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2008 individual game statistics
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Overall Team Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2008) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 150 78 Points Per Game............. 37.5 19.5 FIRST DOWNS................... 85 78 Rushing..................... 31 28 Passing..................... 47 40 Penalty..................... 7 10 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 622 439 Yards gained rushing........ 704 552 Yards lost rushing.......... 82 113 Rushing Attempts............ 130 144 Average Per Rush............ 4.8 3.0 Average Per Game............ 155.5 109.8 TDs Rushing................. 8 6 PASSING YARDAGE............... 1062 980 Att-Comp-Int................ 113-73-4 138-79-5 Average Per Pass............ 9.4 7.1 Average Per Catch........... 14.5 12.4 Average Per Game............ 265.5 245.0 TDs Passing................. 8 2 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 1684 1419 Total Plays................. 243 282 Average Per Play............ 6.9 5.0 Average Per Game............ 421.0 354.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards......... 18-410 17-431 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards......... 9-153 8-89 INT RETURNS: #-Yards.......... 5-164 4-63 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 22.8 25.4 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 17.0 11.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 32.8 15.8 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 8-3 7-1 PENALTIES-Yards............... 32-273 23-172 Average Per Game............ 68.2 43.0 PUNTS-Yards................... 14-494 21-744 Average Per Punt............ 35.3 35.4 Net punt average............ 27.5 28.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game....... 29:06 30:54 3RD-DOWN Conversions.......... 16/45 25/65 3rd-Down Pct................ 36% 38% 4TH-DOWN Conversions.......... 1/3 2/5 4th-Down Pct................ 33% 40% SACKS BY-Yards................ 11-69 5-28 MISC YARDS.................... 9 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 19 8 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 6-7 7-10 ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-1 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES............... 14-17 82% 14-20 70% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 12-17 71% 8-20 40% PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 18-18 100% 7-8 88% ATTENDANCE.................... 339283 0 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 4/84821 0/0 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- Nebraska............ 42 37 31 40 - 150 Opponents........... 15 22 17 24 - 78

Overall Individual Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2008) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucky, Marlon 4-4 42 206 20 186 4.4 4 58 46.5 Helu Jr., Roy 4-0 27 171 7 164 6.1 2 27 41.0 Ganz, Joe 4-4 25 161 38 123 4.9 1 33 30.8 Castille, Quentin 4-0 25 100 5 95 3.8 1 17 23.8 Mendoza, Marcus 2-0 5 47 2 45 9.0 0 35 22.5 Swift, Nate 4-4 1 16 0 16 16.0 0 16 4.0 Peterson, Todd 4-4 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.5 Witt, Patrick 2-0 2 1 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 TEAM 1-0 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -3.0 Paul, Niles 4-0 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 0 -1.5 Total.......... 4 130 704 82 622 4.8 8 58 155.5 Opponents...... 4 144 552 113 439 3.0 6 30 109.8

PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 4-4 159.47 67-104-4 64.4 997 7 61 249.2 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 4-4 598.00 1-1-0 100.0 20 1 20 5.0 Total.......... 4 159.83 73-113-4 64.6 1062 8 61 265.5 Opponents...... 4 114.43 79-138-5 57.2 980 2 55 245.0

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 4-4 15 259 17.3 2 61 64.8 Peterson, Todd 4-4 15 187 12.5 1 25 46.8 Holt, Menelik 4-1 8 103 12.9 0 25 25.8 Lucky, Marlon 4-4 8 94 11.8 1 29 23.5 McNeill, Mike 4-4 6 126 21.0 3 35 31.5 Castille, Quentin 4-0 4 61 15.2 0 31 15.2 Paul, Niles 4-0 4 58 14.5 0 21 14.5 Helu Jr., Roy 4-0 3 48 16.0 0 27 12.0 Teafatiller, Hunter 3-1 3 27 9.0 0 15 9.0 Young, Dreu 4-2 2 65 32.5 0 55 16.2 Ganz, Joe 4-4 1 20 20.0 1 20 5.0 Gilleylen, Curenski 4-0 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.2 Cammack, Wes 4-0 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.2 Lawson, Thomas 3-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.3 Mendoza, Marcus 2-0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total.......... 4 73 1062 14.5 8 61 265.5 Opponents...... 4 79 980 12.4 2 55 245.0

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 5 49 9.8 0 28 Swift, Nate 4 104 26.0 1 88 Total.......... 9 153 17.0 1 88 Opponents...... 8 89 11.1 0 28

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- O'Hanlon, Matt 1 21 21.0 0 21 West, Anthony 1 26 26.0 0 26 Murillo, Armando 1 57 57.0 0 57 Suh, Ndamukong 1 49 49.0 1 49 Potter, Zach 1 11 11.0 0 11 Total.......... 5 164 32.8 1 57 Opponents...... 4 63 15.8 0 33

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 12 310 25.8 1 85 Gilleylen, Curenski 2 48 24.0 0 26 Dennard, Alfonzo 2 21 10.5 0 12 Asante, Larry 2 31 15.5 0 20 Total.......... 18 410 22.8 1 85 Opponents...... 17 431 25.4 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...... 2 56 28.0 0 48

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2008) All games

|------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 0 6-7 18-18 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Lucky, Marlon 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Swift, Nate 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 McNeill, Mike 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Helu Jr., Roy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Ganz, Joe 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 12 Suh, Ndamukong 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Castille, Quentin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Peterson, Todd 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 Total.......... 19 6-7 18-18 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 150 Opponents...... 8 7-10 7-8 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 78

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G --------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 4 129 123 997 1120 280.0 Lucky, Marlon 4 43 186 20 206 51.5 Helu Jr., Roy 4 27 164 0 164 41.0 Castille, Quentin 4 25 95 0 95 23.8 Mendoza, Marcus 2 5 45 0 45 22.5 Witt, Patrick 2 8 0 40 40 20.0 Swift, Nate 4 1 16 0 16 4.0 Lee, Zac 1 2 0 5 5 5.0 Peterson, Todd 4 1 2 0 2 0.5 TEAM 1 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 Paul, Niles 4 1 -6 0 -6 -1.5 Total.......... 4 243 622 1062 1684 421.0 Opponents...... 4 282 439 980 1419 354.8

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 6-7 85.7 1-1 0-0 0-1 5-5 0-0 48 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 Virginia Tech (48) (19),(38),(27),(36)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ---------------------------------------------------------- Titchener, Dan 13 494 38.0 54 1 1 3 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 Total.......... 14 494 35.3 54 1 1 3 1 Opponents...... 21 744 35.4 50 0 2 7 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------------------------------------------------------------- Kunalic, Adi 28 1895 67.7 12 0 Titchener, Dan 1 52 52.0 0 0 Total.......... 29 1947 67.1 12 0 431 44.0 26 Opponents...... 19 1143 60.2 1 0 410 37.5 32

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2008) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 4 -6 58 49 310 0 411 102.8 Swift, Nate 4 16 259 104 0 0 379 94.8 Lucky, Marlon 4 186 94 0 0 0 280 70.0 Helu Jr., Roy 4 164 48 0 0 0 212 53.0 Peterson, Todd 4 2 187 0 0 0 189 47.2 Castille, Quentin 4 95 61 0 0 0 156 39.0 Ganz, Joe 4 123 20 0 0 0 143 35.8 McNeill, Mike 4 0 126 0 0 0 126 31.5 Holt, Menelik 4 0 103 0 0 0 103 25.8 Young, Dreu 4 0 65 0 0 0 65 16.2 Murillo, Armando 4 0 0 0 0 57 57 14.2 Gilleylen, Curenski 4 0 5 0 48 0 53 13.2 Suh, Ndamukong 4 0 0 0 0 49 49 12.2 Mendoza, Marcus 2 45 0 0 0 0 45 22.5 Asante, Larry 4 0 0 0 31 0 31 7.8 Teafatiller, Hunter 3 0 27 0 0 0 27 9.0 West, Anthony 3 0 0 0 0 26 26 8.7 O'Hanlon, Matt 4 0 0 0 0 21 21 5.2 Dennard, Alfonzo 3 0 0 0 21 0 21 7.0 Potter, Zach 4 0 0 0 0 11 11 2.8 Cammack, Wes 4 0 5 0 0 0 5 1.2 Lawson, Thomas 3 0 4 0 0 0 4 1.3 TEAM 1 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -3.0 Total.......... 4 622 1062 153 410 164 2411 602.8 Opponents...... 4 439 980 89 431 63 2002 500.5

Overall Defensive Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 27, 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 4-4 17 18 35 4-14 . . 3 3 . 1 . . 52 Dillard, Phillip 4-4 6 22 28 1-6 0.5-6 . . 1 . . . . 95 Allen, Pierre 4-2 8 15 23 5-11 1.0-2 . 1 . . . . . 6 Murillo, Armando 4-3 15 6 21 2-1 . 1-57 3 . . . . . 4 Asante, Larry 4-4 13 7 20 . . . 1 . . . . . 33 O'Hanlon, Matt 4-4 9 11 20 1-2 . 1-21 3 1 . . . . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 4-4 8 12 20 2-2 0.5-1 . . 2 . . . . 21 Amukamara, Prince 4-3 10 9 19 . . . 2 1 . . . . 28 Hagg, Eric 4-3 15 4 19 1-5 . . 4 1 1-3 1 . . 93 Suh, Ndamukong 4-4 10 9 19 3-16 2.0-15 1-49 1 1 . 1 . . 98 Potter, Zach 4-4 3 12 15 5-16 2.0-15 1-11 2 2 . . 1 . 23 Thorell, Lance 3-0 3 6 9 . . . . . . . . . 5A West, Anthony 3-2 6 1 7 1-2 1.0-2 1-26 2 . . . . . 9B Moore, Terrence 3-0 3 3 6 2-11 2.0-11 . . . . . . . 2 Culbert, Major 3-0 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . . 56 Barfield, Shukree 3-0 3 1 4 1-3 1.0-3 . . . . . . . 40 Lawrence, Blake 2-0 . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . 53 Wortman, Tyler 4-1 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . . 88 Sievers, Clayton 4-0 1 2 3 . . . . 1 . . . . 99 Turner, Barry 2-2 1 2 3 2-15 1.0-14 . . . . . . . 19 Castille, Quentin 4-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 Thenarse, Rickey 2-0 1 2 3 2-2 . . . . . . . . 82 Cammack, Wes 4-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 35 Holt, Matt 3-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 54 Koehler, Colton 2-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 24 Paul, Niles 4-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 76 Murtha, Lydon 2-2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 30 Hays, Mike 4-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8 Cassidy, Austin 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 18 Holt, Menelik 4-1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 41 Grove, Thomas 4-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 10 Helu Jr., Roy 4-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 65 Smith, Mike 4-4 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 47 Yancy, William 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 63 Martin, Ben 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 22 Wald, Mason 4-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8D O'Leary, T.J. 4-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 94 Crick, Jared 3-0 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . Total.......... 4-0 144 166 310 32-106 11-69 5-164 23 13 1-3 3 1 . Opponents...... 4-0 - - - - 5-28 4-63 11 3 3-56 2 1 1