Overall Team Statistics
1977 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Team Statistics
(includes bowl game)
NU Opp.
First downs, rushing 186 138
First downs, passing 63 59
First downs, penalty 9 6
Total first downs 258 203
Rushing, att. 707 629
Yds. gained rushing 3781 2751
Yds. lost rushing 247 302
Net yds. rushing 3534 2449
Per game avg. 294.5 204.1
Passing, att. 209 215
Passes, complete 100 97
Passes, intercepted 9 18
Net yds. 1402 1130
Per game avg. 116.8 94.2
Total offense, att. 916 844
Net yds. 4936 3579
Per game avg. 411.3 298.3
Interceptions, No. 18 9
Net yds. returned 170 50
Punting, No. 52 72
Punts, blocked 0 1
Total yds. 2124 2619
Per punt ave. 40.8 36.4
Punts returned, No. 30 19
Net yds. 182 115
Kickoffs returned, No. 35 49
Net yds. 617 897
Penalties, No. 59 47
Total yds. penalized 568 380
Fumbles, No. 33 31
Fumbles, lost 22 15
Scoring total points 315 200
Per game avg. 26.3 16.7
SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 70 99 54 92 315
OPP. 41 87 26 46 200
AVG. SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 5.8 8.3 4.5 7.7 26.3
OPP. 3.4 7.3 2.2 3.8 16.7
Overall Individual Statistics
1977 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Individual Statistics
(includes bowl game)
RUSHING Att. Gn. Loss Net Avg. TD
Anthony 51 214 2 212 4.2 0
Berns 128 702 2 700 5.5 9
Brown 5 42 3 39 7.8 1
Burns 5 4 33 -29 -5.8 1
Craig 45 355 13 342 7.6 5
Donnell 74 354 3 351 4.7 2
Everett 1 4 0 4 4.0 0
Franklin 23 100 2 98 4.3 0
Garcia 45 112 69 43 1.0 0
Hager 2 3 3 0 0.0 0
Hipp 215 1394 41 1353 6.3 10
Lockett 1 6 0 6 6.0 0
Mauer 1 0 1 -1 1.0 0
Quinn 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0
Sorley 57 246 66 180 3.2 3
Steward 15 49 2 47 3.1 0
Stewart 8 22 1 21 2.6 1
Wurth 30 174 2 172 5.7 0
TOTAL 707 3781 247 3534 5.0 32
OPP. 629 2751 302 2449 3.9 15
PASSING Att Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD
Berns 3 1 .333 0 36 0
Burns 12 5 .417 1 79 0
Garcia 97 41 .423 4 624 5
Smith, T. 1 0 .000 0 0 0
Sorley 96 53 .552 4 663 2
TOTAL 209 100 .478 9 1402 7
OPP. 215 97 .451 18 1130 8
TOTAL OFFENSE No. Yds. Avg.
Anthony 51 212 4.2
Berns 131 736 5.6
Brown 5 39 7.8
Burns 17 50 2.9
Craig 45 342 7.6
Donnell 74 351 4.7
Everett 1 4 4.0
Franklin 23 98 4.3
Garcia 142 668 4.7
Hager 2 0 0.0
Hipp 215 1352 6.3
Lockett 1 6 6.0
Mauer 1 -1 -1.0
Quinn 1 -4 -4.0
Smith, T. 1 0 0.0
Sorley 153 843 5.5
Steward 15 47 3.1
Stewart 8 21 2.6
Wurth 30 172 5.7
TOTAL 916 4936 5.4
OPP. 844 3579 4.2
PASS
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD
Berns 11 88 1
Brown 6 149 1
Craig 13 173 1
Dufresne 2 18 0
Hipp 7 105 0
Lee, J. 1 6 0
Loken 3 13 0
Miller 5 79 0
Smith, T. 27 449 2
Spaeth 24 312 2
Steward 1 10 0
TOTAL 100 1402 7
OPP. 97 1130 8
PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Blk
Smith, T. 52 2124 40.8 0
OPP. 72 2619 36.4 1
PUNT
RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Brown 10 -1 -0.1 0
Harvey 4 80 20.0 0
Lockett 13 65 5.0 0
Rick 1 32 32.0 0
Wurth 2 6 3.0 0
Young 0 0 0.0 1
TOTAL 30 182 6.1 1
OPP. 19 115 6.1 0
KICKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Brown 3 40 13.3 0
Craig 15 298 19.9 0
Berns 1 18 18.0 0
Dufresne 1 13 13.0 0
Franklin 3 31 10.3 0
Harvey 1 21 21.0 0
Lockett 9 157 17.4 0
Stewart 1 28 28.0 0
Steward 1 11 11.0 0
TOTAL 35 617 17.6 0
OPP. 49 897 18.3 1
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. TD
Anderson 3 17 0
Andrews 1 4 0
Cotton 2 3 0
Fischer 1 0 0
Harvey 2 57 0
Kunz 2 11 0
Pillen 4 43 0
Samuel 1 0 0
Valasek 2 35 0
TOTAL 18 170 0
OPP. 9 50 0
SCORING TD Pat1 Pat2 FG SF TP
Todd 0 36-31 18-12 67
Hipp 10 1-1 62
Berns 10 60
Craig 6 1-1 38
Sorley 3 18
Brown 2 12
Donnell 2 12
Smith,T. 2 12
Spaeth 2 12
Burns 1 6
Stewart 1 6
Young 1 6
Sukup 0 2-2 2
Team 0 1 2
TOTAL 40 38-33 2-2 18-12 1 315
OPP. 24 22-22 2-11 17-10 1 200
Overall Defensive Statistics (12 games)
| —TACKLES— | —TFL— | | | –BLOCKED– |
| Linemen | UT | AT | TT | NO. | YDS | FR | PI | PBU | PNT |
|
| Andrews | 38 | 46 | 84 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Barnett | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Cole | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cotton | 12 | 21 | 33 | 3 | 11 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Horn | 10 | 36 | 46 | 4 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Lee, O. | 11 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 33 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Pensick | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Poeschl | 24 | 26 | 50 | 3 | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Pullen | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Rick | 5 | 10 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Samuel | 21 | 45 | 66 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Weinmaster | 29 | 28 | 57 | 7 | 32 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Young | 13 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Thiessen | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hineline | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Roehrs | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Gast | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Linebackers |
| Carpenter | 19 | 51 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kunz | 57 | 102 | 159 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Vering | 19 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Wightman | 16 | 30 | 46 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| Dunning | 2 | 5 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Backs |
| Anderson | 21 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – |
| Fischer | 6 | 9 | 15 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Hansen | 9 | 11 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Harvey | 24 | 32 | 56 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | – |
| Pillen | 44 | 35 | 79 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 3 | – |
| Smith, K. | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Valasek | 21 | 30 | 51 | 4 | 13 | – | 2 | 2 | – |
| Letcher | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Payne | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Walton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Sims | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Off. Team | 4 | 5 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |