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