Huskers beat Kansas State and ckinch Big 12 Niorth.
Last scheduled game is Colorado at 2:30 PM next Friday, November 27th on ABC.
Then on Saturday December 5 they will play Texas for the Big 12 title
After a lot of shakey games the Huskers ended up with a good season .... better than I expected and better than I feared during parts of the season......
Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final)
Kansas State vs Nebraska (Nov 21, 2009 at Lincoln, Neb.)
KSU NUFIRST DOWNS................... 19 19
Rushing..................... 9 7
Passing..................... 7 9
Penalty..................... 3 3
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 140 101
Rushing Attempts............ 34 45
Average Per Rush............ 4.1 2.2
Rushing Touchdowns.......... 0 1
Yards Gained Rushing........ 170 150
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 30 49
NET YARDS PASSING............. 153 166
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 12-33-1 13-19-1
Average Per Attempt......... 4.6 8.7
Average Per Completion...... 12.8 12.8
Passing Touchdowns.......... 0 1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 293 267
Total offense plays......... 67 64
Average Gain Per Play....... 4.4 4.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 3-1 0-0
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 7-69 3-34
PUNTS-YARDS................... 5-197 6-273
Average Yards Per Punt...... 39.4 45.5
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 38.8 37.7
Inside 20................... 1 2
50+ Yards................... 2 2
Touchbacks.................. 0 1
Fair catch.................. 3 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 2-135 4-279
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 67.5 69.8
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 41.0 52.2
Touchbacks.................. 0 1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 2-27-0 2-3-0
Average Per Return.......... 13.5 1.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-50-0 2-53-0
Average Per Return.......... 16.7 26.5
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 1-42-0 1-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 1-4-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 28:30 31:30
1st Quarter................. 7:18 7:42
2nd Quarter................. 4:34 10:26
3rd Quarter................. 8:51 6:09
4th Quarter................. 7:47 7:13
Third-Down Conversions........ 3 of 14 7 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 2 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 0-2 3-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-24 4-30
PAT Kicks..................... 0-0 2-2
Field Goals................... 1-3 1-1
Some time ago in these blogs I wondered why Offensive coordinator Watson didn't dump his West Coast Offense and ask Dr Tom for some help.
Lo and behold it was reported after this game that those familiar looking power sets that the offense was using were directly from film that Doctor Tom gave to Coach Watson ....
Hopefully we will see more of those offensive sets this coming Saturday at 6:45 PM on ESPN as the Huskers take on Kansas State.
Good Job Team and Coaches....
Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final)
Nebraska vs Kansas (Nov 14, 2009 at Lawrence, Kan.)
NU KUFIRST DOWNS................... 18 21
Rushing..................... 10 8
Passing..................... 6 11
Penalty..................... 2 2
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 214 99
Rushing Attempts............ 42 29
Average Per Rush............ 5.1 3.4
Rushing Touchdowns.......... 3 1
Yards Gained Rushing........ 233 113
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 19 14
NET YARDS PASSING............. 196 236
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 13-21-0 19-41-0
Average Per Attempt......... 9.3 5.8
Average Per Completion...... 15.1 12.4
Passing Touchdowns.......... 0 1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 410 335
Total offense plays......... 63 70
Average Gain Per Play....... 6.5 4.8
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 1-0 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 5-55 4-50
PUNTS-YARDS................... 4-155 6-269
Average Yards Per Punt...... 38.8 44.8
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 33.2 41.8
Inside 20................... 1 2
50+ Yards................... 1 2
Touchbacks.................. 1 0
Fair catch.................. 0 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 7-448 3-173
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 64.0 57.7
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 46.1 20.3
Touchbacks.................. 1 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 2-18-0 1-2-0
Average Per Return.......... 9.0 2.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-112-0 6-105-0
Average Per Return.......... 37.3 17.5
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 31:29 28:31
1st Quarter................. 9:06 5:54
2nd Quarter................. 3:17 11:43
3rd Quarter................. 9:58 5:02
4th Quarter................. 9:08 5:52
Third-Down Conversions........ 7 of 16 6 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 2 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-4 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-9 1-8
PAT Kicks..................... 2-2 2-2
Field Goals................... 3-3 1-1
Individual Statistics
Individual Statistics (Final)
Nebraska vs Kansas (Nov 14, 2009 at Lawrence, Kan.)
Nebraska
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Helu Jr., Roy 28 162 6 156 3 30 5.6
Lee, Zac 9 61 8 53 0 32 5.9
Robinson, D. 4 10 0 10 0 5 2.5
TEAM 1 0 5 -5 0 0 -5.0
Totals... 42 233 19 214 3 32 5.1
Passing Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Lee, Zac 13-21-0 196 0 45 1
Totals... 13-21-0 196 0 45 1
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Paul, Niles 4 154 0 45
McNeill, Mike 4 27 0 10
Cooper, Khiry 3 5 0 7
Kinnie, Brandon 1 8 0 8
Young, Dreu 1 2 0 2
Totals... 13 196 0 45
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Henery, Alex 4 155 38.8 52 1 1
Totals... 4 155 38.8 52 1 1
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
--------------------------------------------------
Paul, Niles 2 18 10 2 72 44 0 0 0
Marlowe, Tim 0 0 0 1 40 40 0 0 0
Totals... 2 18 10 3 112 44 0 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Henery, Alex 2nd 10:47 25 yds - Good
Henery, Alex 3rd 03:42 34 yds - Good
Henery, Alex 4th 11:53 38 yds - Good
Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
---------------------------------------
Henery, Alex 1 50 0 0 50.0
Kunalic, Adi 6 398 1 0 66.3
Years ago when the NU and OK game was on Thanksgiving my brother-in-law and I would suffer through the game together. Once in a while the Huskers would be in the lead of the the game going into the last quarter but would then get beat. We would swear to each other that that was it. We would never watch the game again. Well of course we have individually.
I was reminded of this when the Huskers went all the way to beat the Sooners 10-3 last Saturday.
I don't even want to analise the game ... just cheer the win....
Next week is Kansas at 2:30 PM with ABC regional TV
Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final)
Oklahoma vs Nebraska (Nov 07, 2009 at Lincoln, Neb.)
OU NUFIRST DOWNS................... 23 7
Rushing..................... 7 4
Passing..................... 13 2
Penalty..................... 3 1
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 80 141
Rushing Attempts............ 29 43
Average Per Rush............ 2.8 3.3
Rushing Touchdowns.......... 0 0
Yards Gained Rushing........ 105 175
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 25 34
NET YARDS PASSING............. 245 39
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 26-58-5 7-14-0
Average Per Attempt......... 4.2 2.8
Average Per Completion...... 9.4 5.6
Passing Touchdowns.......... 0 1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 325 180
Total offense plays......... 87 57
Average Gain Per Play....... 3.7 3.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 2-0 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 9-64 11-104
PUNTS-YARDS................... 5-245 11-481
Average Yards Per Punt...... 49.0 43.7
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 45.2 34.5
Inside 20................... 1 2
50+ Yards................... 3 1
Touchbacks.................. 0 0
Fair catch.................. 1 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 2-112 3-210
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 56.0 70.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 42.5 51.0
Touchbacks.................. 0 1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 6-102-0 2-19-0
Average Per Return.......... 17.0 9.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-37-0 2-27-0
Average Per Return.......... 18.5 13.5
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 5-61-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 28:18 31:42
1st Quarter................. 5:44 9:16
2nd Quarter................. 10:47 4:13
3rd Quarter................. 5:39 9:21
4th Quarter................. 6:08 8:52
Third-Down Conversions........ 5 of 18 1 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 3 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-1 2-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-11 2-19
PAT Kicks..................... 0-0 1-1
Field Goals................... 1-4 1-2
While watching the game on TV just before half time my Good Wife Donna got the shivers and the shakes and threw up. The play finally got to her. She did get to feeling better after the game ended....
At half time while leaving the field through the tunnel. Coach Bo turned around and glared at the crowd which was booing him..... Booing Bo ... that's something different.
Bo also did a lot of yelling at the officials during this game. Right or wrong on the calls I thought it was really kind of a childish thing for him to carry on at the length he did.
And in his press interview after the game he again told us how great of a coach his offensive coordinator Watson, is. That after only 24 net rushing yards .....
Bo ...Get rid of Watson... your offense stinks.
Well, thats enough of me cutting up the coaching staff....
Maybe next Saturday against Iowa State at 11:30 AM on Fox Sports Network it will all come together for the Huskers for a complete game.
Go Big Red
Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final)
Texas Tech vs Nebraska (Oct 17, 2009 at Lincoln, Neb.)
TTU NUFIRST DOWNS................... 15 16
Rushing..................... 2 4
Passing..................... 10 11
Penalty..................... 3 1
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 25 70
Rushing Attempts............ 25 30
Average Per Rush............ 1.0 2.3
Rushing Touchdowns.......... 2 0
Yards Gained Rushing........ 71 94
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 46 24
NET YARDS PASSING............. 234 215
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 23-32-0 23-38-1
Average Per Attempt......... 7.3 5.7
Average Per Completion...... 10.2 9.3
Passing Touchdowns.......... 1 1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 259 285
Total offense plays......... 57 68
Average Gain Per Play....... 4.5 4.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 1-0 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 4-40 12-95
PUNTS-YARDS................... 6-216 5-176
Average Yards Per Punt...... 36.0 35.2
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 25.3 33.4
Inside 20................... 0 2
50+ Yards................... 0 0
Touchbacks.................. 0 0
Fair catch.................. 1 1
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 6-327 3-204
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 54.5 68.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 33.2 42.0
Touchbacks.................. 1 1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 1-9-0 5-64-0
Average Per Return.......... 9.0 12.8
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-58-0 5-108-0
Average Per Return.......... 29.0 21.6
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 1-7-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 1-82-1 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 29:56 30:04
1st Quarter................. 8:07 6:53
2nd Quarter................. 8:24 6:36
3rd Quarter................. 4:22 10:38
4th Quarter................. 9:03 5:57
Third-Down Conversions........ 6 of 14 6 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 1 1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-4 2-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 5-22 5-42
PAT Kicks..................... 4-4 1-1
Field Goals................... 1-1 1-2
The Husker move up to 14th in the standings after a 27-12 comeback win over their first Big 12 opponent Missouri.
The down pouring rain made it difficult to judge the play under offensive coordinator Watson's West Coast Offense which accomplished nothing during the first three quarters.
But lo and behold it almost looked like Dr. Tom took over the job in the last quarter as the Huskers used the Power I with the double wing. The result was great as the renforced line opened up holes for the running game and got Missouri so shook up that they forgot to play pass defense. Let's see more of that....
Next up this Saturday, October 17th at 2:30 PM ...Texas Tech in Lincoln. The game will be telecast as an ABC regional show.
Team Statistics
Team Statistics (Final)
NU MUFIRST DOWNS................... 14 15
Rushing..................... 6 4
Passing..................... 6 7
Penalty..................... 2 4
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 105 91
Rushing Attempts............ 33 35
Average Per Rush............ 3.2 2.6
Rushing Touchdowns.......... 1 1
Yards Gained Rushing........ 144 118
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 39 27
NET YARDS PASSING............. 158 134
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 14-33-0 17-43-2
Average Per Attempt......... 4.8 3.1
Average Per Completion...... 11.3 7.9
Passing Touchdowns.......... 3 0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 263 225
Total offense plays......... 66 78
Average Gain Per Play....... 4.0 2.9
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 5-2 2-1
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 12-108 8-100
PUNTS-YARDS................... 8-315 8-357
Average Yards Per Punt...... 39.4 44.6
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 29.0 45.2
Inside 20................... 2 4
50+ Yards................... 2 1
Touchbacks.................. 1 0
Fair catch.................. 0 2
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 6-380 2-92
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 63.3 46.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 46.3 45.0
Touchbacks.................. 1 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 4--5-0 4-63-0
Average Per Return.......... -1.2 15.8
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-2-0 5-82-0
Average Per Return.......... 2.0 16.4
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 2-40-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 29:32 30:28
1st Quarter................. 6:49 8:11
2nd Quarter................. 7:54 7:06
3rd Quarter................. 7:34 7:26
4th Quarter................. 7:15 7:45
Third-Down Conversions........ 8 of 17 5 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-3 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-15 1-7
PAT Kicks..................... 3-3 1-1
Field Goals................... 0-0 1-2
The Huskers dominated the game in every aspect of play. I guess these types of games at the beginning of the season are money makers for both teams but certainly don't show us how good the Huskers might do in the Big 12.
the game did give freshman Cody Green playing time at QB.. He can really run the ball.......... and was 7-8 in passing.
