Overall Team Statistics
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)
NU Opp.
First downs, rushing 160 67
First downs, passing 124 60
Penalties 11 10
Total first downs 295 137
Rushing, att. 677 559
Yds. gained rushing 3126 1738
Yds. lost rushing 400 441
Net yds. rushing 2726 1297
Per game ave. 227.5 108.1
Passing, att. 332 272
Passes, completed 178 104
Passes, intercepted 21 15
Net yds. 2691 1301
Per game ave. 224.3 108.4
Total offense, att. 1011 831
Net yds. 5417 2598
Per game ave. 541.4 216.5
Interceptions, No. 15 21
Net yds. returned 176 106
Punting, No. 55 108
Punts, blocked 1 1
Total yards 2165 3534
Per punt ave. 39.4 32.7
Punts returned, No. 51 25
Net yds. 771 201
Kickoffs returned, No. 23 80
Net yds. 436 1365
Penalties, No. 50 43
Total yds. penalized 510 522
Fumbles, No. 27 38
Fumbles lost 21 24
Scoring, total pts. 501 97
Per game ave. 41.8 8.1
SCORING BY QUARTERS
l 2 3 4 Tot
NU 105 143 152 96 501
Opp 3 27 21 46 97
AVG. SCORING BY QUARTERS
l 2 3 4 Tot
NU 8.8 11.9 12.7 8.0 41.8
Opp 0.3 2.3 1.8 3.8 8.1
Overall Individual Statistics
1972 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)
RUSHING Att. Gn. Loss Net Avg. TD
Dixon 139 590 15 575 4.1 9
Rodgers 73 392 44 348 4.8 10
Olds 64 373 27 346 5.4 2
Goeller 86 347 15 332 3.9 6
Moran 58 320 6 314 5.4 4
Damkroger 67 247 18 229 3.4 1
Westbrook 39 199 1 198 5.1 1
Powell 21 180 6 176 8.3 0
Runty 40 206 46 160 4.0 3
Bahe 15 80 7 73 4.9 0
O'Holleran 5 37 0 37 7.4 0
Garson 9 38 2 36 4.0 0
Davis 5 22 1 21 4.2 0
List 2 13 0 13 6.5 0
Sanger 1 0 7 -7 -7.0 0
Humm 52 82 205 -123 -2.4 5
Total 677 3126 400 2726 4.0 41
Opp. 559 1738 441 1297 2.3 5
PASSING Att Comp Pct Int Yds TD
Humm 285* 153 .537 16 2259* 18**
Runty 46 24 .522 5 380 6
Rodgers 1 1 1.000 0 52 1
Total 332 178 .536 21 2691* 25**
Opp. 272 104 .382 15 1301 7
*Nebraska Record **Big 8 Record
TOTAL
OFFENSE No. Yds. Avg.
Humm 337 2136 6.3
Dixon 139 575 4.1
Runty 86 559 7.0
Rodgers 74 400 5.4
Olds 64 346 5.4
Goeller 86 332 3.9
Moran 58 314 5.4
Damkroger 67 229 3.4
Westbrook 39 198 5.1
Powell 21 176 8.3
Bahe 15 73 4.9
O'Holleran 5 37 7.4
Garson 9 36 4.0
Davis 5 21 4.2
List 2 13 6.5
Sanger 1 -7 -7.0
Total 1011 5417 5.4
Opp. 831 2529 3.1
PASS
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD
Rodgers 58* 1013* 9
Revelle 41 548 4
Anderson, F. 15 381 4
List 24 364 3
Bahe 7 87 2
Goeller 7 84 2
Garson 8 74 0
Damkroger 9 60 0
Olds 5 50 1
Powell 2 34 0
Longwell 3 24 0
Dixon 1 0 0
Total 178 2691 25
Opp. 104 1301 7
*Nebraska record.
PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Blkd.
Sanger* 54 2165 40.1 0
*Team 1 0 0.0 1
Total 55 2165 39.4 1
Opp. 108 3534 32.7 1
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Rodgers 40 615 12.9 2
Borg 4 86 21.5 1
Bahe 7 70 10.0 0
Total 51 771 15.1 3
Opp. 25 201 8.0 0
KICKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds. Avg.
Bahe 9 198 22.0
Rodgers 9 195 21.7
Garson 1 25 25.0
Damkroger 2 18 9.0
Alward 1 0 0.0
Hegener 1 0 0.0
Total 23 436 19.0
Opp. 80 1365 17.1
---PAT---
SCORING TD Kick Other FG TP
Rodgers 21 126
Sanger 66-62 14-6 80
Dixon 9 54
Goeller 8 48
Humm 5 1-0 30
Anderson, F. 4 24
Moran 4 24
Revelle 4 24
List 3 18
Olds 3 1-0 18
Runty 3 18
Bahe 2 1-1 13
Borg 1 6
Damkroger 1 6
Sloey 1 6
Westbrook 1 6
Team 1-0 0
Total 70 68-63 2-0 14-6 501
Opp. 12 11-10 1-0 10-5 97
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. TD
Sloey 2 55 1
Borg 2 54 0
Thornton 2 35 0
Blahak 4 26 0
Manstedt 2 6 0
Mason 2 0 0
Pitts 1 0 0
Total 15 176 1
Opp. 21 106 0