Cumulative Season Statistics

• Team Statistics
• Individual Statistics
• Defensive Statistics

Overall Team Statistics

1966 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final) (regular season only)

Nebr. Opp. 114 First downs rushing 61 64 First downs passing 54 10 First downs penalties 11 188 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 126 45 Times penalized 43 429 Yards penalized 389 29-18 Fumbles-lost 28-14 541 Times rushed 394 2252 Yards gained rushing 1366 268 Yards lost rushing 370 1984 NET GAIN RUSHING 996 192 Passes attempted 220 104 Passes completed 94 9 Passes intercepted 18 1204 NET GAIN BY PASSING 1284 733 Total plays 614 3188 Total gain 2280 198.4 Game rushing average 99.6 120.4 Game passing average 128.4 318.8 Total offensive average 228.0

SCORING BY QUARTERS lst/Avg. 2nd/Avg. 3rd/Avg. 4th/Avg. Total/Avg. NU 37/3.7 63/6.3 44/4.4 72/7.2 216/21.6 Opp. 9/0.9 39/3.9 20/2.0 16/1.6 84/ 8.4

Overall Individual Statistics

1966 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final)
(regular season only)
RUSHING    No.   Gain  Lost    Net    Avg.
Wilson     138    659    24    635    4.6
Tatman     107    420     2    418    3.9
Gregory     93    424     6    418    4.5
Winters     39    160     3    157    4.0
Davis       29    159     5    154    5.3
Kirkland    27    112     8    104    3.6
Critchlow   21     77     3     74    3.6
Weber        9     49    12     37    4.1
Ziegler     12     42     0     42    3.5
Brunk        1      3     0      3    3.0
Churchich   63    147   205    -58   -0.9
Neb. Tot.  541   2252   268   1924    3.6
Opp. Tot.  394   1366   370    996    2.5


PASSING       Att. Comp.  Pct.  Yds. TD Int.
Churchich     174    96  .552  1136   4   9
Weber          14     7  .500    52   1   0
Sigler          2     1  .500    16   0   0
Gregory         2     0  .000     0   0   0
Neb.  Tot.    192   104  .541  1204   5   9
Opp. Tot.     220    94  .425  1284   6  18


PASS RECEIVING  No.    Yards      TD
Penney          24       286       0
Morrison        22       271       2
Wilson          16       216       1
Richnafsky      12       121       0
Gregory         12       121       1
Kirkland         7        90       0
Kimmel           5        61       0
Davis            2        18       0
Tatman           1        11       0
Smith            1         5       1
Winters          2         4       0
Neb. Totals    104      1204       5
Opp. Totals     94      1284       6


TOTAL OFFENSE  Plays      Gain     Avg.
Churchich        237      1078      4.5
Wilson           138       635      4.6
Tatman           107       418      3.9
Gregory           95       418      4.3
Winters           39       157      4.0
Davis             29       154      5.3
Kirkland          29       104      3.6
Weber             23        89      3.9
Critchlow         21        74      3.6
Ziegler           12        42      3.5
Sigler             2        16      8.0
Brunk              1         3      3.0


PUNT RETURNS  No.   Yards    Avg.    TD
Wachholtz     29     299     10.0     1
Meylan         3      60     20.0     2
Poggemeyer     2       4      2.0     0
Neb. Totals   34     363     10.8     3
Opp. Totals   21     159      7.8     0


PASS
INTERCEPTIONS  No.   Yds.    Avg.   TD
Wachholtz       7     73     10.4    0
Carstens        2     68     34.0    0
Alvarez         2     37     18.5    0
Thorell         3     22      7.1    0
Mueller         1      4      4.0    0
Janik           1      3      3.0    0
Senkbeil        1      0      0.0    0
Coleman, R.     1      0      0.0    0
Neb. Totals    18    207     11.5    9
Opp. Totals     9     94     10.4    1


KICKOFF
RETURNS      No.     Yds.    Avg.
Wilson       11      226     20.5
Gregory       4       67     16.5
Tatman        1       17     17.0
Davis         2       32     16.0 
Neb. Totals  18      351     18.9
Opp. Totals  43      867     20.1


PUNTING       No.     Yds.    Avg.
Armstrong     46     1801     39.1
Kuehl          6      198     33.0
Neb. Totals   52     1999     38.5
Opp. Totals   72     2614     36.3


SCORING      TD   Pat   FG   Other  Tot.
Gregory      7     0     0    0-1    42
Wachholtz    1   21-25  5-8    0     42
Wilson       4     0     0     0     24
Churchich    4     0     0    0-2    24
Tatman       3     0     0     0     18
Critchlow    2     0     0     0     12
Meylan       2     0     0     0     12
Winters      2     0     0     0     12
Morrison     2     0     0     0     12
Kirkland     1     0     0     0      6
Smith        1     0     0     0      6
Davis        1     0     0     0      6
Weber        0     0     0    0-2     0
Neb. Tot.   30   21-25  5-8   0-5   216
Opp. Tot.   11    6-7   4-5   0-3    84

Overall Defensive Statistics (10 games)

             INTERIOR LINEMEN    
                    UT   AT REC. BK PI PBU BP
Stith, Carel        42*  40   2   0  0   1  1
Meylan, Wayne       38   36   1   0  0   2  3*
McCord, Jim         20   34   1   0  0   0  0
Lints, Bob           4    3   0   0  0   0  0
Casbeer, Tom         1    0   0   0  0   0  0
Czap, Dick           4    6   0   0  0   1  0
Meagher, Harry       2    1   0   0  0   0  0
                   ENDS    
Coleman, Langston   23   30   2   0  0   0  0
Patton, Jerry       22   22   2   0  0   7  0
Delaney, Dan         0    3   0   0  0   0  0
Zimmer, Ivan         1    0   0   0  0   0  0
Weinman, Bob         3    2   0   0  0   0  0
               LINEBACKERS    
Senkbeil, Lynn      37   45*  2   0  1   3  0
Coleman, Rick       34   32   1   0  2   0  0
Alvarez, Barry      12   19   0   0  2   2  0
Janik, Len           5    4   0   0  1   1  0
                  BACKS    
Mueller, Marv       38   23   1   0  1   7  0
Wachholtz, Larry    27   28   0   0  7*  8* 0
Carstens, Kaye      29    8   0   0  2   4  0
Thorell, Dennis     11   22   0   0  3   2  0
Gregory, Ben         5    9   2   0  0   4  0
Kuehl, Al            4    4   0   0  0   1  0
Best, Bob            5    1   0   0  0   0  0
Poggemeyer, Ron      7    1   0   0  0   0  0
* Record

Key:
 UT  —unassisted tackles
 AT  —assisted tackles 
 REC.—fumble recoveries
 BK  —blocked FG or PAT 
 PI  —passes intercepted 
 PBU —passes broken up 
 BP  —blocked punts