Cumulative Season Statistics
Overall Team Statistics
1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)
(Bowl game included)
TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP
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First downs 294 169
By rushing 189 94
By passing 96 65
By penalty 9 10
Net yds. rushing 3283 1272
Yards per game 252.5 97.3
Attempts 743 558
Yds. gained 3619 1893
Yds. lost 336 621
Yards per carry 4.42 2.28
Net yds. passing 2311 1451
Attempts 300 282
Completions 170 123
Completion pct. 56.67 43.62
Yards per game 177.8 111.5
Yards per completion 13.59 11.80
Yards per attempt 7.70 5.15
Interceptions 6 29
Interception pct. 2.00 10.28
Total offense, net 5594 2723
Attempts 1043 840
Yards per game 430.3 209.5
Yards per attempt 5.36 3.24
Interceptions, no. 29 6
Net yds. returned 409 26
Punts-yds 60-2239 96-3759
Yards per punt 37.3 39.2
Blocked 0 1
Punt returns-yds 44-728 19-130
Kickoff returns-yds 22-482 77-1356
Penalties-yds 64-684 62-559
Fumbles-lost 24-17 41-22
Scoring, total points 507 104
Points per game 39.0 8.0
Overall Individual Statistics
1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Individual Statistics (Final)
All games
PASSING Att. Comp. Pct. Int. Yds. TD
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Tagge 258 154 .597 4 2178 17
Brownson 40 16 .400 2 133 1
Kinney 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rodgers 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total ...... 300 170 .567 6 2311 18
Opp. ....... 282 123 .436 29 1451 5
RUSHING Att. Gain Loss Net Avg. TD
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Kinney 242 1155 19 1136 4.7 17
Olds 75 534 7 527 7.1 1
Dixon 148 541 26 515 3.5 7
Tagge 112 482 152 330 2.9 9
Rodgers 40 284 15 269 6.7 2
Damkroger 36 215 5 208 5.8 0
Goeller 20 102 0 102 5.1 0
Brownson 34 137 53 84 2.5 4
Butts 15 60 0 60 4.0 1
List 4 38 0 38 9.5 0
Hughes 4 29 0 29 7.3 1
Runty 2 17 0 17 8.5 0
Carstens 5 18 3 15 3.0 0
Garson 3 9 2 7 2.3 0
Longwell 1 0 0 0 ... 0
Cox 1 0 10 —10 ... 0
Team 1 0 30 —30 ... 0
Total ...... 743 3619 336 3283 4.4 42
Opp. ....... 558 1893 621 1272 2.3 8
TOTAL OFFENSE No. Yds. Avg.
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Tagge 370 2494 6.7
Kinney 243 1136 4.7
Olds 75 527 7.0
Dixon 148 515 3.5
Rodgers 41 269 6.6
Brownson 74 217 2.9
Damkroger 36 208 5.8
Goeller 20 102 5.1
Butts 15 60 4.0
List 4 38 9.5
Hughes 4 29 7.3
Runty 2 17 8.5
Carstens 5 15 3.0
Garson 3 7 2.3
Longwell 1 0 -
Cox 1 —10 -
Team 1 —30 -
Total ....... 1043 5594 5.4
Opp. ........ 840 2723 3.2
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD
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Rodgers 57 956 11
Kinney 23 252 0
Cox 26 378 1
List 23 368 2
Olds 12 79 1
Anderson, F. 7 86 2
Damkroger 7 36 1
Longwell 5 38 0
Garson 4 63 0
Carstens 3 15 0
Dixon 2 25 0
Hughes 1 15 0
Total ...... 170 2311 18
Opp. ....... 123 1451 5
PUNTING No. Yds. Avg.
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Hughes 55 2031 36.8
Sanger 4 159 39.8
Longwell 1 49 49.0
Total ...... 60 2239 37.3
Opp. ....... 96 3759 39.2
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
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Rodgers 39 684 17.4 4
Garson 1 24 24.0 0
Anderson, J. 2 9 4.5 0
Kosch 1 6 6.0 0
Borg 1 5 5.0 0
Total ...... 44 728 16.5 4
Opp. ....... 19 130 6.8 0
KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds. Avg. TD
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Rodgers 10 304 30.4 1
Kinney 9 163 18.1 0
Damkroger 1 7 7.0 0
Carstens 1 7 7.0 0
Jamail 1 1 1.0 0
Total ........... 22 482 21.9 1
Opp. ............ 77 1356 17.5 1
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. TD
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Mason 6 135 3
Terrio 5 15 0
Anderson, J. 4 28 0
Kosch 3 134 1
Harper 3 12 0
Hollstein 2 21 0
Adkins 1 21 0
Borg 1 18 0
Fischer 1 14 1
Jacobson 1 6 0
Morell 1 5 0
Blahak 1 0 0
Total .............. 29 409 5
Opp. ............... 6 26 0
PAT PAT
SCORING TD Kick Other FG Sfty. TP
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Rodgers 18 - - - - 108
Kinney 17 - - - - 102
Sanger - 68-63 11-6 - 81
Tagge 9 - 1 - - 56
Dixon 7 - - - - 42
Brownson 4 - - - - 24
Mason 3 - - - - 18
List 2 - - - - 12
Anderson, F. 2 - - - - 12
Olds 2 - - - - 12
Hughes 1 - - - - 6
Damkroger 1 - - - - 6
Butts 1 - - - - 6
Cox 1 - - - - 6
Fischer 1 - - - - 6
Kosch 1 - - - - 6
Johnson, M. - - - - 1 2
Team - - - - 1 2
Total ......... 70 68-63 1 11-6 2 507
Opp. .......... 14 12-9 5-3 104
Overall Defensive Statistics
1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska Defensive Statistics (Final)
(Bowl game included)
TACKLES For Loss Fum. Blocked
UT AT TT No. Yds. Rec. Int. PBU Kicks
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Rich Glover ........... 55 47 102 15 77 1 - 1 -
Bob Terrio ............ 49 55 104 7 20 1 5 5 1
Willie Harper ......... 38 34 72 20 100 1 3 2 -
Bill Kosch ............ 31 15 46 3 15 2 3 3 1
Larry Jacobson ........ 30 45 75 12 73 - 1 1 -
Bill Janssen .......... 29 31 60 11 36 2 - 3 -
Joe Blahak ............ 29 23 52 2 3 - 1 3 -
John Adkins ........... 23 18 41 10 44 3 1 1 -
Jim Branch ............ 21 36 57 - - - - 2 -
Pat Morell ............ 20 23 43 - - - 1 1 -
John Dutton ........... 20 12 32 5 16 - - 1 -
Monte Johnson ......... 15 13 28 2 7 1 1 - 1
Jim Anderson .......... 15 13 28 - - 1 4 7 -
Dave Mason ............ 12 21 33 3 7 1 6 3 -
Bruce Hauge. .......... 12 15 27 - - 1 - - -
Randy Borg ............ 10 11 21 - - 2 1 3 1
John Pitts ............ 10 8 18 - - - - 1 -
Steve Manstedt ........ 8 4 12 2 12 - - 1 -
John Peterson ......... 7 6 13 3 19 - - 1 -
Rich Sanger ........... 6 2 8 - - - - - -
Gary Hollstein ........ 5 4 9 - - - 2 - -
Bill Sloey ............ 4 3 7 - - 1 - - -
John Hyland ........... 4 5 9 - - - - - -
Tom McClelland ........ 4 3 7 - - - - - -
Tom Robison ........... 1 1 2 - - - - - -
Pat Fischer ........... - - - - - - 1 - -
Highs and Lows
1971 STAT HIGHS (13 Games)
Player Longest Run Best Day
Jeff Kinney 66, vs. Kansas 171, vs. Oklahoma
Gary Dixon 35, vs. Kansas 104, vs. Kansas
Jerry Tagge 35, vs. Missouri 85, vs. Missouri
Johnny Rodgers 36, vs. Kansas 47, vs. Kansas
Bill Olds 67, vs. Texas A&M 100, vs. Texas A&M
Maury Damkroger 22, vs. Utah St. 36, vs. Missouri
Randy Butts 11, vs. Iowa State 20, vs. Iowa State
Van Brownson 21, vs. Hawaii 27, vs. Iowa State
Jeff Hughes 13, vs. Oklahoma St. 18, vs. Oklahoma St.
