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Overall Team Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (as of Jan 03, 2009) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 460 371 Points Per Game............. 35.4 28.5 FIRST DOWNS................... 295 228 Rushing..................... 113 83 Passing..................... 171 117 Penalty..................... 11 28 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2207 1514 Yards gained rushing........ 2509 1895 Yards lost rushing.......... 302 381 Rushing Attempts............ 486 418 Average Per Rush............ 4.5 3.6 Average Per Game............ 169.8 116.5 TDs Rushing................. 27 24 PASSING YARDAGE............... 3653 3034 Att-Comp-Int................ 433-295-11 385-222-12 Average Per Pass............ 8.4 7.9 Average Per Catch........... 12.4 13.7 Average Per Game............ 281.0 233.4 TDs Passing................. 27 19 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 5860 4548 Total Plays................. 919 803 Average Per Play............ 6.4 5.7 Average Per Game............ 450.8 349.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards......... 57-1245 57-1364 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards......... 31-376 22-208 INT RETURNS: #-Yards.......... 12-202 11-249 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 21.8 23.9 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 12.1 9.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 16.8 22.6 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 31-17 17-5 PENALTIES-Yards............... 94-800 64-477 Average Per Game............ 61.5 36.7 PUNTS-Yards................... 48-1850 66-2544 Average Per Punt............ 38.5 38.5 Net punt average............ 32.1 31.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game....... 34:01 25:59 3RD-DOWN Conversions.......... 84/178 57/169 3rd-Down Pct................ 47% 34% 4TH-DOWN Conversions.......... 5/13 10/21 4th-Down Pct................ 38% 48% SACKS BY-Yards................ 35-269 21-128 MISC YARDS.................... 9 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 58 49 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 18-21 10-17 ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-1 1-1 RED-ZONE SCORES............... 54-62 87% 37-49 76% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 42-62 68% 29-49 59% PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 56-57 98% 45-49 92% ATTENDANCE.................... 680564 235899 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 8/85070 4/58975 Neutral Site Games.......... 1/67282

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- Nebraska............ 98 126 81 155 0 - 460 Opponents........... 113 107 93 52 6 - 371

Overall Individual Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jan 03, 2009) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------------------- Helu Jr., Roy 13-2 125 839 36 803 6.4 7 57 61.8 Lucky, Marlon 12-11 125 550 33 517 4.1 7 58 43.1 Castille, Q. 13-1 106 505 38 467 4.4 6 58 35.9 Ganz, Joe 13-13 92 417 159 258 2.8 5 33 19.8 Mendoza, Marcus 4-0 15 110 7 103 6.9 1 35 25.8 Swift, Nate 13-13 2 23 0 23 11.5 0 16 1.8 Witt, Patrick 5-0 4 21 1 20 5.0 1 16 4.0 Peterson, Todd 13-13 2 18 0 18 9.0 0 16 1.4 Lee, Zac 2-0 2 17 0 17 8.5 0 11 8.5 Henery, Alex 13-0 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 0.7 McNeill, Mike 13-12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Paul, Niles 13-3 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 0 -0.5 Wesch, Jake 13-0 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -0.7 TEAM 5-0 9 0 13 -13 -1.4 0 0 -2.6 Total.......... 13 486 2509 302 2207 4.5 27 58 169.8 Opponents...... 13 418 1895 381 1514 3.6 24 67 116.5

PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 13-13 153.62 285-420-11 67.9 3568 25 69 274.5 Witt, Patrick 5-0 125.40 6-8-0 75.0 48 0 23 9.6 Lee, Zac 2-0 71.00 1-2-0 50.0 5 0 5 2.5 Lucky, Marlon 12-11 530.80 2-2-0 100.0 24 2 20 2.0 Wesch, Jake 13-0 167.20 1-1-0 100.0 8 0 8 0.6 Total.......... 13 154.49 295-433-11 68.1 3653 27 69 281.0 Opponents...... 13 133.91 222-385-12 57.7 3034 19 68 233.4

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 13-13 63 941 14.9 10 67 72.4 Peterson, Todd 13-13 62 786 12.7 4 36 60.5 McNeill, Mike 13-12 32 442 13.8 6 53 34.0 Holt, Menelik 12-4 30 355 11.8 1 25 29.6 Lucky, Marlon 12-11 26 288 11.1 1 69 24.0 Helu Jr., Roy 13-2 25 266 10.6 0 27 20.5 Paul, Niles 13-3 23 214 9.3 0 21 16.5 Young, Dreu 13-4 9 140 15.6 1 55 10.8 Castille, Q. 13-1 9 109 12.1 0 31 8.4 Teafatiller, H. 12-2 3 27 9.0 0 15 2.2 Hill, Ryan 13-0 3 9 3.0 1 6 0.7 Brooks, Chris 11-0 2 27 13.5 1 25 2.5 Gilleylen, C. 11-0 2 11 5.5 0 6 1.0 Mendoza, Marcus 4-0 2 7 3.5 0 7 1.8 Ganz, Joe 13-13 1 20 20.0 1 20 1.5 Cammack, Wes 13-0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.4 Lawson, Thomas 11-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 Suh, Ndamukong 13-13 1 2 2.0 1 2 0.2 Total.......... 13 295 3653 12.4 27 69 281.0 Opponents...... 13 222 3034 13.7 19 68 233.4

