1983 stats, Nebraska football

1983 Nebraska football statistics

1983 individual game statistics
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Cumulative Season Statistics

Team Statistics
Individual Statistics
Defensive Statistics
Records Broken or Tied

Overall Team Statistics

1983 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final) Bowl game not included

TEAM STATISTICS NU Opp. First Downs 318 236 By Rushing 231 103 By Passing 75 118 By Penalty 12 15 Rushing 4820 1793 Avg. Per Game 401.7 149.4 Passing 1740 2627 Avg. Per Game 145.0 218.9 Total Offense 6560 4420 Total Plays 916 909 Avg. Per Play 7.2 4.9 Avg. Per Game 546.7 368.3 Fumbles/Lost 44/15 34/15 Penalties/Yards 63/561 63/525 Third-down Conversions 92/152 74/191 Percent 60.5 38.5 First-Down Avg. 7.3 4.5 Points Scored 624 186 Avg. Per Game 52.0 15.5 SCORING BY QUARTERS Total Average Nebraska 139 184 164 137 — 624 Nebraska 11.6 15.3 13.7 11.4 — 52.0 Opponents 19 72 38 57 — 186 Opponents 1.6 6.0 3.2 4.7 — 15.5

Individual Statistics

RUSHING Att. Gain Loss Net Avg. LG TD M. Rozier 275 2167 19 2148 7.8 71t 29 Gill 109 649 118 531 4.9 47 11 Schellen 77 454 4 450 5.8 65 9 J. Smith 78 441 2 439 5.6 28 5 Fryar 23 318 0 318 13.8 54t 2 Miles 29 281 0 281 9.7 78t 3 Mason 35 242 20 222 6.3 39 2 Rathman 26 143 0 143 5.5 28 0 Sundberg 18 108 22 86 4.8 44t 4 T. Brungardt 18 65 0 65 3.6 11 1 Porter 9 31 0 31 3.4 5 0 Divis 6 30 2 28 4.7 12 0 Swanson 3 25 0 25 8.3 9 0 Borer 4 24 0 24 6.0 14 0 Turner 3 19 0 19 6.3 14 0 Simmons 1 12 0 12 12.0 12 0 Lindstrom 1 11 0 11 11.0 11 0 Napier 1 4 0 4 4.0 4 0 Woodruff 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 Kingston 4 5 4 1 0.3 4 0 Thompson 2 3 7 -4 -2.0 3 0 Team 1 0 15 -15 Nebraska 724 5033 213 4820 6.7 78t 66 Opponents 538 2158 365 1793 3.3 64 11 Avg/ Avg/ Pct. Pct. NCAA PASSING Att. Comp. Pct. Yds. Att. Comp. Int. Int. TD TD LP Sacks Rating Gill 170 94 55.3 1516 8.9 16.1 4 2.4 14 8.2 70t 9/67 152.7 Sundberg 12 9 75.0 159 13.3 17.7 0 0.0 2 16.7 51t 1/4 241.3 Mason 9 4 44.0 65 7.2 16.3 1 11.1 2 22.2 33 0/0 156.2 M. Rozier 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 Nebraska 192 107 55.7 1740 9.1 16.3 6 3.1 18 9.4 70t 10/71 156.5 Opponents 371 183 49.3 2627 7.1 14.4 21 5.7 11 3.0 73t 33/233 107.3 PASSERS' TOTAL OFFENSE: M. Rozier 276/2148, Gill 279/2047, Mason 44/287, Sundberg 30/245. SCORING TDR TDP TDRt PAT1 PAT2 FG TP M. Rozier 29 0 0 0 0 0 174 Gill 11 0 0 0 0-2 0 66 Fryar 2 8 0 0 2-2 0 64 Schellen 9 0 0 0 0 0 54 J. Smith 5 2 1 0 0 0 48 Livingston 0 0 0 35-37 0 2-3 41 D. Schneider 0 0 0 32-36 0 1-1 35 Sundberg 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 Frain 0 3 0 0 0 0 18 Miles 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 Mason 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 Hagerman 0 0 0 9-11 0 0 9 T. Brungardt 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Burke 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Casterline 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Engebritson 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Hiemer 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Kimball 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Knox 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Rathman 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Skow 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Swanson 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Wingard 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 1 Nebraska 66 18 5 77-85 2-4 3-4 624 Opponents 11 11 0 16-18 2-4 10-15 186* *—Includes two safeties. PASS RECEIVING No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Fryar 40 780 19.5 70t 8 Simmons 13 137 10.5 18 0 Kimball 12 207 17.3 42 1 M. Rozier 10 106 10.6 26 0 Engebritson 7 95 13.6 29 1 J. Smith 6 146 24.3 68t 2 Frain 5 100 20.0 32 3 Swanson 5 66 13.2 31 1 Hiemer 2 31 15.5 20t 1 Rathman 2 26 13.0 17 1 Schellen 2 10 5.0 12 0 Miles 1 24 24.0 24 0 T. Brungardt 1 8 8.0 8 0 Thompson 1 4 4.0 4 0 Nebraska 107 1740 16.3 70t 18 Opponents 183 2627 14.4 73t 11 KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. LG TD M. Rozier 11 232 21.1 37 0 J. Smith 8 152 19.0 27 0 Fryar 2 56 28.0 34 0 Armstrong 1 20 20.0 20 0 Miles 1 19 19.0 19 0 Simmons 1 18 18.0 18 0 T. Brungardt 1 17 17.0 17 0 Frain 1 11 11.0 11 0 Muehling 1 0 0.0 0 0 Noel 1 0 0.0 0 0 Nebraska 28 525 18.8 37 0 Opponents 76 1297 17.1 36 0 PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. LP Blk Livingston 34 1388 40.8 60 0 Wingard 1 46 46.0 46 0 Team 1 27 27.0 27 0 Nebraska 36 1461 40.6 60 0 Opponents 69 2732 39.6 68 1 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. LG TD J. Smith 19 264 13.9 63t 1 Fryar 18 113 6.3 15 0 G. Rozier 1 23 23.0 23 0 Casterline 0 21 —- 21t 1 Swanson 5 10 2.0 6 0 Fisher 2 2 1.0 1 0 Nebraska 45 433 9.6 63t 2 Opponents 16 60 3.8 18 0 FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Livingston 0 1-1 1-1 0-1 0 D. Schneider 0 0 1-1 0 0 Opponents 0 4-4 5-6 1-5 0 Nebraska FG (bold good): (DS 34), (0), (0), (0), (0), (0), (0), (0), (0), (L 29), (L 31), (0), (L 43). INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Clark 5 15 3.0 15 0 Knox 4 83 20.8 45 1 Burke 3 80 26.7 31t 1 McCashland 2 0 0.0 0 0 Proffitt 1 55 55.0 55 0 Skow 1 31 31.0 31t 1 Greene 1 21 21.0 21 0 Fisher 1 19 19.0 19 0 Stuckey 1 3 3.0 3 0 G. Schneider 1 2 2.0 2 0 S. Strasburger 1 0 0.0 0 0 Nebraska 21 309 14.7 55 3 Opponents 6 22 3.7 15 0

