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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 Oct 04, 2008) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 167 130 Points Per Game............. 33.4 26.0 FIRST DOWNS................... 106 102 Rushing..................... 35 36 Passing..................... 63 53 Penalty..................... 8 13 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 701 640 Yards gained rushing........ 805 759 Yards lost rushing.......... 104 119 Rushing Attempts............ 165 178 Average Per Rush............ 4.2 3.6 Average Per Game............ 140.2 128.0 TDs Rushing................. 8 9 PASSING YARDAGE............... 1352 1241 Att-Comp-Int................ 151-99-5 162-98-5 Average Per Pass............ 9.0 7.7 Average Per Catch........... 13.7 12.7 Average Per Game............ 270.4 248.2 TDs Passing................. 10 5 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 2053 1881 Total Plays................. 316 340 Average Per Play............ 6.5 5.5 Average Per Game............ 410.6 376.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards......... 22-509 19-487 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards......... 9-153 8-89 INT RETURNS: #-Yards.......... 5-164 5-80 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 23.1 25.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 17.0 11.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 32.8 16.0 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 9-4 7-1 PENALTIES-Yards............... 46-374 24-187 Average Per Game............ 74.8 37.4 PUNTS-Yards................... 18-604 21-744 Average Per Punt............ 33.6 35.4 Net punt average............ 27.5 28.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game....... 30:04 29:56 3RD-DOWN Conversions.......... 28/64 32/74 3rd-Down Pct................ 44% 43% 4TH-DOWN Conversions.......... 1/4 2/6 4th-Down Pct................ 25% 33% SACKS BY-Yards................ 11-69 7-43 MISC YARDS.................... 9 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 21 15 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 7-8 8-12 ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-1 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES............... 17-21 81% 17-23 74% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 14-21 67% 11-23 48% PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 20-20 100% 14-15 93% ATTENDANCE.................... 424655 0 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 5/84931 0/0 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- Nebraska............ 49 40 31 47 - 167 Opponents........... 29 39 38 24 - 130

Overall Individual Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 04, 2008) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucky, Marlon 5-5 56 254 22 232 4.1 4 58 46.4 Helu Jr., Roy 5-0 32 183 8 175 5.5 2 27 35.0 Castille, Quentin 5-0 37 130 9 121 3.3 1 17 24.2 Ganz, Joe 5-5 28 169 53 116 4.1 1 33 23.2 Mendoza, Marcus 2-0 5 47 2 45 9.0 0 35 22.5 Swift, Nate 5-5 1 16 0 16 16.0 0 16 3.2 Peterson, Todd 5-5 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.4 Witt, Patrick 2-0 2 1 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 Paul, Niles 5-0 2 3 6 -3 -1.5 0 3 -0.6 TEAM 1-0 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -3.0 Total.......... 5 165 805 104 701 4.2 8 58 140.2 Opponents...... 5 178 759 119 640 3.6 9 43 128.0

PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 5-5 155.50 93-142-5 65.5 1287 9 61 257.4 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 5-5 598.00 1-1-0 100.0 20 1 20 4.0 Total.......... 5 156.01 99-151-5 65.6 1352 10 61 270.4 Opponents...... 5 128.85 98-162-5 60.5 1241 5 58 248.2

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------- Peterson, Todd 5-5 22 268 12.2 1 25 53.6 Swift, Nate 5-5 20 304 15.2 3 61 60.8 Holt, Menelik 5-1 13 170 13.1 1 25 34.0 McNeill, Mike 5-5 8 163 20.4 3 35 32.6 Lucky, Marlon 5-5 8 94 11.8 1 29 18.8 Helu Jr., Roy 5-0 7 95 13.6 0 27 19.0 Castille, Quentin 5-0 4 61 15.2 0 31 12.2 Paul, Niles 5-0 4 58 14.5 0 21 11.6 Young, Dreu 5-2 3 75 25.0 0 55 15.0 Teafatiller, Hunter 4-2 3 27 9.0 0 15 6.8 Hill, Ryan 5-0 2 3 1.5 0 2 0.6 Ganz, Joe 5-5 1 20 20.0 1 20 4.0 Gilleylen, Curenski 5-0 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.0 Cammack, Wes 5-0 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.0 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.......... 5 99 1352 13.7 10 61 270.4 Opponents...... 5 98 1241 12.7 5 58 248.2

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 Suh, Ndamukong 1 49 49.0 1 49 Murillo, Armando 1 57 57.0 0 57 Potter, Zach 1 11 11.0 0 11 Total.......... 5 164 32.8 1 57 Opponents...... 5 80 16.0 1 33

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 15 398 26.5 1 85 Dennard, Alfonzo 3 32 10.7 0 12 Gilleylen, Curenski 2 48 24.0 0 26 Asante, Larry 2 31 15.5 0 20 Total.......... 22 509 23.1 1 85 Opponents...... 19 487 25.6 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 Oct 04, 2008) All games

|------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 0 7-8 20-20 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 41 Lucky, Marlon 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Swift, Nate 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 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 Peterson, Todd 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 Suh, Ndamukong 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 Holt, Menelik 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total.......... 21 7-8 20-20 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 167 Opponents...... 15 8-12 14-15 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 130

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G --------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 5 170 116 1287 1403 280.6 Lucky, Marlon 5 57 232 20 252 50.4 Helu Jr., Roy 5 32 175 0 175 35.0 Castille, Quentin 5 37 121 0 121 24.2 Mendoza, Marcus 2 5 45 0 45 22.5 Witt, Patrick 2 8 0 40 40 20.0 Swift, Nate 5 1 16 0 16 3.2 Lee, Zac 1 2 0 5 5 5.0 Peterson, Todd 5 1 2 0 2 0.4 TEAM 1 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 Paul, Niles 5 2 -3 0 -3 -0.6 Total.......... 5 316 701 1352 2053 410.6 Opponents...... 5 340 640 1241 1881 376.2

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 7-8 87.5 1-1 1-1 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) Missouri (28) (48),59

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ---------------------------------------------------------- Titchener, Dan 16 564 35.2 54 1 3 4 0 Wesch, Jake 1 40 40.0 40 0 1 1 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 Total.......... 18 604 33.6 54 1 4 5 1 Opponents...... 21 744 35.4 50 0 2 7 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------------------------------------------------------------- Kunalic, Adi 31 2089 67.4 13 0 Titchener, Dan 1 52 52.0 0 0 Total.......... 32 2141 66.9 13 0 487 43.6 26 Opponents...... 28 1745 62.3 5 1 509 40.6 29

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 04, 2008) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 5 -3 58 49 398 0 502 100.4 Swift, Nate 5 16 304 104 0 0 424 84.8 Lucky, Marlon 5 232 94 0 0 0 326 65.2 Helu Jr., Roy 5 175 95 0 0 0 270 54.0 Peterson, Todd 5 2 268 0 0 0 270 54.0 Castille, Quentin 5 121 61 0 0 0 182 36.4 Holt, Menelik 5 0 170 0 0 0 170 34.0 McNeill, Mike 5 0 163 0 0 0 163 32.6 Ganz, Joe 5 116 20 0 0 0 136 27.2 Young, Dreu 5 0 75 0 0 0 75 15.0 Murillo, Armando 5 0 0 0 0 57 57 11.4 Gilleylen, Curenski 5 0 5 0 48 0 53 10.6 Suh, Ndamukong 5 0 0 0 0 49 49 9.8 Mendoza, Marcus 2 45 0 0 0 0 45 22.5 Dennard, Alfonzo 4 0 0 0 32 0 32 8.0 Asante, Larry 5 0 0 0 31 0 31 6.2 Teafatiller, Hunter 4 0 27 0 0 0 27 6.8 West, Anthony 4 0 0 0 0 26 26 6.5 O'Hanlon, Matt 5 0 0 0 0 21 21 4.2 Potter, Zach 5 0 0 0 0 11 11 2.2 Cammack, Wes 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 1.0 Lawson, Thomas 3 0 4 0 0 0 4 1.3 Hill, Ryan 5 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.6 TEAM 1 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -3.0 Total.......... 5 701 1352 153 509 164 2879 575.8 Opponents...... 5 640 1241 89 487 80 2537 507.4

Overall Defensive Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 04, 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 5-5 17 18 35 4-14 . . 3 3 . 1 . . 52 Dillard, Phillip 5-4 7 25 32 1-6 0.5-6 . . 1 . . . . 95 Allen, Pierre 5-3 9 19 28 5-11 1.0-2 . 1 . . . . . 93 Suh, Ndamukong 5-5 12 14 26 5-18 2.0-15 1-49 1 1 . 1 . . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 5-5 8 18 26 3-3 0.5-1 . . 2 . . . . 33 O'Hanlon, Matt 5-5 13 12 25 1-2 . 1-21 3 1 . . . . 6 Murillo, Armando 5-4 16 7 23 2-1 . 1-57 4 . . . . . 98 Potter, Zach 5-5 4 17 21 7-18 2.0-15 1-11 2 2 . . 1 . 28 Hagg, Eric 5-4 17 4 21 1-5 . . 4 1 1-3 1 . . 4 Asante, Larry 5-4 14 7 21 . . . 1 . . . . . 21 Amukamara, Prince 5-3 11 9 20 . . . 2 1 . . . . 23 Thorell, Lance 4-1 7 7 14 . . . . . . . . . 5A West, Anthony 4-3 8 2 10 1-2 1.0-2 1-26 2 . . . . . 9B Moore, Terrence 4-0 3 4 7 2-11 2.0-11 . . . . . . . 3 Thenarse, Rickey 3-1 2 4 6 3-3 . . 1 . . . . . 2 Culbert, Major 4-0 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . . 56 Barfield, Shukree 4-0 4 2 6 1-3 1.0-3 . . . . . . . 88 Sievers, Clayton 5-0 2 3 5 . . . . 1 . . . . 35 Holt, Matt 4-0 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . 53 Wortman, Tyler 5-1 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . . 40 Lawrence, Blake 3-0 . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . 99 Turner, Barry 2-2 1 2 3 2-15 1.0-14 . . . . . . . 82 Cammack, Wes 5-0 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . 19 Castille, Quentin 5-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 54 Koehler, Colton 2-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 24 Paul, Niles 5-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 10 Helu Jr., Roy 5-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 30 Hays, Mike 5-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 47 Yancy, William 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 41 Grove, Thomas 5-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 94 Crick, Jared 4-0 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 76 Murtha, Lydon 3-3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 22 Wald, Mason 5-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8 Cassidy, Austin 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 63 Martin, Ben 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 18 Holt, Menelik 5-1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8D O'Leary, T.J. 5-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 65 Smith, Mike 5-5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 5-0 172 198 370 38-112 11-69 5-164 25 13 1-3 3 1 . Opponents...... 5-0 - - - - 7-43 5-80 14 5 4-56 3 1 1