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2007 Nebraska Football Statistics

Courtesy: NU Media Relations

Release: 11/23/2007

Overall Team Statistics

2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2007) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 401 455 Points Per Game............. 33.4 37.9 FIRST DOWNS................... 292 299 Rushing..................... 89 138 Passing..................... 184 142 Penalty..................... 19 19 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1733 2786 Yards gained rushing........ 1939 3038 Yards lost rushing.......... 206 252 Rushing Attempts............ 417 532 Average Per Rush............ 4.2 5.2 Average Per Game............ 144.4 232.2 TDs Rushing................. 19 38 PASSING YARDAGE............... 3886 2936 Att-Comp-Int................ 481-296-17 409-236-8 Average Per Pass............ 8.1 7.2 Average Per Catch........... 13.1 12.4 Average Per Game............ 323.8 244.7 TDs Passing................. 31 20 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 5619 5722 Total Plays................. 898 941 Average Per Play............ 6.3 6.1 Average Per Game............ 468.2 476.8 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 74-1619 40-847 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 17-139 22-142 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 8-171 17-303 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 21.9 21.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 8.2 6.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 21.4 17.8 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 19-11 15-3 PENALTIES-YARDS............... 77-589 73-597 Average Per Game............ 49.1 49.8 PUNTS-YARDS................... 51-2055 53-2155 Average Per Punt............ 40.3 40.7 Net punt average............ 36.3 36.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 29:14 30:46 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 73/171 91/181 3rd-Down Pct................ 43% 50% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 14/22 8/12 4th-Down Pct................ 64% 67% SACKS BY-YARDS................ 13-94 18-115 MISC YARDS.................... 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 53 60 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 9-9 14-18 ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-4 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES............... 45-50 90% 56-61 92% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 37-50 74% 46-61 75% PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 46-46 100% 53-57 93% ATTENDANCE.................... 591506 291813 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 7/84501 5/58363 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- Nebraska............ 76 123 87 115 - 401 Opponents........... 101 119 131 104 - 455

Overall Individual Statistics

2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2007) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucky, Marlon 12-12 206 1057 38 1019 4.9 9 41 84.9 Castille, Quentin 12-0 76 347 4 343 4.5 4 23 28.6 Helu, Roy 7-0 45 212 3 209 4.6 0 24 29.9 Ganz, Joe 6-3 20 124 31 93 4.7 3 28 15.5 Glenn, Cody 5-0 27 87 9 78 2.9 2 20 15.6 Hardy, Frantz 12-1 3 39 0 39 13.0 0 19 3.2 Culbert, Major 10-0 5 35 0 35 7.0 1 17 3.5 Purify, Maurice 11-4 2 15 0 15 7.5 0 8 1.4 TEAM 7-0 5 0 10 -10 -2.0 0 0 -1.4 Nunn, Terrence 12-10 3 4 14 -10 -3.3 0 4 -0.8 Keller, Sam 9-9 25 19 97 -78 -3.1 0 4 -8.7 Total.......... 12 417 1939 206 1733 4.2 19 41 144.4 Opponents...... 12 532 3038 252 2786 5.2 38 86 232.2

PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Keller, Sam 9-9 133.74 205-325-10 63.1 2422 14 73 269.1 Ganz, Joe 6-3 163.38 89-152-7 58.6 1435 16 62 239.2 Lucky, Marlon 12-12 299.00 1-2-0 50.0 20 1 20 1.7 TEAM 7-0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Davis, Beau 1-0 175.60 1-1-0 100.0 9 0 9 9.0 Total.......... 12 143.60 296-481-17 61.5 3886 31 73 323.8 Opponents...... 12 130.23 236-409-8 57.7 2936 20 66 244.7

