Overall Team Statistics
1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)
NU Opp.
First downs, rushing 171 73
First downs, passing 88 60
Penalties 14 12
Total first downs 273 145
Rushing, att. 749 520
Yds. gained rushing 3203 1995
Yds. lost rushing 279 318
Net yds. rushing 2924 1677
Per game avg. 243.6 139.7
Passing, att. 246 232
Passes, complete 141 90
Passes, intercepted 6 14
Net yds. 1832 1123
Per game avg. 152.6 93.5
Total offense, att. 995 752
Net yds. 4756 2800
Per game avg. 396.3 233.3
Interceptions, No. 14 6
Net yds. returned 111 168
Punting, No. 65 91
Punts, blocked 0 3
Total yards 2591 3633
Per punt ave. 39.8 39.9
Punts returned, No. 53 20
Net yds. 382 35
Kickoffs returned, No. 23 57
Net yds. 500 1038
Penalties, No. 64 59
Total yds. penalized 658 552
Fumbles, No. 31 39
Fumbles, lost 17 22
Scoring total pts. 367 157
Per game avg. 30.5 13.0
SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 98 103 103 63 367
Opp. 16 34 41 46 137
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 8.2 8.6 8.6 5.3 30.6
Opp. 1.3 2.8 3.4 3.8 11.4
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING Att. Gn. Loss Net Avg TD
Anthony 183 833 16 817 4.5 9
O'Leary 131 656 12 644 4.9 7
Davis 158 681 2 679 4.3 2
Gillespie 68 251 13 238 3.5 4
Craig 34 189 10 179 5.3 2
Heiser 22 146 14 132 6.0 1
Higgs 21 97 0 97 4.6 1
Donnell 26 95 1 94 3.6 0
Ferragamo 37 96 65 31 0.8 3
Zabrocki 8 46 3 43 5.4 0
Garcia 7 27 0 27 3.9 0
Everett 2 6 1 5 2.5 0
Thomas 2 13 10 3 1.5 0
Brown 7 7 8 -1 0
Luck 41 50 107 -57 1
Panneton 1 10 0 10 10.0 0
Team 1 17 -17 0
Total 705 3203 279 2924 4.1 30
Opp. 520 1994 317 1677 3.2 14
TOTAL OFFENSE No. Yds. Avg.
Ferragamo 172 1184 6.9
Anthony 183 817 4.5
Davis 158 681 4.3
O'Leary 134 644 4.8
Luck 139 587 4.2
Gillespie 68 238 3.5
Craig 34 179 5.3
Heiser 22 132 6.0
Higgs 21 97 4.6
Donnell 26 94 3.6
Garcia 10 62 6.2
Zabrocki 8 43 5.4
Panneton 1 10 10.0
Everett 2 5 2.5
Thomas 2 3 1.5
Brown 7 -1
Team 1 -17
Total 995 4756 4.7
Opp 752 2800 3.7
PASSING Att. Comp. Pct. Int Yds. TD
Ferragamo 135 79 .585 5 1153 12
Luck 105 59 .561 1 644 6
Garcia 3 3 1.000 0 35 0
O'Leary 3 0 0 0 0
Total 246 141 .573 6 1832 18
Opp. 232 90 .387 14 1123 2
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD
Thomas 30 545 7
Malito 15 230 2
Davis 16 175 2
Mushinskie 14 155 0
Jenkins 12 153 5
Craig 14 146 1
Heiser 11 135 0
Panneton 4 79 0
Shamblin 7 78 0
O'Leary 11 59 1
Brown 2 40 0
Gillespie 2 15 0
Spaeth 1 12 0
Bonness 1 5 0
Anthony 1 5 0
Total 141 1832 18
Opp. 90 1123 2
PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Blk.
Lessman 65 2591 39.8 0
Opp. 91 3633 39.9 3
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Thomas 21 149 7.1 0
Burrow 15 128 8.5 0
Butterfield 12 55 4.5 0
O'Leary 1 24 24.0 0
Harvey 2 13 6.5 0
Monds 1 12 12.0 0
Stacey 1 1 1.0 0
Total 53 382 7.2 0
Opp. 20 35 1.7 0
KICKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Craig 11 207 18.8 0
Thomas 4 91 22.7 0
O'Leary 3 56 28.0 0
Gillespie 2 42 21.0 0
Anthony 1 26 26.0 0
Zabrocki 1 20 20.0 0
Davis 1 8 8.0 0
Total 23 500 21.7 0
Opp. 57 1038 18.2 0
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. TD
Butterfield 4 28 0
Pillen, Clete 1 27 0
Stacey 2 20 0
Jones 2 19 0
Smith 2 8 0
Coccia 1 6 0
Burrow 2 3 0
Total 14 111 0
Opp. 6 168 1
SCORING TD PAT Other FG Total
Coyle 42-40 17-10 70
Anthony 9 54
O'Leary 8 48
Thomas 7 42
Jenkins 5 30
Davis 4 24
Gillespie 4 24
Craig 3 18
Ferragamo 3 18
Malito 2 12
Eveland 0 6-6 1-1 9
Heiser 1 6
Higgs 1 6
Luck 1 6
Other 1-1
Total 48 48-46 1-1 18-11 367
Opp. 17 16-15 11-6 137
Overall Defensive Statistics (12 games)
| | TACKLES | TFL | | BLOCKED |
| Linemen | UT | AT | TT | No. | Yds | FR | INT | PBU | Punt | FG |
| Brock | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fultz | 31 | 23 | 54 | 13 | 57 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Gissler | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lee | 30 | 40 | 70 | 14 | 50 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Martin | 37 | 24 | 61 | 13 | 62 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Mills | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Phillips | 25 | 37 | 62 | 3 | 9 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Pulton | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Redding | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Samuel | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thornton | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wied | 19 | 35 | – | 10 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Coccia | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Linebackers |
| Eichelberger | 11 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hansen | 7 | 4 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Pillen | 49 | 85 | 134 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – |
| Wightman | 33 | 63 | 96 | 6 | 12 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Carpenter | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Backs |
| Burrow | 21 | 23 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Butterfield | 24 | 17 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – |
| Harvey | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jones | 13 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | – |
| Monds | 17 | 17 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – |
| Smith | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | – | – |
| Stacey | 9 | 4 | 13 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Valasek | 6 | 2 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Off. Team | 10 | 7 | 17 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |