1965 Nebraska football statistics
OVERALL TEAM STATISTICS
1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
(regular season only)
Nebr. Opp.
143 First downs, rushing 63
54 First downs, passing 36
7 First downs, penalties 8
204* Total first downs 112
573 Rushing plays 392
3062 Total yards rushing 1420
162 Yards lost rushing 328
2900* Net yards rushing 1092
187 Passes attempted 215
78 Passes completed 83
12 Pass had intercepted 18
1140 Total yards passing 936
760 Total plays 605
4040* Total offensive yards 2028
290.0 Game rushing average 109.2
114.0 Game passing average 93.6
404.0 Game total offense avg. 202.8
30 Fumbles 24
13 Own fumbles lost 15
55 Penalties 40
496 Penalty yardage 343
SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 65 110 96 50 321
Opp. 27 29 10 24 90
AVERAGE
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 6.5 11.0 9.6 5.0 32.1
Opp. 2.7 2.9 1.0 2.4 9.0
OVERALL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final)
(regular season only)
RUSHING No. Gain Lost Net Avg.
Wilson 120 715 36 672 5.6
Solich 107 605 25 580 5.4
Kirkland 79 525 3 522 6.6
Duda 55 334 54 280 5.0
Winters 57 249 0 249 4.3
Tatman 50 209 2 207 4.1
Gregory 37 197 3 194 5.2
Churchich 29 97 33 64 2.2
Weber 8 50 0 50 6.2
Haasch 10 29 1 28 2.8
Brunk 12 29 5 24 2.0
Morrison 4 14 0 14 3.5
Worley 3 12 0 12 4.0
Buckler 1 2 0 2 2.0
White 1 2 0 2 2.0
Neb. Tot. 573 3062 162 2900* 5.0
Opp. Tot. 392 1420 328 1092 2.7
PASSING No. Cmp. Pct. Yds. TD Int
Duda 110 46 .418 632 6 11
Churchich 66 29 .439 405 4 1
Weber 9 2 .142 30 0 0
Gregory 1 1 1.000 23 0 0
Kirkland 1 0 .000 0 0 0
Neb. Tot. 187 78 .411 1140 10 12
Opp. Tot. 215 83 .386 936 1 18
PASS
RECEIVING No. Yards TD
White 28* 458* 6
Jeter 11 158 0
Richnafsky 13 133 2
Solich 6 103 1
Wilson 7 83 1
Gregory 4 62 0
Tatman 3 54 0
Casey 2 32 0
Kirkland 2 23 0
Brunk 1 14 0
Neb. Totals 78 1140 10
Opp. Totals 83 936 1
TOTAL
OFFENSE Plays Yards Avg.
Duda 165 962 5.7
Wilson 120 672 5.6
Solich 107 580 5.4
Kirkland 80 522 6.5
Churchich 95 467 4.9
Winters 57 249 4.3
Gregory 38 217 5.7
Tatman 50 207 4.1
Weber 17 80 4.7
Haasch 10 28 2.8
Brunk 12 24 2.0
Morrison 4 14 3.5
Worley 3 12 4.0
Buckler 1 2 2.0
White 1 2 2.0
Neb. Totals 760 4040* 5.3
Opp. Totals 605 2028 3.3
Kick Other
SCORING TD PAT PAT FG Tot.
Wachholtz 0 36-39* 0 3-6 45
Winters 7 0-0 0 0-0 42
White 6 0-0 2 0-0 38
Tatman 6 0-0 0 0-0 36
Wilson 6 0-0 0 0-0 36
Solich 4 0-0 0 0-0 24
Duda 4 0-0 0 0-0 24
Kirkland 4 0-0 0 0-0 24
Richnafsky 2 0-0 0 0-0 12
Gregory 2 0-0 0 0-0 12
Johnson 1 0-0 0 0-0 6
Brunk 1 0-0 0 0-0 6
Churchich 1 0-0 0 0-0 6
Vactor 0 2-2 0 0-0 2
Drum 0 0-2 0 0-0 0
(SAFETY) 2
Neb. Totals 45 38-43 2 3-6 321
Opp. Totals 11 9-10 0 5-7 90
PUNT
RETURNS No. Yards Avg.
Wachholtz 31 452* 14.5
Poggemeyer 4 30 7.5
Solich 1 3 3.0
Neb. Totals 36 485 13.4
Opp. Totals 21 243 11.0
KICKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds Avg.
Solich 17 372 21.8
Wilson 2 46 23.0
Kirkland 3 83 27.3
White 1 6 6.0
Gregory 2 16 8.0
Neb. Totals 25 507 20.2
Opp. Totals 44 713 16.2
PUNTING No. Yards Blkd. Avg.
Kirkland 29 1012 1 35.7
Kuehl 22 774 0 35.1
Weber 2 71 0 35.5
Neb. Totals 54 1888 1 34.9
Opp. Totals 79 3036 1 38.4
PASS
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Mueller 5 89 19.8 0
Johnson 1 50 50.0 1
Vactor 2 38 19.0 0
Carstens 2 33 16.5 0
Wachholtz 4 27 6.7 0
Kuehl 1 10 10.0 0
Poggemeyer 2 9 4.5 0
Unis 1 5 5.0 0
Neb. Totals 18 283 15.7 1
Opp. Totals 12 70 5.8 0
* Denotes Nebraska record.
OVERALL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (10 GAMES)
| LINEMEN | UT | AT | RF | PI | PBU | BP | BK |
| Barnes | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Meylan | 21 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Coleman | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czap | 12 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patton | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Janik | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Murphy | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zimmer | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haug | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Strohmyer | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stith | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Narish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grace | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LINEBACKERS | UT | AT | RF | PI | PBU | BP | BK |
| Kennedy | 30 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Senkbeil | 28 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Coleman | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuehl | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvarez | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BACKS | UT | AT | RF | PI | PBU | BP | BK |
| Johnson | 29 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wachholtz | 29 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carstens | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mueller | 16 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Vactor | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thorell | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Poggemeyer | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nettelmann | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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KEY: UT-Unassisted tackles; AT-Assisted tackles; RF-Recovered fumbles; PI-Passes intercepted; PBU-Passes broken up; BP-Blocked punts; BK-Blocked kicks (PATs, FGs) | |||||||