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------- Lucky, Marlon 12-12 75 705 9.4 3 62 58.8 Purify, Maurice 11-4 57 814 14.3 9 60 74.0 Swift, Nate 12-8 36 520 14.4 3 35 43.3 Nunn, Terrence 12-10 35 452 12.9 1 30 37.7 Peterson, Todd 12-2 18 359 19.9 5 44 29.9 Hill, Sean 12-6 18 288 16.0 3 73 24.0 Hardy, Frantz 12-1 15 305 20.3 3 60 25.4 Erickson, Dan 12-1 8 77 9.6 0 19 6.4 Glenn, Cody 5-0 6 52 8.7 0 19 10.4 Helu, Roy 7-0 5 40 8.0 0 21 5.7 Holt, Menelik 9-0 4 97 24.2 0 35 10.8 Teafatiller, Hunter 10-0 4 34 8.5 0 13 3.4 Castille, Quentin 12-0 3 33 11.0 0 15 2.8 Sand, Andy 12-3 3 31 10.3 0 15 2.6 Lawson, Thomas 10-2 3 11 3.7 3 6 1.1 Phillips, J.B. 12-10 2 19 9.5 1 13 1.6 McNeill, Mike 7-0 1 25 25.0 0 25 3.6 Young, Dreu 8-0 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.8 Paul, Niles 7-0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.9 Brooks, Chris 1-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 4.0 Total.......... 12 296 3886 13.1 31 73 323.8 Opponents...... 12 236 2936 12.4 20 66 244.7

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Grixby, Cortney 8 50 6.2 0 16 Jones, Andre 6 83 13.8 0 43 Swift, Nate 2 6 3.0 0 6 Nunn, Terrence 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total.......... 17 139 8.2 0 43 Opponents...... 22 142 6.5 0 16

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Grixby, Cortney 2 41 20.5 0 41 Ruud, Bo 2 127 63.5 2 93 Dixon, Kevin 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bowman, Zackary 1 0 0.0 0 0 Potter, Zach 1 0 0.0 0 0 McKeon, Corey 1 3 3.0 0 3 Total.......... 8 171 21.4 2 93 Opponents...... 17 303 17.8 2 80

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Grixby, Cortney 45 1094 24.3 1 94 Jones, Andre 17 373 21.9 0 31 Teafatiller, Hunter 4 37 9.2 0 14 Hardy, Frantz 2 48 24.0 0 29 Brandenburgh, Lance 1 7 7.0 0 7 Hill, Sean 1 17 17.0 0 17 Lucky, Marlon 1 19 19.0 0 19 Paul, Niles 1 8 8.0 0 8 McNeill, Mike 1 9 9.0 0 9 Asante, Larry 1 7 7.0 0 7 Total.......... 74 1619 21.9 1 94 Opponents...... 40 847 21.2 0 49

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- McKeon, Corey 1 11 11.0 0 11 Total.......... 1 11 11.0 0 11 Opponents...... 2 41 20.5 0 34

2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2007) All games

|------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucky, Marlon 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 74 Henery, Alex 0 8-8 45-45 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 69 Purify, Maurice 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 Peterson, Todd 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Castille, Quentin 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Swift, Nate 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 22 Hill, Sean 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 22 Lawson, Thomas 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Ganz, Joe 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4-4 0 0 18 Hardy, Frantz 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Glenn, Cody 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Ruud, Bo 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Grixby, Cortney 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Phillips, J.B. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Culbert, Major 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Nunn, Terrence 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Kunalic, Adi 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 4 Keller, Sam 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-3 0 0 0 Total.......... 53 9-9 46-46 0-0 5 5-7 0 0 401 Opponents...... 60 14-18 53-57 0-2 0 0-1 0 0 455

