Nu Major Award Winners & Hall of Famers
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NU MAJOR AWARD WINNERS & HALL OF FAMERS TREV ALBERTS OUTSIDE LINEBACKER* DAVE RIMINGTON CENTER* 1993 Butkus Award 1981 Outland Trophy 1981 Lombardi Trophy FORREST BEHM TACKLE 1982 Outland Trophy College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1988 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1997 CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame Inductee, 2004 DANA X. BIBLE COACH College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1951 EDWARD N. “ROBBIe” ROBINSON COACH College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1955 BOB BROWN GUARD College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1993 JOHNNY RODGERS WINGBACK* 1972 Heisman Trophy Trev Alberts GUY CHAMBERLIN END 1972 Walter Camp Award College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1962 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 2000 MIKE ROZIER I-BACK* ERIC CROUCH QUARTERBACK* 1983 Heisman Trophy 2001 Heisman Trophy 1983 Walter Camp Award 2001 Walter Camp Award 1983 Maxwell Trophy 2001 Davey O’Brien Award College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 2006 BOB DEVANEY COACH GEORGE SAUER FULLBACK College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1981 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1954 SAM FRANCIS FULLBACK WILL SHIELDS OFFENSIVE GUARD* College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1977 Larry Jacobson 1992 Outland Trophy TOMMIE FRAZIER QUARTERBACK* DEAN STEINKUHLER OFFENSIVE GUARD* 1995 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 1983 Outland Trophy 1983 Lombardi Trophy RICH GLOVER MIDDLE GUARD 1972 Outland Trophy CLARENCE SWANSON END 1972 Lombardi Trophy College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1973 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1995 AARON TAYLOR OFFENSIVE GUARD* LARRY JACOBSON DEFENSIVE TACKLE* 1997 Outland Trophy 1971 Outland Trophy PAT TYRANCE LINEBACKER LAWRENCE MCCENEY “BIFF” jONES COACH CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame Inductee, 2009 Dave Rimington College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1951 ED WEIR TACKLE WAYNE MEYLAN MIDDLE GUARD College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1951 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1991 ZACH WIEGERT OFFENSIVE TACKLE* TOM OSBORNE COACH* 1994 Outland Trophy College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1999 GRANT WISTROM RUSH END DOMINIC RAIOLA CENTER 1997 Lombardi Trophy 2000 Rimington Award College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 2009 BOBBY REYNOLDS HALFBACK FIELDING YOST COACH College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1984 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1951 Dean Steinkuhler *scheduled to be in attendance today Honoring Great Huskers and Sooners Every living major award winner that played for either Nebraska or Oklahoma was invited to attend a special dinner last night in addition to tonight’s game between the two historical powers. At press time, 12 Huskers and 12 Sooners were scheduled to be in attendance for tonight’s game. This two-page spread, although not a comprehensive list of either school’s major award winners, honors those who have earned one or more of the most widely recognized national awards and/or been inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame or the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame. 2009 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER FOOTBALL l GAME DAY PROGRAM 20 OU MAJOR AWARD WINNERS & HALL OF FAMERS BRIAN BOSWORTH LINEBACKER* CLAUDE REEDS FULLBACK Major Awards Listed 1985 Butkus Award Winner College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1961 Heisman Trophy: Nation’s Most Outstanding Player 1986 Butkus Award Winner Walter Camp Award: Nation’s Outstanding Player GREG ROBERTS DEFENSIVE TACKLE Maxwell Trophy: Nation’s Outstanding Player SAM BRADFORD QUARTERBACK* 1978 Outland Trophy Winner Outland Trophy: Nation’s Top Interior Lineman 2008 Heisman Trophy Lombardi Trophy: Nation’s Top Lineman 2008 Davey O’Brien Award J.D. ROBERTS GUARD* Butkus Award: Nation’s Top Linebacker 1953 Outland Trophy Johnny Unitas Award: Nation’s Top Senior Quarterback College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1993 Davey O’Brien Award: Nation’s Top Quarterback TOM BRAHANEY CENTER* Rimington Award: Nation’s Top Center College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 2007 Jim Thorpe Award: Nation’s Best Defensive Back LEE ROY SELMON DEFENSIVE TACKLE Chuck Bednarik Award: Defensive Player of the Year 1975 Outland Trophy JAMMAL BROWN OFFENSIVE TACKLE Bronko Nagurski Award: Nation’s Best Defensive Player 1975 Lombardi Award 2004 Outland Trophy College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1988 CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame Inductee, 1994 KURT BURRIS CENTER College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 2000 BILLY SIMS RUNNING BACK* 1978 Heisman Trophy ROCKY CALMUS LINEBACKER 1978 Davey O’Brien Award 2001 Butkus Award 1978 Walter Camp Award College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1995 TONY CASILLAS NOSE GUARD* 1985 Lombardi Award Winner DERRICK STRAIT DEFENSIVE BACK* College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 2004 2003 Bronko Nagurski Award 2003 Jim Thorpe Award RICKEY DIXON DEFENSIVE BACK* Brian Bosworth 1987 Jim Thorpe Award BARRY SWITZER COACH* College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 2001 FOREST “SPOT” GeYER FULLBACK College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1973 JERRY TUBBS CENTER 1956 Walter Camp Award TOMMIE HARRIS DEFENSIVE TACKLE College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1996 2003 Lombardi Award BILLY VESSELS HALFBACK JOSH HEUPEL QUARTERBACK* 1952 Heisman Trophy 2000 Walter Camp Award College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1974 KEITH JACKSON TIGHT END JOE WASHINGTON HALFBACK* College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 2001 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 2005 Steve Owens TEDDY LEHMAN LINEBACKER JIM WEATHERALL TACKLE/PLACE KICKER 2003 Butkus Award 1951 Outland Trophy 2003 Chuck Bednarik Award College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1992 TOMMY MCDONALD HALFBACK/DEF. BACK JASON WHITE QUARTERBACK* 1956 Maxwell Award 2003 Heisman Trophy College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1985 2003 Davey O’Brien Award 2004 Maxwell Award 2004 Davey O’Brien Award BENNIE OWEN COACH 2004 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1951 BUD WILKINSON HEAD COACH JIM OWENS END College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1969 College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1982 J.D. Roberts ROY WILLIAMS STRONG SAFETY STEVE OWENS TAILBACK* 2001 Bronko Nagurski Award 1969 Heisman Trophy 2001 Jim Thorpe Award 1969 Walter Camp Award College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1991 ROLAND “WADDY” YOUNG END College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1986 GREG PRUITT HALFBACK* College Football Hall of Fame Inductee, 1999 *scheduled to be in attendance today Billy Sims 2009 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER FOOTBALL l GAME DAY PROGRAM 21.