1975 Nebraska football statistics

• Team Statistics
• Individual Statistics
• Defensive Statistics

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Overall Team Statistics

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     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

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Overall Individual Statistics

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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

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Overall Defensive Statistics (12 games)

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	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	–	–	–	–