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2008 individual game statistics
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Overall Team Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 15, 2008) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 394 319 Points Per Game............. 35.8 29.0 FIRST DOWNS................... 258 201 Rushing..................... 99 77 Passing..................... 148 101 Penalty..................... 11 23 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1904 1468 Yards gained rushing........ 2113 1753 Yards lost rushing.......... 209 285 Rushing Attempts............ 400 370 Average Per Rush............ 4.8 4.0 Average Per Game............ 173.1 133.5 TDs Rushing................. 26 22 PASSING YARDAGE............... 3188 2579 Att-Comp-Int................ 371-257-10 322-191-7 Average Per Pass............ 8.6 8.0 Average Per Catch........... 12.4 13.5 Average Per Game............ 289.8 234.5 TDs Passing................. 23 16 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 5092 4047 Total Plays................. 771 692 Average Per Play............ 6.6 5.8 Average Per Game............ 462.9 367.9 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards......... 47-1013 45-1069 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards......... 23-326 16-127 INT RETURNS: #-Yards.......... 7-164 10-186 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 21.6 23.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 14.2 7.9 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 23.4 18.6 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 24-13 15-4 PENALTIES-Yards............... 83-704 55-413 Average Per Game............ 64.0 37.5 PUNTS-Yards................... 40-1536 54-2104 Average Per Punt............ 38.4 39.0 Net punt average............ 33.2 31.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game....... 33:29 26:31 3RD-DOWN Conversions.......... 71/145 50/143 3rd-Down Pct................ 49% 35% 4TH-DOWN Conversions.......... 5/11 7/16 4th-Down Pct................ 45% 44% SACKS BY-Yards................ 25-191 17-92 MISC YARDS.................... 9 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 52 42 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 10-13 9-15 ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-2 2-2 RED-ZONE SCORES............... 88-102 86% 68-88 77% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 76-102 75% 54-88 61% PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 50-51 98% 38-42 90% ATTENDANCE.................... 1190490 471798 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 14/85035 8/58975 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- Nebraska............ 84 113 58 139 0 - 394 Opponents........... 99 83 79 52 6 - 319

Overall Individual Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 15, 2008) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------------------- Helu Jr., Roy 11-0 95 668 30 638 6.7 7 57 58.0 Lucky, Marlon 11-11 125 550 33 517 4.1 7 58 47.0 Castille, Q. 11-0 76 345 15 330 4.3 5 37 30.0 Ganz, Joe 11-11 72 356 108 248 3.4 5 33 22.5 Mendoza, Marcus 4-0 15 110 7 103 6.9 1 35 25.8 Swift, Nate 11-11 2 23 0 23 11.5 0 16 2.1 Peterson, Todd 11-11 2 18 0 18 9.0 0 16 1.6 Lee, Zac 2-0 2 17 0 17 8.5 0 11 8.5 Witt, Patrick 3-0 3 17 1 16 5.3 1 16 5.3 Henery, Alex 11-0 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 0.8 McNeill, Mike 11-11 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Paul, Niles 11-2 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 0 -0.5 TEAM 4-0 5 0 9 -9 -1.8 0 0 -2.2 Total.......... 0 400 2113 209 1904 4.8 26 58 0.0 Opponents...... 0 370 1753 285 1468 4.0 22 67 0.0

PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 11-11 155.57 247-358-10 69.0 3103 21 69 282.1 Witt, Patrick 3-0 125.40 6-8-0 75.0 48 0 23 16.0 Lucky, Marlon 11-11 530.80 2-2-0 100.0 24 2 20 2.2 Lee, Zac 2-0 71.00 1-2-0 50.0 5 0 5 2.5 Wesch, Jake 11-0 167.20 1-1-0 100.0 8 0 8 0.7 Total.......... 0 156.52 257-371-10 69.3 3188 23 69 0.0 Opponents...... 0 138.64 191-322-7 59.3 2579 16 63 0.0

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 11-11 58 899 15.5 8 67 81.7 Peterson, Todd 11-11 54 646 12.0 3 36 58.7 McNeill, Mike 11-11 26 345 13.3 5 35 31.4 Holt, Menelik 10-3 25 278 11.1 1 25 27.8 Lucky, Marlon 11-11 22 275 12.5 1 69 25.0 Helu Jr., Roy 11-0 20 217 10.9 0 27 19.7 Paul, Niles 11-2 20 190 9.5 0 21 17.3 Young, Dreu 11-4 9 140 15.6 1 55 12.7 Castille, Q. 11-0 7 86 12.3 0 31 7.8 Teafatiller, H. 10-2 3 27 9.0 0 15 2.7 Hill, Ryan 11-0 3 9 3.0 1 6 0.8 Brooks, Chris 10-0 2 27 13.5 1 25 2.7 Gilleylen, C. 11-0 2 11 5.5 0 6 1.0 Mendoza, Marcus 4-0 2 7 3.5 0 7 1.8 Ganz, Joe 11-11 1 20 20.0 1 20 1.8 Cammack, Wes 11-0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.5 Lawson, Thomas 9-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 Suh, Ndamukong 11-11 1 2 2.0 1 2 0.2 Total.......... 0 257 3188 12.4 23 69 0.0 Opponents...... 0 191 2579 13.5 16 63 0.0

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 16 249 15.6 1 88 Paul, Niles 7 77 11.0 0 28 Total.......... 23 326 14.2 1 88 Opponents...... 16 127 7.9 0 28

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Potter, Zach 2 11 5.5 0 11 O'Hanlon, Matt 1 21 21.0 0 21 West, Anthony 1 26 26.0 0 26 Murillo, A. 1 57 57.0 0 57 Thenarse, R. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Suh, Ndamukong 1 49 49.0 1 49 Total.......... 7 164 23.4 1 57 Opponents...... 10 186 18.6 3 57

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 35 824 23.5 1 85 Dennard, Alfonzo 6 90 15.0 0 23 Asante, Larry 2 31 15.5 0 20 Gilleylen, C. 2 48 24.0 0 26 Lawson, Thomas 1 4 4.0 0 4 Teafatiller, H. 1 16 16.0 0 16 Total.......... 47 1013 21.6 1 85 Opponents...... 45 1069 23.8 1 98

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Hagg, Eric 1 3 3.0 0 3 Murillo, A. 1 11 11.0 0 11 Total.......... 2 14 7.0 0 11 Opponents...... 3 64 21.3 0 48

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 15, 2008) All games

|------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 0 10-13 50-51 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 80 Swift, Nate 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 Lucky, Marlon 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Helu Jr., Roy 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Ganz, Joe 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 36 Castille, Q. 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 McNeill, Mike 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Peterson, Todd 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Suh, Ndamukong 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Holt, Menelik 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Brooks, Chris 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Mendoza, Marcus 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Paul, Niles 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Witt, Patrick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Young, Dreu 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hill, Ryan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Hagg, Eric 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Total.......... 52 10-13 50-51 0-0 0 0-1 0 1 394 Opponents...... 42 9-15 38-42 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 319

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G --------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 11 430 248 3103 3351 304.6 Helu Jr., Roy 11 95 638 0 638 58.0 Lucky, Marlon 11 127 517 24 541 49.2 Castille, Q. 11 76 330 0 330 30.0 Mendoza, Marcus 4 15 103 0 103 25.8 Witt, Patrick 3 11 16 48 64 21.3 Swift, Nate 11 2 23 0 23 2.1 Lee, Zac 2 4 17 5 22 11.0 Peterson, Todd 11 2 18 0 18 1.6 Henery, Alex 11 1 9 0 9 0.8 Wesch, Jake 11 1 0 8 8 0.7 Paul, Niles 11 1 -6 0 -6 -0.5 TEAM 4 5 -9 0 -9 -2.2 Total.......... 0 771 1904 3188 5092 0.0 Opponents...... 0 692 1468 2579 4047 0.0

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 10-13 76.9 1-1 3-3 1-2 5-5 0-2 48 1

FG SEQUENCE Nebraska OPPONENTS ---------------------------------------------------- Western Michigan (44),(44),(44),(44) (19) San Jose State - 41,(41),32,(27) New Mexico State 35,(19) 20 Virginia Tech (48) (19),(38),(27),(36) Missouri (28) (48),59 Texas Tech 53,(21) (26) Iowa State - 40 Baylor (27),52 19 Oklahoma - - Kansas (35) - Kansas State - -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ---------------------------------------------------------- Titchener, Dan 34 1335 39.3 58 2 5 11 0 Wesch, Jake 5 201 40.2 55 2 1 1 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 Total.......... 40 1536 38.4 58 4 6 12 1 Opponents...... 54 2104 39.0 69 3 8 15 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------------------------------------------------------------- Kunalic, Adi 65 4288 66.0 26 0 Henery, Alex 6 250 41.7 0 0 Titchener, Dan 1 52 52.0 0 0 Total.......... 72 4590 63.8 26 0 1069 41.7 28 Opponents...... 61 3824 62.7 10 4 1013 42.8 27