Overall Defensive Statistics



DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Linemen	UT	AT	TT	TFL*	SACKS	FR	PI	PBU	BLOCKED KICKS
Bunger	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Graeber	15	12	27	4/18	2/9	1	-	-	-
Herrmann	22	8	30	6/36	5/31	-	-	1	-
Keeler	17	23	40	1/6	1/6	1	-	-	-
Praeuner	10	3	13	4/15	1/8	-	-	-	-
Reinhardt	2	-	2	1/2	-	-	-	-	-
Reeves	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reynolds	5	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ridder	19	19	38	5/31	3/24	-	-	-	-
Shead	9	4	13	1/6	1/6	-	-	-	-
Skow	17	6	23	7/42	3/25	-	1	-	-
B. Smith	7	2	9	1/7	1/7	-	-	1	-
Strasburger	22	20	42	6/19	3/14	2	1	3	-
Stuckey	26	20	46	6/26	5/25	1	1	-	-
Tranmer	26	18	44	3/10	1/7	-	-	-	-
Tucker	4	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrer	1	1	2	1/4	-	-	-	-	-
Weber	24	10	34	4/25	1/14	-	-	1	-
White	1	-	1	1/10	1/10	-	-	-	-
Zierke	2	-	2	2/17	-	-	-	-	-
Linebackers	UT	AT	TT	TFL*	SACKS	FR	PI	PBU	BLOCKED KICKS
Armstrong	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Daffer	13	11	24	1/1	-	-	-	2	-
Daum	44	49	93	9/17	2/9	1	-	3	-
Forch	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gangwish	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Holloway	8	4	12	1/1	-	-	-	-	-
Knox	64	61	125	7/24	1/16	-	4	6	-
McCoy	4	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Munford	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Parsons	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Proffitt	17	6	23	2/17	2/17	-	1	1	-
Wade	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Backs	UT	AT	TT	TFL*	SACKS	FR	PI	PBU	BLOCKED KICKS
Biggers	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Burke	32	21	53	4/5	-	-	3	4	1 FG (vs. ISU)
Casterline	7	4	11	1/7	1/7	-	-	-	-
Clark	37	9	46	-	-	1	5	5	-
Fisher	9	4	13	1/1	-	-	1	1	1 PAT (vs. PSU)
Greene	8	1	9	-	-	-	1	4	-
Harris	34	14	48	-	-	-	-	5	-
McCashland	33	24	57	4/13	-	-	2	2	-
Paige	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	-
Pokorny	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
G. Rozier	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1 Punt (vs. KU)
G. Schneider	13	4	19	1/1	-	-	1	-	-
Thorell	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
*Tackles for loss include sacks

Records broken or tied

NEBRASKA RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED IN 1983

INDIVIDUAL

Most rushing yards, game:
285, Mike Rozier vs. Kansas (Old record: 255, Rick Berns vs. Missouri, 1978).

Most rushing yards, season:
2,148*, Mike Rozier (1,689, Rozier, 1982).

Most rushing yards per game, season:
179.0, Mike Rozier (149.1, Bobby Reynolds, 1950).

Most rushing yards, career:
4,780*, Mike Rozier, 1981-82-83 (2,814, I.M. Hipp, 1977-78-79).

Most rushing attempts, season:
275, Mike Rozier (254, Tony Davis, 1973).

Most rushing attempts, career:
668, Mike Rozier, 1981-82-83 (545, Jeff Kinney, 1969-70-71).

Best average per rushing attempt, season:
7.81**, Mike Rozier (7.17, Jarvis Redwine, 1980).

Best average per rushing attempt, career:
7.16**, Mike Rozier, 1981-82-83 (7.10, Jarvis Redwine, 1979-80).

Most 100-yard rushing games, season:
11***, Mike Rozier (new record, ties NCAA and Big Eight records).

Most rushing yards, four consecutive games:
929**, Mike Rozier, games 9-12 (new record, broke old NCAA record).

Most touchdowns rushing, season:
29**, Mike Rozier (20, Bobby Reynolds, 1950).

Most touchdowns rushing, career:
49, Mike Rozier, 1981-82-83 (30, Rick Berns, 1976-77-78).

Lowest pass interception percent, career:
2.57, Turner Gill, 1980-81-82-83 (3.27, Jerry Tagge, 1969-70-71).

Most consecutive pass attempts without interception:
125, Turner Gill, 1982-83 (88, Jerry Tagge, 1969).

Most points scored, season:
174, Mike Rozier (157, Bobby Reynolds, 1950).

Most points scored, career:
312, Mike Rozier, 1981-82-83 (270, Johnny Rodgers, 1970-71-72).

Most touchdowns scored, career:
52, Mike Rozier, 1981-82-83 (45, Johnny Rodgers, 1970-71-72).

Most all-purpose yards, season:
2,486, Mike Rozier (2,011, Johnny Rodgers, 1972).

TEAM

Most rushing yards, season:
4,820 (4,732, 1982).

Most rushing yards per game, season:
401.7 (394.3, 1982).

Most total offense yards, season:
6,560 (6,223, 1982).

Most total offense yards per game, season:
546.7 (518.6, 1982).

Most points scored, season:
624** (493,1982).

Most points per game, season:
52.0 (41.9, 1972).

OTHER NCAA TEAM RECORDS BROKEN

Most touchdowns rushing and passing per game, season:
7.0 (6.4, Oklahoma, 1956).

Most touchdowns rushing per game, season:
5.5 (5.1, Oklahoma, 1956; Texas, 1969, 1970).

Most extra points made by kicking per game, season:
6.4 (5.9, San Diego State, 1969).

*Big Eight record. **NCAA record. ***Tied NCAA record.