Henery had two Field Goals and the longest was 55 yards. He may be the guy that could win most of our Big 12 games......
Their first Big 12 game is Thursday October 8th at Columbia Missouri. The game is at 8 PM CST and will be on ESPN TV.
They have no game this coming Saturday.
You West Coast and Texas people keep on cheering for Big Red...
Team Statistics (Final) Louisiana vs Nebraska (Sep 26, 2009 at Lincoln, Neb.)
UL NU
FIRST DOWNS................... 14 21 Rushing..................... 8 7 Passing..................... 5 13 Penalty..................... 1 1 NET YARDS RUSHING............. 102 133 Rushing Attempts............ 37 34 Average Per Rush............ 2.8 3.9 Rushing Touchdowns.......... 0 4 Yards Gained Rushing........ 120 169 Yards Lost Rushing.......... 18 36 NET YARDS PASSING............. 120 300 Completions-Attempts-Int.... 15-27-1 22-26-0 Average Per Attempt......... 4.4 11.5 Average Per Completion...... 8.0 13.6 Passing Touchdowns.......... 0 2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 222 433 Total offense plays......... 64 60 Average Gain Per Play....... 3.5 7.2 Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 4-2 2-0 Penalties: Number-Yards....... 3-14 6-54 PUNTS-YARDS................... 8-345 3-137 Average Yards Per Punt...... 43.1 45.7 Net Yards Per Punt.......... 32.2 45.7 Inside 20................... 1 2 50+ Yards................... 3 1 Touchbacks.................. 1 0 Fair catch.................. 0 0 KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 1-64 10-700 Average Yards Per Kickoff... 64.0 70.0 Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 43.0 51.3 Touchbacks.................. 0 6 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 1-0-0 4-67-0 Average Per Return.......... 0.0 16.8 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-67-0 1-21-0 Average Per Return.......... 16.8 21.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 1-74-1 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 1-21-0 Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0 Possession Time............... 30:03 29:57 1st Quarter................. 7:04 7:56 2nd Quarter................. 9:51 5:09 3rd Quarter................. 4:04 10:56 4th Quarter................. 9:04 5:56 Third-Down Conversions........ 5 of 16 6 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 0-1 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-6 2-14 PAT Kicks..................... 0-0 7-7 Field Goals................... 0-1 2-2
Individual Statistics
Individual Statistics (Final)
Louisiana vs Nebraska (Sep 26, 2009 at Lincoln, Neb.)
Henery's field goals seem to be our best offensive threat. Maybe he should have been allowed to try one more instead of punting in the waning munutes of the last quarter?
In review the Huskers probably played a good game against one of the nation's top football programs... just a slow start and a bad defensive end.
Next week is Louisiana Lafayette... That game should give the Huskers more experience for starting the Big 12 race against Missouri the following week
NUVT FIRST DOWNS .................. 18 11 NET YARDS RUSHING ............ 207 86 Rushing Attempts ........... 36 37 NET YARDS PASSING ............ 136 192 Completions-Attempts-Int ... 11-30-2 12-27-0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS .......... 343 278 Total offense plays ........ 66 64 Fumbles-Lost ................. 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards .............. 9-60 7-53 Punts-Average ................ 6-41.5 8-46.9 Punt Returns-Yds-TD .......... 6-86-0 1-6-0 Kickoff Returns-Yds-TD ....... 4-86-0 3-114-0 Interceptions-Yds-TD ......... 0-0-0 2-3-0 Fumble Returns-Yds-TD ........ 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time .............. 29:46 30:14 Third-Down Conversions ....... 6 of 17 8 of 18 Fourth-Down Conversions ...... 0 of 0 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances ...... 4-5 2-2 Sacks By-Yards ............... 4-25 0-0
It wasn't much of a contest but by all reports the Huskers showed improvement. Zac Lee had a great day passing the ball and Niles Paul ran a great end-around for touchdown. total offense of 494 yards was pretty good. The defense made 2 sacks after not getting any in the first game.
