1986 Nebraska football statistics
Overall Team Statistics
1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers Overall Team Statistics (does not include bowl game) NU Opp. Total First Downs.............248 145 By Rush.....................185 61 By Pass......................47 66 By Penalty...................16 18 Total Offensive Yards........4434 2592 Avg. Gain Per Game........403.1 235.6 Total Plays.................824 708 Avg. Plays Per Game........74.9 64.4 Avg. Gain Per Play..........5.4 3.7 Net Yards Rushing............3360 1053 Avg. Gain Per Game........305.5 95.7 Rushing Attempts............656 442 Avg. Gain Per Rush..........5.1 2.4 Yards Gained Rushing.......3655 1498 Yards Lost Rushing..........295 445 Net Yards Passing............1074 1539 Avg. Gain Per Game.........97.6 139.9 Avg. Gain Per Attempt.......6.4 5.8 Avg. Gain Per Comp. .......14.7 12.5 Attempts....................168 266 Completions..................73 123 Percentage.................43.5 46.2 Had Intercepted..............10 14 Passes Intercepted by..........14 10 Yards Returned..............140 64 Avg. Return................10.0 6.4 Punting Average..............39.7 40.6 Number of Punts..............48 80 Yards......................1906 3248 Had Blocked...................0 0 Punts Returned.................48 20 Yards Returned..............702 92 Average Return.............14.6 4.6 Kickoffs Returned..............30 55 Yards Returned..............585 950 Average Return.............19.5 17.3 Penalties-Yards............76-657 77-624 Avg. Yards Per Game........59.7 56.7 Fumbles-Lost................33-17 32-14 Touchdowns.....................55 18 By Rush......................40 7 By Pass......................11 10 By Return.....................4 1 Field Goals made/att. ......10-13 8-11 Extra Points made/att. .....54-55 17-18 By Kick...................54-55 16-16 By Rush.....................0-0 1-1 By Pass.....................0-0 0-1 Safeties........................1 0 Total Points..................416 150 Avg. Per Game..............37.8 13.6 First Down Plays..............369 258 Avg. Per Play...............5.7 4.1 Third Down Conv. ..........74-158 56-170 Percentage.................46.8 32.9 Fourth Down Conv. ..........12-16 3-12 Percentage.................75.0 25.0 Time of Possession.........344:54 315:06 Avg. Per Game.............31:21 28:39 SCORING BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F NEB 118 88 134 76 - 416 OPP 31 48 6 65 - 150 AVG. SCORING BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F NEB 10.7 8.0 12.2 6.9 - 37.8 OPP 2.8 4.4 0.5 5.9 - 13.6
Overall Individual Statistics
1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers Overall Individual Statistics (does not include bowl game) Yds/ Yds/ RUSHING G Att Gain Los Net Play Game LP TD K.Jones 10 161 889 59 830 5.2 83.0 78 14 S.Taylor 10 130 656 119 537 4.1 53.7 46 9 T.Knox 10 70 439 20 419 6.0 41.9 92 2 Kaelin 9 68 385 5 380 5.6 42.2 28 2 Heibel 11 54 303 1 302 5.6 27.5 23 2 Brinson 11 37 296 10 286 7.7 26.0 63 2 Rodgers 10 27 150 15 135 5.0 13.5 26 1 Kelley 5 22 136 3 133 6.0 26.6 32 2 Blakeman 11 26 124 14 110 4.2 10.0 29 4 Wheeler 8 16 75 1 74 4.6 9.3 13 1 Clayton 6 22 101 35 66 3.0 11.0 27 1 Dalton 9 9 52 0 52 5.8 5.7 11 0 Sheppard 5 7 30 1 29 4.1 5.8 14 0 Hawkins 10 3 13 0 13 4.3 1.3 7 0 Mlinar 1 2 5 1 4 2.0 4.0 5 0 Wooten 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 1.0 1 0 R.Smith 11 1 0 -11 -11 -11 -1.0 - 0 NEB 11 656 3655 295 3360 5.1 305.5 92 40 OPP 11 442 1498 445 1053 2.4 95.7 76 7 PASSING G Att Cmp Pct Yds Int TD LP Eff. Taylor 10 124 52 41.9 808 7 6 73 101.3 Blakeman 11 37 19 51.4 242 2 4 29 131.2 Clayton 6 6 2 33.3 24 1 1 21 88.6 Knox 10 1 0 00.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 NEB 11 168 73 43.4 1074 10 11 73 106.9 OPP 11 266 123 46.2 1539 14 10 56 96.7 Yds/ Yds/ RECEIVING G No. Yds Play Game LP TD D.Brinson 11 14 208 14.9 18.9 39 1 R.Smith 11 12 190 15.8 17.3 26 1 T.Millikan 11 11 230 20.9 20.9 73 4 R.Schnitzler 10 8 122 15.3 12.2 33 1 J.Gamble 10 8 111 13.9 11.1 21 0 T.Banderas 6 6 70 11.7 11.7 20 2 V.Sheppard 5 3 61 20.3 12.2 46 1 W.Griffin 9 3 42 14.0 4.7 21 1 K.Jones 10 2 18 9.0 1.8 11 0 M.Diaz 8 1 11 11.0 1.4 11 0 J.Kelley 5 1 6 6.0 1.2 6 0 H.Hawkins 10 1 5 5.0 0.5 5 0 J.Wheeler 8 1 3 3.0 0.4 3 0 M.Cooper 10 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 T.Knox 10 1 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0 0 Nebraska 11 73 1074 14.7 97.6 73 11 Opponents 11 123 1539 12.5 139.9 56 10 KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yds Avg. LP TD D.Brinson 11 13 280 21.5 58 0 V.Sheppard 5 5 135 27.0 43 0 T.Rodgers 10 6 77 12.8 26 0 D.Dalton 9 4 64 16.0 25 0 J.Wheeler 8 2 29 14.5 19 0 Nebraska 11 30 585 19.5 58 0 Opponents 11 55 950 17.3 41 0 PUNT RETURNS G No. Yds Avg LP TD D.Brinson 11 27 330 12.2 48 0 R.Smith 11 12 227 18.9 63 1 R.Schnitzler 10 1 70 70.0 70 1 T.Rodgers 10 5 50 10.0 26 0 B.Siebler 11 1 19 19.0 19 0 M.Gregory 3 1 6 6.0 6 0 V.Sheppard 5 1 0 0.0 0 0 Nebraska 11 48 702 14.6 70 2 Opponents 11 20 92 4.6 15 0 FIELD GOALS G 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ D.Klein 11 0-0 5-5 4-4 1-3 0-1 Opponents 11 0-0 2-3 4-4 1-3 1-1 DALE KLEIN FG SEQUENCE (underlined good): (49, 33, 38), (23), (0), (37, 28), (55), (44, 21), (47, 29), (26), (0), (0), (32). OPPONENTS FG SEQUENCE: (46), (0), (0), (38), (49, 37), (29), (57, 42, 36), (27), (0), (0), (22, 31). PAT PAT SCORING G TD Kick R/P FG Pts K.Jones 10 14 0 0 0 84 D.Klein 11 0 51-52 0 10-13 81 S.Taylor 10 9 0 0 0 54 C.Blakeman 11 4 0 0 0 24 T.Millikan 11 4 0 0 0 24 D.Brinson 11 3 0 0 0 18 T.Banderas 6 2 0 0 0 12 M.Heibel 11 2 0 0 0 12 K.Kaelin 9 2 0 0 0 12 J.Kelley 5 2 0 0 0 12 T.Knox 10 2 0 0 0 12 R.Schnitzler 10 2 0 0 0 12 R.Smith 11 2 0 0 0 12 M.Clayton 6 1 0 0 0 6 B.Davis 10 1 0 0 0 6 W.Griffin 9 1 0 0 0 6 T.Rodgers 10 1 0 0 0 6 V.Sheppard 5 1 0 0 0 6 B.Thomas 11 1 0 0 0 6 J.Wheeler 8 1 0 0 0 6 C.Schnitzler 1 0 2-2 0 0 2 G.Barrios 4 0 1-1 0 0 1 