Overall Team Statistics
1979 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Team Statistics
(includes bowl game)
NU Opp.
First downs, rushing 210 71
First downs, passing 64 66
Penalties 13 16
Total first downs 287 153
Rushing, att. 756 479
Yds. gained rushing 4189 1671
Yds. lost rushing 257 441
Net yds. rushing 3932 1230
Per game Avg. 327.7 139.3
Passing, att. 206 266
Passes, complete 105 120
Passes, intercepted 9 17
Net yds. 1408 1478
Per game Avg. 117.3 123.2
Total offense, att. 962 745
Net yds. 534.0 2708
Per game Avg. 445.0 225.6
Interceptions, No. *20 **11
Net yds. returned 157 162
Punting, No. 53 86
Punts, blocked 0 0
Total yards 2093 3441
Per punt Avg. 39.5 40.0
Punts returned. No. 41 12
Net yds. 276 81
Kickoffs returned, No. 30 44
Net yds. 610 769
Penalties, No. 69 53
Total yds. penalized 723 512
Fumbles, No. 34 35
Fumbles, lost 22 16
Scoring total points 380 131
Per game Avg. 31.7 10.9
*includes 3 fumble interceptions
** includes 2 fumble interceptions
SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NEB 59 134 91 96 380
OPP 36 31 44 20 131
AVG. SCORING BY QUARTERS
lst 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NEB 4.9 11.2 7.6 8.0 31.7
OPP 3.0 2.6 3.7 1.7 10.9
Overall Individual Statistics
1979 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final)
(includes bowl game)
RUSHING Att. Gn. Loss Net Avg TD
Brown 26 175 7 168 6.5 1
Craig 7 31 0 31 4.4 0
Franklin 110 584 1 583 5.3 4
Hager 33 106 69 37 1.1 2
Havekost 0 11 0 11 -- 0
Hipp 128 598 13 585 4.6 4
Johnson 96 558 14 544 5.7 6
Kotera 17 119 0 119 7.0 2
Landwehr 10 54 7 47 4.7 0
Mason 1 2 0 2 2.0 0
Mauer 10 32 15 17 1.7 0
McCrady 7 59 0 59 8.4 0
Miller 8 80 0 80 10.0 0
Quinn 75 352 105 274 3.3 3
Redwine 165 1117 17 1100 6.7 9
Rogan 4 13 0 13 3.3 0
Schleusener 1 15 0 15 15.0 1
Simmons 1 5 0 5 5.0 0
Steels 8 36 7 29 3.6 1
Wilkening 5 19 0 19 3.8 0
Wurth 44 223 2 221 5.1 3
TOTALS 756 4189 257 3932 5.2 36
OPP. 479 1671 441 1230 2.6 7
PASSING Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD
Hager 91 46 .505 4 680 6
Mauer 3 1 .333 0 13 1
Miller 1 0 0 0 0
Quinn 110 57 .518 5 702 5
Redwine 1 1 1.000 0 13 0
TOTALS 206 105 .510 9 1408 12
OPP. 266 120 .451 17 1478 7
TOTAL
OFFENSE No. Yds. Avg.
Brown 26 168 6.5
Craig 7 31 4.4
Franklin 110 583 5.3
Hager 124 717 5.8
Havekost 0 11 -
Hipp 128 585 4.6
Johnson 96 544 5.7
Kotera 17 119 7.0
Landwehr 10 47 4.7
Mason 1 2 2.0
Mauer 13 30 2.3
McCrady 7 59 8.4
Miller 9 80 8.9
Quinn 185 949 5.1
Redwine 166 1113 6.7
Rogan 4 13 3.3
Schleusener 1 15 15.0
Simmons 1 5 5.0
Steels 8 29 3.6
Wilkening 5 19 3.8
Wurth 44 221 5.1
TOTALS 962 5340 5.5
OPP. 745 2708 3.6
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD
Brown 15 164 1
Davies 1 19 0
Finn 5 64 1
Franklin 2 19 0
Hipp 5 13 0
Johnson 2 12 0
Kotera 1 9 0
McCrady 1 15 0
Miller 23 435 7
Quinn 1 13 0
Redwine 7 35 0
Saalfeld 1 0 0
Smith 31 487 1
Steels 7 91 0
Woodard 2 22 1
Wurth 1 10 0
TOTALS 105 1408 12
OPP. 120 1478 7
PUNTING No. Yds. Avg. Blk.
Gemar 2 64 32.0 0
Smith 51 2029 39.8 0
TOTALS 53 2093 39.5 0
OPP. 86 3441 40.0 0
PUNT
RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Brown 23 125 5.4 1
Liegl 16 112 7.0 0
Steels 2 39 19.5 2
TOTALS 41 276 6.7 1
OPP. 12 81 6.8 0
KICKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
Brown 11 230 20.9 0
Kotera 1 20 20.0 0
Redwine 1 26 26.0 0
Simmons 1 21 21.0 0
Steels 16 313 19.6 0
TOTALS 30 610 20.3 0
OPP. 44 769 17.5 0
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. TD
Barnett *1 0 0
Cole *2 60 1
Gary 1 24 0
Leroy *5 25 0
Lindquist 3 13 0
Lindstrom 1 0 0
McWhirter 1 11 0
Means 3 18 0
Sims 1 0 0
Vering 1 6 0
Krejci 1 0 0
TOTALS *20 157 1
OPP. **11 162 3
*includes 3 fumble interceptions
**includes 2 fumble interceptions
SCORING TD Pat-1 Pat-2 FG TP
Bergkamp 2-0 0
Brown 3 1-1 20
Cole 1 6
Finn 1 6
Franklin 4 24
Hager 2 1-0 12
Hipp 4 24
Johnson 6 36
Kotera 2 12
Miller 7 42
Quinn 3 18
Redwine 10 60
Schleusener 1 6
Seibel 2-2 2
Smith 1 6
Steels 1 6
Sukup 44-40 17-12 76
Woodard 1 6
Wurth 3 18
TOTALS 50 48-42 2-1 17-12 380
OPP. 17 13-10 4-2 11-5 131
Overall Defensive Statistics
| TACKLES | TFL | | | | BLOCKED |
| Linemen | UT | AT | TT | NO. | YDS | FR | PI | PBU | FG | PAT | P |
| Cole | 38 | 26 | 64 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Williams,J. | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Horn | 24 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 12 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Clark | 15 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Weinmaster | 28 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lee | 15 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Barnett | 26 | 21 | 47 | 7 | 31 | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Pensick | 16 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nelson | 34 | 24 | 58 | 8 | 60 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Lindstrom | 7 | 8 | 15 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Hineline | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Minor | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thiessen | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Holmes | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Linebackers |
| Baker | 60 | 30 | 90 | 3 | 9 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Vering | 42 | 34 | 76 | 4 | 29 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Williams,B. | 49 | 33 | 82 | 6 | 24 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| McWhirter | 17 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 12 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Damkroger | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Ruud | 5 | 5 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Seibel | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Backs |
| Letcher | 6 | 3 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Lindquist | 26 | 19 | 45 | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | – | – | – |
| LeRoy | 28 | 19 | 47 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Sims | 9 | 2 | 11 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Gary | 26 | 24 | 50 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Krejci | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Means | 24 | 7 | 31 | – | – | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Lewis | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Liegl | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |