1998 Nebraska football statistics



Overall Team Statistics



TEAM STATISTICS           NU          OPP
-----------------------------------------
SCORING............      383          183
  Points Per Game..     31.9         15.2
FIRST DOWNS........      255          199
  Rushing..........      170           95
  Passing..........       65           88
  Penalty..........       20           16
RUSHING YARDAGE....     3045         1402
  Yards gained.....     3316         1843
  Yards lost ......      271          441
  Rushing Attempts       636          466
  Avg. Per Rush....      4.8          3.0
  Avg. Per Game....    253.8        116.8
  TDs Rushing......       37            8
PASSING YARDAGE...      1574         2362
  Att-Comp-Int...  208-118-5   347-174-14
  Avg. Per Pass...       7.6          6.8
  Avg. Per Catch...     13.3         13.6
  Avg. Per Game....    131.2        196.8
  TDs Passing......        7           13
TOTAL OFFENSE......     4619         3764
  Total Plays......      844          813
  Avg. Per Play....      5.5          4.6
  Avg. Per Game....    384.9        313.7
KICK RETURNS-YDS...   29-609       38-757
PUNT RETURNS-YDS...   38-437       23-239
INT RETURNS-YDS....   14-242         5-60
KICK RETURN AVG....     21.0         19.9
PUNT RETURN AVG....     11.5         10.4
INT RETURN AVG.....     17.3         12.0
FUMBLES-LOST.......    27-13        30-13
PENALTIES-YARDS....   61-536      103-830
  Avg. Per Game....     44.7         69.2
PUNTS-YARDS........  54-2366      73-2961
  Avg. Per Punt....     43.8         40.6
  Net punt AVG.....     39.4         34.6
POSS. TIME/GAME....    30:38        29:23
3RD-DOWN CONV. ....   67/164       63/183
  3rd-Down Pct.....      41%          34%
4TH-DOWN CONV. ....    12/19        17/26
  4th-Down Pct.....      63%          65%
SACKS BY-YARDS.....   33-233       20-146
MISC YARDS.........      100           68
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED..       49           24
FIELD GOALS-ATTS...    14-21          6-8
PAT-ATTEMPTS.......    47-49        19-22
ATTENDANCE.........   533305       217913
  Games/Avg........  7/76186      4/54478


SCORE BY
QUARTERS     1st  2nd  3rd  4th    Total
-----------  ---  ---  ---  ---      ---
NEB........   83  106   89  105  -   383
OPP .......   28   53   49   53  -   183


RECORD:        OVERALL  HOME    AWAY   NEUTRAL
ALL GAMES......(9-3-0) (6-1-0) (2-2-0) (1-0-0)
CONFERENCE.....(5-3-0) (3-1-0) (1-2-0) (1-0-0)
NONCONFERENCE..(4-0-0) (3-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0)


 DATE      OPPONENT        W/L  SCORE    ATT
 -------   --------------  ---  -----    ---
 Aug 29    LOUISIANA TECH  W    56-27  76021
 Sep 05    ALABAMA BIRM.   W    38-7   75921
 Sep 12 at California      W    24-3   67000
 Sep 26    WASHINGTON      W    55-7   76372
*Oct 03 vs Oklahoma St     W    24-17  79555
*Oct 10 at Texas A&M       L    21-28  60798
*Oct 17    KANSAS          W    41-0   76174
*Oct 24    MISSOURI        W    20-13  76425
*Oct 31    TEXAS             L  16-20  76434
*Nov 07 at Iowa State      W    42-7   45817
*Nov 14 at Kansas St         L  30-40  44298
*Nov 27    COLORADO        W    16-14  75958
* denotes conference game



