Overall Team Statistics
1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Individual Statistics
(includes bowl game)
NU Opp.
First downs, rushing 150 111
First downs, passing 88 20
First downs, penalties 9 9
Total first downs 247 140
Rushing, attempts 677 593
Yards gained rushing 2915 2626
Yards lost rushing 196 255
Net yards rushing 2719 2371
Per game average 226.5 197.5
Passing, attempts 255 159
Passes, completed 138 47
Passes, had intercepted 19 17
Net yards passing 1968 529
Per game average 164.0 44.0
Total offense, attempts 932 752
Net yards total offense 4687 2900
Per game average 363.0 241.6
Interceptions, no. 17 19
Net yards returned 209 225
Punts, No. 61 83
Punts had blocked 0 1
Total yards 2457 3160
Per punt average 40.2 38.0
Punts returned, no. 38 32
Net yards returned 422 227
Kickoffs returned, no. 23 55
Net yards returned 408 1155
Penalties, no. 55 47
Total yards penalized 548 412
Fumbles, no. 31 37
Fumbles lost 17 20
Scoring, total points 306 163
Per game average 25.5 13.6
SCORING BY QUARTERS
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Nebraska 89 67 49 101 306
Opponents 47 33 46 37 163
AVG. SCORING BY QUARTERS
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Nebraska 7.4 5.6 4.1 8.4 25.5
Opponents 3.9 2.8 3.8 3.1 13.6
Overall Individual Statistics
1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Individual Statistics
(includes bowl game)
RUSHING Att. Gain Loss Net Avg. TD
Davis 282 1158 44 1114 4.0 13
O'Leary 73 344 11 333 4.5 2
Bahe 56 328 9 319 5.6 1
Damkroger 63 273 8 265 4.2 0
Powell 45 262 3 259 5.3 0
Goeller 49 169 17 152 3.1 0
Runty 36 113 32 81 2.2 3
Westbrook 7 56 2 54 7.7 0
Everett 6 52 2 50 8.3 1
Moran 15 53 4 49 3.5 1
O'Holleran 2 19 0 19 9.5 0
Humm 41 75 59 16 0.4 4
Mushinskie 1 13 0 13 13.0 0
Luck 1 0 5 -5 -5.0 0
NU Total 677 2915 196 2719 4.0 25
Opponents 593 2626 255 2371 3.9 18
PASSING Att. Com. Pct. Int. Yds. TD
Humm 209 114 .545 14 1601 12
Runty 37 22 .594 4 308 2
Bahe 2 1 .500 0 51 0
Everett 6 1 .167 0 8 0
Davis 1 0 .000 1 0 0
NU Total 255 138 .541 19 1968 14
Opponents 159 47 .299 17 529 1
RECEIVING No. Yards TD
Bahe 32 441 2
Anderson 27 524 8
Longwell 20 247 2
Davis 20 147 1
Shamblin 15 338 1
Damkroger 5 50 -
Mushinskie 4 110 -
O'Leary 3 37 -
Revelle 3 23 -
Goeller 3 19 -
Moran 3 3 -
Westbrook 2 20 -
Powell 1 9 -
NU Total 138 1968 14
Opponents 47 529 1
TOTAL OFFENSE No. Yards Avg.
Humm 242 1617 6.9
Davis 283 1114 3.9
Runty 73 389 5.3
Bahe 58 370 6.4
O'Leary 73 333 4.5
Damkroger 63 265 4.2
Powell 45 259 5.3
Goeller 49 152 3.1
Everett 12 58 4.8
Westbrook 7 54 7.7
Moran 15 49 3.5
O'Holleran 2 19 9.5
Mushinskie 1 13 13.0
Luck 1 -5 -5.0
NU Total 932 4687 5.0
Opponents 752 2900 3.8
PUNTING No. Yards Avg. Blkd.
Sanger 55 2208 40.1 0
Longwell 6 249 41.5 0
NU Total 61 2457 40.2 0
Opponents 83 3160 38.0 1
PUNT RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TD
Borg 29 260 8.9 1
Thornton, B. 4 68 17.9 0
O'Leary 1 66 66.0 1
Davis 2 17 8.5 0
Yaralian 2 11 5.5 0
NU Total 38 422 11.1 2
Opponents 32 227 6.9 0
KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yards Avg. TD
O'Leary 9 173 18.1 0
Bahe 7 124 17.7 0
Davis 4 66 16.5 0
Goeller 2 33 16.5 0
Damkroger 1 12 12.0 0
NU Total 23 408 17.0 0
Opponents 55 1155 21.0 1
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yards TD
Thornton, B. 5 24 0
Borg 2 25 0
Heydorff 2 24 0
Johnson 2 14 0
Manstedt 1 65 0
Burrow 1 26 0
Starkebaum 1 14 0
Nelson 1 13 0
Ruud 1 4 0
Wieser 1 0 0
Yaralian 1 0 0
----PATS----
SCORING TD Kick Other FG TP
Davis 14 - - - 84
Sanger - 38-32 - 15-9 59
Anderson 8 - - - 48
Humm 4 - 2-0 - 24
Bahe 3 - - - 18
O'Leary 3 - - - 18
Runty 3 - - - 18
Longwell 2 - - - 12
Borg 1 - - - 6
Everett 1 - - - 6
Moran 1 - - - 6
Shamblin 1 - - - 6
Coyle - 1-1 - - 1
NU Total 41 39-33 2-0 15-9 306
Opponents 21 18-16 3-0 12-7 163
Overall Defensive Statistics (12 games)
| TACKLES | TFL | | | | BLOCKED |
| UT | AT | TT | No. | Yds | FR | PI | PBU | Pnt | PAT |
| Manstedt | 27 | 43 | 70 | 7 | 16 | – | 1 | 6 | – | – |
| Martin | 24 | 41 | 65 | 5 | 35 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Wieser | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 13 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Pate | 17 | 10 | 27 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Redding | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pruitt | 22 | 46 | 68 | 6 | 17 | 4 | – | 4 | – | – |
| Dutton | 22 | 39 | 71 | 9 | 31 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Lee | 16 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 25 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Mills | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bell | 52 | 51 | 103 | 9 | 57 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| W.Thornton | 19 | 11 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Gissler | 4 | 3 | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Schmidt | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Schneider | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ruud | 30 | 52 | 82 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nelson | 27 | 61 | 88 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| Monds | 7 | 8 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yaralian | 17 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9* | – | – |
| Borg | 13 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | – |
| B.Thornton | 17 | 23 | 40 | – | – | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | – |
| Starkebaum | 26 | 16 | 42 | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Schmit | 11 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Heydorff | 14 | 25 | 39 | 4 | 20 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Johnson | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Kyros | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fischer | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rogers, T. | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Off. Team | 10 | 2 | 12 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
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