Overall Team Statistics
1967 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
NU Opp
FIRST DOWNS 172 97
By rushing 88 46
By passing 77 46
By penalty 7 5
YARDS RUSHING (NET) 1,625 675
Attempts 518 420
Yards Gained 1,966 1,146
Yards Lost 341 471
Net yds per game 162.5 67.5
YARDS PASSING (NET) 1,547 901
Attempts 245 217
Completions 119 79
Interceptions 15 11
Net Yds Per Game 154.7 90.1
TOTAL OFFENSE (NET) 3,171 1,576
Attempts 773 627
Net Yds Per Game 317.1 157.6
Penalized-Yards 42-475 36-380
Fumbles-lost 46-25 18-11
Overall Individual Statistics
1967 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
RUSHING No. Gain Lost Net Avg.
Davis 162 751 34 717 4.4
Orduna 116 499 42 457 3.9
Gregory 130 448 36 412 3.2
Patrick 105 200 222 -22 -0.2
Green, M. 9 39 2 37 4.6
Penney 6 17 2 15 2.5
Fierro 2 8 0 8 4.0
Ziegler 1 2 0 2 2.0
Yannon 2 2 0 2 1.0
Frost 1 0 2 -2 -2.0
Sigler 1 0 1 -1 -1.0
TOTALS 518 1966 341 1625 3.1
Opp 420 1146 471 675 1.5
PASSING Att Comp Pct Yds TD Int
Patrick 233 116 .496 1449 7 13
Gregory 6 3 .333 52 0 0
Fierro 6 1 .166 46 1 1
Sigler 1 0 .000 0 0 1
TOTALS 245 119 .484 1547 8 15
Opp. 217 79 .369 901 1 11
PASS
RECEIVING No. Yards TD
Richnafsky 36 422 3
Morrison 19 282 0
Davis 17 210 1
Penney 17 216 0
Gregory 14 204 2
Orduna 11 139 1
Yannon 1 46 1
Topliff 4 43 0
TOTALS 119 1547 8
Opp. 79 901 1
TOTAL
OFFENSE No. Gain Avg.
Patrick 330 1427 4.3
Davis 162 717 4.4
Orduna 116 457 3.9
Gregory 136 464 3.2
Green, M. 9 37 4.8
Penney 6 17 2.5
Fierro 8 60 7.6
Ziegler 1 2 2.0
Yannon 2 2 1.0
Sigler 2 -1 -1.0
Frost 1 -2 -2.0
TOTALS 773 3171 4.1
Opp. 627 1576 2.1
PUNT RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TD
Stephenson 28 200 7.1 0
Larson 17 160 8.8 0
Mueller 2 6 3.0 0
Geddes 1 0 0.0 0
Green, L. 1 14 14.0 0
TOTALS 50 380 7.6 0
Opp. 32 317 9.8 0
PASS
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yards Avg. TD
Geddes 3 44 14.6 1
Stephenson 2 69 34.8 0
Fiala 2 13 6.5 0
Best 1 8 8.0 0
Meagher 1 3 3.0 0
Larson 1 0 0.0 0
Kuehl 1 0 0.0 0
TOTALS 11 138 11.6 1
Opp. 15 255 17.0 2
KICKKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds Avg. TD
Orduna 9 176 19.5 0
Davis 2 21 10.5 0
Geddes 1 14 14.0 0
Gregory 3 37 12.3 0
Best 1 0 0.0 0
TOTALS 14 248 17.7 0
Opp. 23 361 17.7 0
PUNTING No. Yds Avg.
Stephenson 69 2392 35.1
Armstrong 1 50 50.0
TOTALS 70 2442 35.1
Opp. 92 3507 36.8
SCORING TD PAT FG Other T
Bomberger 0 11-16 6-11 0 29
Richnafsky 3 0 0 0 18
Orduna 3 0 0 0 18
Gregory 3 0 0 0 18
Patrick 3 0 0 0 18
Davis 2 0 0 0 12
Yannon 1 0 0 0 6
Geddes 1 0 0 0 6
Team Safety 0 0 0 1 2
TOTALS 16 11-16 6-11 1 127
Opp. 10 10-10 4-9 1 83
Overall Defensive Statistics
Linemen UT AT Rec Bk PI PBU BP
Meylan 59 60 0 0 0 0 0
McCord 28 61 0 0 0 0 0
Patton 19 32 0 0 0 1 0
Meagher 7 13 1 0 1 0 0
Drakulich 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Galbraith 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ends
Janik 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
Wynn 16 16 3 0 0 2 0
Avolio 13 22 0 0 0 0 0
Critchlow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Weinman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Linebackers
Alvarez 34 78 1 0 0 1 0
Kobza 5 6 0 0 0 0 0
Geddes 26 43 1 0 1 1 0
Kuehl 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Fiala 16 45 0 0 2 0 0
Backs
Hawkins 23 2 1 0 0 3 0
Stephenson 21 25 1 0 2 6 0
Best 10 10 0 0 1 0 0
Larson 13 25 0 0 1 2 0
Mueller 14 23 0 0 0 4* 0
Reeves 2 2 1 0 0 2 0
*A guess. Stats in the 1968 media guide
credit Mueller with 44 PBUs, an obvious typo
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