Overall Individual Statistics


RUSHING       GP  Att Gain Loss  Net   Avg  TD Long Avg/G
---------------------------------------------------------
C.Buckhalter  12  142  822   23  799   5.6   8   52  66.6
E.Crouch       8   96  544   85  459   4.8   5   59  57.4
J.Makovicka   12   97  463    5  458   4.7   2   23  38.2
D.Alexander    9   70  382   13  369   5.3   4   22  41.0
B.Newcombe     6   83  314   86  228   2.7   8   20  38.0
M.Christo      7   59  265   42  223   3.8   3   42  31.9
D.Evans        3   38  227    9  218   5.7   4   60  72.7
W.Miller      12   19   98    2   96   5.1   2   16   8.0
J.Runty        4    3   59    0   59  19.7   0   28  14.8
S.Wiggins     12    8   51    4   47   5.9   0   17   3.9
B.Legate      11    5   28    0   28   5.6   1   11   2.5
D.White        6    7   27    0   27   3.9   0    7   4.5
L.Brown        6    1   13    0   13  13.0   0   13   2.2
B.Kingston     3    3    9    0    9   3.0   0    5   3.0
T.Soucie       6    1    7    0    7   7.0   0    7   1.2
N.Gragert      1    1    3    0    3   3.0   0    3   3.0
A.Tillery      1    1    3    0    3   3.0   0    3   3.0
J.Stanislav    1    1    1    0    1   1.0   0    1   1.0
F.London       7    1    0    2   -2  -2.0   0    0  -0.3
Total........ 12  636 3316  271 3045   4.8  37   60 253.8
Opponents.... 12  466 1843  441 1402   3.0   8   71 116.8


PASSING     GP   Effic Att-Cmp-Int  Pct  Yds TD Lng Avg/G
---------------------------------------------------------
E.Crouch     8  103.65  101-49-4   48.5  601  4  45  75.1
B.Newcombe   6  140.64   79-50-1   63.3  712  1  49 118.7
M.Christo    7  169.73   28-19-0   67.9  261  2  63  37.3
Total.....  12  126.59  208-118-5  56.7 1574  7  63 131.2
Opponents.  12  111.62 347-174-14  50.1 2362 13  94 196.8


RECEIVING       GP  No.  Yds   Avg  TD Lng Avg/G
------------------------------------------------
Davison, Matt   12   32  394  12.3   0  49  32.8
S.Wiggins       12   22  326  14.8   1  42  27.2
S.Jackson       12   19  343  18.1   4  48  28.6
K.Cheatham       9   13  155  11.9   1  45  17.2
Buckhalter, C.  12   13   88   6.8   0  21   7.3
B.Haafke        12    6   54   9.0   0  16   4.5
J.Makovicka     12    4   67  16.8   0  25   5.6
L.Brown          6    3   24   8.0   0  11   4.0
D.Evans          3    3   23   7.7   0   9   7.7
T.Wistrom       12    2   84  42.0   1  63   7.0
T.J.Debates     10    1   16  16.0   0  16   1.6
Total.......... 12  118 1574  13.3   7  63 131.2
Opponents...... 12  174 2362  13.6  13  94 196.8


PUNT RETURNS   No.  Yds   Avg TD Long
-------------------------------------
Walker, Joe     25  283  11.3  1   73
S.Wiggins        9  144  16.0  0   53
R.Brown II       3    7   2.3  0    7
F.London         1    3   3.0  0    0
Total.........  38  437  11.5  1   73
Opponents.....  23  239  10.4  0   48


INTERCEPTIONS     No.  Yds   Avg TD Long
-----------------------------------------
Walker, Joe         3   65  21.7  1   65
Finley, Clint       3   63  21.0  1   42
R.Brown II          2   60  30.0  0   43
J.Wiltz             2   32  16.0  0   27
Craver, Keyuo       1    0   0.0  0    0
C.Kelsay            1    0   0.0  0    0
M.Brown             1    1   1.0  0    1
Polk, Carlos        1   16  16.0  0   16
Total..........    14  242  17.3  2   65
Opponents......     5   60  12.0  0   51


KICK RETURNS     No.  Yds   Avg TD Long
---------------------------------------
Walker, Joe       17  366  21.5  1   99
S.Wiggins         10  224  22.4  0   40
S.Jackson          2   19   9.5  0   11
Total..........   29  609  21.0  1   99
Opponents......   38  757  19.9  0   49


FUMBLE RETURNS    No.  Yds   Avg TD Long
----------------------------------------
R.Brown II          1   74  74.0  1   74
M.Brown             1   26  26.0  0   26
Total..........     2  100  50.0  1   74
Opponents......     4   68  17.0  3   41


                          |------ PATs ----|
SCORING         TD  FGs   Kick Rush Rcv Pass Saf Pts
----------------------------------------------------
K.Brown          0 14-21 47-48  0-0   0  0-0  0   89
Buckhalter, C.   8  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   48
Newcombe, Bobby  8  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   48
Crouch, Eric     5  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   30
D.Evans          4  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   24
S.Jackson        4  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   24
Alexander, Dan   4  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   24
Walker, Joe      3  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   18
M.Christo        3  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   18
J.Makovicka      2  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   12
Miller, Willie   2  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0   12
B.Legate         1  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0    6
K.Cheatham       1  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0    6
Wistrom, Tracey  1  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0    6
Finley, Clint    1  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0    6
S.Wiggins        1  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0    6
R.Brown II       1  0-0   0-0   0-0   0  0-0  0    6
D.Hadenfeldt     0  0-0   0-1   0-0   0  0-0  0    0
Total.......... 49 14-21 47-49  0-0   0  0-0  0  383
Opponents...... 24  6-8  19-22  0-1   1  1-1  0  183


TOTAL OFFENSE    G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
----------------------------------------------
E.Crouch         8   197  459  601  1060 132.5
B.Newcombe       6   162  228  712   940 156.7
C.Buckhalter    12   142  799    0   799  66.6
M.Christo        7    87  223  261   484  69.1
J.Makovicka     12    97  458    0   458  38.2
D.Alexander      9    70  369    0   369  41.0
D.Evans          3    38  218    0   218  72.7
W.Miller        12    19   96    0    96   8.0
J.Runty          4     3   59    0    59  14.8
S.Wiggins       12     8   47    0    47   3.9
B.Legate        11     5   28    0    28   2.5
D.White          6     7   27    0    27   4.5
L.Brown          6     1   13    0    13   2.2
B.Kingston       3     3    9    0     9   3.0
T.Soucie         6     1    7    0     7   1.2
A.Tillery        1     1    3    0     3   3.0
N.Gragert        1     1    3    0     3   3.0
J.Stanislav      1     1    1    0     1   1.0
F.London         7     1   -2    0    -2  -0.3
Total........   12   844 3045 1574  4619 384.9
Opponents....   12   813 1402 2362  3764 313.7


FIELD 
GOALS     FGM-FGA  Pct  1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk
-----------------------------------------------------------
K.Brown    14-21  66.7  1-1   5-6   4-8   4-6   0-0  48   1


FG SEQUENCE    Nebraska            OPPONENTS
--------------------------------------------
La. Tech       -                   -
Alabama Birm.  (27)                -
California     40,(41)             36,(38)
Washington     30                  -
Oklahoma St    (48)                (37)
Texas A&M      -                   -
Kansas         (27),(28)           -
Missouri       (38),38,(30),29     -
Texas          37,(27),(47),(42)   (36),(19)
Iowa State     38                  -
Kansas St      (18)                (25),(21)
Colorado       45,(30),(30),(25)   52

Numbers in parentheses indicate field goal was made


PUNTING     No.  Yds  Avg  Lng  TB FC I20 Blk
---------------------------------------------
B.Lafleur    52 2337  44.9  64  10  7  17   2
TEAM          2   29  14.5  15   0  0   0   0
Total....... 54 2366  43.8  64  10  7  17   2
Opponents... 73 2961  40.6  80   6  2  19   0


ALL PURPOSE    G Rush  Rec   PR  KOR   IR  Tot Avg/G
----------------------------------------------------
C.Buckhalter  12  799   88    0    0    0  887  73.9
S.Wiggins     12   47  326  144  224    0  741  61.8
J.Walker      12    0    0  283  366   65  714  59.5
J.Makovicka   12  458   67    0    0    0  525  43.8
E.Crouch       8  459    0    0    0    0  459  57.4
M.Davison     12    0  394    0    0    0  394  32.8
D.Alexander    9  369    0    0    0    0  369  41.0
S.Jackson     12    0  343    0   19    0  362  30.2
D.Evans        3  218   23    0    0    0  241  80.3
B.Newcombe     6  228    0    0    0    0  228  38.0
M.Christo      7  223    0    0    0    0  223  31.9
K.Cheatham     9    0  155    0    0    0  155  17.2
W.Miller      12   96    0    0    0    0   96   8.0
T.Wistrom     12    0   84    0    0    0   84   7.0
R.Brown II    12    0    0    7    0   60   67   5.6
C.Finley       9    0    0    0    0   63   63   7.0
J.Runty        4   59    0    0    0    0   59  14.8
B.Haafke      12    0   54    0    0    0   54   4.5
L.Brown        6   13   24    0    0    0   37   6.2
J.Wiltz       10    0    0    0    0   32   32   3.2
B.Legate      11   28    0    0    0    0   28   2.5
D.White        6   27    0    0    0    0   27   4.5
T.J.Debates   10    0   16    0    0    0   16   1.6
C.Polk        12    0    0    0    0   16   16   1.3
B.Kingston     3    9    0    0    0    0    9   3.0
T.Soucie       6    7    0    0    0    0    7   1.2
K.Reynolds     6    0    0    0    0    5    5   0.8
A.Tillery      1    3    0    0    0    0    3   3.0
N.Gragert      1    3    0    0    0    0    3   3.0
F.London       7   -2    0    3    0    0    1   0.1
J.Stanislav    1    1    0    0    0    0    1   1.0
M.Brown       12    0    0    0    0    1    1   0.1
Total.......  12 3045 1574  437  609  242 5907 492.2
Opponents...  12 1402 2362  239  757   60 4820 401.7


