1986 stats, Nebraska football

1986 Nebraska football statistics

1986 individual game statistics
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Cumulative Season Statistics

Team Statistics
Individual Statistics
Defensive Statistics
Records Broken or Tied

Overall Team Statistics

1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final) (does not include bowl game)

NU Opp. Time of Possession.........344:54 315:06 Avg. Time of Possession...31:21 28:39 Total First Downs........ ...248 145 By Rush.....................185 61 By Pass......................47 66 By Penalty...................16 18 Total Offensive Yards........4434 2592 Avg. Gain Per Game........403.1 235.6 Total Plays.................824 708 Avg. Plays Per Game........74.9 64.4 Avg. Gain Per Play..........5.4 3.7 Net Yards Rushing............3360 1053 Avg. Gain Per Game........305.5 95.7 Rushing Attempts............656 442 Avg. Gain Per Rush..........5.1 2.4 Yards Gained Rushing.......3655 1498 Yards Lost Rushing..........295 445 Net Yards Passing............1074 1539 Avg. Gain Per Game.........97.6 139.9 Avg. Gain Per Attempt.......6.4 5.8 Avg. Gain Per Completion...14.7 12.5 Attempts....................168 266 Completions..................73 123 Percentage.................43.5 46.2 Had Intercepted..............10 14 Passes Intercepted by..........14 10 Yards Returned..............140 64 Avg. Return................10.0 6.4

NU Opp. Punting Average..............39.7 40.6 Number of Punts..............48 80 Yards......................1906 3248 Had Blocked...................0 0 Punts Returned.................48 20 Yards Returned..............702 92 Average Return.............14.6 4.6 Kickoffs Returned..............30 55 Yards Returned..............585 950 Average Return.............19.5 17.3 Penalties-Yards............76-657 77-624 Avg. Yards Per Game........59.7 56.7 Fumbles-Lost................33-17 32-14 Touchdowns.....................55 18 By Rush......................40 7 By Pass......................11 10 By Return.....................4 1 Field Goals made/attempts...10-13 8-11 Extra Points made/attempts..54-55 17-18 By Kick...................54-55 16-16 By Rush.....................0-0 1-1 By Pass.....................0-0 0-1 Safeties........................1 0 Total Points..................416 150 Avg. Per Game..............37.8 13.6 First Down Plays..............369 258 Avg. Per Play...............5.7 4.1 Third Down Conversions.....74-158 56-170 Percentage.................46.8 32.9 Fourth Down Conversions.....12-16 3-12 Percentage.................75.0 25.0

SCORING BY QUARTERS TOTAL AVERAGE 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F NEB 118 88 134 76 416 NEB 10.7 8.0 12.2 6.9 — 37.8 OPP 31 48 6 65 150 OPP 2.8 4.4 0.5 5.9 — 13.6

Overall Individual Statistics

1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final) (does not include bowl game)

Yds/ Yds/ RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Play Game LP TD Jones, K. 10 161 889 59 830 5.2 83.0 78 14 Taylor, S. 10 130 656 119 537 4.1 53.7 46 9 Knox, T. 10 70 439 20 419 6.0 41.9 92 2 Kaelin, K. 9 68 385 5 380 5.6 42.2 28 2 Heibel, M. 11 54 303 1 302 5.6 27.5 23 2 Brinson, D. 11 37 296 10 286 7.7 26.0 63 2 Rodgers, T. 10 27 150 15 135 5.0 13.5 26 1 Kelley, J. 5 22 136 3 133 6.0 26.6 32 2 Blakeman, C. 11 26 124 14 110 4.2 10.0 29 4 Wheeler, J. 8 16 75 1 74 4.6 9.3 13 1 Clayton, M. 6 22 101 35 66 3.0 11.0 27 1 Dalton, D. 9 9 52 0 52 5.8 5.7 11 0 Sheppard, V. 5 7 30 1 29 4.1 5.8 14 0 Hawkins, H. 10 3 13 0 13 4.3 1.3 7 0 Mlinar, J. 1 2 5 1 4 2.0 4.0 5 0 Wooten, W. 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 1.0 1 0 Smith, R. 11 1 0 -11 -11 -11.0 -1.0 0 0 Nebraska 11 656 3655 295 3360 5.1 305.5 92 40 Opponents 11 442 1498 445 1053 2.4 95.7 76 7 PASSING G Att Cmp Pct Yds Int TD LP Eff. Taylor, S. 10 124 52 41.9 808 7 6 73 101.3 Blakeman, 11 37 19 51.4 242 2 4 29 131.2 Clayton, M. 6 6 2 33.3 24 1 1 21 88.6 Knox, T. 10 1 0 00.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Nebraska 11 168 73 43.4 1074 10 11 73 106.9 Opponents 11 266 123 46.2 1539 14 10 56 96.7 Yds/ Yds/ RECEIVING G No. Yds. Play Game LP TD Brinson, D. 11 14 208 14.9 18.9 39 1 Smith, R. 11 12 190 15.8 17.3 26 1 Millikan, T. 11 11 230 20.9 20.9 73 4 Schnitzler, R. 10 8 122 15.3 12.2 33 1 Gamble, J. 10 8 111 13.9 11.1 21 0 Banderas, T. 6 6 70 11.7 11.7 20 2 Sheppard, V. 5 3 61 20.3 12.2 46 1 Griffin, W. 9 3 42 14.0 4.7 21 1 Jones, K. 10 2 18 9.0 1.8 11 0 Diaz, M. 8 1 11 11.0 1.4 11 0 Kelley, J. 5 1 6 6.0 1.2 6 0 Hawkins, H. 10 1 5 5.0 0.5 5 0 Wheeler, J. 8 1 3 3.0 0.4 3 0 Cooper, M. 10 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 Knox, T. 10 1 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0 0 Nebraska 11 73 1074 14.7 97.6 73 11 Opponents 11 123 1539 12.5 139.9 56 10 KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yards Avg. LP TD Brinson, D. 11 13 280 21.5 58 0 Sheppard, V. 5 5 135 27.0 43 0 Rodgers, T. 10 6 77 12.8 26 0 Dalton, D. 9 4 64 16.0 25 0 Wheeler, J. 8 2 29 14.5 19 0 Nebraska 11 30 585 19.5 58 0 Opponents 11 55 950 17.3 41 0 PUNT RETURNS G No. Yards Avg. LP TD Brinson, D. 11 27 330 12.2 48 0 Smith, R. 11 12 227 18.9 63 1 Schnitzler, R. 10 1 70 70.0 70 1 Rodgers, T. 10 5 50 10.0 26 0 Siebler, B. 11 1 19 19.0 19 0 Gregory, M. 3 1 6 6.0 6 0 Sheppard, V. 5 1 0 0.0 0 0 Nebraska 11 48 702 14.6 70 2 Opponents 11 20 92 4.6 15 0 FIELD GOALS G 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50 + Klein, D. 11 0-0 5-5 4-4 1-3 0-1 Opponents 11 0-0 2-3 4-4 1-3 1-1 DALE KLEIN FG SEQUENCE (underlined good): (49, 33, 38), (23), (0), (37, 28), (55), (44, 21), (47, 29), (26), (0), (0), (32). OPPONENTS FG SEQUENCE: (46), (0), (0), (38), (49, 37), (29), (57, 42, 36), (27), (0), (0), (22, 31). PAT PAT SCORING G TD Kick R/P FG Points Jones, K. 10 14 0 0 0 84 Klein, D. 11 0 51-52 0 10-13 81 Taylor, S. 10 9 0 0 0 54 Blakeman, C. 11 4 0 0 0 24 Millikan, T. 11 4 0 0 0 24 Brinson, D. 11 3 0 0 0 18 Banderas, T. 6 2 0 0 0 12 Heibel, M. 11 2 0 0 0 12 Kaelin, K. 9 2 0 0 0 12 Kelley, J. 5 2 0 0 0 12 Knox, T. 10 2 0 0 0 12 Schnitzler, R. 10 2 0 0 0 12 Smith, R. 11 2 0 0 0 12 Clayton, M. 6 1 0 0 0 6 Davis, B. 10 1 0 0 0 6 Griffin, W. 9 1 0 0 0 6 Rodgers, T. 10 1 0 0 0 6 Sheppard, V. 5 1 0 0 0 6 Thomas, B. 11 1 0 0 0 6 Wheeler, J. 8 1 0 0 0 6 Schnitzler, C. 1 0 2-2 0 0 2 Barrios, G. 4 0 1-1 0 0 1 Nebraska 11 55 54-55 0 10-13 416* Opponents 11 18 16-16 1-2 8-11 150 *Includes one safety. INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yards Avg. LP TD Siebler, B. 11 3 10 3.3 10 0 Fryar, C. 11 3 3 1.0 7 0 Blazek, M. 11 2 26 13.0 26 0 Munford, M. 11 2 18 9.0 13 0 Tomjack, J. 11 1 36 36.0 36 0 Davis, B. 10 1 32 32.0 32 1 Miller, C. 9 1 11 11.0 11 0 Carr, C. 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 Thomas, B. 11 0 4 0.0 4 1 Nebraska 11 14 140 10.0 40 2 Opponents 11 10 64 6.4 45 1 Rt PUNTING G No. Yards Avg. LP Blk Yd Kroeker, J. 11 46 1824 39.6 63 0 88 Toner, J. 1 1 45 45.0 45 0 4 Klein, D. 11 1 37 37.0 37 0 0 Nebraska 11 48 1906 39.7 63 0 92 Opponents 11 80 3248 40.6 78 0 702

Overall Defensive Statistics

DEFENSE Munford, Marc Parsons, Kevin Thomas, Broderick Noonan, Danny Fryar, Charles Siebler, Bryan Smith, Neil Holloway, Tony Etienne, LeRoy Jones, Lee Spachman, Chris Davis, Brian Blazek, Mark Pete, Lawrence Jamrog, Jeff Tomjack, Jeff Washington, Brian Tyrer, Brad Rother, Tim Henning, Blake Welniak, Doug Marco, Jon Hicks, Lorenzo Miller, Cleo Custard, John Groskurth, Danny Miller, Brian Stanard, Steve Schneider, Gary Thayer, Dan Putnam, Sean Walker, Cartier Wiley, Dante Carr, Chris

G 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 11 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 10 11 11 5 9 11 5 2 4 6 4 5 3 10 4

UT 49 44 41 31 38 36 29 29 21 23 21 22 17 17 18 10 8 12 10 8 8 8 5 6 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0

AT 41 28 17 22 14 15 20 14 17 13 12 8 10 8 4 8 10 3 5 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOT 90 72 58 53 52 51 49 43 38 36 33 30 27 25 22 18 18 15 15 12 10 9 6 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0

Sacks/Yds 4/34 1/2 4/17 7/38 0/0 0/0 5/41 2/4 0/0 2/2 1/8 0/0 1/21 2/17 4/32 0/0 0/0 4/30 2/13 0/0 0/0 1/21 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0

TL/Yds 8/46 1/2 11/48 12/62 1/4 0/0 10/55 10/23 2/2 7/15 4/17 1/3 1/21 5/26 7/65 1/2 1/4 8/39 2/13 0/0 0/0 4/34 0/0 0/0 1/4 0/0 2/6 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0

Int 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

PBU 4 4 2 0 8 2 1 1 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FmbRec 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BlkKick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Records broken or tied

NEBRASKA RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED IN 1986

INDIVIDUAL

Highest PAT conversion percentage, season (min. 40 att.):
.981; Dale Klein (51-52; old record, .977, Kevin Seibel, 43-44, 1981).

Most field goals, career:
27; Dale Klein (old record, 22, Billy Todd, 1977-78).

Highest punt-return average, season (min. 5 ret.):
18.9; Rod Smith (12-227; old record, 16.6, Johnny Rodgers, 1971).

Most opponents' fumbles recovered, game:
3; Broderick Thomas vs. Colorado (old record, 2, by many).

Most opponents' fumbles recovered, season:
6; Broderick Thomas (old record, 5, Dave Butterfield, 1975).

Most passes broken up, season:
8; Charles Fryar (ties record shared by many).

TEAM

Consecutive games scored in:
160; extends current record.