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G --------------------------------------------------- Keller, Sam 9 350 -78 2422 2344 260.4 Ganz, Joe 6 172 93 1435 1528 254.7 Lucky, Marlon 12 208 1019 20 1039 86.6 Castille, Quentin 12 76 343 0 343 28.6 Helu, Roy 7 45 209 0 209 29.9 Glenn, Cody 5 27 78 0 78 15.6 Hardy, Frantz 12 3 39 0 39 3.2 Culbert, Major 10 5 35 0 35 3.5 Purify, Maurice 11 2 15 0 15 1.4 Davis, Beau 1 1 0 9 9 9.0 TEAM 7 6 -10 0 -10 -1.4 Nunn, Terrence 12 3 -10 0 -10 -0.8 Total.......... 12 898 1733 3886 5619 468.2 Opponents...... 12 941 2786 2936 5722 476.8

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Kunalic, Adi 1-1 100.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 46 0 Henery, Alex 8-8 100.0 0-0 5-5 3-3 0-0 0-0 39 0

FG SEQUENCE Nebraska OPPONENTS ---------------------------------------------------- Nevada (46) (36) Wake Forest (22),(22) (25) USC (37) - Ball State - (45),(22),55 Iowa State - (30) Missouri (26),(39) (23),(33) Oklahoma State - (21),24 Texas A&M - (39) Texas (31) (38),34,(47),(49) Kansas (27) 51 Kansas State (27) (31) Colorado - (25)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ---------------------------------------------------------- Titchener, Dan 49 2023 41.3 52 3 14 16 1 Henery, Alex 1 32 32.0 32 0 0 1 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Total.......... 51 2055 40.3 52 3 14 17 1 Opponents...... 53 2155 40.7 62 3 11 20 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------------------------------------------------------------- Kunalic, Adi 66 4334 65.7 28 0 Wesch, Jake 2 123 61.5 0 0 Henery, Alex 1 13 13.0 0 0 Total.......... 69 4470 64.8 28 0 847 44.4 25 Opponents...... 87 5373 61.8 13 0 1619 40.2 29

2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2007) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------- Lucky, Marlon 12 1019 705 0 19 0 1743 145.2 Grixby, Cortney 12 0 0 50 1094 41 1185 98.8 Purify, Maurice 11 15 814 0 0 0 829 75.4 Swift, Nate 12 0 520 6 0 0 526 43.8 Jones, Andre 11 0 0 83 373 0 456 41.5 Nunn, Terrence 12 -10 452 0 0 0 442 36.8 Hardy, Frantz 12 39 305 0 48 0 392 32.7 Castille, Quentin 12 343 33 0 0 0 376 31.3 Peterson, Todd 12 0 359 0 0 0 359 29.9 Hill, Sean 12 0 288 0 17 0 305 25.4 Helu, Roy 7 209 40 0 0 0 249 35.6 Glenn, Cody 5 78 52 0 0 0 130 26.0 Ruud, Bo 11 0 0 0 0 127 127 11.5 Holt, Menelik 9 0 97 0 0 0 97 10.8 Ganz, Joe 6 93 0 0 0 0 93 15.5 Erickson, Dan 12 0 77 0 0 0 77 6.4 Teafatiller, Hunter 10 0 34 0 37 0 71 7.1 Culbert, Major 10 35 0 0 0 0 35 3.5 McNeill, Mike 7 0 25 0 9 0 34 4.9 Sand, Andy 12 0 31 0 0 0 31 2.6 Phillips, J.B. 12 0 19 0 0 0 19 1.6 Young, Dreu 8 0 14 0 0 0 14 1.8 Paul, Niles 7 0 6 0 8 0 14 2.0 Lawson, Thomas 10 0 11 0 0 0 11 1.1 Asante, Larry 12 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.6 Brandenburgh, Lance 9 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.8 Brooks, Chris 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 4.0 McKeon, Corey 12 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.2 TEAM 7 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -1.4 Keller, Sam 9 -78 0 0 0 0 -78 -8.7 Total.......... 12 1733 3886 139 1619 171 7548 629.0 Opponents...... 12 2786 2936 142 847 303 7014 584.5

