game repeated itself, as Nebraska was out in front with an adequate lead when Cornhusker reserves entered the game to mop things up, which allowed Iowa State to put up 13 points for their game total, merely tying Nebraska's 3rd quarter output.

For the 8th straight game, the Blackshirts

Blackshirts (football)

held their opponent scoreless for 3 of 4 quarters in a game, as Nebraska easily defeated Kansas State in Lincoln.

Nebraska had a chance to run with the momentum, after breaking a 7-7 halftime tie open a few minutes into the 3rd quarter and then recovering Oklahoma's fumble on the following kickoff, but the opportunity was wasted when the Cornhuskers could not convert the gift into points, and the game belonged to the Sooners from there on out as Oklahoma put up 21 unanswered points to take back the lead and win.

Florida drew first blood, scoring a relatively early touchdown, and followed it up with a 2nd quarter field goal to send Nebraska into the locker room at haltime down 0-10. As the third quarter drew to a close, Nebraska successfully held off the Gators in a goal line stand and then marched 99 yards to close the gap with Florida 7-10 at the start of the 4th, and was able to follow those points with two more field goals to pull ahead by 3, while Florida was unable to respond in kind to the comeback, giving up the game to Nebraska.

Ranking Movement
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
AP	7	7	4	10	6	5	12	9	9	9	6	6	9	8	9
Coaches															8

Award	Name(s)
All-America 1st team	Rik Bonness Rik Bonness Richard Kyes "Rik" Bonness is a former professional football player, a linebacker for four seasons in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.... , Marvin Crewnshaw, Dave Humm David Humm David Henry Humm is a former professional football player, a quarterback in the NFL from 1975-84 for the Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Colts, and Los Angeles Raiders...
All-America 3rd team	Tom Alward
All-America honorable mention	Bob Martin, Ron Pruitt
All-Big 8 1st team	Rik Bonness, Marvin Crewnshaw, Dave Humm, Bob Martin, Tom Ruud Tom Ruud Thomas Robert "Tom" Ruud is a former professional football player, a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. At 6'3" 223 lb, he played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1972-74. At the 1975 NFL Draft, Ruud was selected in the first round by the...
All-Big 8 2nd team	Tom Alward, Wonder Monds, Bob Nelson, Don Westbrook
Big 8 Freshman Player of the Year	Monte Anthony
Big 8 Defensive Sophomore of the Year	Mike Fultz

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1974 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.

Name	Team
Tom Alward	Birmingham Vulcans Birmingham Vulcans The Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama. They were members of the five-team Eastern Division of the World Football League . The Vulcans, founded in March 1975, played in the upstart league's second and final season in 1975...
Monte Anthony	Baltimore Colts
Rik Bonness Rik Bonness Richard Kyes "Rik" Bonness is a former professional football player, a linebacker for four seasons in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers....	Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Ed Burns	New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
Jim Burrow	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
Tom Davis	Toronto Argonauts Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
Tony Davis Tony Davis (American football) Michael E. "Tony" Davis is a former American football running back in the National Football League. Davis played both I-back and fullback for new Head Coach Tom Osborne at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was Osborne's first 1,000 yard rusher and when he left the Cornhuskers, he was the...	Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
Mark Doak	Birmingham Vulcans Birmingham Vulcans The Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama. They were members of the five-team Eastern Division of the World Football League . The Vulcans, founded in March 1975, played in the upstart league's second and final season in 1975...
Mike Fultz	New Orleans Saints New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
Dave Humm David Humm David Henry Humm is a former professional football player, a quarterback in the NFL from 1975-84 for the Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Colts, and Los Angeles Raiders...	Oakland Raiders Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
John Lee	San Diego Chargers San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Bob Lingenfelter	Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Terry Luck	Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Bob Martin	New York Jets New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Wonder Monds	Ottawa Rough Riders Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...
Bob Nelson	Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
John O'Leary	Montreal Alouettes Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
Tom Pate	Hamilton Tiger-Cats Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...
Ray Phillips	Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
Tom Ruud Tom Ruud Thomas Robert "Tom" Ruud is a former professional football player, a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. At 6'3" 223 lb, he played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1972-74. At the 1975 NFL Draft, Ruud was selected in the first round by the...	Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Stan Waldemore Stan Waldemore Stan Waldemore is a former American football offensive tackle and offensive guard in the National Football League for the New York Jets from 1978-1984. He played in 62 games throughout his professional career. He went to the University of Nebraska....	New York Jets New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Don Westbrook Don Westbrook Don Westbrook is a former wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League....	New England Patriots New England Patriots The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

Alward, Tom #63 (Sr.) G

Anthony, Monte #49 (So.) IB

Bahe, Ritch #24 (Sr.) WB

Belka, Jim #47 (So.) FB

Block, King (So.) LB

Bonness, Rik
Rik Bonness
Richard Kyes "Rik" Bonness is a former professional football player, a linebacker for four seasons in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers....

#54 (Jr.) C

Borg, Tim #19 (So.) DB

Brock, Dan #94 (So.) DT

Bunkers, Bill (So.) DB

Burns, Burton #49 (So.) FB

Burns, Ed #17 (So.) QB

Burrow, Jim #2 (Jr.) DB

Butterfield, Dave #34 (So.) DB

Cabell, Jake
Jake Cabell
-Playing history:Cabell played Cornerback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers under head coach Bob Devaney, recruited in the class of 1974 and playing during the 1975-1976 seasons. Cabel was a junior college transfer because he played for one year at Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia, where he earned an...

