1972 Orange Bowl stats, Nebraska vs. Alabama football
Nebraska 38
Alabama 6
Jan 1, 1972
Miami, FL — Orange Bowl
Alabama 0 0 6 0 - 6
Nebraska 14 14 3 7 - 38
First Quarter
NEB: Jeff Kinney 2 run (Rich Sanger kick wide) 2:01
NEB: Johnny Rodgers 77 punt return (Maury Damkroger, pass from Jerry Tagge) 0:00
Second Quarter
NEB: Tagge 1 run (Sanger kick) 12:43
NEB: Gary Dixon 2 run (Sanger kick) 8:49
Third Quarter
ALA: Terry Davis 3 run (run failed) 5:49
NEB: Sanger 21 field goal 0:00
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Van Brownson 1 run (Sanger kick) 4:45
ALA NEB
First Downs .............. 16 15
Rushing ................ 13 9
Passing ................. 3 5
Penalty ................. 0 1
Rushes-Net Yards ..... 58-241 47-183
Yards Gained .......... 290 201
Yards Lost ............. 49 18
Net Yards Passing ........ 47 159
Att-Comp-Int ....... 13-3-2 20-11-0
Total Offense ........ 71-288 67-342
Int. returns-yds ........ 0-0 2-30
Punts-average ........ 7-43.3 5-42.4
Punt returns-yds ...... 4-36 6-136
Kickoff returns-yds ... 7-128 0-0
Fumbles-lost ............ 5-2 3-2
Penalties-yds .......... 4-58 4-50
ATTENDANCE: 78,151
RUSHING
NEB Att Gain Lost Net Avg Lng TD
Kinney 20 101 2 99 4.9 32 1
Olds 2 27 0 27 13.5 19 0
Brownson 4 23 1 22 5.5 18 1
Dixon 9 20 6 14 1.6 6 1
Rodgers 4 12 2 10 2.5 4 0
Damkroger 3 9 0 9 3.0 7 0
Tagge 5 9 7 2 0.4 7 1
ALA Att Gain Lost Net Avg Lng TD
Musso 15 80 1 79 5.3 22 0
Davis 14 77 16 61 4.4 28 1
Hobson 15 84 25 59 3.9 26 0
Bisceglia 7 20 0 20 2.9 5 0
LaBue 1 11 0 11 11.0 11 0
Knapp 2 10 0 10 5.0 6 0
Gantt 1 0 7 7 7.0 7 0
Beck 2 7 0 7 3.5 4 0
Spivey 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 0
PASSING
NEB Att Cmp Int Yds Lng TD
Tagge 19 11 0 159 56 0
Brownson 1 0 0 0 0 0
ALA Att Cmp Int Yds Lng TD
Davis 9 3 1 47 17 0
Hobson 3 0 0 0 0 0
Rippetoe 1 0 1 0 0 0
RECEIVING
NEB No. Yards Long TD
Rodgers 4 84 56 0
List 2 21 15 0
Cox 2 22 15 0
Dixon 1 20 20 0
Damkroger 1 6 6 0
Anderson,F. 1 6 6 0
ALA No. Yards Long TD
Wheeler 2 10 5 0
Bailey 1 15 15 0
Musso 0 22 12 0
KICKOFF RETURNS NEB No. Yds Long TD None ALA No. Yds Long TD Williams 6 122 27 0 Carey 1 6 6 0 PUNTS NEB No. Yds Avg. Long Hughes 5 212 42.4 48 ALA No. Yds Avg. Long Gantt 7 303 43.3 55
PUNT RETURNS NEB No. Yards Long TD Rodgers 6 136 77 1 ALA No. Yards Long TD McKinney 4 36 16 0 MISC. PLAYS NEB Type No. Yds Blahak Int. 1 0 J.Anderson Int. 1 30 Peterson Fum. Rec. 1 0 Terrio Fum. Rec. 1 0 ALA Type No. Yds Wade Fum. Rec. 1 0 Surlas Fum. Rec. 1 0
TACKLES NEBRASKA UT AT Glover 9 1 Terrio 7 1 Harper 6 0 Kosch 5 1 Dutton 4 2 Morell 4 0 Branch 3 3 Adkins 3 1 Carstens 3 0 Mason 2 0 Manstedt 2 0 Janssen 2 0 Jacobson 2 0 McClelland 1 0 Anderson, J. 1 1 Blahak 1 1 Johnson, M. 1 0 Peterson 1 0 Damkroger 1 0 Dixon 1 0 Kinney 1 0 Cox 1 0 Dumler 1 0 List 0 1 Borg 1 0
TACKLES ALABAMA UT AT Rowell 8 1 Strickland 5 1 Parkhouse 5 1 Rousie 5 1 Surlas 4 1 Higginbotham 4 1 Mitchell 4 0 Norris 3 1 Atkinson 3 0 McKinney 2 0 Wade 2 0 Bisceglia 2 0 Williams 1 2 McMakin 1 0 Patterson 1 0 Cokely 1 0 White 1 0 Spivey 1 0 Brown 1 0 Beard 0 1 Croyle 1 1
NEBRASKA
Offense
SE—Cox, F. Anderson
LT—White, Wolf
LG—Rupert, Weber
C—Dumler, Jamail, Kinsel
RG—Wortman
RT—C. Johnson, Austin
TE—List, Longwell
QB—Tagge, Brownson
RB—Kinney, Dixon
SB—Rodgers, Garson, Hughes
FB—Olds, Damkroger, Carstens
PUNTER—Hughes
PLACEKICKER—Sanger
KICKOFF—Sanger
Defense
LE—Adkins, Hyland
LT—Jacobson, Peterson, Robison
MG—Glover, M. Johnson
RT—Janssen, Dutton
RE—Harper, Manstedt
WLB—Terrio, Morell
SLB—Branch, Hauge
M—Mason, Pitts
LC—Blahak, Hollstein
RC—J. Anderson, Borg
S—Kosch, McClelland
ALABAMA
Offense
SE—Bailey, Sawyer, Cash, Jackson
LT—Krapf, Cokely
LG—Rosser
C—Grammer, P. Raines
RG—Hannah, White
RT—Brown
TE—Simmons, Wheeler, Woodruff
QB—Davis, T. Hobson, Rippetoe
LB—Musso
RB—LaBue, Knapp, Spivey
FB—Bisceglia, Beck
PUNTER—Gantt
PLACEKICKER—Gantt
KICKOFF—Gantt
Defense
LE—Parkhouse, Horton, Croyle
LT—Rowell, Barron, Patterson, Kubellus
RT—Beard
RE—Mitchell, Watkins
SLB—Rouzie, Cross
MLB—Strickland, Hall
WLB—Surlas, Root
LCB—Higginbotham, Cary
RCB—Williams, Blitz
SS—Norris, McKinney, McMakin
FS—Wade, Adkinson