Overall Team Statistics
1985 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
(does not include bowl game)
NU Opp.
Total First Downs..............238 167
By Rush......................188 80
By Pass.......................45 79
By Penalty.....................5 8
Total Offensive Yards.........5197 3070
Avg. Gain Per Game.........472.5 279.1
Total Plays..................841 765
Avg. Plays Per Game.........76.5 69.5
Avg. Gain Per Play...........6.2 4.0
Net Yards Rushing.............4117 1333
Avg. Gain Per Game.........374.3 121.2
Rushing Attempts.............697 446
Avg. Gain Per Rush...........5.9 3.0
Yards Gained Rushing........4379 1818
Yards Lost Rushing...........262 485
Net Yards Passing.............1080 1737
Avg. Gain Per Game..........98.2 157.9
Avg. Gain Per Attempt........7.5 5.4
Avg. Gain Per Completion....19.6 11.4
Attempts.....................144 319
Completions...................55 153
Percentage................. 38.2 48.0
Had Intercepted...............11 20
Passes Intercepted by...........21 11
Yards Returned...............363 66
Avg. Return.................17.3 6.0
Punting Average...............41.7 40.7
Number of Punts...............48 90
Yards.......................2001 3659
Had Blocked....................0 0
Punts Returned..................33 14
Yards Returned...............278 88
Average Return...............8.4 6.3
Kickoffs Returned...............24 57
Yards Returned...............633 873
Average Return..............26.4 15.3
Penalties-Yards.............55-431 53-384
Avg. Yards Per Game.........39.2 34.9
Fumbles-Lost.................42-20 36-17
Touchdowns......................50 16
By Rush.......................40 8
By Pass........................6 8
By Return......................4 0
By Fumble Recovery.............0 0
Field Goals made/attempts....15-24 8-10
Extra Points made/attempts...49-50 15-16
By Kick....................49-50 14-14
By Rush......................0-0 0-1
By Pass......................0-0 1-1
Safeties.........................2 0
Total Points...................398 136
Avg. Per Game...............36.2 12.4
First Down Plays...............366 311
Avg. Per Play................7.0 4.0
Third Down Conversions......63-164 46-176
Percentage..................38.4 26.1
Fourth Down Conversions......12-20 9-15
Percentage..................60.0 60.0
Time of Possession..........351:06 308:14
Avg. Time of Possession....31:55 28:01
SCORING BY QUARTERS
TOTAL
1 2 3 4 F
NEB 72 143 93 90 - 398
OPP 48 26 33 29 - 136
AVERAGE
1 2 3 4 F
NEB 6.5 13.0 8.5 8.2 - 36.2
OPP 4.4 2.4 3.0 2.6 - 12.4
Overall Individual Statistics
1985 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Individual Statistics (Final)
(does not include bowl game)
Yds/ Yds/
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Play Game LP TD
DuBose 10 203 1188 27 1161 5.7 116.1 51 8
Rathman 11 118 884 3 881 7.5 80.1 84 8
Miles 10 102 706 17 689 6.8 68.9 59 5
Sheppard 11 21 302 7 295 14.0 26.8 52 4
Clayton 11 83 399 109 290 3.5 26.4 43 5
K. Jones 10 38 249 9 240 6.3 24.0 33 3
Kaelin 11 17 137 0 137 8.1 12.5 72 2
S.Taylor 5 14 112 9 103 7.4 20.6 32 2
Kelley 9 22 95 2 93 4.2 10.3 12 1
Blakeman 7 15 68 3 65 4.3 9.3 14 0
Nelson 6 5 38 0 38 7.6 6.3 9 0
J. Taylor 4 7 32 1 31 4.4 7.8 10 0
Casterline 9 8 30 1 29 3.6 3.2 9 1
T. Knox 2 4 21 0 21 5.3 10.5 7 0
Lindstrom 11 4 19 1 18 4.5 1.6 7 0
Brinson 6 2 16 2 14 7.0 2.3 16 0
Blankenship 11 0 7 0 7 .0 .6 7 0
Heibel 4 2 5 0 5 2.5 1.3 3 0
Turner 11 24 60 56 4 .2 .4 13 1
Mlinar 3 2 8 6 2 1.0 .7 8 0
Hedlund 4 2 2 0 2 1.0 .5 1 0
R.Schnitzler 11 2 1 3 -2 -1.0 -.2 1 0
Nebraska 11 697 4379 262 4117 5.9 374.3 84 40
Opponents 11 446 1818 485 1333 3.0 121.2 88 8
PASSING G Att Cmp Pct Yds Int TD LP Eff.
Clayton 11 78 28 35.9 602 7 3 64 95.5
Turner 11 55 21 38.2 418 3 3 82 109.1
S.Taylor 5 6 3 50.0 38 1 0 16 69.9
Blakeman 7 5 3 60.0 22 0 0 14 97.0
Nebraska 11 144 55 38.2 1080 11 6 82 99.7
Opponents 11 319 153 48.0 1737 20 8 49 89.4
Yds/ Yds/
RECEIVING G No. Yds. Play Game LP TD
R.Schnitzler 11 16 382 23.9 34.7 64 2
Sheppard 11 9 281 31.2 25.5 82 2
R.Smith 11 8 121 15.1 11.0 29 0
DuBose 10 5 65 13.0 6.5 19 0
Lindstrom 11 3 59 19.7 5.4 31 0
Frain 11 3 59 19.7 5.4 24 0
Rathman 11 3 44 14.7 4.0 22 0
Banderas 11 2 26 13.0 2.4 14 2
Hawkins 9 2 26 13.0 2.9 14 0
Krantz 5 1 11 11.0 2.2 11 0
Brinson 6 1 5 5.0 .8 5 0
Kaelin 11 1 3 3.0 .3 3 0
Miles 10 1 -2 -2.0 -.2 -2 0
Nebraska 11 55 1080 19.6 98.2 82 6
Opponents 11 153 1737 11.4 157.9 49 8
PAT PAT
SCORING G TD Kick R/P FG Points
Klein 11 0 38-38 0 13-20 77
DuBose 10 8 0 0 0 48
Rathman 11 8 0 0 0 48
Sheppard 11 6 0 0 0 36
Clayton 11 5 0 0 0 30
Miles 10 5 0 0 0 30
K.Jones 10 4 0 0 0 24
Banderas 11 2 0 0 0 12
Kaelin 11 2 0 0 0 12
R.Schnitzler 11 2 0 0 0 12
Spachman 11 2 0 0 0 12
S.Taylor 5 2 0 0 0 12
C.Schnitzler 1 0 7-7 0 1-2 10
Carr 11 1 0 0 0 6
Casterline 9 1 0 0 0 6
Kelley 9 1 0 0 0 6
Turner 11 1 0 0 0 6
Cheloha 3 0 3-3 0 0 3
Drennan 2 0 0 0 1-2 3
Wingard 11 0 1-1 0 0 1
TEAM 0-1
Nebraska 11 50 49-50 0 15-24 398*
Opponents 11 16 14-14 1-2 8-10 136
*Includes two safeties.
FIELD GOALS G 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Klein 11 0-0 2-4 4-6 6-8 1-2
Drennan 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0
C.Schnitzler 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0
Nebraska 11 0-0 2-4 5-8 7-10 1-2
Opponents 11 1-1 2-2 3-3 2-3 0-1
NEBRASKA FGs: (underlined good)
(K31), (S35, S39), (K30), (K27, D42), (D47, K40, K40), (K32, K22, K43, K44, K29, K43, K43), (K46, K42, K32), (K39, K52, K50), (0), (K32), (K32).
Rt
PUNTING G No. Yards Avg. LP Blk Yd
Wingard 11 46 1934 42.0 70 0 42
Klein 11 2 67 33.5 35 0 48
Nebraska 11 48 2001 41.7 70 0 90
Opponents 11 90 3659 40.7 67 0 278
KICKOFF
RETURNS G No. Yds Avg. LP TD
DuBose 10 9 262 29.1 46 0
K.Jones 10 4 164 41.0 98 1
Kelley 9 3 72 24.0 29 0
Miles 10 4 55 13.8 26 0
Sheppard 11 2 45 22.5 31 0
Brinson 6 1 35 35.0 35 0
Frain 11 1 0 0.0 0 0
Nebraska 11 24 633 26.4 98 1
Opponents 11 57 873 15.3 37 0
PUNT RETURNS G No. Yards Avg. LP TD
R.Schnitzler 11 16 207 12.9 37 0
Sheppard 11 5 34 6.8 12 0
Brinson 6 7 19 2.7 9 0
Tomjack 7 1 11 11.0 11 0
Siebler 11 4 7 1.8 4 0
Nebraska 11 33 278 8.4 37 0
Opponents 11 14 88 6.3 48 0
INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yards Avg. LP TD
Carr 11 3 97 32.3 56 1
Washington 11 3 4 1.3 5 0
Spachman 11 2 114 57.0 76 2
Davis 11 2 27 13.5 18 0
Munford 9 2 26 13.0 24 0
Carl 11 2 23 11.5 23 0
M.Knox 11 2 3 1.5 30 0
Rozier 11 1 25 25.0 25 0
Watkins 9 1 24 24.0 24 0
Pokorny 4 1 12 12.0 12 0
Reeves 8 1 8 8.0 8 0
B.Smith 8 1 0 0.0 0 0
Nebraska 11 21 363 17.3 76 3
Opponents 11 11 66 6.0 29 0
Overall Defensive Statistics
DEFENSE
Munford, Marc
Knox, Mike
Skow, Jim
Parsons, Kevin
Noonan, Danny
Washington, Brian
Tucker, Scott
Spachman, Chris
Daffer, Chad
Carr, Chris
Siebler, Bryan
Smith, Brad
Miller, Cleo
Davis, Brian
Carl, Mike
Holloway, Tony
Smith, Neil
Reeves, Gregg
Thomas, Broderick
Watkins, Dennis
Jones, Lee
Forch, Steve
Proffitt, Todd
Rozier, Guy
Shead, Ken
Tyrer, Brad
Tomjack, Jeff
Rogers, Phil
Etienne, LeRoy
Thayer, Dan
Shaw, Pat
Schneider, Gary
Pokorny, Brian
Reynolds, Rod
Palmer, Tony
Jamrog, Jeff
Groskurth, Danny
Welniak, Doug
Jobman, Randy
Paige, Woody
Van Dyke, Greg
Henning, Blake
Fryar, Charles
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Records broken or tied
NEBRASKA RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED IN 1985
INDIVIDUAL
Most yards rushing, fullback, season:
881; Tom Rathman (old record, 717 by Dick Davis, 1967).
Most touchdowns, fullback, game:
2; Tom Rathman vs. Kansas State (ties record; done four other times, most recently by Rathman vs. Kansas State, Oct. 27, 1984).
Most touchdowns, fullback, career:
12; Tom Rathman, 1983-84-85 (ties record set by Mark Schellen, 1982-83).
Most field goals made, game:
7; Dale Klein vs. Missouri (old record, 3 by several players, most recently by Kevin Seibel vs. Missouri, Oct. 23, 1982).
Most field goals made, season:
13; Dale Klein (old record, 12 by Billy Todd, 1978, and Dean Sukup, 1979).
Most consecutive field goals made:
9; Dale Klein (old record, 7 by Eddie Neil, 1981).
Most pass breakups, season:
8; Brian Davis (ties record held by six others, most recently by Bret Clark, 1982 and 1984).
Most blocked punts, game:
1; Jeff Tomjack vs. Kansas (ties record held by several, most recently by Guy Rozier vs. Kansas, 1983).
Most tackles for loss, season:
25; Jim Skow (old record, 21 by Derrie Nelson, 1980).
Most tackles for loss, career:
44; Jim Skow, 1983-84-85 (old record, 39 by Kerry Weinmaster, 1976-77-78-79).
Most yards on tackles for loss, season:
163; Jim Skow (old record, 150 by Derrie Nelson, 1980).
Most yards on tackles for loss, career:
268; Jim Skow, 1983-84-85 (old record, 231 by Willie Harper, 1970-71-72).
Most quarterback sacks, season:
15; Jim Skow (old record, 10 by Jimmy Williams, 1981).
TEAM
Most consecutive games scored in:
147; 1974 Cotton Bowl to present (continues old record).
Most consecutive winning seasons:
24; 1962-present (continues old record).
BIG EIGHT RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED IN 1985
INDIVIDUAL
Most points scored by kicking, game:
22; Dale Klein vs. Missouri (old record, 21 by Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas vs. Wichita State, Sept. 17, 1983).
Most field goals made, game:
7; Dale Klein vs. Missouri (old record, 5 by Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas vs. Nebraska, Oct. 31, 1981; Larry Roach, Oklahoma State vs. Missouri, Oct. 30, 1982; Kallmeyer vs. Wichita State, Sept. 17, 1983).
Most field goals attempted, game:
7; Dale Klein vs. Missouri (old record, 6 by Henry Brown, Missouri vs. Air Force, Sept. 20, 1969; Bruce Kallmeyer, Kansas vs. Wichita State, Sept. 17, 1983).
TEAM
Most field goals made, game:
7; vs. Missouri (old record 5 by three teams).
Most field goals attempted, game:
7; vs. Missouri (old record 6 by Missouri vs. Air Force, 1969; Kansas vs. Wichita State, 1983).
Most consecutive winning seasons:
24; 1962-present (continues old record).
NCAA RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED IN 1985
INDIVIDUAL
Most field goals made, half:
5; Dale Klein vs. Missouri (old record, 4 by several players).
Most field goals made, game:
7; Dale Klein vs. Missouri (ties record set by Mike Prindle, Western Michigan vs. Marshall, Sept. 29, 1984, 9 att.)
Most field-goal attempts, no misses:
7; Dale Klein vs. Missouri (old record, 6 by four players, most recently by Bobby Raymond, Florida vs. Kentucky, Nov. 17, 1984).