Overall Team Statistics
1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)
NU Opp.
First downs, rushing 167 107
First downs, passing 78 49
Penalties 12 5
Total first down 257 161
Rushing, Att. 666 604
Yds. gained rushing 3319 2301
Yds. lost rushing 175 352
Net yds. rushing 3144 1949
Per game avg. 261.7 162.4
Passing, att. 223 181
Passes, complete 121 79
Passes, intercepted 15 16
Net yds. 1690 1179
Per game avg. 140.8 98.3
Total offense, att. 899 785
Net yds. 4834 3128
Per game avg. 402.8 260.7
Interceptions, No. 16 16
Net yds. returned 184 143
Punting, No. 44 78
Punts, blocked 1 2
Total yards 1668 2808
Per punt ave. 37.9 36.0
Punts returned, No. 39 15
Net yds. 403 45
Kickoffs returned, No. 24 60
Net yds. 465 893
Penalties, No. 41 56
Total yds. penalized 376 497
Fumbles, No. 37 38
Fumbles, lost 19 21
Scoring, total pts. 373 132
Per game avg. 31.1 11.0
SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 70 103 108 92 373
Opp. 7 17 7 101 132
AVG. SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 5.8 8.6 9.0 7.7 31.1
Opp. 0.6 1.4 0.6 8.4 11.0
Overall Individual Statistics
1974 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)
RUSHING Att. Gn. Loss Net Avg. TD
Anthony 124 665 4 651 5.3 7
Davis 123 662 10 652 5.3 3
O'Leary 118 564 15 549 4.6 5
Westbrook 53 386 14 372 7.0 3
Gillespie 67 259 5 254 3.8 5
Higgs 37 182 11 171 4.8 1
Moran 32 178 10 168 5.3 4
Humm 46 154 33 121 2.6 2
Everett 27 102 19 83 3.1 2
Bahe 8 51 0 51 6.4 0
Heiser 6 41 0 41 6.8 0
Walton 5 27 0 27 5.4 0
Zabrocki 2 19 0 19 9.5 0
Craig 1 16 0 16 16.0 0
Talley 4 11 3 8 2.0 0
Jenkins 0 0 0 0 1
Doak 0 0 0 0 1
Luck 13 12 33 -21 -1.6 0
Total 666 3319 157 3162 4.7 34
Opp. 604 2301 352 1949 3.2 12
TOTAL OFFENSE No. Yds. Avg.
Humm 233 1572 6.7
Anthony 124 651 5.3
Davis 125 687 5.5
O'Leary 120 560 5.5
Westbrook 55 388 7.1
Gillespie 67 254 3.8
Everett 38 193 5.8
Higgs 37 171 4.8
Moran 32 168 5.3
Luck 34 62 1.8
Bahe 8 51 6.4
Heiser 6 41 6.8
Walton 5 27 5.4
Zabrocki 1 19 9.5
Craig 1 16 16.0
Talley 4 8 2.0
Total 891 4868 5.5
Opp. 790 3173 4.0
PASSING Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD
Humm 187 106 .567 12 1451 12
Everett 11 5 .455 1 110 1
Luck 21 8 .381 1 83 1
Davis 2 1 .500 0 35 0
O'Leary 2 1 .500 1 11 1
Total 223 121 .543 15 1690 15
Opp. 181 79 .436 16 1179 6
PASS RECEIVING No. Yds. TD
Westbrook 35 524 7
Davis 19 185 1
Bahe 15 214 0
O'Leary 12 159 1
Malito 11 212 2
Mushinskie 11 173 2
Jenkins 5 100 1
Anthony 4 -3 0
Heiser 3 36 0
Gillespie 2 59 0
Thomas 2 21 0
Humm 1 11 1
Everett 1 -1 0
Total 121 1690 15
Opp. 79 1179 6
PUNTING No. Yds. Avg Blkd
Lessman 44 1668 37.9 0
Team 1 0 1
Total 45 1668 37.9 1
Opp. 78 2808 36.0 2
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Burrow 28 273 9.7 1
Thomas 6 89 14.8 0
Bahe 3 31 10.3 0
Butterfield 1 8 8.0 0
Ruud 1 2 2.0 0
Total 39 403 10.4 1
Opp. 15 45 3.0 0
KICKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Westbrook 14 259 18.5 0
Bahe 4 95 23.8 0
Higgs 1 20 20.0 0
Thomas 1 15 15.0 0
Gillespie 2 44 22.0 0
Davis 2 62 31.0 0
Total 24 465 19.4 0
Opp. 60 893 14.8 0
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. TD
Monds 2 40 0
Ruud 2 32 0
Burrow 4 20 0
Johnson 1 20 0
Heydorff 1 35 0
Pate 1 14 0
Dervin 1 12 0
Kyros 3 11 0
Starkebaum 1 0 0
Total 16 184 0
Opp. 16 143 0
SCORING TD Pat1 Pat2 FG Saf. T.
Westbrook 10 60
Coyle 45-41 13-7 62
Anthony 7 42
O'Leary 6 36
Gillespie 5 30
Davis 4 1-1 26
Moran 4 24
Humm 3 1-1 20
Everett 2 12
Jenkins 2 12
Mushinskie 2 12
Malito 2 12
Higgs 1 6
Burrow 1 6
Doak 1 6
Eveland 3-2 3-1 5
Team 1 2
Total 50 48-43 2-2 16-8 1 373
Opp. 18 16-16 2-2 8-2 0 136
Overall Defensive Statistics (12 games)
| TACKLES | TFL | | | BLOCKED |
| Linemen | UT | AT | TT | No. | Yds | FB | INT | PBU | Punt | FG |
| Lee | 47 | 50 | 97 | 11 | 58 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Pruitt | 36 | 43 | 79 | 7 | 47 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Martin | 26 | 27 | 53 | 5 | 20 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Pate | 30 | 27 | 57 | 7 | 30 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Fultz | 31 | 29 | 60 | 8 | 32 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Weiser | 11 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thornton | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wied | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Brock | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Coccia | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Redding | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Gissler | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Plucknett | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mills | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Linebackers |
| Ruud | 41 | 71 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – |
| Starkebaum | 32 | 38 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nelson | 35 | 44 | 79 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Pillen | 12 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Eichelberger | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Belka | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Backs |
| Butterfield | 12 | 14 | 26 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Burrow | 18 | 12 | 30 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Heydorff | 15 | 16 | 31 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Monds | 15 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Johnson | 8 | 24 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 |
| Jones | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Kyros | 19 | 27 | 46 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Rogers | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Dervin | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Seeton | 5 | 10 | 15 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Off. Team | 13 | 4 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |