1984 Nebraska football statistics
Overall Team Statistics
1984 Nebraska Cornhuskers Overall Team Statistics Bowl game not included TEAM STATISTICS NU Opp. First Downs....................245 130 By Rush......................175 59 By Pass.......................64 56 By Penalty.....................6 15 Total Offense.................4703 2236 Avg. Gain Per Game.........427.5 203.3 Total Plays..................855 694 Avg. Plays Per Game.........77.7 63.1 Avg. Gain Per Play...........5.5 3.2 Net Yards Rushing.............3422 867 Avg. Gain Per Game.........311.1 78.8 Rushing Attempts.............695 438 Avg. Gain Per Rush...........4.9 2.0 Yards Gained Rushing........3677 1301 Yards Lost Rushing...........255 434 Net Yards Passing.............1281 1369 Avg. Gain Per Game.........116.5 124.5 Avg. Gain Per Attempt........8.0 5.3 Avg. Gain Per Completion....14.2 11.9 Attempts.....................160 256 Completions...................90 115 Percentage...................563 .449 Had Intercepted................9 16 Interceptions by................17 11 Yards Returned...............295 73 Avg. Return.................17.4 6.6 Punting Average...............40.3 41.2 Number of Punts...............51 98 Yards.......................2056 4040 Had Blocked....................2 2 Punts Returned..................45 18 Yards Returned...............555 98 Average Return..............12.3 5.4 Kickoffs Returned...............18 45 Yards Returned...............420 742 Average Return..............23.3 16.5 Penalties-Yards.............55-503 48-420 Avg. Yards Per Game.........45.7 38.2 Fumbles-Lost.................43-24 18-12 Touchdowns......................49 13 By Rush.......................39 6 By Pass........................8 7 By Return......................2 0 By Fumble Recovery.............0 0 Field Goals made/attempts.....5-12 5-9 Extra Points made/attempts...44-49 12-13 By Kick....................42-45 12-12 By Rush......................1-2 0-0 By Pass......................1-2 0-1 Safeties.........................2 0 Total Points...................359 105 Avg. Per Game...............32.6 9.5 First Down Plays...............377 273 Avg. Per Play................5.6 3.0 Third Down Conversions......75-164 41-167 Percentage..................45.7 24.6 Fourth Down Conversions......12-20 7-11 Percentage..................60.0 63.6 Time of Possession..........353:49 307:13 Avg. Time of Possession....32:09 27:55 SCORE BY QUARTERS TOTAL Nebraska 63 112 61 123 - 359 Opponents 24 20 17 44 - 105 AVERAGE Nebraska 5.7 10.2 5.5 11.2 - 32.6 Opponents 2.2 1.8 1.5 4.0 - 9.5
Individual Statistics
Yds/ Yds/ RUSHING G Att Gain Los Net Play Game LP TD DuBose 11 156 1057 17 1040 6.7 94.5 80 8 J.Smith 10 177 945 10 935 5.3 93.5 23 7 Rathman 11 75 382 1 381 5.1 34.6 20 4 Porter 11 45 221 0 221 4.9 20.1 26 1 Turner 11 77 296 106 190 2.5 17.3 48 10 K.Jones 6 29 194 8 186 6.4 31.0 47 2 Miles 4 25 110 6 104 4.2 26.0 20 1 Swanson 11 15 91 0 91 6.1 8.3 19 1 Sundberg 11 56 176 102 74 1.3 6.7 20 3 Gatson 7 4 40 0 40 10.0 5.7 22 0 Hoskins 8 5 24 0 24 4.8 3.0 8 1 Kaelin 9 6 20 0 20 3.3 2.2 7 0 Blakeman 7 8 22 5 17 2.1 2.4 8 1 Mlinar 3 3 16 0 16 5.3 5.3 16 0 Thompson 11 2 16 0 16 8.0 1.5 11 0 Lindstrom 5 1 15 0 15 15.0 3.0 15 0 Kelley 1 2 13 0 13 6.5 13.0 10 0 Wooten 1 3 12 0 12 4.0 12.0 7 0 Douglas 3 2 11 0 11 5.5 3.7 8 0 Gamble 10 1 11 0 11 11.0 1.1 11 0 Kingston 4 3 5 0 5 1.7 1.3 5 0 NEB 11 695 3677 255 3422 4.9 311.1 80 39 OPP 11 438 1301 434 867 2.0 78.8 29 6 PASSING G Att Cmp Pct Yds Int TD LP Eff. Sundberg 11 84 53 63.1 740 6 4 42 138.5 Turner 11 75 37 49.3 541 3 4 64 119.5 Douglas 3 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 NEB 11 160 90 56.3 1281 9 8 64 128.8 OPP 11 256 115 44.9 1369 16 7 63 86.4 Yds/ RECEIVING G No. Yds. Play LP TD Swanson 11 16 203 12.7 26 0 Frain 11 15 218 14.5 30 1 Hiemer 11 12 174 14.5 29 4 Kimball 11 11 157 14.3 30 0 DuBose 11 8 105 13.1 42 0 Gamble 10 7 138 19.7 64 2 R.Schnitzler 11 6 144 24.0 39 0 J.Smith 10 6 81 13.5 30 0 Porter 11 3 6 2.0 5 0 Thompson 11 2 12 6.0 7 1 Gatson 7 1 20 20.0 20 0 Otte 2 1 12 12.0 12 0 Lindstrom 5 1 7 7.0 7 0 Miles 4 1 4 4.0 4 0 Nebraska 11 90 1281 14.2 64 8 Opponents 11 115 1369 11.9 63 7 PUNTING G No. Yds Avg LP Blk RtYd Livingston 11 49 2018 41.2 64 1 84 Wingard 2 1 38 38.0 38 0 0 TEAM 11 1 0 0.0 0 1 14 Nebraska 11 51 2056 40.3 64 2 98 Opponents 11 98 4040 41.2 72 2 555 KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yds Avg LP TD Swanson 11 5 155 31.0 47 0 DuBose 11 6 118 19.7 29 0 Gamble 10 4 95 23.8 33 0 J.Smith 10 2 36 18.0 19 0 K.Jones 6 1 16 16.0 16 0 Nebraska 11 18 420 23.3 47 0 Opponents 11 45 742 16.5 31 0 FIELD GOALS G 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Klein 11 0-0 2-3 2-2 0-3 0-0 Livingston 11 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-0 Nebraska 11 0-0 3-4 2-3 0-5 0-0 Opponents 11 0-0 1-1 3-4 1-3 0-1 NEBRASKA FIELD GOAL SEQUENCE (boldface good, b-blocked): (0), (L32b,L22), (0), (0), (K36), (K49,K28), (K48, K38), (0), (K20, L48), (0), (K49,K23,L46) PUNT RETURNS G No. Yds Avg LP TD Swanson 11 19 275 14.5 51 1 J.Smith 10 15 225 15.0 51 0 Burke 11 8 42 5.3 15 0 Siebler 4 1 5 5.0 5 0 DuBose 11 1 4 4.0 4 0 R.Schnitzler 11 1 4 4.0 4 0 Nebraska 11 45 555 12.3 51 1 Opponents 11 18 98 5.4 14 0 INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds Avg LP TD Clark 11 6 108 18.0 68 0 Munford 11 2 61 30.5 57 1 Watkins 11 2 37 18.5 26 0 Burke 11 2 22 11.0 22 0 Daum 11 2 19 9.5 14 0 Weber 10 1 25 25.0 25 0 Reeves 11 1 23 23.0 23 0 Tyrer 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 Nebraska 11 17 295 17.4 68 1 Opponents 11 11 73 6.6 34 0 PAT PAT SCORING G TD Kick R/P FG Pts Turner 11 10 0 0 0 60 DuBose 11 8 0 0 0 48 J. Smith 10 7 0 1 0 44 Klein 11 0 26-28 0 4-8 38 Rathman 11 4 0 0 0 24 Hiemer 11 4 0 0 0 24 Livingston 11 0 16-17 0 1-4 19 Sundberg 11 3 0 0 0 18 Gamble 10 2 0 1 0 14 Swanson 11 2 0 0 0 12 K Jones 6 2 0 0 0 12 Blakeman 7 1 0 0 0 6 Miles 4 1 0 0 0 6 Hoskins 8 1 0 0 0 6 Porter 11 1 0 0 0 6 Thompson 11 1 0 0 0 6 Munford 11 1 0 0 0 6 Frain 11 1 0 0 0 6 Nebraska 11 49 42-45 2 5-12 359* Opponents 11 13 12-12 0 5-9 105 *Includes two safeties.
Overall Defensive Statistics
Records broken or tied
INDIVIDUAL
Longest interception return, no score:
68; Bret Clark vs. Minnesota (old record, 64 by Tim Holbrook vs. Kansas State, 1980).
68; Bret Clark vs. Minnesota (old record, 64 by Tim Holbrook vs. Kansas State, 1980).
Most pass breakups, season:
8; Bret Clark (ties record held by Clark and five others).
8; Bret Clark (ties record held by Clark and five others).
Most pass breakups, career:
19; Bret Clark, 1982-83-84 (ties record held by Marv Mueller, 1965-66-67, and Jim Anderson, 1969-70-71).
19; Bret Clark, 1982-83-84 (ties record held by Marv Mueller, 1965-66-67, and Jim Anderson, 1969-70-71).
TEAM
Consecutive games scored in:
135; 1974 Cotton Bowl-present (extends old record).
135; 1974 Cotton Bowl-present (extends old record).
Consecutive home sellouts:
136; 1962-present (extends old record).
136; 1962-present (extends old record).