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 23 296 12.9 1 88 Paul, Niles 8 80 10.0 0 28 Total.......... 31 376 12.1 1 88 Opponents...... 22 208 9.5 0 33

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Potter, Zach 2 11 5.5 0 11 Suh, Ndamukong 2 79 39.5 2 49 West, Anthony 2 26 13.0 0 26 Asante, Larry 1 0 0.0 0 0 Murillo, A. 1 57 57.0 0 57 Wortman, Tyler 1 8 8.0 0 8 Thenarse, R. 1 0 0.0 0 0 O'Hanlon, Matt 1 21 21.0 0 21 Lawrence, Blake 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total.......... 12 202 16.8 2 57 Opponents...... 11 249 22.6 3 63

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Paul, Niles 41 969 23.6 1 85 Dennard, Alfonzo 8 150 18.8 0 31 Lawson, Thomas 3 31 10.3 0 20 Gilleylen, C. 2 48 24.0 0 26 Asante, Larry 2 31 15.5 0 20 Teafatiller, H. 1 16 16.0 0 16 Total.......... 57 1245 21.8 1 85 Opponents...... 57 1364 23.9 1 98

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Hagg, Eric 1 3 3.0 0 3 Murillo, A. 1 11 11.0 0 11 Total.......... 2 14 7.0 0 11 Opponents...... 5 150 30.0 2 58

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jan 03, 2009) All games

|------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 0 18-21 56-57 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 110 Swift, Nate 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66 Lucky, Marlon 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Helu Jr., Roy 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 McNeill, Mike 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Castille, Q. 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Ganz, Joe 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 36 Peterson, Todd 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Suh, Ndamukong 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Brooks, Chris 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Young, Dreu 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Holt, Menelik 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Paul, Niles 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Mendoza, Marcus 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Witt, Patrick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hill, Ryan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Hagg, Eric 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Total.......... 58 18-21 56-57 0-0 0 0-1 0 1 460 Opponents...... 49 10-17 45-49 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 371

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G --------------------------------------------------- Ganz, Joe 13 512 258 3568 3826 294.3 Helu Jr., Roy 13 125 803 0 803 61.8 Lucky, Marlon 12 127 517 24 541 45.1 Castille, Q. 13 106 467 0 467 35.9 Mendoza, Marcus 4 15 103 0 103 25.8 Witt, Patrick 5 12 20 48 68 13.6 Swift, Nate 13 2 23 0 23 1.8 Lee, Zac 2 4 17 5 22 11.0 Peterson, Todd 13 2 18 0 18 1.4 Henery, Alex 13 1 9 0 9 0.7 Wesch, Jake 13 2 -9 8 -1 -0.1 Paul, Niles 13 1 -6 0 -6 -0.5 TEAM 5 9 -13 0 -13 -2.6 Total.......... 13 919 2207 3653 5860 450.8 Opponents...... 13 803 1514 3034 4548 349.8

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Henery, Alex 18-21 85.7 1-1 7-7 3-4 6-6 1-3 57 1

FG SEQUENCE Nebraska OPPONENTS ---------------------------------------------------- Western Michigan (44),(44),(44),(44) (19) San Jose State - 41,(41),32,(27) New Mexico State 35,(19) 20 Virginia Tech (48) (19),(38),(27),(36) Missouri (28) (48),59 Texas Tech 53,(21) (26) Iowa State - 40 Baylor (27),52 19 Oklahoma - - Kansas (35) - Kansas State - - Colorado (35),(27),(37),(57) (37) Clemson (48),(28),(28),(22) 20

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ---------------------------------------------------------- Titchener, Dan 42 1649 39.3 58 3 5 13 0 Wesch, Jake 5 201 40.2 55 2 1 1 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 Total.......... 48 1850 38.5 58 5 6 14 1 Opponents...... 66 2544 38.5 69 4 9 18 1

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------------------------------------------------------------- Kunalic, Adi 81 5307 65.5 29 1 Henery, Alex 6 250 41.7 0 0 Titchener, Dan 1 52 52.0 0 0 Total.......... 88 5609 63.7 29 1 1364 41.6 28 Opponents...... 71 4435 62.5 10 4 1245 42.1 27

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jan 03, 2009) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------- Swift, Nate 13 23 941 296 0 0 1260 96.9 Paul, Niles 13 -6 214 80 969 0 1257 96.7 Helu Jr., Roy 13 803 266 0 0 0 1069 82.2 Lucky, Marlon 12 517 288 0 0 0 805 67.1 Peterson, Todd 13 18 786 0 0 0 804 61.8 Castille, Q. 13 467 109 0 0 0 576 44.3 McNeill, Mike 13 0 442 0 0 0 442 34.0 Holt, Menelik 12 0 355 0 0 0 355 29.6 Ganz, Joe 13 258 20 0 0 0 278 21.4 Dennard, Alfonzo 12 0 0 0 150 0 150 12.5 Young, Dreu 13 0 140 0 0 0 140 10.8 Mendoza, Marcus 4 103 7 0 0 0 110 27.5 Suh, Ndamukong 13 0 2 0 0 79 81 6.2 Gilleylen, C. 11 0 11 0 48 0 59 5.4 Murillo, A. 13 0 0 0 0 57 57 4.4 Teafatiller, H. 12 0 27 0 16 0 43 3.6 Lawson, Thomas 11 0 4 0 31 0 35 3.2 Asante, Larry 13 0 0 0 31 0 31 2.4 Brooks, Chris 11 0 27 0 0 0 27 2.5 West, Anthony 12 0 0 0 0 26 26 2.2 O'Hanlon, Matt 13 0 0 0 0 21 21 1.6 Witt, Patrick 5 20 0 0 0 0 20 4.0 Lee, Zac 2 17 0 0 0 0 17 8.5 Potter, Zach 13 0 0 0 0 11 11 0.8 Hill, Ryan 13 0 9 0 0 0 9 0.7 Henery, Alex 13 9 0 0 0 0 9 0.7 Wortman, Tyler 13 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.6 Cammack, Wes 13 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.4 Wesch, Jake 13 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -0.7 TEAM 5 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 -2.6 Total.......... 13 2207 3653 376 1245 202 7683 591.0 Opponents...... 13 1514 3034 208 1364 249 6369 489.9

Overall Defensive Statistics

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Jan 03, 2009) 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93 Suh, Ndamukong 13-13 39 37 76 19-85 7.5-67 2-79 3 7 . 1 2 . 4 Asante, Larry 13-12 45 22 67 2-4 1.0-4 1-0 4 1 . . . . 33 O'Hanlon, Matt 13-9 33 19 52 2-5 . 1-21 5 1 . . . . 95 Allen, Pierre 13-11 21 31 52 10-37 5.0-27 . 1 2 . 1 . . 34 Glenn, Cody 9-9 26 25 51 6-20 . . 4 4 . 1 . . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 13-13 21 27 48 8-27 2.5-21 . . 3 . 1 . . 98 Potter, Zach 13-13 14 33 47 16-54 5.5-44 2-11 7 6 . 1 3 . 6 Murillo, A. 13-12 35 9 44 2-1 . 1-57 9 1 1-11 . . . 28 Hagg, Eric 13-10 29 10 39 5-28 1.0-16 . 7 2 1-3 1 . . 52 Dillard, P. 9-5 13 25 38 2-9 0.5-6 . 1 1 . . . . 53 Wortman, Tyler 13-6 19 17 36 5-11 . 1-8 1 . . . . . 21 Amukamara, P. 13-3 21 13 34 2-12 1.0-11 . 3 1 . 2 . . 5A West, Anthony 12-11 23 6 29 1-2 1.0-2 2-26 9 . . . . . 3 Thenarse, R. 11-5 17 7 24 6-25 2.0-21 1-0 1 . . 1 1 . 23 Thorell, Lance 11-5 15 9 24 . . . 1 . . . . . 40 Lawrence, Blake 10-2 8 13 21 . . 1-0 1 1 . . . . 54 Koehler, Colton 7-1 7 9 16 1-2 . . . . . . . . 35 Holt, Matt 9-1 11 3 14 . . . . . . . . . 88 Sievers, C. 13-0 9 5 14 3-6 1.0-1 . . 2 . 1 . . 2 Culbert, Major 7-0 4 6 10 . . . . . . . . . 56 Barfield, S. 11-0 7 3 10 3-16 3.0-16 . . . . . . . 82 Cammack, Wes 13-0 8 1 9 . . . . . . . . . 9B Moore, Terrence 7-0 3 5 8 2-11 2.0-11 . . . . . . . 24 Paul, Niles 13-3 5 3 8 . . . . . 2-0 . . . 22 Wald, Mason 13-0 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . . 3H May, Mathew 8-0 5 1 6 1-8 1.0-8 . . . 1-0 1 . . 15 Dennard, Alfonzo 12-0 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . 89 Teafatiller, H. 12-2 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . 99 Turner, Barry 2-2 1 2 3 2-15 1.0-14 . . . . . . . 17 Peterson, Todd 13-13 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . . 30 Hays, Mike 13-0 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 19 Castille, Q. 13-1 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 80 Hill, Ryan 13-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . 94 Crick, Jared 9-0 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 41 Grove, Thomas 13-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 5 Lucky, Marlon 12-11 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 18 Holt, Menelik 12-4 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 65 Smith, Mike 13-12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 8 Cassidy, Austin 2-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 10 Helu Jr., Roy 13-2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 12 Ganz, Joe 13-13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 68 Williams, Keith 13-9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 Brooks, Chris 11-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 76 Murtha, Lydon 9-9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 20 Kunalic, Adi 13-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 63 Martin, Ben 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 47 Yancy, William 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 8D O'Leary, T.J. 13-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . TM TEAM 5-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Total.......... 13-0 470 354 824 98-378 35-269 12-202 58 32 5-14 11 6 1 Opponents...... 13-0 - - - - 21-128 11-249 38 11 17-150 19 2 1