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2008 Nebraska football statistics

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2008 individual game statistics
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Overall Team Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2008) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 434 350 Points Per Game............. 36.2 29.2 FIRST DOWNS................... 281 214 Rushing..................... 110 81 Passing..................... 160 110 Penalty..................... 11 23 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2082 1510 Yards gained rushing........ 2345 1837 Yards lost rushing.......... 263 327 Rushing Attempts............ 451 392 Average Per Rush............ 4.6 3.9 Average Per Game............ 173.5 125.8 TDs Rushing................. 27 24 PASSING YARDAGE............... 3417 2828 Att-Comp-Int................ 397-276-10 348-205-10 Average Per Pass............ 8.6 8.1 Average Per Catch........... 12.4 13.8 Average Per Game............ 284.8 235.7 TDs Passing................. 25 17 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 5499 4338 Total Plays................. 848 740 Average Per Play............ 6.5 5.9 Average Per Game............ 458.2 361.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards......... 53-1156 53-1267 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards......... 25-343 16-127 INT RETURNS: #-Yards.......... 10-202 10-186 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 21.8 23.9 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 13.7 7.9 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 20.2 18.6 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 28-15 16-5 PENALTIES-Yards............... 86-719 57-427 Average Per Game............ 59.9 35.6 PUNTS-Yards................... 41-1580 57-2211 Average Per Punt............ 38.5 38.8 Net punt average............ 33.0 31.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game....... 34:00 26:00 3RD-DOWN Conversions.......... 77/159 54/153 3rd-Down Pct................ 48% 35% 4TH-DOWN Conversions.......... 5/13 9/18 4th-Down Pct................ 38% 50% SACKS BY-Yards................ 30-225 21-128 MISC YARDS.................... 9 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 56 46 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 14-17 10-16 ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-1 1-1 RED-ZONE SCORES............... 49-57 86% 36-46 78% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 40-57 70% 28-46 61% PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 54-55 98% 42-46 91% ATTENDANCE.................... 680564 235899 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 8/85070 4/58975 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- Nebraska............ 98 123 61 152 0 - 434 Opponents........... 113 93 86 52 6 - 350

Overall Individual Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2008) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------------------- Helu Jr., Roy 12-1 120 834 30 804 6.7 7 57 67.0 Lucky, Marlon 11-11 125 550 33 517 4.1 7 58 47.0 Castille, Q. 12-0 88 365 23 342 3.9 6 37 28.5 Ganz, Joe 12-12 85 402 145 257 3.0 5 33 21.4 Mendoza, Marcus 4-0 15 110 7 103 6.9 1 35 25.8 Swift, Nate 12-12 2 23 0 23 11.5 0 16 1.9 Peterson, Todd 12-12 2 18 0 18 9.0 0 16 1.5 Lee, Zac 2-0 2 17 0 17 8.5 0 11 8.5 Witt, Patrick 4-0 3 17 1 16 5.3 1 16 4.0 Henery, Alex 12-0 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 0.8 McNeill, Mike 12-12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Paul, Niles 12-2 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 0 -0.5 TEAM 4-0 5 0 9 -9 -1.8 0 0 -2.2 Wesch, Jake 12-0 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -0.8 Total.......... 12 451 2345 263 2082 4.6 27 58 173.5 Opponents...... 12 392 1837 327 1510 3.9 24 67 125.8

PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 12-12 156.72 266-384-10 69.3 3332 23 69 277.7 Witt, Patrick 4-0 125.40 6-8-0 75.0 48 0 23 12.0 Lucky, Marlon 11-11 530.80 2-2-0 100.0 24 2 20 2.2 Lee, Zac 2-0 71.00 1-2-0 50.0 5 0 5 2.5 Wesch, Jake 12-0 167.20 1-1-0 100.0 8 0 8 0.7 Total.......... 12 157.56 276-397-10 69.5 3417 25 69 284.8 Opponents...... 12 137.54 205-348-10 58.9 2828 17 68 235.7

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 12-12 60 909 15.1 9 67 75.8 Peterson, Todd 12-12 58 690 11.9 3 36 57.5 McNeill, Mike 12-12 29 415 14.3 6 53 34.6 Holt, Menelik 11-4 28 320 11.4 1 25 29.1 Helu Jr., Roy 12-1 25 266 10.6 0 27 22.2 Lucky, Marlon 11-11 22 275 12.5 1 69 25.0 Paul, Niles 12-2 21 201 9.6 0 21 16.8 Young, Dreu 12-4 9 140 15.6 1 55 11.7 Castille, Q. 12-0 8 89 11.1 0 31 7.4 Teafatiller, H. 11-2 3 27 9.0 0 15 2.5 Hill, Ryan 12-0 3 9 3.0 1 6 0.8 Brooks, Chris 11-0 2 27 13.5 1 25 2.5 Gilleylen, C. 11-0 2 11 5.5 0 6 1.0 Mendoza, Marcus 4-0 2 7 3.5 0 7 1.8 Ganz, Joe 12-12 1 20 20.0 1 20 1.7 Cammack, Wes 12-0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.4 Lawson, Thomas 10-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 Suh, Ndamukong 12-12 1 2 2.0 1 2 0.2 Total.......... 12 276 3417 12.4 25 69 284.8 Opponents...... 12 205 2828 13.8 17 68 235.7

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 18 266 14.8 1 88 Paul, Niles 7 77 11.0 0 28 Total.......... 25 343 13.7 1 88 Opponents...... 16 127 7.9 0 28

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Suh, Ndamukong 2 79 39.5 2 49 Potter, Zach 2 11 5.5 0 11 O'Hanlon, Matt 1 21 21.0 0 21 Wortman, Tyler 1 8 8.0 0 8 Thenarse, R. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Asante, Larry 1 0 0.0 0 0 Murillo, A. 1 57 57.0 0 57 West, Anthony 1 26 26.0 0 26 Total.......... 10 202 20.2 2 57 Opponents...... 10 186 18.6 3 57

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 38 911 24.0 1 85 Dennard, Alfonzo 7 119 17.0 0 29 Lawson, Thomas 3 31 10.3 0 20 Asante, Larry 2 31 15.5 0 20 Gilleylen, C. 2 48 24.0 0 26 Teafatiller, H. 1 16 16.0 0 16 Total.......... 53 1156 21.8 1 85 Opponents...... 53 1267 23.9 1 98

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Hagg, Eric 1 3 3.0 0 3 Murillo, A. 1 11 11.0 0 11 Total.......... 2 14 7.0 0 11 Opponents...... 4 122 30.5 1 58

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2008) All games

|------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 0 14-17 54-55 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 96 Swift, Nate 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60 Lucky, Marlon 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Helu Jr., Roy 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Ganz, Joe 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 36 Castille, Q. 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 McNeill, Mike 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Suh, Ndamukong 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Peterson, Todd 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Young, Dreu 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Holt, Menelik 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Mendoza, Marcus 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Paul, Niles 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Witt, Patrick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hill, Ryan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Brooks, Chris 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Hagg, Eric 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Total.......... 56 14-17 54-55 0-0 0 0-1 0 1 434 Opponents...... 46 10-16 42-46 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 350

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G --------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 12 469 257 3332 3589 299.1 Helu Jr., Roy 12 120 804 0 804 67.0 Lucky, Marlon 11 127 517 24 541 49.2 Castille, Q. 12 88 342 0 342 28.5 Mendoza, Marcus 4 15 103 0 103 25.8 Witt, Patrick 4 11 16 48 64 16.0 Swift, Nate 12 2 23 0 23 1.9 Lee, Zac 2 4 17 5 22 11.0 Peterson, Todd 12 2 18 0 18 1.5 Henery, Alex 12 1 9 0 9 0.8 Wesch, Jake 12 2 -9 8 -1 -0.1 Paul, Niles 12 1 -6 0 -6 -0.5 TEAM 4 5 -9 0 -9 -2.2 Total.......... 12 848 2082 3417 5499 458.2 Opponents...... 12 740 1510 2828 4338 361.5

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 14-17 82.4 1-1 4-4 3-4 5-5 1-3 57 1

FG SEQUENCE Nebraska OPPONENTS ---------------------------------------------------- Western Michigan (44),(44),(44),(44) (19) San Jose State - 41,(41),32,(27) New Mexico State 35,(19) 20 Virginia Tech (48) (19),(38),(27),(36) Missouri (28) (48),59 Texas Tech 53,(21) (26) Iowa State - 40 Baylor (27),52 19 Oklahoma - - Kansas (35) - Kansas State - - Colorado (35),(27),(37),(57) (37)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ---------------------------------------------------------- Titchener, Dan 35 1379 39.4 58 3 5 11 0 Wesch, Jake 5 201 40.2 55 2 1 1 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 Total.......... 41 1580 38.5 58 5 6 12 1 Opponents...... 57 2211 38.8 69 3 9 15 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------------------------------------------------------------- Kunalic, Adi 74 4843 65.4 26 1 Henery, Alex 6 250 41.7 0 0 Titchener, Dan 1 52 52.0 0 0 Total.......... 81 5145 63.5 26 1 1267 41.5 28 Opponents...... 67 4183 62.4 10 4 1156 42.2 27

