Huskers in the NFL: Week 9

Lincoln -- Several former Huskers played prominent roles in victories for their teams as Week 9 of the National Football League season.

At Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Buccaneers running back Michael Pittman scored a touchdown with 11:50 left in the fourth quarter to egde the Kansas City Chiefs 34-31. Will Shields made his eighth straight start of the season helping Trent Green and the Chief offense pass for 369 yards. On defense, right cornerback Eric Warfield led the Kansas City defense with seven tackles. Kansas City slipped to 3-5 on the season with the loss, while Tampa improved its record to 3-5.

In Buffalo, the battle between two former Blackshirt defensive ends went to Chris Kelsay and the Buffalo Bills as they handed Trevor Johnson and the New York Jets their second loss of the season, winning 22-17.  For the game Kelsay recorded five tackles and a 13-yard sack of Jets quarterback Chad Pennington. Johnson saw action for the Jets defense, but did not record a tackle. With the win Buffalo improved to 3-5 for the season, while the Jets remain in second place in the AFC East with a record of 6-2.

Currently, Nebraska leads all Big 12 schools with 38 former players on NFL rosters a total that ranks among the leaders for all schools.

Offense

  Rushing ReceivingPlayer, Team Opp. ATT YDS AVG LNG TD Rec Yards AVG LNG TDSchlesinger, Cory, Detroit Washington 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 7 3.5 6 1Green, Ahman, Green Bay BYE 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0Buckhalter,Correll, Philidelphia Injured Reserve

Davis,Josh New York Jets  Injured Reserve

Linemen                      Dishman, Chris, St. Louis Rams New England- StartRaiola, Dominic, Detroit Washington-StartWiegert, Zach, Houston Denver-StartShields, Will, Kansas City Tampa Bay-StartTreu, Adam, Oakland Carolina-StartHochstein, Russ, New England St. LouisSewell,Josh, Denver Practice Squad-InactiveFonoti, Toniu, San Diego New Orleans-Start

Defense

  Defensive Stats Special TeamsPlayer, Team Opp. TKL AST CMB SK YDS IN YDS PD FF FR TKL AST CMB FF Bl FRKelsay, Chris, Buffalo NY Jets 3 2 5 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Minter, Mike, Carolina Oakland 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rucker, Mike, Carolina Oakland 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Brown, Mike  Chicago Injured Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Swiney, Erwin,
Green Bay

Injured Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Foreman, Jay, Houston Denver 6 4 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Warfield, Eric,
Kansas City Tampa Bay 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Brown, Ralph, Minnesota Indianapolis (Monday NIght) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Craver, Keyuo, New Orleans Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Johnson, Eric, Atlanta BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Johnson, Trevor, NY Jets Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Parrella, John, Oakland Caolina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Polk, Carlos, San Diego Injured Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Groce, DeJuan,
St. Louis New England 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Williams, Tyrone- Dallas Cincinnatti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hollowell,T.J. NY Giants Practice Squad-Inactive 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Lord,Jammal, Houston Practice Squad-Inactive 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Pippens, Jerrell, San Diego

PracticeSquad-Inactive

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shanle, Scott , Dallas Cincinnatti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0Grant Wistrom, Seattle San Francisco (Not Active) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Vanden Bosch, Kyle, Arizona Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Williams,Demorrio, Atlanta BYE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bingham, Ryon San Diego Injured Reserve  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Kick Returns

. Punt ReturnsPlayer, Team Opp. ATT YDS TD LGGroce, DeJuan, St. Louis New England 0 0 0 0

Special Teams

. Field Goals Ex. Pts PuntsPlayer, Team Opp. ATT Made Long ATT Made No. YDS AVG TB i20 LNGBrown, Kris, Houston Denver 0 1

1 1 - - - - - -Larson, Kyle, Cincinnati Dallas

 5 199 39.8 2  0 49Brown, Josh, Seattle San Francisco 0 0 0 6 6 - - - - - -

() missed field goal DNP - Did Not Play; INJ - Injured, did not play; IR - Injured Reserve