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 15, 2008) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 11 23 899 249 0 0 1171 106.5 Paul, Niles 11 -6 190 77 824 0 1085 98.6 Helu Jr., Roy 11 638 217 0 0 0 855 77.7 Lucky, Marlon 11 517 275 0 0 0 792 72.0 Peterson, Todd 11 18 646 0 0 0 664 60.4 Castille, Q. 11 330 86 0 0 0 416 37.8 McNeill, Mike 11 0 345 0 0 0 345 31.4 Holt, Menelik 10 0 278 0 0 0 278 27.8 Ganz, Joe 11 248 20 0 0 0 268 24.4 Young, Dreu 11 0 140 0 0 0 140 12.7 Mendoza, Marcus 4 103 7 0 0 0 110 27.5 Dennard, Alfonzo 10 0 0 0 90 0 90 9.0 Gilleylen, C. 11 0 11 0 48 0 59 5.4 Murillo, A. 11 0 0 0 0 57 57 5.2 Suh, Ndamukong 11 0 2 0 0 49 51 4.6 Teafatiller, H. 10 0 27 0 16 0 43 4.3 Asante, Larry 11 0 0 0 31 0 31 2.8 Brooks, Chris 10 0 27 0 0 0 27 2.7 West, Anthony 10 0 0 0 0 26 26 2.6 O'Hanlon, Matt 11 0 0 0 0 21 21 1.9 Lee, Zac 2 17 0 0 0 0 17 8.5 Witt, Patrick 3 16 0 0 0 0 16 5.3 Potter, Zach 11 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.0 Henery, Alex 11 9 0 0 0 0 9 0.8 Hill, Ryan 11 0 9 0 0 0 9 0.8 Lawson, Thomas 9 0 4 0 4 0 8 0.9 Cammack, Wes 11 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.5 TEAM 4 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -2.2 Total.......... 0 1904 3188 326 1013 164 6595 0.0 Opponents...... 0 1468 2579 127 1069 186 5429 0.0

Overall Defensive Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 15, 2008) All games

|--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP-GS Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93 Suh, Ndamukong 11-11 31 34 65 14-60 5.5-48 1-49 3 3 . 1 1 . 4 Asante, Larry 11-10 44 19 63 2-4 1.0-4 . 3 1 . . . . 34 Glenn, Cody 9-9 26 25 51 6-20 . . 4 4 . 1 . . 95 Allen, Pierre 11-9 18 29 47 8-34 3.0-24 . 1 1 . 1 . . 33 O'Hanlon, Matt 11-9 28 18 46 2-5 . 1-21 4 1 . . . . 98 Potter, Zach 11-11 11 29 40 13-48 5.5-44 2-11 4 4 . 1 3 . 52 Dillard, P. 8-5 13 25 38 2-9 0.5-6 . 1 1 . . . . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 11-11 15 23 38 4-4 0.5-1 . . 3 . . . . 6 Murillo, A. 11-10 28 8 36 2-1 . 1-57 9 1 1-11 . . . 28 Hagg, Eric 11-9 27 7 34 2-8 . . 6 2 1-3 1 . . 21 Amukamara, P. 11-3 21 12 33 2-12 1.0-11 . 3 1 . 2 . . 53 Wortman, Tyler 11-4 13 16 29 5-11 . . 1 . . . . . 5A West, Anthony 10-9 21 6 27 1-2 1.0-2 1-26 9 . . . . . 23 Thorell, Lance 9-4 13 8 21 . . . . . . . . . 54 Koehler, Colton 5-0 7 8 15 1-2 . . . . . . . . 3 Thenarse, R. 9-3 11 4 15 4-17 1.0-14 1-0 1 . . 1 . . 40 Lawrence, Blake 8-1 5 9 14 . . . 1 . . . . . 35 Holt, Matt 9-1 11 3 14 . . . . . . . . . 88 Sievers, C. 11-0 9 4 13 3-6 1.0-1 . . 1 . 1 . . 2 Culbert, Major 7-0 4 6 10 . . . . . . . . . 56 Barfield, S. 10-0 5 3 8 1-3 1.0-3 . . . . . . . 9B Moore, Terrence 7-0 3 5 8 2-11 2.0-11 . . . . . . . 24 Paul, Niles 11-2 5 3 8 . . . . . 2-0 . . . 3H May, Mathew 6-0 5 1 6 1-8 1.0-8 . . . . 1 . . 82 Cammack, Wes 11-0 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . . 22 Wald, Mason 11-0 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . 15 Dennard, Alfonzo 10-0 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 99 Turner, Barry 2-2 1 2 3 2-15 1.0-14 . . . . . . . 19 Castille, Q. 11-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 94 Crick, Jared 9-0 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 30 Hays, Mike 11-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 89 Teafatiller, H. 10-2 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 76 Murtha, Lydon 7-7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 41 Grove, Thomas 11-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8 Cassidy, Austin 2-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 20 Kunalic, Adi 11-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 Brooks, Chris 10-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 47 Yancy, William 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8D O'Leary, T.J. 11-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 63 Martin, Ben 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 65 Smith, Mike 11-10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 68 Williams, Keith 11-7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 18 Holt, Menelik 10-3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 17 Peterson, Todd 11-11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 10 Helu Jr., Roy 11-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . TM TEAM 4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Total.......... 0-0 400 318 718 77-280 25-191 7-164 51 23 4-14 10 4 1 Opponents...... 0-0 - - - - 17-92 10-186 29 10 13-64 17 2 1