Overall Defensive Statistics

2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2007) 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Octavien, Steve 12-8 56 36 92 15-52 2.0-9 . 3 9 . . . . 4 Asante, Larry 12-10 40 38 78 . . . 4 1 . 1 . . 13 McKeon, Corey 12-10 34 39 73 6-19 1.0-8 1-3 6 3 1-11 . . . 5A Murillo, Armando 12-12 43 28 71 3-4 0.5-2 . 7 . . . . . 51 Ruud, Bo 11-10 28 26 54 4-9 . 2-127 3 . . 2 . . 30 Green, Tierre 12-12 24 30 54 1-14 1.0-14 . 4 1 . . . . 40 Brandenburgh, Lance 9-4 37 14 51 . . . . . . . . . 98 Potter, Zach 12-11 26 19 45 11-23 2.5-10 1-0 1 5 1-0 1 . . 46 Eisenhart, Ben 12-1 23 18 41 . . . . . . . . . 52 Dillard, Phillip 12-2 22 15 37 1-1 . . 2 1 . . . . 93 Suh, Ndamukong 12-11 22 12 34 6-29 1.0-6 . 2 4 1-0 . 1 . 1 Bowman, Zackary 11-4 22 7 29 1-2 . 1-0 6 1 . . . . 99 Turner, Barry 12-11 12 17 29 5-34 3.0-33 . 2 7 . . . . 3 Thenarse, Rickey 12-0 18 10 28 . . . . . . 2 . . 2 Grixby, Cortney 12-9 19 8 27 1-1 . 2-41 7 1 . . . . 9H Dixon, Kevin 11-3 11 8 19 3-11 . 1-0 . 2 . . . . 14 Blue, Anthony 12-2 10 8 18 . . . 1 . . . . . 9K Wilson, Bryan 12-1 10 7 17 . . . . 1 . . . . 95 Allen, Pierre 11-0 7 9 16 3-6 . . 1 2 . . . . 56 Barfield, Shukree 12-1 7 8 15 1-1 . . . . . . . . 25 Jones, Andre 11-0 8 6 14 1-1 . . 2 . . . . . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 11-8 7 6 13 4-12 . . . 1 . 1 . . 6 Culbert, Major 10-0 5 4 9 . . . . . . . . . 53 Wortman, Tyler 9-0 4 5 9 3-10 . . . . . . . . 8G Poulosky, Andy 10-1 4 3 7 2-4 1.0-3 . . . . . . . 26 Erickson, Dan 12-1 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . . 88 Sievers, Clayton 11-0 3 4 7 . . . . 1 . . . . 22 West, Anthony 11-0 4 2 6 2-11 1.0-9 . . 2 . . . . 31 Covey, Nick 4-0 3 2 5 1-1 . . . . . . . . 21 Amukamara, Prince 8-0 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . 33 O'Hanlon, Matt 11-0 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 96 Johnson, Brandon 7-0 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . 63 Martin, Ben 6-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 8C Cammack, Wes 9-0 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 82 O'Leary, T.J. 12-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 17 Peterson, Todd 12-2 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 24 Paul, Niles 7-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 87 Swift, Nate 12-8 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 77 Nicks, Carl 12-11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 23 Washington, Latravis 6-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 28 Hagg, Eric 7-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 1C Lawrence, Blake 5-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 97 Titchener, Dan 12-1 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 8E Sullivan, Tony 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 67 Hickman, Jacob 12-9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 72 Burkes, Jaivario 4-3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 8F Rice, Thomas 1-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 48 Sand, Andy 12-3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 76 Murtha, Lydon 8-8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 10 Helu, Roy 7-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 86 Hill, Sean 12-6 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 20 Kunalic, Adi 12-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 5 Lucky, Marlon 12-12 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . TM TEAM 7-0 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . Total.......... 12-0 538 413 951 74-245 13-94 8-171 52 42 3-11 7 1 . Opponents...... 12-0 - - - - 18-115 17-303 51 12 11-41 14 1 .

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