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2008 Nebraska football statistics

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2008 individual game statistics
Western Michigan San Jose State New Mexico State Virginia Tech Missouri Texas Tech		Iowa State Baylor Oklahoma

Overall Team Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 01, 2008) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 293 256 Points Per Game............. 32.6 28.4 FIRST DOWNS................... 205 166 Rushing..................... 73 63 Passing..................... 121 83 Penalty..................... 11 20 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1397 1291 Yards gained rushing........ 1551 1472 Yards lost rushing.......... 154 181 Rushing Attempts............ 312 299 Average Per Rush............ 4.5 4.3 Average Per Game............ 155.2 143.4 TDs Rushing................. 18 19 PASSING YARDAGE............... 2590 2087 Att-Comp-Int................ 308-212-8 266-164-6 Average Per Pass............ 8.4 7.8 Average Per Catch........... 12.2 12.7 Average Per Game............ 287.8 231.9 TDs Passing................. 17 12 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 3987 3378 Total Plays................. 620 565 Average Per Play............ 6.4 6.0 Average Per Game............ 443.0 375.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards......... 39-881 33-799 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards......... 13-189 13-105 INT RETURNS: #-Yards.......... 6-164 8-124 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 22.6 24.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 14.5 8.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 27.3 15.5 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 19-10 11-3 PENALTIES-Yards............... 72-618 45-357 Average Per Game............ 68.7 39.7 PUNTS-Yards................... 34-1293 41-1612 Average Per Punt............ 38.0 39.3 Net punt average............ 32.6 33.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game....... 33:00 27:00 3RD-DOWN Conversions.......... 58/118 45/118 3rd-Down Pct................ 49% 38% 4TH-DOWN Conversions.......... 2/7 6/11 4th-Down Pct................ 29% 55% SACKS BY-Yards................ 16-100 14-67 MISC YARDS.................... 9 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 38 33 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 9-12 9-15 ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-1 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES............... 35-40 88% 30-39 77% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 30-40 75% 23-39 59% PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 36-37 97% 29-33 88% ATTENDANCE.................... 509759 187455 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 6/84960 3/62485 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- Nebraska............ 63 85 48 97 0 - 293 Opponents........... 85 69 65 31 6 - 256

Overall Individual Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 01, 2008) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucky, Marlon 9-9 108 490 27 463 4.3 7 58 51.4 Helu Jr., Roy 9-0 66 467 16 451 6.8 3 57 50.1 Castille, Q. 9-0 65 245 15 230 3.5 4 19 25.6 Ganz, Joe 9-9 57 244 83 161 2.8 3 33 17.9 Mendoza, Marcus 3-0 5 47 2 45 9.0 0 35 15.0 Swift, Nate 9-9 2 23 0 23 11.5 0 16 2.6 Peterson, Todd 9-9 2 18 0 18 9.0 0 16 2.0 Witt, Patrick 3-0 3 17 1 16 5.3 1 16 5.3 McNeill, Mike 9-9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 3-0 2 0 4 -4 -2.0 0 0 -1.3 Paul, Niles 9-0 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 0 -0.7 Total.......... 9 312 1551 154 1397 4.5 18 58 155.2 Opponents...... 9 299 1472 181 1291 4.3 19 67 143.4

PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 9-9 152.21 203-296-8 68.6 2509 16 69 278.8 Witt, Patrick 3-0 125.40 6-8-0 75.0 48 0 23 16.0 Lee, Zac 1-0 71.00 1-2-0 50.0 5 0 5 5.0 Wesch, Jake 9-0 167.20 1-1-0 100.0 8 0 8 0.9 Lucky, Marlon 9-9 598.00 1-1-0 100.0 20 1 20 2.2 Total.......... 9 152.49 212-308-8 68.8 2590 17 69 287.8 Opponents...... 9 137.94 164-266-6 61.7 2087 12 58 231.9

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 9-9 47 690 14.7 7 67 76.7 Peterson, Todd 9-9 45 527 11.7 2 36 58.6 Holt, Menelik 8-3 25 278 11.1 1 25 34.8 Lucky, Marlon 9-9 20 272 13.6 1 69 30.2 McNeill, Mike 9-9 19 256 13.5 3 35 28.4 Paul, Niles 9-0 17 159 9.4 0 21 17.7 Helu Jr., Roy 9-0 12 156 13.0 0 27 17.3 Young, Dreu 9-4 7 98 14.0 1 55 10.9 Castille, Q. 9-0 6 69 11.5 0 31 7.7 Teafatiller, H. 8-2 3 27 9.0 0 15 3.4 Hill, Ryan 9-0 3 9 3.0 1 6 1.0 Gilleylen, C. 9-0 2 11 5.5 0 6 1.2 Mendoza, Marcus 3-0 2 7 3.5 0 7 2.3 Ganz, Joe 9-9 1 20 20.0 1 20 2.2 Cammack, Wes 9-0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.6 Lawson, Thomas 7-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.6 Brooks, Chris 8-0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 Total.......... 9 212 2590 12.2 17 69 287.8 Opponents...... 9 164 2087 12.7 12 58 231.9

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 7 121 17.3 1 88 Paul, Niles 6 68 11.3 0 28 Total.......... 13 189 14.5 1 88 Opponents...... 13 105 8.1 0 28

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- West, Anthony 1 26 26.0 0 26 Murillo, A. 1 57 57.0 0 57 O'Hanlon, Matt 1 21 21.0 0 21 Thenarse, R. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Potter, Zach 1 11 11.0 0 11 Suh, Ndamukong 1 49 49.0 1 49 Total.......... 6 164 27.3 1 57 Opponents...... 8 124 15.5 2 33

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 32 770 24.1 1 85 Dennard, Alfonzo 3 32 10.7 0 12 Gilleylen, C. 2 48 24.0 0 26 Asante, Larry 2 31 15.5 0 20 Total.......... 39 881 22.6 1 85 Opponents...... 33 799 24.2 0 62

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...... 3 64 21.3 0 48

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 01, 2008) All games

|------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 0 9-12 36-37 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 63 Swift, Nate 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Lucky, Marlon 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Ganz, Joe 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 24 Castille, Q. 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 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Peterson, Todd 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Suh, Ndamukong 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 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 Witt, Patrick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Young, Dreu 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.......... 38 9-12 36-37 0-0 0 0-1 0 1 293 Opponents...... 33 9-15 29-33 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 256

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G --------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 9 353 161 2509 2670 296.7 Lucky, Marlon 9 109 463 20 483 53.7 Helu Jr., Roy 9 66 451 0 451 50.1 Castille, Q. 9 65 230 0 230 25.6 Witt, Patrick 3 11 16 48 64 21.3 Mendoza, Marcus 3 5 45 0 45 15.0 Swift, Nate 9 2 23 0 23 2.6 Peterson, Todd 9 2 18 0 18 2.0 Wesch, Jake 9 1 0 8 8 0.9 Lee, Zac 1 2 0 5 5 5.0 TEAM 3 2 -4 0 -4 -1.3 Paul, Niles 9 1 -6 0 -6 -0.7 Total.......... 9 620 1397 2590 3987 443.0 Opponents...... 9 565 1291 2087 3378 375.3

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 9-12 75.0 1-1 3-3 0-1 5-5 0-2 48 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 - -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ---------------------------------------------------------- Titchener, Dan 28 1092 39.0 58 2 4 9 0 Wesch, Jake 5 201 40.2 55 2 1 1 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 Total.......... 34 1293 38.0 58 4 5 10 1 Opponents...... 41 1612 39.3 69 3 7 13 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------------------------------------------------------------- Kunalic, Adi 53 3506 66.2 22 0 Henery, Alex 1 52 52.0 0 0 Titchener, Dan 1 52 52.0 0 0 Total.......... 55 3610 65.6 22 0 799 43.1 26 Opponents...... 51 3220 63.1 8 4 881 42.7 27

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 01, 2008) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 9 -6 159 68 770 0 991 110.1 Swift, Nate 9 23 690 121 0 0 834 92.7 Lucky, Marlon 9 463 272 0 0 0 735 81.7 Helu Jr., Roy 9 451 156 0 0 0 607 67.4 Peterson, Todd 9 18 527 0 0 0 545 60.6 Castille, Q. 9 230 69 0 0 0 299 33.2 Holt, Menelik 8 0 278 0 0 0 278 34.8 McNeill, Mike 9 0 256 0 0 0 256 28.4 Ganz, Joe 9 161 20 0 0 0 181 20.1 Young, Dreu 9 0 98 0 0 0 98 10.9 Gilleylen, C. 9 0 11 0 48 0 59 6.6 Murillo, A. 9 0 0 0 0 57 57 6.3 Mendoza, Marcus 3 45 7 0 0 0 52 17.3 Suh, Ndamukong 9 0 0 0 0 49 49 5.4 Dennard, Alfonzo 8 0 0 0 32 0 32 4.0 Asante, Larry 9 0 0 0 31 0 31 3.4 Teafatiller, H. 8 0 27 0 0 0 27 3.4 West, Anthony 8 0 0 0 0 26 26 3.2 O'Hanlon, Matt 9 0 0 0 0 21 21 2.3 Witt, Patrick 3 16 0 0 0 0 16 5.3 Potter, Zach 9 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.2 Hill, Ryan 9 0 9 0 0 0 9 1.0 Cammack, Wes 9 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.6 Lawson, Thomas 7 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.6 Brooks, Chris 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.2 TEAM 3 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -1.3 Total.......... 9 1397 2590 189 881 164 5221 580.1 Opponents...... 9 1291 2087 105 799 124 4406 489.6

Overall Defensive Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 01, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Asante, Larry 9-8 37 18 55 2-4 1.0-4 . 2 1 . . . . 93 Suh, Ndamukong 9-9 24 24 48 8-25 2.0-15 1-49 3 2 . 1 1 . 34 Glenn, Cody 8-8 24 23 47 6-20 . . 3 4 . 1 . . 33 O'Hanlon, Matt 9-9 22 16 38 1-2 . 1-21 4 1 . . . . 52 Dillard, P. 8-5 13 25 38 2-9 0.5-6 . 1 1 . . . . 95 Allen, Pierre 9-7 14 23 37 6-18 2.0-9 . 1 1 . 1 . . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 9-9 15 19 34 4-4 0.5-1 . . 3 . . . . 28 Hagg, Eric 9-7 25 7 32 1-5 . . 4 2 1-3 1 . . 6 Murillo, A. 9-8 23 8 31 2-1 . 1-57 7 1 1-11 . . . 98 Potter, Zach 9-9 6 25 31 9-27 3.0-23 1-11 3 3 . . 3 . 21 Amukamara, P. 9-3 18 11 29 2-12 1.0-11 . 2 1 . . . . 23 Thorell, Lance 7-3 13 7 20 . . . . . . . . . 5A West, Anthony 8-7 14 5 19 1-2 1.0-2 1-26 4 . . . . . 53 Wortman, Tyler 9-3 6 12 18 3-3 . . 1 . . . . . 35 Holt, Matt 8-1 11 3 14 . . . . . . . . . 2 Culbert, Major 6-0 4 6 10 . . . . . . . . . 88 Sievers, C. 9-0 7 3 10 2-4 1.0-1 . . 1 . 1 . . 3 Thenarse, R. 7-1 5 4 9 3-3 . 1-0 1 . . 1 . . 9B Moore, Terrence 6-0 3 5 8 2-11 2.0-11 . . . . . . . 40 Lawrence, Blake 6-0 2 6 8 . . . . . . . . . 56 Barfield, S. 8-0 5 3 8 1-3 1.0-3 . . . . . . . 54 Koehler, Colton 4-0 4 3 7 1-2 . . . . . . . . 82 Cammack, Wes 9-0 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . 24 Paul, Niles 9-0 3 1 4 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 22 Wald, Mason 9-0 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 99 Turner, Barry 2-2 1 2 3 2-15 1.0-14 . . . . . . . 19 Castille, Q. 9-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 94 Crick, Jared 7-0 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 3H May, Mathew 4-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 15 Dennard, Alfonzo 8-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 68 Williams, Keith 9-5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 89 Teafatiller, H. 8-2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 47 Yancy, William 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 41 Grove, Thomas 9-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 76 Murtha, Lydon 7-7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 30 Hays, Mike 9-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8D O'Leary, T.J. 9-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 10 Helu Jr., Roy 9-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 17 Peterson, Todd 9-9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 65 Smith, Mike 9-8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 Brooks, Chris 8-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 8 Cassidy, Austin 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 63 Martin, Ben 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 20 Kunalic, Adi 9-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 18 Holt, Menelik 8-3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . TM TEAM 3-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Total.......... 9-0 321 268 589 58-170 16-100 6-164 37 21 3-14 6 4 1 Opponents...... 9-0 - - - - 14-67 8-124 25 9 10-64 12 2 1