1987 stats, Nebraska football

1987 Nebraska football statistics

1987 individual game statistics
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Overall Team Statistics

1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final) (does not include bowl game)

TEAM STATISTICS NU Opp. Time of Possession..........356:28 303:32 Avg. Time of Possession....32:23 27:37 Total First Downs..............266 172 By Rush......................214 71 By Pass.......................46 85 By Penalty.....................6 16 Total Offensive Yards.........5379 2912 Avg. Gain Per Game.........489.0 264.7 Total Plays..................835 734 Avg. Plays Per Game.........75.9 66.5 Avg. Gain Per Play...........6.4 4.0 Net Yards Rushing.............4108 1177 Avg. Gain Per Game.........373.5 107.0 Rushing Attempts.............673 423 Avg. Gain Per Rush...........6.1 2.8 Yards Gained Rushing........4351 1563 Yards Lost Rushing...........243 386 Net Yards Passing.............1271 1735 Avg. Gain Per Game.........115.5 157.7 Avg. Gain Per Attempt........7.9 5.6 Avg. Gain Per Completion....15.7 12.6 Attempts.....................162 311 Completions...................81 138 Percentage..................50.0 44.4 Had Intercepted...............11 17 Passes Intercepted by...........17 11 Yards Returned...............117 85 Avg. Return..................6.9 7.1 Punting Average...............37.6 38.1 Yards.......................1428 2893 Had Blocked....................2 2

NU Opp. Punts Returned..................40 16 Yards Returned...............454 110 Average Return..............11.4 6.9 Kickoffs Returned...............25 46 Yards Returned...............514 808 Average Return..............20.6 17.6 Penalties-Yards.............73-616 79-465 Avg. Yards Per Game.........56.0 42.3 Fumbles-Lost.................32-19 31-13 Touchdowns......................58 15 By Rush.......................40 10 By Pass.......................16 5 By Return......................2 0 Field Goals made/attempts......6-8 8-16 Extra Points made/attempts...56-58 14-15 By Kick....................55-56 11-11 By Rush......................1-2 2-2 By Pass......................0-0 1-2 Safeties.........................0 1 Total Points...................423 133 Avg. Per Game...............38.5 12.1 Third Down Conversions......72-137 64-154 Percentage..................52.6 41.6 Fourth Down Conversions......11-16 4-14 Percentage..................68.8 28.6 Quarterback Sacks by............37 15 ATTENDANCE TOTAL AVG. HOME: 533,107 76,158 AWAY: 305,436 61,087

SCORING BY QUARTERS TOTAL AVERAGE 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F NEB 83 142 98 100 423 NEB 7.5 12.9 8.9 9.1 — 38.5 OPP 7 29 63 34 133 OPP 0.6 2.6 5.7 3.1 — 12.1

Overall Individual Statistics

1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (Final) (does not include bowl game)

RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Play Game LP TD Jones, K. 10 170 1245 13 1232 7.2 123.2 69 13 Taylor, S. 10 130 794 135 659 5.1 65.9 58 8 Knox, T. 11 62 435 7 428 6.9 38.9 50 3 Heibel, M. 11 64 356 0 356 5.6 32.4 27 4 Clark, K. 9 64 356 12 344 5.4 38.2 28 5 Brinson, D. 10 33 267 17 250 7.6 25.0 27 0 Carpenter, B. 10 40 185 2 183 4.6 18.3 39 1 Gdowski, G. 6 18 141 10 131 7.3 21.8 28 2 Bell, R. 11 13 129 9 120 9.2 10.9 46 1 Kelley, J. 10 14 112 0 112 8.0 11.2 52 1 Blakeman, C. 11 27 122 32 90 3.3 8.2 29 2 Schmidt, S. 11 12 73 0 73 6.1 6.6 17 0 Dalton, D. 4 4 41 0 41 10.3 10.3 23 0 Hawkins, H. 10 3 19 3 16 5.3 1.9 12 0 Clare, D. 4 4 15 0 15 3.8 3.8 5 0 Sheppard, V. 4 1 12 0 12 12.0 3.0 12 0 Johnk, T. 1 1 11 0 11 11.0 11.0 11 0 Harchelroad,B. 4 3 10 0 10 3.3 2.5 6 0 Preston, M. 4 1 9 0 9 9.0 2.3 9 0 Coleman, R. 4 4 9 2 7 1.8 1.8 6 0 Kitrell, B. 3 3 6 1 5 1.7 1.7 5 0 Achola, G. 1 2 4 0 4 2.0 4.0 4 0 Nebraska 11 673 4351 243 4108 6.1 373.5 69 40 Opponents 11 423 1563 386 1177 2.8 107.0 65 10 Yds/ PASSING G Att. Cmp. Pct. Yds. Int. TD LP Game Rtng. Blakeman, C. 11 37 23 .622 361 2 3 40 32.8 160.1 Taylor, S. 10 123 57 .463 902 9 13 78 90.2 128.2 Gdowski, G. 6 2 1 .500 8 0 0 8 1.3 83.6 Nebraska 11 162 81 .500 1271 11 16 78 115.5 134.9 Opponents 11 311 138 .444 1735 17 5 80 157.7 85.6 Yds/ Yds/ RECEIVING G No. Yds. Play Game LP TD Smith, R. 10 21 329 15.7 32.9 48 3 Millikan, T. 11 13 287 22.1 26.1 54 3 Brinson, D. 10 13 189 14.5 18.9 31 1 Banderas, T. 11 8 86 10.8 7.8 22 6 Bell, R. 11 6 142 23.7 12.9 78 1 Gregory, M. 11 6 58 9.7 5.3 15 0 Hawkins, H. 10 5 76 15.2 7.6 40 1 Bahe, C. 4 2 32 16.0 8.0 24 0 Neubert, K. 11 2 28 14.0 2.5 15 0 Sheppard, V. 4 2 12 6.0 3.0 8 0 McCoy, T. 4 1 18 18.0 4.5 18 0 Clark, K. 9 1 11 11.0 1.2 11 1 Jones, K. 10 1 3 3.0 0.3 3 0 Nebraska 11 81 1271 15.7 115.5 78 16 Opponents 11 138 1735 12.6 157.7 80 5 PAT PAT SCORING G TD Kick R/P FG-A Points Jones, K. 10 13 0 1-2 0 80 Drennan, C. 11 0 53-53 0 6-8 71 Taylor, S. 10 8 0 0 0 48 Clark, K. 9 6 0 0 0 36 Banderas, T. 11 6 0 0 0 36 Smith, R. 10 4 0 0 0 24 Heibel, M. 11 4 0 0 0 24 Knox, T. 11 3 0 0 0 18 Millikan, T. 11 3 0 0 0 18 Gdowski, G. 6 2 0 0 0 12 Blakeman, C. 11 2 0 0 0 12 Bell, R. 11 2 0 0 0 12 Brinson, D. 10 2 0 0 0 12 Carpenter, B. 10 1 0 0 0 6 Kelley, J. 10 1 0 0 0 6 Hawkins, H. 10 1 0 0 0 6 Schnitzler, C. 3 0 2-2 0 0 2 Cheloha, D. 4 0 0-1 0 0 0 INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yds Avg. LP TD Blazek, M. 11 3 48 16.0 46 0 Hicks, L. 11 2 20 10.0 19 0 Forch, S. 11 2 6 3.0 6 0 Washington, B. 11 2 4 2.0 3 0 Wooten, W. 4 1 29 29.0 29 0 Thomas, B. 11 1 7 7.0 7 0 Tomjack, J. 11 1 3 3.0 3 0 Fryar, C. 11 1 0 0.0 0 0 Lewis, T. 7 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jamrog, J. 11 1 0 0.0 0 0 Marco, J. 11 1 0 0.0 0 0 Smith, N. 10 1 0 0.0 0 0 Nebraska 11 17 117 6.9 46 0 Opponents 11 12 85 7.1 24 0 PUNT RETURNS G No. Yds Avg. LP TD Smith, R. 10 10 161 16.1 80 1 Bell, R. 11 4 43 10.8 20 0 Gregory, M. 11 3 31 10.3 15 0 Brinson, D. 10 22 222 10.1 57 1 Hawkins, H. 10 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 Nebraska 11 40 454 11.4 80 2 Opponents 11 16 110 6.9 24 0 KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yds Avg. LP TD Brinson, D. 10 14 329 23.5 47 0 Clark, K. 9 6 135 22.5 38 0 Jones, K. 10 1 21 21.0 21 0 Bell, R. 11 1 11 11.0 11 0 Sheppard, V. 4 2 17 8.5 15 0 Schmidt, S. 11 1 1 1.0 1 0 Nebraska 11 25 514 20.6 47 0 Opponents 11 46 808 17.6 28 0 PUNTING G No. Yards Avg. Blk LP Kroeker, J. 10 36 1428 39.7 1 56 Team 11 2 0 0.0 1 0 Nebraska 11 38 1428 37.6 2 60 Opponents 11 76 2893 38.1 2 60 ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE Rush Recv. PRtn KRtn Tot.-Avg. Jones, K. 1232 3 0 21 1256-125.6 Brinson,D. 250 189 222 329 990- 99.0 Taylor, S. 659 0 0 0 659- 65.9 Clark, K. 344 11 0 135 490- 54.4 FIELD GOALS G 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50 + Drennan, C. 11 0-0 1-2 1-1 3-4 1-1 Opponents 11 0-0 6-6 1-5 1-3 0-1 DRENNAN FG's (underlined good): (0), (0), (0), (27, 36, 43), (40, 43), (43), (0), (29), (0), (0), (50). OPPONENTS FG's: (42, 29, 26), (23), (36, 28), (0), (0), (0), (37, 29), (0), (39, 44), (44, 27, 35), (39, 50).

