2008 Nebraska football statistics


National statistical rankings here
 
 
 
2008 individual game statistics  
Western Michigan
San Jose State
New Mexico State



  






 

Cumulative Season Statistics


Overall Team Statistics


2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (as of Sept. 13, 2008) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 120 43 Points Per Game............. 40.0 14.3 FIRST DOWNS................... 71 57 Rushing..................... 28 16 Passing..................... 37 33 Penalty..................... 6 8 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 567 233 Yards gained rushing........ 625 328 Yards lost rushing.......... 58 95 Rushing Attempts............ 105 89 Average Per Rush............ 5.4 2.6 Average Per Game............ 189.0 77.7 TDs Rushing................. 7 3 PASSING YARDAGE............... 784 809 Att-Comp-Int................ 87-56-3 123-70-5 Average Per Pass............ 9.0 6.6 Average Per Catch........... 14.0 11.6 Average Per Game............ 261.3 269.7 TDs Passing................. 6 2 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 1351 1042 Total Plays................. 192 212 Average Per Play............ 7.0 4.9 Average Per Game............ 450.3 347.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards......... 11-263 13-337 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards......... 7-69 5-26 INT RETURNS: #-Yards.......... 5-164 3-48 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 23.9 25.9 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 9.9 5.2 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 32.8 16.0 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 5-2 7-1 PENALTIES-Yards............... 25-204 19-142 Average Per Game............ 68.0 47.3 PUNTS-Yards................... 9-347 16-571 Average Per Punt............ 38.6 35.7 Net punt average............ 33.4 31.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game....... 30:22 29:38 3RD-DOWN Conversions.......... 14/34 18/48 3rd-Down Pct................ 41% 38% 4TH-DOWN Conversions.......... 0/2 2/5 4th-Down Pct................ 0% 40% SACKS BY-Yards................ 9-65 3-17 MISC YARDS.................... 9 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 15 5 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 5-6 3-6 ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES............... 12-15 80% 8-14 57% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 10-15 67% 5-14 36% PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 15-15 100% 4-5 80% ATTENDANCE.................... 253452 0 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 3/84484 0/0 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- Nebraska............ 35 34 24 27 - 120 Opponents........... 6 13 7 17 - 43


Overall Individual Statistics


2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sept. 13, 2008) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucky, Marlon 3-3 34 185 16 169 5.0 4 58 56.3 Helu Jr., Roy 3-0 23 150 7 143 6.2 1 27 47.7 Ganz, Joe 3-3 17 132 27 105 6.2 1 33 35.0 Castille, Q. 3-0 22 92 5 87 4.0 1 17 29.0 Mendoza, Marcus 2-0 5 47 2 45 9.0 0 35 22.5 Swift, Nate 3-3 1 16 0 16 16.0 0 16 5.3 Peterson, Todd 3-3 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.7 Witt, Patrick 2-0 2 1 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 Total.......... 3 105 625 58 567 5.4 7 58 189.0 Opponents...... 3 89 328 95 233 2.6 3 24 77.7

PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 3-3 154.99 50-78-3 64.1 719 5 61 239.7 Witt, Patrick 2-0 122.67 4-6-0 66.7 40 0 23 20.0 Lee, Zac 1-0 71.00 1-2-0 50.0 5 0 5 5.0 Lucky, Marlon 3-3 598.00 1-1-0 100.0 20 1 20 6.7 Total.......... 3 155.93 56-87-3 64.4 784 6 61 261.3 Opponents...... 3 109.40 70-123-5 56.9 809 2 55 269.7

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 3-3 12 201 16.8 2 61 67.0 Peterson, Todd 3-3 11 127 11.5 0 21 42.3 Holt, Menelik 3-0 7 83 11.9 0 25 27.7 Lucky, Marlon 3-3 5 56 11.2 1 19 18.7 Castille, Q. 3-0 4 61 15.2 0 31 20.3 McNeill, Mike 3-3 3 60 20.0 2 35 20.0 Helu Jr., Roy 3-0 3 48 16.0 0 27 16.0 Paul, Niles 3-0 3 37 12.3 0 15 12.3 Teafatiller, H. 2-1 3 27 9.0 0 15 13.5 Young, Dreu 3-2 1 55 55.0 0 55 18.3 Ganz, Joe 3-3 1 20 20.0 1 20 6.7 Cammack, Wes 3-0 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.7 Lawson, Thomas 2-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 2.0 Mendoza, Marcus 2-0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total.......... 3 56 784 14.0 6 61 261.3 Opponents...... 3 70 809 11.6 2 55 269.7

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 4 53 13.2 0 28 Swift, Nate 3 16 5.3 0 8 Total.......... 7 69 9.9 0 28 Opponents...... 5 26 5.2 0 11

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Potter, Zach 1 11 11.0 0 11 West, Anthony 1 26 26.0 0 26 O'Hanlon, Matt 1 21 21.0 0 21 Murillo, A. 1 57 57.0 0 57 Suh, Ndamukong 1 49 49.0 1 49 Total.......... 5 164 32.8 1 57 Opponents...... 3 48 16.0 0 33

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 6 189 31.5 1 85 Dennard, Alfonzo 2 21 10.5 0 12 Asante, Larry 2 31 15.5 0 20 Gilleylen, C. 1 22 22.0 0 22 Total.......... 11 263 23.9 1 85 Opponents...... 13 337 25.9 0 57

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Hagg, Eric 1 3 3.0 0 3 Total.......... 1 3 3.0 0 3 Opponents...... 1 48 48.0 0 48


2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sept. 13, 2008) All games

|------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucky, Marlon 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Henery, Alex 0 5-6 15-15 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 McNeill, Mike 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Swift, Nate 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Ganz, Joe 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Paul, Niles 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Helu Jr., Roy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Suh, Ndamukong 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Castille, Q. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total.......... 15 5-6 15-15 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 120 Opponents...... 5 3-6 4-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 43

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G --------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 3 95 105 719 824 274.7 Lucky, Marlon 3 35 169 20 189 63.0 Helu Jr., Roy 3 23 143 0 143 47.7 Castille, Q. 3 22 87 0 87 29.0 Mendoza, Marcus 2 5 45 0 45 22.5 Witt, Patrick 2 8 0 40 40 20.0 Swift, Nate 3 1 16 0 16 5.3 Lee, Zac 1 2 0 5 5 5.0 Peterson, Todd 3 1 2 0 2 0.7 Total.......... 3 192 567 784 1351 450.3 Opponents...... 3 212 233 809 1042 347.3

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 5-6 83.3 1-1 0-0 0-1 4-4 0-0 44 0

FG SEQUENCE Nebraska OPPONENTS ---------------------------------------------------- Western Michigan (44),(44),(44),(44) (19) San Jose State - 41,(41),32,(27) New Mexico State 35,(19) 20

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ---------------------------------------------------------- Titchener, Dan 9 347 38.6 54 1 0 2 0 Total.......... 9 347 38.6 54 1 0 2 0 Opponents...... 16 571 35.7 50 0 2 4 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------------------------------------------------------------- Kunalic, Adi 23 1559 67.8 10 0 Total.......... 23 1559 67.8 10 0 337 44.4 25 Opponents...... 11 647 58.8 0 0 263 34.9 35


2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sept. 13, 2008) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 3 0 37 53 189 0 279 93.0 Swift, Nate 3 16 201 16 0 0 233 77.7 Lucky, Marlon 3 169 56 0 0 0 225 75.0 Helu Jr., Roy 3 143 48 0 0 0 191 63.7 Castille, Q. 3 87 61 0 0 0 148 49.3 Peterson, Todd 3 2 127 0 0 0 129 43.0 Ganz, Joe 3 105 20 0 0 0 125 41.7 Holt, Menelik 3 0 83 0 0 0 83 27.7 McNeill, Mike 3 0 60 0 0 0 60 20.0 Murillo, A. 3 0 0 0 0 57 57 19.0 Young, Dreu 3 0 55 0 0 0 55 18.3 Suh, Ndamukong 3 0 0 0 0 49 49 16.3 Mendoza, Marcus 2 45 0 0 0 0 45 22.5 Asante, Larry 3 0 0 0 31 0 31 10.3 Teafatiller, H. 2 0 27 0 0 0 27 13.5 West, Anthony 2 0 0 0 0 26 26 13.0 Gilleylen, C. 3 0 0 0 22 0 22 7.3 O'Hanlon, Matt 3 0 0 0 0 21 21 7.0 Dennard, Alfonzo 2 0 0 0 21 0 21 10.5 Potter, Zach 3 0 0 0 0 11 11 3.7 Cammack, Wes 3 0 5 0 0 0 5 1.7 Lawson, Thomas 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 2.0 Total.......... 3 567 784 69 263 164 1847 615.7 Opponents...... 3 233 809 26 337 48 1453 484.3


Overall Defensive Statistics


2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sept. 13, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Glenn, Cody 3-3 15 6 21 4-14 . . 3 2 . 1 . . 52 Dillard, P. 3-3 4 13 17 1-6 0.5-6 . . 1 . . . . 21 Amukamara, P. 3-2 10 7 17 . . . 2 1 . . . . 28 Hagg, Eric 3-3 14 3 17 . . . 4 1 1-3 1 . . 95 Allen, Pierre 3-1 5 9 14 4-9 . . 1 . . . . . 6 Murillo, A. 3-2 10 4 14 1-0 . 1-57 2 . . . . . 4 Asante, Larry 3-3 10 4 14 . . . 1 . . . . . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 3-3 7 7 14 1-1 . . . 2 . . . . 93 Suh, Ndamukong 3-3 7 6 13 2-15 2.0-15 1-49 1 1 . 1 . . 33 O'Hanlon, Matt 3-3 6 6 12 . . 1-21 3 1 . . . . 98 Potter, Zach 3-3 2 7 9 2-14 1.5-14 1-11 2 2 . . 1 . 23 Thorell, Lance 2-0 3 5 8 . . . . . . . . . 9B Moore, Terrence 3-0 3 3 6 2-11 2.0-11 . . . . . . . 5A West, Anthony 2-2 5 1 6 1-2 1.0-2 1-26 2 . . . . . 56 Barfield, S. 3-0 3 1 4 1-3 1.0-3 . . . . . . . 99 Turner, Barry 2-2 1 2 3 2-15 1.0-14 . . . . . . . 40 Lawrence, Blake 1-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 19 Castille, Q. 3-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 54 Koehler, Colton 2-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 88 Sievers, C. 3-0 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 24 Paul, Niles 3-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 35 Holt, Matt 2-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 53 Wortman, Tyler 3-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 41 Grove, Thomas 3-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8D O'Leary, T.J. 3-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 47 Yancy, William 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 63 Martin, Ben 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 82 Cammack, Wes 3-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 8 Cassidy, Austin 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 Culbert, Major 2-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 94 Crick, Jared 3-0 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 18 Holt, Menelik 3-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 65 Smith, Mike 3-3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 10 Helu Jr., Roy 3-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 30 Hays, Mike 3-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 3-0 115 100 215 21-90 9-65 5-164 22 12 1-3 3 1 . Opponents...... 3-0 109 94 203 22-57 3-17 3-48 8 2 2-48 1 . .