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2008) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 12 23 909 266 0 0 1198 99.8 Paul, Niles 12 -6 201 77 911 0 1183 98.6 Helu Jr., Roy 12 804 266 0 0 0 1070 89.2 Lucky, Marlon 11 517 275 0 0 0 792 72.0 Peterson, Todd 12 18 690 0 0 0 708 59.0 Castille, Q. 12 342 89 0 0 0 431 35.9 McNeill, Mike 12 0 415 0 0 0 415 34.6 Holt, Menelik 11 0 320 0 0 0 320 29.1 Ganz, Joe 12 257 20 0 0 0 277 23.1 Young, Dreu 12 0 140 0 0 0 140 11.7 Dennard, Alfonzo 11 0 0 0 119 0 119 10.8 Mendoza, Marcus 4 103 7 0 0 0 110 27.5 Suh, Ndamukong 12 0 2 0 0 79 81 6.8 Gilleylen, C. 11 0 11 0 48 0 59 5.4 Murillo, A. 12 0 0 0 0 57 57 4.8 Teafatiller, H. 11 0 27 0 16 0 43 3.9 Lawson, Thomas 10 0 4 0 31 0 35 3.5 Asante, Larry 12 0 0 0 31 0 31 2.6 Brooks, Chris 11 0 27 0 0 0 27 2.5 West, Anthony 11 0 0 0 0 26 26 2.4 O'Hanlon, Matt 11 0 0 0 0 21 21 1.9 Lee, Zac 2 17 0 0 0 0 17 8.5 Witt, Patrick 4 16 0 0 0 0 16 4.0 Potter, Zach 12 0 0 0 0 11 11 0.9 Henery, Alex 12 9 0 0 0 0 9 0.8 Hill, Ryan 12 0 9 0 0 0 9 0.8 Wortman, Tyler 12 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.7 Cammack, Wes 12 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.4 Wesch, Jake 12 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -0.8 TEAM 4 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -2.2 Total.......... 12 2082 3417 343 1156 202 7200 600.0 Opponents...... 12 1510 2828 127 1267 186 5918 493.2

Overall Defensive Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2008) All games

|--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP-GS Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93 Suh, Ndamukong 12-12 33 35 68 15-61 5.5-48 2-79 3 6 . 1 1 . 4 Asante, Larry 12-11 44 20 64 2-4 1.0-4 1-0 4 1 . . . . 34 Glenn, Cody 9-9 26 25 51 6-20 . . 4 4 . 1 . . 95 Allen, Pierre 12-10 20 30 50 9-36 4.0-26 . 1 2 . 1 . . 33 O'Hanlon, Matt 11-9 28 18 46 2-5 . 1-21 4 1 . . . . 98 Potter, Zach 12-12 13 30 43 14-50 5.5-44 2-11 6 6 . 1 3 . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 12-12 17 25 42 6-18 1.5-13 . . 3 . . . . 52 Dillard, P. 8-5 13 25 38 2-9 0.5-6 . 1 1 . . . . 6 Murillo, A. 12-11 29 9 38 2-1 . 1-57 9 1 1-11 . . . 28 Hagg, Eric 12-10 27 9 36 3-10 . . 6 2 1-3 1 . . 21 Amukamara, P. 12-3 21 13 34 2-12 1.0-11 . 3 1 . 2 . . 53 Wortman, Tyler 12-5 15 17 32 5-11 . 1-8 1 . . . . . 5A West, Anthony 11-10 22 6 28 1-2 1.0-2 1-26 9 . . . . . 23 Thorell, Lance 10-5 15 9 24 . . . 1 . . . . . 3 Thenarse, R. 10-4 16 7 23 6-25 2.0-21 1-0 1 . . 1 . . 40 Lawrence, Blake 9-1 7 10 17 . . . 1 1 . . . . 54 Koehler, Colton 6-0 7 8 15 1-2 . . . . . . . . 35 Holt, Matt 9-1 11 3 14 . . . . . . . . . 88 Sievers, C. 12-0 9 4 13 3-6 1.0-1 . . 1 . 1 . . 2 Culbert, Major 6-0 4 6 10 . . . . . . . . . 56 Barfield, S. 11-0 7 3 10 3-16 3.0-16 . . . . . . . 9B Moore, Terrence 7-0 3 5 8 2-11 2.0-11 . . . . . . . 24 Paul, Niles 12-2 5 3 8 . . . . . 2-0 . . . 82 Cammack, Wes 12-0 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . . 3H May, Mathew 7-0 5 1 6 1-8 1.0-8 . . . 1-0 1 . . 22 Wald, Mason 12-0 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . . 89 Teafatiller, H. 11-2 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . 15 Dennard, Alfonzo 11-0 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 19 Castille, Q. 12-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 30 Hays, Mike 12-0 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 99 Turner, Barry 2-2 1 2 3 2-15 1.0-14 . . . . . . . 94 Crick, Jared 9-0 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 41 Grove, Thomas 12-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 20 Kunalic, Adi 12-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 68 Williams, Keith 12-8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 10 Helu Jr., Roy 12-1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 65 Smith, Mike 12-11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 18 Holt, Menelik 11-4 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8 Cassidy, Austin 2-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 17 Peterson, Todd 12-12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 8D O'Leary, T.J. 12-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 Brooks, Chris 11-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 47 Yancy, William 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 63 Martin, Ben 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 76 Murtha, Lydon 8-8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . TM TEAM 4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Total.......... 12-0 428 336 764 87-322 30-225 10-202 55 30 5-14 10 4 1 Opponents...... 12-0 - - - - 21-128 10-186 32 11 15-122 18 2 1