Dave Goeller 12, vs. Iowa State 33, vs. Kansas
Glen Garson 2, vs. Utah State 2, vs. Utah St.
Jim Carstens 11, vs. Kansas 11, vs. Kansas
Jerry List 18, vs. Kansas 18, vs. Kansas
Woody Cox -10, vs. Kansas St. -10, vs. Kansas St.
Steve Runty 17, vs. Hawaii 17, vs. Hawaii
Longest run from scrimmage for TD — 67, Olds vs. Texas A&M
Longest run, no score — 58, Olds, vs. Iowa State
Longest pass for TD — 80, Tagge to List vs. Hawaii
Longest punt return for TD — 92, Rodgers vs. Oklahoma St.
Longest punt return, no score — 32, Rodgers vs. Utah St.
Longest kickoff return for TD — 98, Rodgers vs. Texas A&M
Longest kickoff return, no score — 31, Rodgers vs. Utah St.
Longest pass interception for TD — 95, Kosch vs. Texas A&M
Longest pass interception, no score — 30, Mason vs. Missouri, J. Anderson vs. Alabama
Most pass interceptions — 2, Kosch vs. Texas A&M, Anderson vs. Oklahoma St.
Longest punt — 58, Hughes vs. Iowa State
Most TDs — 4, Kinney vs. Oklahoma
Most passes attempted — 28, Tagge vs. Missouri & Kansas St.
Most passes completed — 20, Tagge vs. Kansas St.
Most yards passing — 285, Tagge vs. Kansas St.
Most passes caught — 10, Rodgers vs. Kansas St.
Most TD passes caught — 3, Rodgers vs. Minnesota
Most pass yardage caught — 127, Rodgers vs. Texas A&M
Most yards rushing — 171, Kinney vs. Oklahoma
Most total offense yards — 319, Tagge vs. Missouri
Most FGs attempted — 3, Sanger vs. Iowa State
Most FGs made — 3, Sanger vs. Iowa State
Longest FG — 39, Sanger vs. Iowa State
TEAM HIGHS
Most yards rushing — 411, vs. Kansas
Most passes attempted — 35, vs. Missouri
Most passes completed — 21, vs. Missouri
Most yards passing — 285, vs. Kansas St.
Most total offense — 603, vs. Missouri
Most first downs — 28, vs. Missouri
Most fumbles — 6, vs. Texas A&M
Most fumbles lost — 4, vs. Texas A&M
Longest TD play — 80, vs. Hawaii
Most passes had intercepted — 2, vs. Kansas & Kansas St.
DEFENSIVE HIGHS AND LOWS
High Low
Yards rushing 279, Oklahoma -42, Kansas
Passes attempted 46, Kansas St. 9, Texas A&M, Colorado
Passes completed 23, Kansas St. 2, Colorado
Passing yardage 204, Hawaii 17, Texas A&M
Total offense 467, Oklahoma 56, Kansas
Pass interceptions 4, Oklahoma St. 1, Colorado, Kansas St.
First Downs 22, Oklahoma 7, Tex. A&M, Missouri, Kansas
Fumbles caused 7, Colorado 0, Utah St.
Fumbles recovered 5, Kansas 0, Oregon, Utah St., Missouri
Longest TD play 34, Utah St., Colorado 1, Oklahoma St., Kansas St.
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