Coming up this week .... # 14 Virgina Tech
ASUNEB First downs................... 15 27 Rushes-yards.................. 38-143 28-136 Net yards passing............. 131 358 Completions-Attempts-Int.... 11-20-0 30-41-0 Total offense plays-yards..... 58-274 69-494 Fumbles-lost.................. 2-1 0-0 Penalties-yards............... 3-20 3-40 Punts-average................. 5-45.0 3-42.7 Punt returns-average.......... 1-14.0 4-7.8 Kickoff returns-average....... 2-17.0 2-26.5 Interceptions-yards........... 0-0 0-0 Fumble returns-yards.......... 0-0 0-0 Possession Time............... 28:22 31:38 Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 10 8 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 2 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-1 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-16 4-33
It wasn't much of a contest according to the writers, coaches and those who saw the game. It was only on Pay TV....
I didn't see any reports of the offensive line nailing their quarterback and it seemed like the defense allowed a lot of yardage to an overmatched team....
When Doctor Tom Osborne was coaching and had a TV show he sat with a play list and talked a little about each play in the game. And you saw almost all of the plays, both offense and defense, minus the time outs, huddles, etc, Then maybe he talked with one player. For those of us who weren't at the game it was great.
Now there are two Husker TV shows each week .... The Husker Countdown and the BO Pelini Show.
They both stink.
The Pelini 45 minute show showed only the parts of the best plays and very few of them and repeated them several times during the show. Lots of talk from Bo with a closeup on him in the studio. And too much talk with the players. Not enough plays were shown to give any feel for the actual game. OH Yeah, Bo didn't wear his old gray sweatshirt ... He dressed up in a white collared Husker sweatsuit.....
The Husker Countdown show's game footage couldn't have been more than 8 minutes and was done about 12 minutes after the show started. I turned it off.....
Next Saturday the Huskers play their first game and the opponent is Florida Atlantic. The game will be on paid TV...
In an earlier forcast of the season I predicted that they would not win more than 9 games.
But after a lot of reading and listening to sports shows I am going to lower that prediction to not winning more than 7 games. Now as a long time fan, I hope and will cheer for them to do better ...but...
The quarterback is inexperienced.
The wide receivers are an unknown.
The offense line needs to improve.
The coach kicked his best experienced short yardage running back off the team.
The tight ends seem to be the best of the offense but can the QB get the ball to them with a line which might not be able to pass block ...
The best offensive threat will be the absolutely great field goal kicker who has a range of over 50 yards.
The Defensive line is good and will have to carry the load on that side of the ball.
Anyway ... I will cheer for them .... and maybe after the first game things will look better..........
Sat, September 5 – Florida Atlantic at Nebraska Sat, September 12 – Arkansas St. at Nebraska Sat, September 19 – Nebraska at Virginia Tech Sat, September 26 – Lou-Lafayette at Nebraska Thu, October 8 – Nebraska at Missouri (ESPN) Sat, October 17 – Texas Tech at Nebraska Sat, October 24 – Iowa State at Nebraska Sat, October 31 – Nebraska at Baylor Sat, November 7 – Oklahoma at Nebraska Sat, November 14 – Nebraska at Kansas Sat, November 21 – Kansas State at Nebraska Fri, November 27 – Nebraska at Colorado (ABC) Sat, December 5 – Big XII Championship
A great game to watch.... come from behind and win by less than a touchdown.
The second half work of the Husker Defense won the game by keeping Clemson from keeping up with Castille's running output.
A good season ..... Nine wins.......
The highlight accomplisment of the season was the ball control shown in the last 5 games of the year. If we have the ball they cannot score....
Thanks for looking at this blog this year...
Dick Fleming
Nebraska 0 3 20 3 - 26Clemson 0 14 7 0 - 21
2nd quarter
CU - D. McDaniel 28 fumble return (M. Buchholz kick), 4:52
NU - A. Henery 48 field goal 1:10
CU - A. Kelly 25 pass from C. Harper, 0:35
3rd quarter
NU - N. Swift 17 pass from J. Ganz (Henery kick), 12:24
CU - J. Ford 41 pass from C. Harper (Buchholz kick), 10:06
NU - T. Peterson 19 pass from Ganz (Henery kick), 7:54
NU - A. Henery 28 field goal, 5:13
NU - A. Henery 28 field goal, 1:45
4th quarter
NU – A. Henery 22 field goal, 5:20
NUCU
FIRST DOWNS ............... 14 14
Rushing .................. 3 2
Passing .................. 11 7
Penalty .................. 0 5
RUSHING ATTEMPTS-NET YDS .. 35-125 26-4
Average Per Rush ......... 3.6 0.2
Yards Gained Rushing ..... 164 58
Yards Lost Rushing ....... 39 54
NET YARDS PASSING ......... 236 206
Comp-Att-Int ............. 19-36-1 17-37-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YDS ... 71-361 63-210
Average Gain Per Play .... 5.1 3.3
Fumbles-Lost .............. 3-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards ........... 8-81 7-50
Punts-Average ............. 7-38.6 9-37.0
Punt returns-Yards-TD ..... 6-33-0 6-81-0
Kickoff returns-Yds-TD .... 4-89-0 4-97-0
Interceptions-Yds-TD ...... 2-0-0 1-63-0
Fumble Returns-Yds-TD ..... 0-0-0 1-28-1
Possession Time ........... 34:11 25:49
Third-Down Conversions .... 7 of 19 3 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions ... 0 of 0 1 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances ... 5-5 1-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards .... 5-44 0-0
RUSHING
NU: Q. Castille 18-125; P. Witt 1-4; J. Ganz 7-1; R. Helu Jr. 5-minus-1
CU: J. Davis 12-26; C. Spiller 7-17; J. Ford 1-3; C. Harper 6-minus-42
PASSING
NU: J. Ganz 19/36 236 Yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
CU: C. Harper 17/37, 206 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
RECEIVING
NU: T. Peterson 4-96; M. Lucky 4-13; N. Swift 3-32; M. McNeill 3-27; M. Holt 2-35; N. Paul 2-13; Q. Castille 1-20
CU: Kelly, A 6-74; J. Ford 5-112; C. Spiller 4-6; N. Faerber 1-8; T. Grisham 1-6
While it didn't have the "Look at them guys go" excitement of the 'Champioship Years' where the scores had a big spread, this game was one of the most exciting ones we have seen for awhile.
Imagine a 57 yard field goal to go ahead by two points and then a tip and interceprtion by the defensive linemen Potter and Suh to lock it away in the last minute............
8 an 4 gets us into the bowl picture, probably the Gater Bowl, New Year's Day.
OH Yeah who was the Blogger that predicted NU would win at least 8 games ......YEP... Ol' Dickielee
1st quarter
CU - R. Greer 68 pass from C. Hawkins
(A. Goodman kick), 14:06
CU - D. Sumler 36 run (Goodman kick), 10:33
NU - N. Swift 2 pass from J. Ganz (A. Henery kick), 5:46
NU - M. McNeill 53 pass from J. Ganz (Henery kick), 4:04
2nd quarter
NU - Henery 35 field goal, 12:08
CU - A, Goodman 37 field goal, 9:08
NU - Q. Castille 1 run (Henery kick), 2:03
CU - Jimmy Smith 58 fumble return (Goodman kick), 1:11
3rd quarter
NU – A. Henery 27 field goal, 9:49
CU - D. Sumler 4 run (Goodman kick), 5:39
4th quarter
NU – A. Henery 37 field goal, 8:09
NU - A. Henery 57 field goal, 1:37
NU - Ndamukong Suh 30 interception return
(Henery kick), 0:55
CUNU
FIRST DOWNS ........................ 13 23
NET YARDS RUSHING .................. 42 178
Rushing Attempts ................. 22 51
NET YARDS PASSING ................. 249 229
Completions-Attempts-Int .... 14-26-3 19-26-0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS ............... 291 407
Total offense plays .............. 48 77
Fumbles-Lost ...................... 1-1 4-2
Penalties-Yards .................. 2-14 3-15
PUNTS-Average .................. 3-35.7 1-44.0
Punt returns-Yards-TD ........... 0-0-0 2-17-0
Kickoff returns-Yards-TD ...... 8-198-0 6-143-0
Interceptions-Yards-TD .......... 0-0-0 3-38-1
Fumble Returns-Yards-TD ........ 1-58-1 0-0-0
Possession Time ................. 20:24 39:36
Third-Down Conversions ........ 4 of 10 6 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions ........ 2 of 2 0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances ........... 2-2 5-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards ........... 4-36 5-34
RUSHING
CU: D. Sumler 9-65; T. Hansen 3-11; D. Scott 2-minus 1; C. Hawkins 8-minus 33.
NU: R. Helu Jr. 25-166; Q. Castille 12-12; J. Ganz 13-9; J. Wesch 1-minus 9.
PASSING
CU: C. Hawkins 14-24-3-249; TEAM 0-1-0-0; S. McKnight 0-1-0-0.
NU: J. Ganz 19-26-0-229.
RECEIVING
CU: S. McKnight 4-58; R. Geer 2-86; J. Smith 2-52; C. Crawford 2-20; R. Deehan 1-22; S. Melton 1-7; Pa. Williams 1-3; P. Devenny 1-1.
NU: R. Helu Jr. 5-49; T. Peterson 4-44; M. McNeill 3-70; M. Holt 3-42; N. Swift 2-10; N. Paul 1-11; Q. Castille 1-3.
1st quarter
KSU - C. Herndon 57 interception return
(B. Rossmann kick), 11:51
NEB - R. Helu Jr. 1 run (A. Henery kick), 7:13
NEB - Q. Castille 37 run (Henery kick), 2:28
2nd quarter
KSU - E. Pierce 63 pass from J. Freeman (Rossman kick), 14:07
NEB - R. Helu 24 run (Henery kick), 11:33
NEB - T. Peterson 5 pass from J. Ganz (Henery kick), 7:05
NEB - M. McNeill 18 pass from J. Ganz (Henery kick), 0:44
3rd quarter
KSU - C. Coffman 1 run (Rossman kick), 2:52
4th quarter
NEB - J. Ganz 25 run (Henery kick), 14:47
KSU - B. Banks 98 kickoff return (Rossman kick), 14:33
NEB - J. Ganz 14 run (Henery kick), 11:57
NEB - M. Mendoza 31 run (Henery kick), 3:05
NEBKSU
FIRST DOWNS ......................29 13
NET YARDS RUSHING .............. 340 59
Rushing Attempts ............... 53 32
NET YARDS PASSING .............. 270 188
Comp-Att-Int .............. 16-25-1 12-26-0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS ............ 610 247
Total offense plays ............ 78 58
Fumbles-Lost ................... 1-1 3-1
Penalties-Yards ............... 7-56 5-25
Punts-Average ............... 4-37.8 6-39.5
Punt returns-Avg ............. 5-9.6 2-2.0
Kickoff returns-Avg ......... 4-18.2 6-30.2
Interceptions-Yds .............. 0-0 1-57
Fumble Returns-Yds ............. 0-0 0-0
Possession Time .............. 36:35 23:25
Third-Down Conversions ..... 7 of 13 2 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions ..... 1 of 1 1 of 4
Red-Zone Scores-Chances ........ 4-6 1-2
Sacks By-Yards ................ 4-49 1-2
RUSHING
NEB: J. Ganz 11-95, R. Helu 13-72, M. Mendoza 10-58, Q. Castille 6-51, M. Lucky 11-47, Z. Lee 2-17.
KSU: L. Brown 13-49, L. Dold 9-19, B. Banks 2-13, C. Coffman 2-5, J. Freeman 6-(minus 27).
PASSING
NEB: J. Ganz 16-25-1-270.
KSU: J. Freeman 7-18-0-114, C. Coffman 5-8-0-74.
RECEIVING
NEB: N. Swift 4-98, T. Peterson 4-47, M. McNeill 3-52, N. Paul 3-31, D. Young 2-42.
KSU: E. Pierce 4-94, D. Murphy 4-65, B. Banks 3-16, J. Mastrud 1-13.
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