Record: 7-2-1, .750 W-L% (22nd of 113) ▪ Rank: 11th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big 8
(Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 6-3-1 by NCAA.
Coach: Jack Mitchell (7-2-1)
PS/G: 21.9 (21st of 113) ▪ PA/G: 8.9 (24th of 113)
SRS: 19.49 (7th of 113) ▪ SOS: 9.29 (18th of 113)
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | John Hadl | 43 | 87 | 49.4 | 566 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 3 | 5 | 104.0 |
| 2 | Rodger McFarland | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 100 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 1 | 0 | 179.1 |
| 3 | Bert Coan | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 32 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 117.2 |
| 4 | Con Keating | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 242.8 |
| 5 | Bill Crank | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 125.2 |
| 6 | Hugh Smith | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | John Hadl | 108 | 375 | 3.5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 110 | 393 | 3.6 | 7 |
| 2 | Curtis McClinton | 86 | 389 | 4.5 | 1 | 11 | 184 | 16.7 | 1 | 97 | 573 | 5.9 | 2 |
| 3 | Doyle Schick | 76 | 242 | 3.2 | 3 | 76 | 242 | 3.2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Bert Coan | 73 | 488 | 6.7 | 8 | 9 | 133 | 14.8 | 1 | 82 | 621 | 7.6 | 9 |
| 5 | Hugh Smith | 41 | 196 | 4.8 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 45 | 253 | 5.6 | 1 |
| 6 | Jim Jarrett | 32 | 109 | 3.4 | 2 | 32 | 109 | 3.4 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Rodger McFarland | 29 | 130 | 4.5 | 0 | 29 | 130 | 4.5 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Norman Mailen | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 3 | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | Gilbert Wilson | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 0 | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Fred Bukaty | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Jim Marshall | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 12 | Bill Crank | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Con Keating | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Andy Graham | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 0 | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Sam Simpson | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 2 | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Mike Deer | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Larry Allen | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Pack St. Clair | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||