#13 (Jr.) DB

Carpenter, Jeff #37 (So.) LB

Clark, Dennis (So.) DT

Clark, Mike (So.) OT

Coccia, Tom #90 (Jr.) DE

Collura, Joe #7 (So.) MG

Costanzo, Rich #77 (Jr.) OT

Coyle, Mike #42 (Jr.) PK

Crenshaw, Marvin #73 (Sr.) OT

Davis, Tom #52 (So.) C

Davis, Tony
Tony Davis (American football)
Michael E. "Tony" Davis is a former American football running back in the National Football League. Davis played both I-back and fullback for new Head Coach Tom Osborne at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was Osborne's first 1,000 yard rusher and when he left the Cornhuskers, he was the...

#25 (Jr.) FB

Dervin, Joe (So.) LB

Doak, Mark #71 (Sr.) OT

Duda, Rich #50 (Sr.) C

Eichelberger, Percy #44 (So.) LB

Eveland, Al #43 (So.) PK

Everett, Earl #9 (So.) QB

Folsom, Bob (So.) WB

Fultz, Mike #72 (So.) DT

Garcia, Randy #15 (So.) QB

Gast, Reg (So.) DE

Gillespie, Dave #28 (So.) IB

Gissler, Dean #97 (Jr.) DT

Hanchera, Gary #5 (So.) PK

Hayes, Bob #76 (So.) OT

Hegener, Stan #64 (Sr.) G

Heiser, Tom #27 (Jr.) WB

Hertenstein, Scott #98 (So.) DT

Heydorff, Mark #22 (Sr.) DB

Higgs, Gary #46 (So.) FB

Hoins, Steve #78 (So.) OT

Homola, Ken (So.) TE

Houser, Mike (So.) PK

Humm, Dave
David Humm
David Henry Humm is a former professional football player, a quarterback in the NFL from 1975-84 for the Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Colts, and Los Angeles Raiders...

#12 (Sr.) QB

Hunter, Ken #78 (Jr.) MG

Jenkins, Brad #92 (So.) TE

Johnson, Ardell #29 (Sr.) DB

Jones, Chuck #35 (Jr.) DB

Jorgensen, Greg (So.) OG

Justice, Jason #38 (So.) FB

Kucera, Lindsay #41 (So.) FB

Kyros, George #18 (Sr.) DB

Lackovic, Tim #80 (Sr.) SE

Lee, John #69 (Jr.) MG

Leonardi, Chad #61 (Sr.) OG

Lessman, Randy #39 (So.) DE

Lingenfelter, Bob #70 (So.) OT

Lloyd, Jerry (So.) DT

Luck, Terry #11 (Jr.) QB

Malito, Chuck #89 (So.) SE

Markley, Paul (So.) DB

Markus, Steve #36 (So.) OG

Martin, Bob #87 (Jr.) DE

Mazon, Frank #31 (Jr.) DB

McGuire, Tim #55 (Jr.) OG

McWhorter, Mike (So.) WB

Miller, Dan #58 (So.) OG

Mills, George #75 (Jr.) DT

Monds, Wonder #26 (Jr.) DB

Moran, Jeff #30 (Sr.) IB

Mushinskie, Larry #88 (Jr.) TE

Nelson, Bob #57 (Sr.) LB

Nitzel, Ron #81 (Jr.) SE

Offner, Mike #95 (Jr.) DE

O'Leary, John #14 (Jr.) IB

Panneton, Rick (Jr.) TE

Pate, Tom #68 (Sr.) DE

Pavelka, Dennis #74 (Sr.) OT

Peterson, Matt #82 (Jr.) TE

Phillips, Ray #96 (Jr.) DE

Pillen, Clete #33 (So.) LB

Plucknett, John (So.) DT

Pruitt, Ron #91 (Jr.) DT

Pullen, Jeff #67 (So.) MG

Ray, Glen #10 (So.) QB

Redding, Dave #84 (Jr.) DE

Reilly, Tim #56 (Jr.) OG

Rogers, Terry #40 (Sr.) DB

Ruud, Tom
Tom Ruud
Thomas Robert "Tom" Ruud is a former professional football player, a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. At 6'3" 223 lb, he played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1972-74. At the 1975 NFL Draft, Ruud was selected in the first round by the...

#45 (Sr.) LB

Samuel, Tony #99 (So.) DE

Schmidt, Dan #51 (So.) OG

Schneider, Jeff #1 (Jr.) DB

Seeton, Jim #16 (Jr.) DB

Senkbeil, Rocky (So.) DB

Shamblin, Dave #85 (Jr.) SE

Smith, Kent #23 (So.) DB

Spaeth, Ken #86 (So.) TE

Stacey, Kurt #3 (So.) DB

Starkebaum, John #48 (Sr.) LB

Stovall, Rod (So.) DB

Stuberg, Wayne #59 (So.) C

Talley, Chester #32 (So.) IB

Tangeman, Steve (So.) TE

Thomas, Bobby #8 (So.) WB

Thomas, Tom #53 (Jr.) C

Thornton, Willie #65 (Jr.) MG

Valasek, Larry #4 (So.) DB

Varner, Rich #6 (So.) C

Waldemore, Stan
Stan Waldemore
Stan Waldemore is a former American football offensive tackle and offensive guard in the National Football League for the New York Jets from 1978-1984. He played in 62 games throughout his professional career. He went to the University of Nebraska....

#62 (So.) DT

Westbrook, Don
Don Westbrook
Don Westbrook is a former wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League....

#21 (Sr.) WB

Wied, Jerry #93 (Jr.) DT

Wieser, Steve #83 (Sr.) DE

Wightman, Jim (So.) DE

Yaralian, Zaven (Sr.) DB

Zabrocki, Dale (So.) WB

Zanetich, Nick #66 (So.) OG

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