Overall Team Statistics
1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)
NU Opp.
First Downs, Rushing 119 82
First Downs, Passing 96 69
Penalties 13 12
Total First Downs 228 163
Rushing, Att. 586 535
Yds. Gained Rushing 2312 1856
Yds. Lost Rushing 399 497
Yds. Net Rushing 1913 1359
Per Game Average 173.9 123.5
Passing Att. 325 274
Passes Complete 174 112
Passes Intercepted 15 27
Net Yds. Passing 2160 1359
Per Game Average 196.3 123.5
Total Offense, Att. 911 809
Net Yds. 4073 2718
Per Game Average 370.2 246.3
Interceptions, No. 27 15
Net Yds. Returned 285 174
Punting, No. 72 93
Punts, Blocked 0 0
Total Yds. Punted 2672 3723
Per Punt Average 37.1 40.0
Punts Returned, No. 31 32
Net Yds. 280 329
Kickoffs Returned, No. 21 26
Net Yds. 364 516
Penalties, No. 50 55
Total Yds. 377 537
Fumbles, No. 33 26
Fumbles, Lost 17 16
Scoring, Total Points 254 119
Per Game Average 23.1 10.8
SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NEB 48 60 77 69 254
OPP 42 38 20 19 119
AVERAGE
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NEB 4.4 5.5 7.0 6.3 23.1
OPP 3.8 3.5 1.8 1.7 10.8
Overall Individual Statistics
1969 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)
RUSHING Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD
Bomberger 10 44 0 44 4.4 0
Brownson 84 334 187 147 1.6 5
Frost 39 154 10 144 4.6 0
Green 58 254 12 242 4.1 0
Hughes 26 108 8 100 3.8 2
Kinney 191 619 29 590 3.0 10
Rogers 6 14 10 4 0.6 0
Schneiss 75 398 1 397 5.2 1
Tagge 83 322 133 189 2.2 4
Vactor 12 62 0 62 5.1 0
Dvorsak 2 3 9 -6 -3.0 0
Total 586 2312 399 1913 3.2 22
Opp. 545 1856 497 1359 2.5 8
PASSING Att Comp Pct Int Yds TD
Brownson 121 63 .505 4 772 5
Dvorsak 10 2 .167 1 14 0
Kinney 5 2 .500 2 19 2
Tagge 189 107 .571 8 1355 3
Total 325 174 .538 15 2160 10
Opp. 274 112 .423 27 1359 6
RECEIVING No. Yds TD
Frost 26 413 2
Green 9 87 2
Hughes 2 26 0
Ingles 30 463 3
Kinney 44* 455 2
McFarland,J. 32 406 0
Mason 3 23 0
Patrick 3 40 0
Rogers 2 16 0
Schneiss 20 208 1
Vactor 2 16 0
Harvey 1 3 0
Total 174 2160 10
Opp. 112 1359 6
PUNTING No. Yds. Avg.
Schneiss 72 2672 37.1
Total 72 2672 37.1
Opp. 93 3723 40.0
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg
Ingles 25 231 9.2
Kosch 2 22 11.0
Larson 4 27 6.8
Total 31 280 9.0
Opp. 32 329 10.2
KICKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds Avg
Green 7 143 20.4
Hughes 2 43 21.5
Kosch 7 141 20.1
Larson 1 9 9.0
Patrick 1 1 1.0
Schneiss 1 12 12.0
Vactor 1 19 19.0
Ingles 1 -4 -4.0
Total 21 364 17.2
Opp. 26 516 19.4
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds TD
Anderson 3 48 0
Fiala 2 4 0
Larson 4 47 0
McClelland 1 14 0
Murtaugh 2 44 0
Reeves 3 30 0
Stephenson 8 65 0
Geddes 1 24 0
Periard 1 9 0
Morock 1 1 0
Morell 1 16 0
Total 27 285 0
Opp. 15 174 1
TOTAL OFFENSE No. Yds Avg
Bomberger 10 44 4.4
Brownson 205 919 4.4
Dvorsak 12 8 0.6
Frost 39 144 3.6
Green 58 242 4.1
Hughes 26 100 3.8
Kinney 196 609 3.1
Rogers 6 4 0.4
Schneiss 75 398 5.2
Tagge 272 1544* 5.6
Vactor 12 62 5.1
Total 911 4073 4.3
Opp. 809 2718 3.3
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SCORING TD Kick Other FG Sfy Pts
Brownson 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 30
Frost 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 12
Hughes 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 12
Ingles 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 18
Kinney 12 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 74
Rogers 0 29-27* 0-0 27-11* 0 60
Tagge 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 60
Schneiss 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 12
Dvorsak 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Green 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 12
Total 27 29-27* 2-1 23-7 0 254
Opp. 15 14-14 0-0 10-5 0 119
* New Nebraska record
Overall Defensive Statistics
DEFENSIVE STATS
(Includes Sun Bowl)
Linemen UT AT TFL-YD R BK PI BU BP
Drakulich 4 4 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Geddes 40 45 6-42 2 0 1 2 0
Hornbacher 3 6 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacobson 3 9 1-9 0 0 0 0 0
Liggett 37 43 8-51 1 0 0 3 0
Periard 6 4 1-1 0 0 1 1 0
Walline 31 35 17-86 1 0 0 2 0
Adkins 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Ends
Gutzman 1 1 1-8 0 0 0 0 0
Janssen 3 4 1-12 0 0 0 0 0
Jarmon 35 42 16-102 0 1 0 1 1
Wynn 16 10 11-62 1 0 0 0 0
Linebackers
Fiala 17 34 1-4 0 0 2 1 0
Kobza 7 4 1-1 0 0 0 1 0
Larson 52 42 11-43 1 0 4 2 0
Morell 11 14 0-0 3 0 1 0 0
Murtaugh* 53 73 2-8 1 0 2 3 0
Backs
Anderson 19 16 1-1 2 0 3 5 0
Decker 4 6 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Kosch 6 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
McClelland 4 1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Reeves 27 39 1-1 0 0 3 2 0
Stephenson 26 22 2-5 2 0 8 4 0
Morock 5 2 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
Hollstein 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Offense
Ingles 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0
Topliff 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Williams 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Frost 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Kinney 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Schneiss 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
McFarland 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0
Buda 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Newton 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Lowe 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Patrick 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0
* Murtaugh's two-year total of 136 assisted career tackles is a Nebraska record; old record 120 by Wayne Meylan. Murtaugh's total of 126 assisted tackles in 1969 is a new record; old Nebraska record 119 by Meylan.