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Huskers in the NFL: Week 9
Courtesy: NU Media Relations
Release: 11/07/2004
Chris Kelsay started his first game this season and recorded five tackles and a sack in the Bills' 22-17 win over the Jets.
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 Receiving
Player, Team Opp. ATT YDS AVG LNG TD Rec Yards AVG LNG TD
Schlesinger, Cory , DetroitWashington 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 7 3.5 6 1
Green, Ahman , Green BayBYE 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buckhalter,Correll, PhilidelphiaInjured Reserve
Davis,Josh New York Jets Injured Reserve
Linemen
Dishman, Chris , St. Louis RamsNew England- Start
Raiola, Dominic , DetroitWashington-Start
Wiegert, Zach , HoustonDenver-Start
Shields, Will , Kansas CityTampa Bay-Start
Treu, Adam , OaklandCarolina-Start
Hochstein, Russ , New EnglandSt. Louis
Sewell,Josh, DenverPractice Squad-Inactive
Fonoti, Toniu , San DiegoNew Orleans-Start
Defense
Defensive Stats Special Teams
Player, Team Opp. TKL AST CMB SK YDS IN YDS PD FF FR TKL AST CMB FF Bl FR
Kelsay, Chris , BuffaloNY Jets 3 2 5 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minter, Mike , CarolinaOakland 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rucker, Mike , CarolinaOakland 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brown, Mike ChicagoInjured Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swiney, Erwin ,
Injured Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foreman, Jay , HoustonDenver 6 4 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warfield, Eric , Tampa Bay 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brown, Ralph , MinnesotaIndianapolis (Monday NIght) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Craver, Keyuo , New OrleansReserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnson, Eric, AtlantaBYE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnson, Trevor, NY JetsBuffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parrella, John , OaklandCaolina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polk, Carlos , San DiegoInjured Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Groce, DeJuan , New England 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Williams, Tyrone Cincinnatti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hollowell,T.J. NY GiantsPractice Squad-Inactive 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lord,Jammal, HoustonPractice Squad-Inactive 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pippens, Jerrell, San Diego
PracticeSquad-Inactive
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shanle, Scott , DallasCincinnatti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Grant Wistrom , Seattle San Francisco (Not Active) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vanden Bosch, Kyle , ArizonaMiami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Williams,Demorrio , AtlantaBYE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bingham, Ryon San DiegoInjured Reserve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kick Returns
. Punt Returns
Player, Team Opp. ATT YDS TD LG
Groce, DeJuan , St. LouisNew England 0 0 0 0
Special Teams
. Field Goals Ex. Pts Punts
Player, Team Opp. ATT Made Long ATT Made No. YDS AVG TB i20 LNG
Brown, Kris , HoustonDenver 0 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Larson, Kyle, CincinnatiDallas 5 199 39.8 2 0 49
Brown, Josh , Seattle San Francisco 0 0 0 6 6 - - - - - -
() missed field goal DNP - Did Not Play; INJ - Injured, did not play; IR - Injured Reserve
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