1970 Nebraska football statistics



Overall Team Statistics



1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)

                             NU     Opp. 
First Downs, Rushing        163      103 
First Downs, Passing         98       82 
First Downs, Penalties        8       11 
Total First Downs           269      196 
Rushing Attempts            685      506 
Yds Gained Rushing         3012     2142 
Yds Lost Rushing            326      460 
Net Yards Rushing          2686     1682 
Per Game Average          223.8    140.2 
Passing Attempts            275      322 
Passes Completed            168      153 
Passes Intercepted           12       31 
Net Yds Passing            2241     1963 
Per Game Average          186.8    163.6 
Total Offense Attempted     960      828 
Net Yards                  4927     3645 
Per Game Average          410.6    303.8 
Interceptions by             31       12 
Net yds Returned            523      120 
Punts                        60       80 
Punts Blocked                 2        0 
Total Yards                2318     3088 
Per Punt Average           38.6     38.6 
Punts Returned               34       22 
Net Yards                   404      166 
Penalties, No.               80       64 
Total Yards                 750      582 
Kickoffs Returned            30       53 
Net Yards                   623     1254 
Fumbles                      33       27 
Fumbles Lost                 21       18 
Scoring, Total Points       428      189 
Per Game Average           35.7     15.8


SCORING BY QUARTERS
        l     2     3     4    Tot
Neb   114   119    92   101    426
Opp    23    75    28    63    189

AVG. SCORING BY QUARTERS
        l     2     3     4    Tot
Neb   9.5   9.9   7.7   9.2   35.7
Opp   1.9   6.3   2.3   5.3   15.8



Overall Individual Statistics



1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)

RUSHING  Att.  Gain  Loss   Net    Avg
Carstens   7     24     1    23    3.3
Hughes     7     14    12     2    0.3
Jones      6      9    18    -9   -1.5
Kinney   159    699     5   694    4.4
Olds      13     80     0    80    6.7
Orduna   200    915    18   897    4.5
Rodgers   39    253    34   219    5.6
Schneiss  70    332     5   327    4.7
Tagge     85    308   150   153    1.8
Vactor    43    131     3   128    3.0
Brownson  50    186    74   112    2.2
Ingles     4     34     0    34    8.3
List       2     27     1    26   13.0
Total    685   3012   326  2686    3.9
Opp.Tot. 506   2142   460  1682    3.3


PASSING    Att. Comp.  Pct  Int. Yds  TD
Jones        5     1  .200   0     7   0
Orduna       1     1 1.000   0    14   1
Rodgers      1     0  .000   0     0   0
Schneiss     3     1  .333   1    17   1
Tagge      190   116  .611   8  1536  12
Brownson    75    49  .653   3   667   6
Total      275   168  .611  12  2241  20
Opp. Tot.  322   153  .475  31  1963  12


TOTAL OFFENSE  No.      Yds      Avg
Carstens        7        23      3.3
Hughes          7         2      0.3
Jones          11        -2     -0.2
Kinney        159       694      4.3
Olds           13        80      6.7
Orduna        201       911      4.5
Rodgers        40       219      5.5
Schneiss       73       344      4.7
Tagge         275      1689      6.2
Vactor         43       128      3.0
Brownson      125       779      6.2
Ingles          4        34      8.3
List            2        26     13.0
Total         960      4927      5.1
Opp. Total    828      3645      4.4


RECEIVING      No.       Yds      Avg
Carstens        2         11        0
Hughes          3         35        0
Kinney         20        206        1
Olds            1         19        0
Orduna         11         85        0
Rodgers        39        710        7
Schneiss       20        156        2
Vactor          3         16        0
Cox             8         83        2
Ingles         36        625        8
List           23        278        0
Harvey          2         17        0
Total         168       2241       20
Opp. Total    153       1963       12


PUNTING        No.      Yds       Avg
Hughes         60      2318      38.6
Total          60      2318      38.6
Opp. Total     80      3088      38.6


PUNT RETURNS   No.      Yds       Avg
Hollstein       1         4       4.0
Ingles          2        26      13.0
Kosch           2        19       9.5
Rodgers        27       352      13.0
Anderson        1         0       0.0
Decker          1         3       3.0
Total          34       404      11.9
Opp. Total     22       166       7.5


KICKOFF
RETURNS        No.      Yds       Avg
Hughes          3        81      27.0
Rodgers        19       393      20.7
Carstens        2        15       7.5
Kinney          4       127      31.8
Weber           1         0       0.0
Olds            1        10      10.0
Total          30       626      20.9
Opp. Total     53      1254      23.7


INTERCEPTIONS  No.      Yds       TD
Kosch           7        99        0
Blahak          6       175        0
Hauge           1        26        0
Morock          4        55        1
Rogers          1         0        0
Adkins          1        37        1
Anderson        4        16        0
Terrio          3        14        0
Murtaugh        3        28        0
Decker          1        73        1
Total          31       523        3
Opp. Total     12       120        0


SCORING   TD  Kick  Other  FG  Sfy. Tot
Ingles     8   0-0   1-1   0-0   0   50
Kinney     5   0-0   0-0   0-0   0   30
Orduna    15   0-0   1-1   0-0   0   92
Rodgers   11   0-0   0-0   0-0   0   66
Rogers     0  54-50  0-0  13-8   0   74
Tagge      5   0-0   1-0   0-0   0   30
Cox        2   0-0   0-0   0-0   0   12
Brownson   4   0-0   1-0   0-0   0   24
Schneiss   4   0-0   0-0   0-0   0   24
Decker     1   0-0   0-0   0-0   0    6
Adkins     1   0-0   0-0   0-0   0    6
Vactor     1   0-0   0-0   0-0   0    6
Morock     1   0-0   0-0   0-0   0    6
Total     57  54-50  4-2  13-8   0  426
Opp.Tot.  26  16-14 10-1   9-5   1  189