1980 Nebraska football statistics

• Team Statistics
• Individual Statistics
• Defensive Statistics

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Overall Team Statistics

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1980 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
(does not include bowl game)

                             NU    Opp. 
First Downs Total           293     153 
  By Rushing                211      74 
  By Passing                 66      66 
  By Penalty                 16      13 
Rushing Attempts            739     454 
  Yards Gained             4389    1635 
  Yards Lost                228     667 
  Net Yardage              4161     968 
  Average per Rush          5.6     2.1 
  Average per Game        378.3    88.0 
  Touchdowns by Rushing      45       7 
Passing Attempted           174     259 
  Completed                 102     118 
  Net Yardage              1415    1350 
  Percent Completed        58.6    45.6 
  For Touchdowns             14       3 
  Had Intercepted             6      14 
  Average per Attempt       8.1     5.2 
  Average per Completion   13.9    11.4 
  Average per Game        128.6   122.7 
Total Offense Plays         913     713 
  Net Yardage              5576    2318 
  Average per Play          6.1     3.3 
  Average per Game        506.9   210.7 
Punts                        39      74 
  Had Blocked                 2       0 
  Average                  35.7    42.2 
Punts Returned               29      11 
  Yardage                   235      62 
  Returned for TDs            0       0 
  Average per Return        8.1     5.6 
Kickoff Returns              14      32 
  Yardage                   344     575 
  Returns for TDs             0       0 
  Average per Return       21.6    17.9 
Interception Returns         14       6 
  Yardage                   231      37 
  Returns for TDs             1       0 
  Average per Return       16.5     6.2 
Fumbles-lost              44-21   40-21 
Penalties-yards          59-603  42-383 


SCORING BY QUARTERS
        1st   2nd   3rd   4th     Total
NU      111   144    97    87       439 
OPP.      6    34    19    34        93 

AVG. SCORING BY QUARTERS
        1st    2nd   3rd   4th    Total
NU     10.1   13.1   8.8   7.9     39.9 
OPP.    0.5    3.1   1.7   3.1      8.5 

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Overall Individual Statistics

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RUSHING   Att.   Gn.  Loss  Net   Avg  TD 
Bates       14    90    0    90   6.4   0 
Burke        6    27    6    21   3.5   0 
Craig      108   788   19   769   7.1  15 
Franklin   120   680    2   678   5.7   3 
Fryar        2    14    0    14   7.0   0 
Gemar        1     0  -10   -10    -    0 
Gill         4    27    1    26   6.5   0 
Johnson     72   385    6   679   5.3   6 
Kotera      41   179    1   178   4.3   1 
Mason       23   114   15    99   4.3   0 
Mathison     9    49    1    48   5.3   1 
Mauer       15   106    0   106   7.1   3 
McCrady      7    20    6    14   2.0   0 
Moravec     15    97    1    96   6.4   1 
Quinn      108   442   94   348   3.2   6 
Redwine    156  1156   37  1119   7.2   9 
Simmons     14    66   18    48   3.4   0 
Smith,Paul   2     5    0     5   2.5   0 
Steels      17    95   10    85   5.0   0 
Knoll        1     0    1    -1    -    0 
Smith,Jeff   4    49    0    49  12.3   0


PASSING  Att. Comp Int  Pct   Yds  TD 
Gill       1    0   0  .000     0   0 
Mason      5    1   0  .200    14   0 
Mauer     11    5   0  .455    64   0 
Quinn    157   96   6  .611  1337  14


RECEIVING   No.  Yds   YPC   YPG  TD 
Brown        28  416  14.9  37.8   5
Davies        4   49  12.3   7.0   0
Finn         20  217  10.9  19.7   3
Franklin      1   12  12.0   1.1   0
Johnson       6   26   4.3   2.6   0
McCrady      12  195  16.3  17.7   2
Noonan       10  187  18.7  18.7   3
Redwine       7   67   9.6   7.4   0
Steels       11  208  18.9  18.9   1
Williams,J.   1   12  12.0   6.0   0
Woodard       1   12  12.0  12.0   0
Vergith       1   14  14.0  14.0   0


INTERCEPTION
RETURNS    No. Yds.  Avg. TDs  Long  
Baker       2   85   42.5   1  77—M 
Gary        1    0      0   0   0—PS 
Krejci      1    8    8.0   0   8—OSU 
Lindquist   3   -2     -    0   0—6,I 
Sims        2   43   21.5   0  27—PS 
Van Norman  1   30   30.0   0  30—K 
Holbrook    1   64   64.0   0  64—KS 
Lewis       1    3    3.0   0   3—C 
Means       2    0      0   0   0—C,IS


PUNTING    No.  Yds.   Avg.   Long  
Gemar      37   1372   37.1   56—PS 
Team        2     20   10.0   20—PS


SCORING  TDs  Pat1 Pat2    FG   SAF  TP 
Baker     1                           6 
Brown     5                          30 
Craig    15                          90 
Finn      3                          18 
Franklin  3                          18 
Johnson   6                          36 
Kotera    1                           6 
Mathison  1                           6 
Mandelko  1                           6 
Mauer     3                          18 
McCrady   2                          12 
Neil          7-8          0-3        7 
Noonan    3                          18 
Moravec   1                           6 
Quinn     6         0-1              36 
Redwine   9                          54 
Schoening     1-2                     1 
Seibel       48-50         5-7       63 
Steels    1                           6 
Team
vs. Iowa                          1   2 


PUNT RETURNS   No.   Yds.  Avg.  TDs  Long 
Liegl          28    244    8.0   0   43—I 
Simmons         1     11   11.0   0   11—I


KICKOFF
RETURNS    No.   Yds.  Avg.   TDs  Long 
Simmons     4    112   28.0    0   77—K 
Steels      7    171   24.4    0   63—M 
Craig       2     35   17.5    0   18—M 
Fryar       1     26   26.0    0   26—KS

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Individual Defensive Statistics

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TACKLES

TFL

BLOCKED

Linemen

UT

AT

TT

NO.

YDS

FR

PI

PBU

SAF

FG

PAT

P

Williams,J

48

18

66

18

112

2

–

1

–

–

–

–

Holmes

3

3

6

3

13

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

Clark

24

16

40

9

68

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

Gdowski

3

2

5

1

5

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Hineline

30

14

44

6

37

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Merrell

10

12

22

–

–

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

Williams,T

29

19

48

5

30

3

–

2

–

–

–

–

Waechter

30

17

47

10

77

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

Nelson

42

15

57

21

153

2

–

1

–

–

–

–

Lindstrom

9

3

12

2

6

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Stromath

6

2

8

1

7

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Bess

1

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Felici

6

3

9

1

9

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

Lonowski

1

–

1

1

1

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

Van Lent

2

0

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Graeber

1

0

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Linebackers

Baker

31

28

59

1

8

1

2

1

–

–

–

–

Damkroger

37

21

58

2

10

–

–

3

–

–

–

–

Williams,B

29

30

59

3

13

–

–

2

–

–

–

–

McWhirter

20

11

31

4

9

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Evans

9

6

15

1

6

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Santin

1

0

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Backs

Lindquist

17

8

25

–

–

–

3

4

–

–

–

–

Lewis

23

6

29

–

–

2

1

5

–

–

–

–

Sims

26

15

41

4

30

–

2

3

–

–

–

–

Van Norman

6

1

7

–

–

–

1

1

–

–

–

–

Gary

46

16

62

2

3

–

1

1

–

–

–

–

Krejci

7

2

9

–

–

–

1

1

–

–

–

–

Means

21

2

23

–

–

1

2

2

–

–

–

–

Liegl

1

1

2

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

Larsen

3

0

3

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

Bell

–

1

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Searcey

1

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Clark

2

0

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Holbrook

1

0

1

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

Iodence

2

0

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–