Nebraska 11 55 54-55 0 10-13 416* Opponents 11 18 16-16 1-2 8-11 150 *Includes one safety. INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds Avg LP TD B.Siebler 11 3 10 3.3 10 0 C.Fryar 11 3 3 1.0 7 0 M.Blazek 11 2 26 13.0 26 0 M.Munford 11 2 18 9.0 13 0 J.Tomjack 11 1 36 36.0 36 0 B.Davis 10 1 32 32.0 32 1 C.Miller 9 1 11 11.0 11 0 C.Carr 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 B.Thomas 11 0 4 0.0 4 1 Nebraska 11 14 140 10.0 40 2 Opponents 11 10 64 6.4 45 1 Rt PUNTING G No. Yds Avg LP Blk Yd J.Kroeker 11 46 1824 39.6 63 0 88 J.Toner 1 1 45 45.0 45 0 4 D.Klein 11 1 37 37.0 37 0 0 Nebraska 11 48 1906 39.7 63 0 92 Opponents 11 80 3248 40.6 78 0 702
Overall Defensive Statistics
DEFENSE M.Munford K.Parsons B.Thomas D.Noonan C.Fryar B.Siebler N.Smith T.Holloway L.Etienne L.Jones C.Spachman B.Davis M.Blazek L.Pete J.Jamrog J.Tomjack B.Washington B.Tyrer T.Rother B.Henning D.Welniak J.Marco L.Hicks C.Miller J.Custard D.Groskurth B.Miller S.Stanard G.Schneider D.Thayer S.Putnam C.Walker D.Wiley C.Carr | G 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 11 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 10 11 11 5 9 11 5 2 4 6 4 5 3 10 4 | UT 49 44 41 31 38 36 29 29 21 23 21 22 17 17 18 10 8 12 10 8 8 8 5 6 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 | AT 41 28 17 22 14 15 20 14 17 13 12 8 10 8 4 8 10 3 5 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | TOT 90 72 58 53 52 51 49 43 38 36 33 30 27 25 22 18 18 15 15 12 10 9 6 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 | Sacks | TL/Yds 8/46 1/2 11/48 12/62 1/4 0/0 10/55 10/23 2/2 7/15 4/17 1/3 1/21 5/26 7/65 1/2 1/4 8/39 2/13 0/0 0/0 4/34 0/0 0/0 1/4 0/0 2/6 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 | Int 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | PBU 4 4 2 0 8 2 1 1 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | Fmb | Blk |
Records broken or tied
INDIVIDUAL
Highest PAT conversion percentage, season (min. 40 att.):
.981; Dale Klein (51-52; old record, .977, Kevin Seibel, 43-44, 1981).
.981; Dale Klein (51-52; old record, .977, Kevin Seibel, 43-44, 1981).
Most field goals, career:
27; Dale Klein (old record, 22, Billy Todd, 1977-78).
27; Dale Klein (old record, 22, Billy Todd, 1977-78).
Highest punt-return average, season (min. 5 ret.):
18.9; Rod Smith (12-227; old record, 16.6, Johnny Rodgers, 1971).
18.9; Rod Smith (12-227; old record, 16.6, Johnny Rodgers, 1971).
Most opponents’ fumbles recovered, game:
3; Broderick Thomas vs. Colorado (old record, 2, by many).
3; Broderick Thomas vs. Colorado (old record, 2, by many).
Most opponents’ fumbles recovered, season:
6; Broderick Thomas (old record, 5, Dave Butterfield, 1975).
6; Broderick Thomas (old record, 5, Dave Butterfield, 1975).
Most passes broken up, season:
8; Charles Fryar (ties record shared by many).
8; Charles Fryar (ties record shared by many).
TEAM
Consecutive games scored in:
160; extends current record.
160; extends current record.