Overall Defensive Statistics

DEFENSE Etienne, L. Forch, S. Thomas, B. Smith, N. Blazek, M. Pete, L. Jamrog, J. Rother, T. Fryar, C. Murray, M. Hicks, L. Washington, B. Welniak, D. Jackson, T. Marco, J. Jobman, R. Tomjack, J. Jones, L. Croel, M. Valladao, R. Ferguson, B. Caliendo, C. Mills, J. Cooper, R. Sanders, M. Walker, C. Clayton, M. Lewis, T. Vampola, S. Wooten, W. Griffin, W. Custard, J. Wells, K. Opie, H. Palmer, T. Broer, K. Haage, M. Buchanan, P. D'Alesio, J. Long, J. Miller, K. Skradis, K.

G 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 10 11 9 5 10 10 8 8 8 7 4 4 8 1 5 6 2 4 4 2 1 4 1 4

UT 39 37 41 36 26 25 28 23 25 21 25 16 17 16 19 10 5 10 6 6 5 3 2 6 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

AT 36 37 32 29 19 20 15 18 10 13 8 17 12 13 9 10 11 5 4 3 2 4 5 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

TOT 75 74 73 65 45 45 43 41 35 34 33 33 29 29 28 20 16 15 10 9 7 7 7 7 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

TL/Yards 3-5 3-7 9-58 12-63 0 2-4 5-23 13-97 1-3 5-16 0 1-1 4-13 2-6 6-23 0 1-2 3-10 2-11 3-10 0 1-1 0 0 1-1 1-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sacks/Yds 1-1 0 6.5-43 7.5-50 0 1-3 3-18 10-84 0 2-10 0 0 1-5 0 2-15 0 0 2-8 1-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FCSD 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FREC 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BlkKick 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PBU 2 8 3 3 5 0 0 2 7 1 6 5 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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