1978 Nebraska football statistics
Overall Team Statistics
1978 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Team Statistics
(includes bowl game)
NU Opp.
First downs, rushing 207 104
First downs, passing 89 64
First downs, penalties 13 16
Total first downs 309 184
Rushing, att. 752 594
Yds. gained rushing 4185 2372
Yds. lost rushing 222 422
Net yds. rushing 3936 1950
Per game Avg. 328.8 162.5
Passing, att. 229 231
Passes, complete 134 100
Passes, intercepted 10 13
Net yds. 2020 1566
Per game Avg. 168.3 130.5
Total offense, att. 981 825
Net yds. 5956 3516
Per game Avg. 496.3 293.0
Interceptions, No. 13 10
Net yds. returned 140 198
Punting, No. 50 81
Punts, blocked 0 2
Total yds. 1958 3188
Per punt Avg. 39.2 39.4
Punts returned, No. 29 15
Net yds. 365 104
Kickoffs returned, No. 33 60
Net yds. 586 1148
Penalties, No. 63 64
Total yds. penalized 650 601
Fumbles, No. 34 43
Fumbles, lost 20 22
Scoring total points 444 216
Per game Avg. 37.0 18.0
SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 75 134 107 128 444
OPP. 49 45 76 46 216
AVG/ SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NU 6.2 11.2 8.9 10.7 37.0
OPP. 4.1 3.7 6.3 3.8 18.0
Overall Individual Statistics
1978 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final) (includes bowl game) RUSHING Att. Gn. Loss Net Avg. TD Berns 183 1039 7 1032 5.6 11 Brown 25 154 15 139 5.6 1 Franklin 86 483 10 428 5.0 3 Hager 17 66 5 61 3.6 1 Hipp 191 1053 51 1002 5.2 7 Johnson 40 370 0 370 9.3 4 Juehring 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 Kotera 25 117 0 117 4.7 3 McCloney 4 25 0 25 6.3 0 McCrady 9 70 0 70 7.8 0 Quinn 28 202 0 202 7.2 1 Smith 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 Sorley 87 243 133 110 1.3 6 Wurth 55 374 1 373 6.8 4 TOTAL 752 4158 222 3936 5.2 41 OPP. 594 2372 422 1940 3.3 19 PASSING Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD Berns 2 0 .000 0 0 0 Hager 16 10 .625 0 185 1 Quinn 6 4 .667 1 44 0 Sorley 205 120 .585 9 1791 14 TOTAL 229 134 .585 10 2020 15 OPP. 231 100 .432 13 1566 10 TOTAL OFFENSE No. Yds. Avg. Berns 185 1032 5.6 Brown 25 139 5.6 Franklin 86 428 5.0 Hager 33 246 7.5 Hipp 191 1002 5.2 Johnson 40 370 9.3 Juehring 1 4 4.0 Kotera 25 117 4.7 McCloney 4 25 6.3 McCrady 9 70 7.8 Quinn 34 246 7.2 Smith 1 3 3.0 Sorley 292 1901 6.5 Wurth 55 373 6.8 TOTAL 981 5956 6.1 OPP. 825 3516 4.3 RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Berns 11 101 1 Brown 28 410 2 Davies 1 13 0 Finn 3 38 0 Franklin 3 4 0 Hipp 9 72 0 Johnson 2 81 1 Kotera 1 12 0 Lockett 12 212 2 McCloney 2 88 1 McCrady 5 58 0 Miller 33 609 6 Smith 22 303 2 Wurth 2 19 0 TOTAL 134 2020 15 OPP. 100 1566 10 PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Blk. Smith 47 1852 39.4 0 Todd 3 106 35.3 0 TOTAL 50 1958 39.2 0 OPP. 81 3188 39.4 2 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD Brown 19 278 14.6 1 Cole 1 8 8.0 0 Dunning 0 0 0.0 1 Liegl 3 -4 -1.3 0 Lockett 5 67 13.4 0 Nelson 1 16 16.0 0 TOTAL 29 365 12.6 2 OPP. 15 104 6.9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD Berns 3 61 20.3 0 Brown 14 248 17.7 0 Lockett 13 244 18.8 0 Johnson 2 22 11.0 0 Miller 1 11 11.0 0 TOTAL 33 586 17.8 0 OPP. 60 1148 19.1 1 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. TD Andrews 1 0 0 Cole 1 8 0 Dunning 1 23 0 LeRoy 1 24 0 Means 3 51 0 Nelson 1 8 0 Fischer 2 3 0 Gary 1 2 0 Hansen 1 0 0 Letcher 1 21 0 TOTAL 13 140 0 OPP. 10 198 0 SCORING TD Patl Pat2 FG TP Todd 47-45 19-11 78 Berns 12 72 Hipp 7 42 Miller 6 40 Sorley 6 3-1 38 Wurth 4 24 Brown 4 24 Kotera 3 18 Franklin 3 18 Smith 2 12 Lockett 2 12 Sukup 6-6 6 *Cole 1 6 Dunning 1 6 McCloney 1 6 Hager 1 6 Quinn 1 6 TOTAL 59 53-51 6-3 19-11 444 OPP. 30 26-25 4-1 7-3 216 *Fumble recovered in end zone (CA)
Overall Defensive Statistics (12 games)
| —TACKLES— | —TFL— | –BLOCKED– | |||||||
| Linemen | UT | AT | TT | NO. | YDS | FR | PI | PBU | PNT |
| Cole | 31 | 30 | 61 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nelson | 20 | 22 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Horn | 46 | 18 | 64 | 7 | 43 | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| Clark,D. | 17 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Weinmaster | 44 | 18 | 62 | 16 | 85 | – | – | – | – |
| Lee,O. | 11 | 13 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Barnett | 23 | 21 | 44 | 4 | 26 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Pensick | 29 | 10 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Poeschl | 8 | 2 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Andrews | 51 | 33 | 84 | 10 | 61 | – | 1 | 3 | – |
| Lindstrom | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 11 | – | – | – | – |
| Holmes | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | – | – | – | – |
| Bryant | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Thiessen | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Linebackers | |||||||||
| Dunning | 52 | 61 | 113 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Williams | 13 | 8 | 21 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Kunz | 68 | 62 | 130 | 5 | 9 | 2 | – | 3 | – |
| Vering | 10 | 13 | 23 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Ruud | 7 | 2 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Baker | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Backs | |||||||||
| Pillen | 32 | 32 | 64 | 7 | 49 | 2 | – | 3 | – |
| Fischer | 30 | 15 | 45 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – |
| Gary | 17 | 9 | 26 | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | – |
| Means | 23 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – |
| Hansen | 18 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Walton | 4 | 5 | 9 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Liegl | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| LeRoy | 13 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Letcher | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Off. Team | 9 | 0 | 9 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |