Overall Team Statistics
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
Overall Individual Statistics
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
Individual Defensive Statistics
| 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |