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2006 Nebraska Football Statistics
Courtesy: NU Media Relations
          Release: 01/01/2006
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Overall Team Statistics


2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 428 256 Points Per Game............. 30.6 18.3 FIRST DOWNS................... 285 236 Rushing..................... 125 82 Passing..................... 144 144 Penalty..................... 16 10 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2387 1632 Yards gained rushing........ 2723 2042 Yards lost rushing.......... 336 410 Rushing Attempts............ 554 436 Average Per Rush............ 4.3 3.7 Average Per Game............ 170.5 116.6 TDs Rushing................. 27 14 PASSING YARDAGE............... 3417 3014 Att-Comp-Int................ 411-244-8 446-238-12 Average Per Pass............ 8.3 6.8 Average Per Catch........... 14.0 12.7 Average Per Game............ 244.1 215.3 TDs Passing................. 32 17 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 5804 4646 Total Plays................. 965 882 Average Per Play............ 6.0 5.3 Average Per Game............ 414.6 331.9 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 28-488 61-1096 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 36-294 18-73 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 12-113 8-83 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 17.4 18.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 8.2 4.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 9.4 10.4 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 25-17 32-13 PENALTIES-YARDS............... 74-614 77-583 Average Per Game............ 43.9 41.6 PUNTS-YARDS................... 68-2660 83-3336 Average Per Punt............ 39.1 40.2 Net punt average............ 37.2 35.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 32:41 27:19 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 90/199 63/192 3rd-Down Pct................ 45% 33% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 14/23 9/23 4th-Down Pct................ 61% 39% SACKS BY-YARDS................ 31-238 30-206 MISC YARDS.................... 18 39 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 59 32 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 5-7 12-17 PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 55-56 26-29 ATTENDANCE.................... 595309 321505 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 7/85044 5/64301 Neutral Site Games.......... 2/73404

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- Nebraska............ 117 135 49 120 7 - 428 Opponents........... 45 83 46 82 0 - 256


Overall Individual Statistics


2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)

All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jackson, Brandon 14-9 188 1023 34 989 5.3 8 48 70.6 Lucky, Marlon 14-6 141 762 34 728 5.2 6 51 52.0 Glenn, Cody 9-0 71 375 5 370 5.2 8 36 41.1 Wilson, Kenny 12-0 75 354 19 335 4.5 4 30 27.9 Nunn, Terrence 14-9 4 21 2 19 4.8 0 18 1.4 Hardy, Frantz 13-0 3 16 2 14 4.7 0 13 1.1 Green, Tierre 14-14 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 0.5 Purify, Maurice 14-5 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 Ganz, Joe 5-0 3 10 20 -10 -3.3 0 10 -2.0 Todd, Dane 14-8 1 0 15 -15 -15.0 0 0 -1.1 TEAM 8-0 6 0 19 -19 -3.2 0 0 -2.4 Taylor, Zac 14-14 60 154 186 -32 -0.5 1 24 -2.3 Total.......... 14 554 2723 336 2387 4.3 27 51 170.5 Opponents...... 14 436 2042 410 1632 3.7 14 57 116.6

PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Taylor, Zac 14-14 146.12 391-233-8 59.6 3197 26 78 228.4 Ganz, Joe 5-0 208.83 13-7-0 53.8 122 3 31 24.4 TEAM 8-0 0.00 2-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Lucky, Marlon 14-6 320.00 2-1-0 50.0 25 1 25 1.8 Wesch, Jake 11-0 572.80 1-1-0 100.0 17 1 17 1.5 Titchener, Dan 14-0 335.20 1-1-0 100.0 28 0 28 2.0 Purify, Maurice 14-5 665.20 1-1-0 100.0 28 1 28 2.0 Total.......... 14 151.00 411-244-8 59.4 3417 32 78 244.1 Opponents...... 14 117.33 446-238-12 53.4 3014 17 66 215.3

RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G --------------------------------------------------------- Nunn, Terrence 14-9 42 597 14.2 3 75 42.6 Purify, Maurice 14-5 34 630 18.5 7 63 45.0 Jackson, Brandon 14-9 33 313 9.5 2 49 22.4 Lucky, Marlon 14-6 32 383 12.0 0 42 27.4 Swift, Nate 14-3 22 374 17.0 2 49 26.7 Peterson, Todd 14-2 19 307 16.2 2 48 21.9 Hardy, Frantz 13-0 14 317 22.6 3 78 24.4 Phillips, J.B. 14-12 13 82 6.3 2 10 5.9 Herian, Matt 14-12 12 150 12.5 2 36 10.7 Teafatiller, Hunter 14-2 5 78 15.6 4 29 5.6 Mueller, Josh 13-2 5 26 5.2 2 8 2.0 Erickson, Dan 13-0 4 85 21.2 0 57 6.5 Wilson, Kenny 12-0 3 20 6.7 0 13 1.7 Todd, Dane 14-8 3 13 4.3 1 8 0.9 Senske, Matt 4-0 2 13 6.5 1 12 3.2 Turner, Barry 14-0 1 29 29.0 1 29 2.1 Total.......... 14 244 3417 14.0 32 78 244.1 Opponents...... 14 238 3014 12.7 17 66 215.3

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Nunn, Terrence 18 153 8.5 0 31 Grixby, Cortney 13 92 7.1 0 23 Swift, Nate 3 50 16.7 0 33 Bradley, Stewart 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total.......... 36 294 8.2 0 33 Opponents...... 18 73 4.1 0 16

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Shanle, Andrew 4 19 4.8 0 19 Ruud, Bo 2 54 27.0 0 40 Suh, Ndamukong 1 0 0.0 0 0 Thenarse, Rickey 1 25 25.0 0 25 Jones, Andre 1 0 0.0 0 0 Carriker, Adam 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 Green, Tierre 1 15 15.0 0 15 Grixby, Cortney 1 3 3.0 0 3 Total.......... 12 113 9.4 0 40 Opponents...... 8 83 10.4 0 52

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Jackson, Brandon 9 157 17.4 0 27 Lucky, Marlon 8 153 19.1 0 32 Green, Tierre 3 59 19.7 0 23 Hardy, Frantz 3 49 16.3 0 22 Wilson, Kenny 2 42 21.0 0 27 Peterson, Todd 1 0 0.0 0 0 Phillips, J.B. 1 15 15.0 0 15 Todd, Dane 1 13 13.0 0 13 Total.......... 28 488 17.4 0 32 Opponents...... 61 1096 18.0 0 78

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long -------------------------------------------- Rigoni, Brandon 1 11 11.0 0 11 Ruud, Bo 1 7 7.0 0 7 Total.......... 2 18 9.0 0 11 Opponents...... 4 39 9.8 1 19


2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)

All games

|------- PATs -------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points -------------------------------------------------------------------- Congdon, Jordan 0 5-7 55-56 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 70 Jackson, Brandon 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60 Glenn, Cody 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Purify, Maurice 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Lucky, Marlon 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Teafatiller, Hunter 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Wilson, Kenny 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Hardy, Frantz 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Nunn, Terrence 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Swift, Nate 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 14 Phillips, J.B. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Mueller, Josh 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Herian, Matt 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Peterson, Todd 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Taylor, Zac 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 6 Todd, Dane 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Senske, Matt 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Turner, Barry 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 Wesch, Jake 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Rigoni, Brandon 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Total.......... 59 5-7 55-56 0-1 1 1-2 0 1 428 Opponents...... 32 12-17 26-29 0-1 1 1-2 0 0 256

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G --------------------------------------------------- Taylor, Zac 14 451 -32 3197 3165 226.1 Jackson, Brandon 14 188 989 0 989 70.6 Lucky, Marlon 14 143 728 25 753 53.8 Glenn, Cody 9 71 370 0 370 41.1 Wilson, Kenny 12 75 335 0 335 27.9 Ganz, Joe 5 16 -10 122 112 22.4 Purify, Maurice 14 2 1 28 29 2.1 Titchener, Dan 14 1 0 28 28 2.0 Nunn, Terrence 14 4 19 0 19 1.4 Wesch, Jake 11 1 0 17 17 1.5 Hardy, Frantz 13 3 14 0 14 1.1 Green, Tierre 14 1 7 0 7 0.5 Todd, Dane 14 1 -15 0 -15 -1.1 TEAM 8 8 -19 0 -19 -2.4 Total.......... 14 965 2387 3417 5804 414.6 Opponents...... 14 882 1632 3014 4646 331.9

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Congdon, Jordan 5-7 71.4 0-0 2-2 2-3 1-2 0-0 40 0

FG SEQUENCE Nebraska OPPONENTS ---------------------------------------------------- Louisiana Tech - (23) Nicholls State 37 - USC (38) - Troy - - Kansas (21) (31),(35) Iowa State - - Kansas State - 54,(53) Texas - (22),39,31,(22),(22) Oklahoma State (26),42 - Missouri (40),(33) (26),(54) Texas A&M - (37),(20),42 Colorado - 55 Oklahoma - - Auburn - (42)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ---------------------------------------------------------- Titchener, Dan 66 2592 39.3 58 3 28 26 0 Congdon, Jordan 2 68 34.0 35 0 0 2 0 Total.......... 68 2660 39.1 58 3 28 28 0 Opponents...... 83 3336 40.2 60 4 11 17 1

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn ------------------------------------------------------------- Congdon, Jordan 43 2395 55.7 4 1 Wesch, Jake 33 2016 61.1 8 0 Alegria, Jordan 1 59 59.0 0 0 Total.......... 77 4470 58.1 12 1 1096 40.7 24 Opponents...... 56 3330 59.5 25 1 488 41.8 23


2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)

All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ----------------------------------------------------------- Jackson, Brandon 14 989 313 0 157 0 1459 104.2 Lucky, Marlon 14 728 383 0 153 0 1264 90.3 Nunn, Terrence 14 19 597 153 0 0 769 54.9 Purify, Maurice 14 1 630 0 0 0 631 45.1 Swift, Nate 14 0 374 50 0 0 424 30.3 Wilson, Kenny 12 335 20 0 42 0 397 33.1 Hardy, Frantz 13 14 317 0 49 0 380 29.2 Glenn, Cody 9 370 0 0 0 0 370 41.1 Peterson, Todd 14 0 307 0 0 0 307 21.9 Herian, Matt 14 0 150 0 0 0 150 10.7 Phillips, J.B. 14 0 82 0 15 0 97 6.9 Grixby, Cortney 14 0 0 92 0 3 95 6.8 Erickson, Dan 13 0 85 0 0 0 85 6.5 Green, Tierre 14 7 0 0 59 15 81 5.8 Teafatiller, Hunter 14 0 78 0 0 0 78 5.6 Ruud, Bo 14 0 0 0 0 54 54 3.9 Turner, Barry 14 0 29 0 0 0 29 2.1 Mueller, Josh 13 0 26 0 0 0 26 2.0 Thenarse, Rickey 14 0 0 0 0 25 25 1.8 Shanle, Andrew 14 0 0 0 0 19 19 1.4 Senske, Matt 4 0 13 0 0 0 13 3.2 Todd, Dane 14 -15 13 0 13 0 11 0.8 Bradley, Stewart 14 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 Carriker, Adam 14 0 0 0 0 -3 -3 -0.2 Ganz, Joe 5 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -2.0 TEAM 8 -19 0 0 0 0 -19 -2.4 Taylor, Zac 14 -32 0 0 0 0 -32 -2.3 Total.......... 14 2387 3417 294 488 113 6699 478.5 Opponents...... 14 1632 3014 73 1096 83 5898 421.3


Overall Defensive Statistics


2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers Nebraska Overall Team Statistics (Final)

All games

|--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Bradley, Stewart 14 41 35 76 6-18 1.0-6 . 1 5 4-0 3 . . 25 Jones, Andre 14 52 22 74 2-13 1.0-12 1-0 7 . . . . . 1D McKeon, Corey 13 32 37 69 8-28 1.0-15 . 3 2 1-0 2 . . 51 Ruud, Bo 14 36 29 65 7-31 2.0-23 2-54 4 4 2-7 3 . . 30 Green, Tierre 14 37 28 65 1-1 . 1-15 2 . 1-0 . . . 8 Shanle, Andrew 14 41 16 57 . . 4-19 7 4 1-0 . . . 2 Grixby, Cortney 14 42 11 53 2-3 . 1-3 11 . 1-0 1 . . 90 Carriker, Adam 14 24 28 52 16-61 7.0-45 1--3 3 11 . . 1 . 44 Moore, Jay 14 23 22 45 17-70 6.0-43 . 3 5 . . . . 40 Brandenburgh, Lance 14 19 22 41 4-10 0.5-1 . . . . 1 . . 15 Octavien, Steve 9 21 11 32 4-7 1.0-1 . 2 1 . 1 . . 54 Dagunduro, Ola 14 14 17 31 9-31 3.5-25 . . 3 . . 1 . 94 Cryer, Barry 14 18 13 31 10-38 2.5-18 . 3 1 . 1 . . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 14 15 7 22 3-8 0.5-1 . . . . 1 . . 93 Suh, Ndamukong 14 12 7 19 8-45 3.5-37 1-0 . 2 . 1 . . 99 Turner, Barry 14 11 7 18 4-12 1.5-11 . 2 6 1-0 . 1 . 46 Eisenhart, Ben 13 9 4 13 2-6 . . . . . . . . 23 Young, Corey 11 9 3 12 . . . . . . . . . 6 Culbert, Major 12 6 6 12 . . . . . . . 1 . 26 Erickson, Dan 13 6 6 12 . . . . . . . . . 3 Thenarse, Rickey 14 5 4 9 . . 1-25 1 . . 1 . . 47 Kadavy, Andy 12 4 4 8 . . . . . . . . . 33 O'Hanlon, Matt 12 1 7 8 . . . . . . . . . 24 Rigoni, Brandon 13 4 2 6 . . . . . 1-11 . . . 17 Peterson, Todd 14 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . 9K Wilson, Bryan 13 3 1 4 1-1 . . . 1 1-0 . . . 52 Dillard, Phillip 1 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 98 Potter, Zach 12 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 37 Wesch, Jake 11 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 86 Poulosky, Andy 6 1 1 2 1-3 . . . 1 . . . . 59 Byford, Brett 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 61 Huff, Mike 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 9X Henry, Will 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 18 Spain, Tyrell 9 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 21 Brothers, Titus 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 96 Johnson, Brandon 6 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 41 Todd, Dane 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 88 Sievers, Clayton 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 85 Phillips, J.B. 14 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 29 Congdon, Jordan 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 7 Hardy, Frantz 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 87 Swift, Nate 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 16 Purify, Maurice 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 83 Nunn, Terrence 14 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 13 Taylor, Zac 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . TM TEAM 8 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Total.......... 14 506 360 866 105-386 31-238 12-113 49 46 13-18 15 4 1 Opponents...... 14 - - - - 30-206 8-83 50 14 17-39 19 . .

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