1998 defensive stats Nebraska football — HuskerMax

Overall Defensive Statistics



                  |--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blk
               GP Solo  Ast Total   TFL/Yds   No-Yds  Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds  FF Kck Saf
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M.Brown        12   37   65   102     5-5       .       1-1      4   .   1-26    .   .   .
J.Foreman      12   32   65    97     7-27   3.0-22      .       4   6   1-0     1   .   .
C.Kelsay       12   33   39    72    14-52   5.0-39     1-0      4  13   1-0     3   .   .
E.Johnson      12   33   37    70    11-52   6.0-41      .       1   6    .      1   .   .
E.Swiney       12   32   29    61     4-16   2.0-12      .      13   .   1-0     .   .   .
M.Rucker       12   21   32    53     9-21   1.5-12      .       1  11    .      4   .   .
J.Walker       12   22   28    50     5-10      .       3-65     1   .    .      1   .   .
R.Brown II     12   27   19    46     2-3       .       2-60    14   .   1-74    .   .   .
T.Ortiz        11   20   26    46     9-28   1.0-3       .       2   4    .      1   1   .
L.Kaiser       12   16   24    40    10-27   5.5-21      .       1   4   2-0     1   .   .
B.Shaw         12   12   27    39     4-11   1.0-5       .       .   4    .      .   .   .
J.Wiltz        10   10   25    35     1-7    1.0-7      2-32     2   4    .      1   .   .
K.Vanden Bosch 12   10   18    28     4-36   2.0-29      .       .   3    .      2   .   .
C.Finley        9    6   22    28     3-13      .       3-63     .   .   1-0     1   .   .
S.Warren       10   10   16    26     1-3       .        .       4   7   1-0     .   .   .
K.Craver       12   11   14    25      .        .       1-0      3   1    .      .   .   .
J.Jackson      10    9   15    24     3-20   2.0-19      .       1   5    .      .   .   .
C.Polk         12   13    9    22     5-24   1.0-10     1-16     1   .   1-0     2   .   .
A.Wills        11    5    5    10      .        .        .       .   2    .      .   .   .
J.Kohl         12    4    6    10     1-3       .        .       .   2   1-0     .   .   .
T.Toline       12    5    4     9      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
J.Slechta       8    3    6     9     3-11   1.0-7       .       2   1   1-0     .   .   .
K.Reynolds      6    5    3     8     1-5       .       0-5      .   .   1-0     .   .   .
J.Lohr         11    5    2     7     1-6    1.0-6       .       .   .    .      .   .   .
D.Raiola       12    1    3     4      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
J.Burrow       12    2    2     4      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
W.Woodward     10    1    2     3      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
G.McGraw       12    1    2     3      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
M.Vedral        4    1    2     3      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
T.Watchorn      9    1    2     3      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
B.Legate       11    1    2     3      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
S.Raymond       3    3    .     3      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
E.Ryan          3    .    2     2     1-2       .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
J.P.Wichmann    3    1    1     2      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
D.Booker       11    2    .     2      .        .        .       .   .    .      1   .   .
J.Makovicka    12    1    1     2      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
J.Peterson      7    1    .     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
B.Buettenback   5    .    1     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
E.Fischer       2    1    .     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
J.Hemje         4    1    .     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
C.Vanderhoef    5    1    .     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
C.Tuttle        2    .    1     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
D.Alexander     9    1    .     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
D.White         6    1    .     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
B.Mooberry      3    1    .     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
Q.Hogrefe       1    .    1     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
L.Mehl          1    .    1     1     1-3       .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
W.Miller       12    .    1     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
M.McGinn        1    .    1     1      .        .        .       .   .    .      .   .   .
Total........  12  403  561   964   105-385   33-233   14-242   58  73  13-100  19   1   .
Opponents....  12    -    -      -     -      20-146    5-60     8   .  13-68    7   3   .