Overall Team Statistics
1976 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Team Statistics
(includes bowl game)
NU Opp.
First downs, rushing 149 115
First downs, passing 111 56
First downs, penalty 18 10
Total first downs 278 181
Rushing, att. 679 633
Yds. gained rushing 3078 2621
Yds. lost rushing 276 464
Net yds. rushing 2802 2157
Per game avg. 215.5 165.9
Passing, att. 306 210
Passes, complete 168 90
Passes, intercepted 13 13
Net yds 2488 1375
Per game avg. 191.4 105.8
Total offense, att. 985 843
Net yds. 5290 3532
Per game avg. 406.9 271.7
Interceptions, No. 13 13
Net yds. returned 76 211
Punting, No. 57 88
Punts, blocked 0 2
Total yards 2322 3290
Per punt ave. 40.7 37.4
Punts returned, No. 45 14
Net yds. 312 62
Kickoffs, returned, No. 34 71
Net yds 654 1138
Penalties, No. 57 65
Total yds. penalized 584 626
Fumbles, No. 36 52
Fumbles, lost 28 31
Third down conv. 85/187 68/198
Scoring total points 416 181
Per game avg. 32.0 13.9
SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 98 109 126 83 416
Opp. 53 45 27 56 181
AVG. SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 7.5 8.4 9.7 6.4 32.0
Opp. 4.1 3.5 2.1 4.3 13.9
Overall Individual Statistics
1976 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Individual Statistics
(includes bowl game)
RUSHING Att. Gn. Loss Net Avg. TD
Anthony 148 624 30 594 4.0 5
Berns 182 992 20 972 5.3 11
Donnell 112 525 5 520 4.6 1
Stewart 39 234 5 229 5.9 3
Gillespie 15 57 1 56 3.7 2
Steward 14 68 0 68 4.9 0
Sorley 8 40 1 39 4.9 1
Craig 30 116 9 107 3.6 2
Zabrocki 6 25 0 25 4.2 2
Higgs 27 104 5 99 3.7 0
Garcia 7 19 18 1 .1 0
Walton 3 5 6 -1 ... 0
Kujath 3 13 0 13 4.3 0
Ferragamo 71 160 163 -3 ... 3
Shamblin 3 36 0 36 12.0 0
Thomas 2 13 2 11 5.5 1
Everett 7 29 2 27 3.9 0
Jacobs 2 9 0 9 4.5 0
Total 679 3069 267 2802 4.2 31
Opp. 633 2606 449 2157 3.4 13
TOTAL
OFFENSE No. Yds. Avg.
Anthony 148 594 4.0
Berns 183 972 5.3
Donnell 112 520 4.6
Stewart 39 229 5.9
Gillespie 15 56 3.7
Steward 14 68 4.9
Sorley 16 140 8.8
Craig 31 156 5.0
Zabrocki 6 25 4.2
Higgs 27 99 3.7
Garcia 24 78 3.3
Walton 3 -1
Kujath 3 13 4.3
Ferragamo 348 2251 6.6
Burns 2 7 3.5
Shamblin 3 36 12.0
Thomas 2 11 5.5
Everett 7 27 3.9
Jacobs 2 9 4.5
Total 985 5290 5.4
Opp. 843 3532 4.2
PASSING Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD
Berns 1 0 .000 0 0 0
Sorley 8 4 .500 2 101 1
Garcia 17 4 .235 1 77 0
Ferragamo 277 158 .570 9 2254 22
Burns 2 1 .500 1 7 0
Craig 1 1 1.000 0 49 0
Total 306 168 .549 13 2488 23
Opp. 210 90 .429 13 1375 5
PASS
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD
Anthony 14 84 0
Berns 13 82 0
Donnell 7 35 1
Stewart 2 43 0
Craig 7 71 1
Higgs 2 13 0
Shamblin 32 513 3
Thomas 30 561 7
Malito 33 722 5
Spaeth 19 265 4
Everett 1 17 0
Loken 3 26 0
Dufresne 5 56 2
Total 168 2488 23
Opp. 90 1375 5
PUNTING No. Yds. Ave. Blk.
Lessman 56 2286 40.8 0
Vanous 1 36 36.0 0
Total 57 2322 40.7 0
Opp. 88 3290 37.4 2
PUNT
RETURNS No. Yds. Yds. TD
Butterfield 32 213 6.7 1
Fischer 3 15 5.0 0
Harvey 3 2 .7 0
Phillips 1 16 16.0 0
Valasek 2 41 20.5 0
Thomas 3 19 6.3 0
Smith 0 0 0.0 1
Hansen 1 6 6.0 0
Total 45 312 6.9 2
Opp. 14 62 4.4 0
KICKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds. Ave. TD
Craig 13 258 19.8 0
Everett 2 45 22.5 0
Walton 2 15 7.5 0
Berns 11 255 23.2 0
Donnell 1 12 12.0 0
Stewart 5 69 13.8 0
Total 34 654 19.2 0
Opp. 71 1138 16.0 1
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. TD
Butterfield 4 11 0
Harvey 2 1 0
Phillips 1 13 0
Lehigh 1 6 0
Cabell 1 0 0
Valasek 2 0 0
Gast 1 7 0
Pillen, J. 1 38 0
Total 13 76 0
Opp. 13 211 0
SCORING TD Patl Pat2 FG TP
Eveland 48-43 17-11 76
Anthony 5 30
Berns 11 66
Thomas 8 48
Malito 5 30
Spaeth 4 24
Shamblin 3 1-1 20
Stewart 3 18
Craig 3 18
Ferragamo 3 4-0 18
Donnell 2 12
Gillespie 2 12
Zabrocki 12
Dufresne 2 12
Butterfield 1 6
Sorley 1 6
Smith 1 6
VanderMeer 3-2 2
Team 1-0 0
Total 56 51-45 5-1 18-11 416
Opp. 19 16-14 3-1 27-17 181
Overall Defensive Statistics (13 games)
| —TACKLES— | —TFL— | | | | BLKD |
| Linemen | UT | AT | TT | NO. | YDS | FR | PI | PBU | PNT | FG |
|
| Andrews | 26 | 23 | 49 | 6 | 36 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Brock | 10 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fultz | 36 | 30 | 66 | 8 | 45 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Gast | 14 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Phillips | 23 | 26 | 49 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Poeschl | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pruitt | 33 | 34 | 67 | 8 | 36 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Pullen | 29 | 33 | 62 | 12 | 38 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Rick | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ridder | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Samuel | 21 | 22 | 43 | 5 | 14 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Weinmaster | 14 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Linebackers |
| Carpenter | 14 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dunning | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Eichelberger | 24 | 18 | 42 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Kunz | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Markus | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pillen,C | 73 | 64 | 137 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Wightman | 56 | 67 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Backs |
| Pillen,J | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 13 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Anderson | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Butterfield | 20 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 12 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 2 |
| Cabell | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Fischer | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Hansen | 9 | 3 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Harvey | 35 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | – |
| Lehigh | 4 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Smith | 21 | 25 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 3 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Valasek | 29 | 21 | 50 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – |
| Young | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Payne | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Off. team | 10 | 5 | 15 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – |