Record: 9-2, .818 W-L% (8th of 111) ▪ Rank: 7th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Everett Grandelius (9-2)
PS/G: 16.7 (46th of 111) ▪ PA/G: 9.5 (18th of 111)
SRS: 12.94 (15th of 111) ▪ SOS: 5.03 (38th of 111)
Bowl Game: Lost Orange Bowl 25-7 versus Louisiana State
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Gale Weidner | 74 | 162 | 45.7 | 1101 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 8 | 12 | 104.2 |
| 2 | Frank Montera | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 69 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 61.8 |
| 3 | Claude Crabb | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Pat Young | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 200.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Loren Schweninger | 122 | 512 | 4.2 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 0 | 128 | 575 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2 | Ted Woods | 107 | 525 | 4.9 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 0 | 113 | 579 | 5.1 | 2 |
| 3 | Bill Harris | 82 | 434 | 5.3 | 4 | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 1 | 88 | 536 | 6.1 | 5 |
| 4 | Larry Mavity | 38 | 183 | 4.8 | 1 | 6 | 154 | 25.7 | 1 | 44 | 337 | 7.7 | 2 |
| 5 | Gale Weidner | 32 | -32 | -1.0 | 2 | 32 | -32 | -1.0 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Ted Somerville | 28 | 141 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 0 | 36 | 219 | 6.1 | 0 |
| 7 | Ed Coleman | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 21 | 122 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 8 | Noble Milton | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 0 | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Claude Crabb | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 10 | Frank Montera | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Jon Mars | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Pat Young | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Robert Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jerry Hillebrand | 17 | 282 | 16.6 | 4 | 17 | 282 | 16.6 | 4 | ||||
| 15 | Ken Blair | 10 | 200 | 20.0 | 2 | 10 | 200 | 20.0 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Charlie McBride | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Charley Moriss | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Jack Hold | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||