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


 
DEFENSE
Munford, LB Daum, LB Clark, S Strasburger, DE Weber, DE McCashland, M Spachman, DT Shead, MG Burke, CB Daffer, LB Skow, DT Graeber, MG Noonan, DT Stuckey, DT Reeves, DE Watkins, CB B.Smith, DE Parsons, LB Reinhardt, MG Zierke, DT Forch, LB Cartwright, M Harris, CB Washington, M Tucker, DE Carl, CB Tyrer, DE Proffitt, LB Carr, S Reynolds, DT Greene, CB Fisher, S Siebler, S Rogers, MG Gangwish, DE Pete, MG Bourne, DE Frain, TE
 
G 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 8 11 9 6 11 11 10 11 10 7 4 3 9 3 3 3 4 3 3 1 1 11
 
UT 58 39 30 30 23 26 24 26 23 16 25 16 17 6 9 15 11 10 9 8 5 8 5 4 4 3 3 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
 
AT 38 35 15 12 18 14 14 10 12 13 4 12 9 15 11 5 3 2 2 2 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
TT 96 74 45 42 41 40 38 36 35 29 29 28 26 21 20 20 14 12 11 10 8 8 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
Sacks
/Yds 1/4 4/32 0/0 6/43 4/22 0/0 7/45 2/15 0/0 0/0 6/49 4/26 6/49 1/16 2/12 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/12 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
TFL
/Yds 7/19 6/34 1/5 12/66 10/40 4/10 12/65 6/21 1/4 3/5 12/63 7/39 7/51 2/18 2/12 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 4/23 0/0 1/3 1/1 0/0 2/2 0/0 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
 
Int 2 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
PBU 3 3 8 7 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fmb
Rec 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Blk
Kck 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 


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).
Most pass breakups, season:
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).
 
TEAM
Consecutive games scored in:
135; 1974 Cotton Bowl-present (extends old record).
Consecutive home sellouts:
136; 1962-present (extends old record).