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 TFL Fum
UT AT TT # Yds Rec Int PBU
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Rich Glover .. 55 47 102 15 77 1 - 1
Bob Terrio ... 49 55 104 7 20 1 5 5
Willie Harper 38 34 72 20 100 1 3 2
Bill Kosch ... 31 15 46 3 15 2 3 3
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 -
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
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 -
(Blocked kicks:
Terrio, Kosch, Johnson, Borg: 1 each)
Highs and Lows
1971 STAT HIGHS (13 Games)
Player Long Run Best Day
Jeff Kinney 66 vs KU 171 vs OU
Gary Dixon 35 vs KU 104 vs KU
Jerry Tagge 35 vs MU 85 vs MU
J. Rodgers 36 vs KU 47 vs KU
Bill Olds 67 vs TAM 100 vs TAM
M. Damkroger 22 vs USU 36 vs MU
Randy Butts 11 vs ISU 20 vs ISU
Van Brownson 21 vs HAW 27 vs ISU
Jeff Hughes 13 vs OSU 18 vs OSU
Dave Goeller 12 vs ISU 33 vs KU
Glen Garson 2 vs USU 2 vs USU
Jim Carstens 11 vs KU 11 vs KU
Jerry List 18 vs KU 18 vs KU
Woody Cox -10 vs KSU -10 vs KSU
Steve Runty 17 vs HAW 17 vs HAW
Longest run from scrimmage for TD:
67, Olds vs Texas A&M
Longest run, no score:
58, Olds, vs Iowa St
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 Okla. St
Longest punt: 58, Hughes vs Iowa St
Most TDs: 4, Kinney vs Oklahoma
Most passes attempted:
28, Tagge vs Missouri & Kansas St
Most passes completed: 20, Tagge vs Kan. St
Most yards passing: 285, Tagge vs Kan. St
Most passes caught: 10, Rodgers vs Kan. 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 St
Most FGs made: 3, Sanger vs Iowa St
Longest FG: 39, Sanger vs Iowa St
TEAM HIGHS
Yards rushing - 411, vs Kansas
Passes attempted - 35, vs Missouri
Passes completed - 21, vs Missouri
Yards passing - 285, vs Kansas St.
Total offense - 603, vs Missouri
First downs - 28, vs Missouri
Fumbles - 6, vs Texas A&M
Fumbles lost - 4, vs Texas A&M
Longest TD play - 80, vs Hawaii
Passes had intercepted -
2, vs Kansas & Kansas St.
DEFENSIVE HIGHS AND LOWS
High Low
Yards rushing 279 OU -42 KU
Passes att. 46 KSU 9 TAM,CU
Passes comp. 23 KSU 2 CU
Passing yds 204 HAW 17 TAM
Total offense 467 OU 56 KU
Pass INTs 4 OSU 1 CU,KSU
First downs 22 OU 7 TAM,MU,KU
Fumbles caused 7 CU 0 USU
Fumb. recovered 5 KU 0 ORE,USU,MU
Longest TD play 34 USU,CU 1 OSU,KSU